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CLEP US History II

Category - Political Parties

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Though Prohibition had bipartisan support when the 18th Amendment was ratified, it ultimately became a decisive partisan issue during which presidential election?
  1. Franklin D. Roosevelt v. Wendell Willkie in 1940
  2. Franklin D. Roosevelt v. Alf Landon in 1936
  3. Warren G. Harding v. James M. Cox in 1920
  4. Franklin D. Roosevelt v. Herbert Hoover in 1932
  5. Calvin Coolidge v. John W. Davis in 1924
Explanation
Answer: D - While “Wets” and “Dries” had been arguing about Prohibition within the Democratic Party for over a decade, in 1932 the whole party collectively got on the same page as Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt campaigned against incumbent Herbert Hoover by vowing to repeal Prohibition so that the government could draw income from taxing alcohol. After the Democrats prevailed, Roosevelt honored his campaign pledge, ultimately signing the legislation that paved the way for the 21st Amendment, which repealed the 18th.
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