nov 6, 1928 - Election of 1928

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This election pitted Quaker from West Branch Iowa, Herbert Hoover against popular 4 time governor of New York, Irish Catholic Al Smith,. The 1920's is the decade that America's urban population surpassed its rural population. The election turned ugly on religious and ethnic grounds. The response of the nation showed the nativist sentiments were still strong and the nation was not ready for an Irish Catholic New Yorker at the helm.

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