Election of 1912 - True or False? - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
Five unpledged electors from Pennsylvania are to thank for Wilson's victory False
92%
The Bull Moose Party received more votes than the Republican Party True
92%
Roosevelt-supporting Republicans in South Dakota refused to put Taft on the ballot True
92%
Teddy Roosevelt was shot and nearly killed while campaigning True
92%
Having failing to field a proper candidate, the Prohibition Party posthumously selected George Washington False
83%
Taft's Vice President, James Sherman, died just a week before the election True
83%
Eugene V. Debs received some electoral votes False
75%
William Howard Taft received the fewest electoral votes of any Republican candidate, ever True
75%
Wilson won South Carolina by a margin of over 95% True
67%
This election marked Massachusetts's first time voting Democratic True
67%
A brawl between Roosevelt and Wilson supporters broke out three weeks before election day, resulting in two deaths False
58%
No county was fully Republican, but plenty were fully Democrat True
50%
Eugene Debs was the only major candidate to have served in Congress True
50%
California was won by less than 100 votes False
33%
Conversely, Teddy Roosevelt could not be found on the ballot in Louisiana False
17%
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