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Election of 1912 - True or False?
The United States' 1912 presidential election was pretty wacky—Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Eugene Debs all pitted against each other. Choose whether these statements about it are true or false.
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Last updated: March 1, 2023
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| First submitted | March 1, 2023 |
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1. The Bull Moose Party received more votes than the Republican Party
This was the last time a third party beat one of the two major parties
True
False
2. Eugene V. Debs received some electoral votes
His best shot was Nevada, where he only won 16.47% of the vote
True
False
3. California was won by less than 100 votes
It was actually only 174
True
False
4. William Howard Taft received the fewest electoral votes of any Republican candidate, ever
He won only eight
True
False
5. Wilson won South Carolina by a margin of over 95%
Roosevelt, the state's runner-up, had only 2.57% of the vote
True
False
6. This election marked Massachusetts's first time voting Democratic
True
False
7. Taft's Vice President, James Sherman, died just a week before the election
True
False
8. Five unpledged electors from Pennsylvania are to thank for Wilson's victory
He actually won 82% of the Electoral College
True
False
9. Roosevelt-supporting Republicans in South Dakota refused to put Taft on the ballot
True
False
10. Conversely, Teddy Roosevelt could not be found on the ballot in Louisiana
The only state he was missing from was actually Oklahoma
True
False
11. No county was fully Republican, but plenty were fully Democrat
The biggest Republican victory was Zapata County, Texas, at 80.89%
True
False
12. A brawl between Roosevelt and Wilson supporters broke out three weeks before election day, resulting in two deaths
True
False
13. Eugene Debs was the only major candidate to have served in Congress
True
False
14. Teddy Roosevelt was shot and nearly killed while campaigning
True
False
15. Having failing to field a proper candidate, the Prohibition Party posthumously selected George Washington
They actually picked Eugene W. Chafin
True
False
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