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Election of 1912 Trivia Quiz

This quiz is all about the Presidential Election of 1912 in the United States. All of the answers could be correct you just tell me the real correct answer.

A multiple-choice quiz by Disney101. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
Disney101

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
220,140

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
395

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Question 1 of 10

1. This candidate had run for president once *before* the election of 1912. Who was it? Hint

Woodrow Wilson

Theodore Roosevelt

William Taft

Eugene Debs

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was elected president of the United States at the 1912 election? Hint

William Taft

Theodore Roosevelt

Woodrow Wilson

Eugene Debs

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Question 3 of 10

3. What party was Woodrow Wilson in? Hint

Republican

Democratic

Whig

Socialist

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these candidates was a Republican during the 1912 election? Hint

Theodore Roosevelt

Woodrow Wilson

Eugene Debs

William Taft

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which candidate was in the progressive party? Hint

Woodrow Wilson

Theodore Roosevelt

Eugene Debs

William Taft

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Question 6 of 10

6. What candidate was the Socialist? Hint

Theodore Roosevelt

William Taft

Eugene Debs

Woodrow Wilson

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Question 7 of 10

7. Gifford Pinchot was not Theodore Roosevelt's friend and campaign person.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which candidate said, "In my present life I don't remember that I ever was President."? Hint

Eugene Debs

Theodore Roosevelt

Woodrow Wilson

William Taft

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Question 9 of 10

9. True or False: Eugene Debs said the following, "The strike is the weapon of the oppressed."

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who won this four candidate election? Hint

Eugene Debs

Theodore Roosevelt

Woodrow Wilson

William Taft

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This candidate had run for president once *before* the election of 1912. Who was it?

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Roosevelt was a progressive. He ended up getting 88 of the electoral votes.

2. Who was elected president of the United States at the 1912 election?

Answer: Woodrow Wilson

Unusually, there were four main presidential candidates at the 1912 election. In the end, Eugene Debs (Socialist), William Taft (Republican), and Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive) lost out to Woodrow Wilson (Democrat).

3. What party was Woodrow Wilson in?

Answer: Democratic

Wilson was also a leader of the Progressive Movement, and once said "If the government is to tell big business men how to run their business, then don't you see that big business men have to get even closer to the government than they are now?" Wilson believed in stronger antitrust legislation, banking reform, and reduced tariffs.

4. Which of these candidates was a Republican during the 1912 election?

Answer: William Taft

Taft never wanted to be president. After leaving the White House at the end of his term as president, he said that it was "the lonesomest place in the world." In 1921, he became chief justice of the Supreme Court.

5. Which candidate was in the progressive party?

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt was very active when he was president. He would ride, on horseback, 100 miles and he also boxed until an opponent blinded him in the left eye.

6. What candidate was the Socialist?

Answer: Eugene Debs

Eugene Debs didn't get any of the electoral votes during the 1912 election and he only got 900,672 of the popular vote.

7. Gifford Pinchot was not Theodore Roosevelt's friend and campaign person.

Answer: False

Gifford Pinchot was a very good friend of Roosevelt.

8. Which candidate said, "In my present life I don't remember that I ever was President."?

Answer: William Taft

Taft said this when he was chief justice of the Supreme Court after the election of 1912.

9. True or False: Eugene Debs said the following, "The strike is the weapon of the oppressed."

Answer: True

Debs once attempted to form an industrial union, which was called the American Railway Union (ARU).

10. Who won this four candidate election?

Answer: Woodrow Wilson

Wilson got 435, the majority, of the electoral vote, but he only got 42% more than Roosevelt of the popular vote.

Source: Author Disney101

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