Which of the following categories in the population was more like to politically and ideologically support the Volstead Act (passed in 1919), which imposed a national prohibition on the sale of alcohol?
A. urban residents (as opposed to rural and small-town dwellers)
B. members of the working class (as opposed to farmers and the middle class)
C. Anglo-Saxons (as opposed to persons whose ancestry stemmed from eastern and southern Europe)
D. Catholics (as opposed to Protestants)
E. immigrants (as opposed to native-born Americans)
Answer: C
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