What was the pivotal role of religion in the 1928 election?
A) Most Americans voted for Hoover as the Protestant candidate.
B) Most Americans were Catholic immigrants and identified with Smith.
C) The Ku Klux Klan supported Hoover because he was Protestant.
D) The Roman Catholic Church ordered its faithful to vote for Al Smith.
E) Religiously active Protestants refused to participate in this election.
Answer: A
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A) it established Indian land reserves while ceding most of the remaining lands to white settlers. B) it represented the end of Indian control of the Florida region. C) it represented the end of the Indian Wars in the Ohio region. D) it quickly led to efforts to survey settlements and create local governments in the Northwest Territory.
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