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