The Reform Movement in Texas Became Occupied with the Issue

The reform movement in Texas became occupied with the issue of prohibition of the consumption of alcohol because ______.

A) the movement was taken over through an insurgency led by prohibitionists
B) it was an issue that dominated national political contests
C) its leaders decided it was the issue they were most likely to win
D) Texas lacked the large corporations and big-city political machines that energized the reform movement in the North
E) they were following the lead of the National Reform Party