Discuss the role of socialism in American politics and the labor movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Socialism was never as strong in the United States as it was in Europe, but it did gain strength at the turn of the century.
2. Socialists promoted labor unions and the rights of women and formed their own political party.
3. Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs became the spokesperson and leader of the Socialist party.
4. Between 1900 and 1920, he was the party's candidate for president.
5. Although the socialists never gathered a large enough following to win national elections, they elected hundreds of candidates to local office.
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