Eugene V. Debs' Statement to the Court Upon Being Convicted of Violating the Sedition Act Quizzes
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Q. Another famous American who was willing to risk jail time as a way of criticizing an unjust war was
Dwight Eisenhower
Muhammad Ali
Donald Trump
Elvis Presley
Q. When Eugene Debs was in jail in 1895, a friend brought him a copy of what book?
The Jungle
Das Kapital
The Holy Bible
Oh, The Places You Won't Go
Q. When he was sentenced to jail in 1918, how old was Debs?
43
53
63
103
Q. What unique activity did Debs undertake while in jail in 1920?
he ran for president
he learned German
he built a tunnel and covered it with a picture of Rita Hayworth
he wrote his autobiography
Q. In a prophetic part of his "Statement to the Court," Debs said that "while there is a soul in prison_________."
I will fight for him
I am diminished
I take the Fifth
I am not free