CLEP US History II

Answer: E - Labor organizer Eugene V. Debs was a five-time presidential candidate, nominated by the Socialist Party in 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, and 1920. His final campaign was conducted from prison, while he served a jail term for giving a speech in which he denounced America’s involvement in World War I. He became active in unions in the 1870s and was the leader of the American Railway Union, which was a prominent participant in the Pullman Strike of 1894.