Advanced Placement-Style United States History
Practice Question of the Day


Theodore Roosevelt on an African big-game hunt
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Question 916:

Which of the following statements about the election of 1912 is not true?

    (A) the Democratic candidate, Woodrow Wilson, received his nomination on the 46th ballot at the nominating convention
    (B) the Republican candidate, William Howard Taft, finished third in the popular vote
    (C) the Progressive (or Bull Moose) candidate, Theodore Roosevelt, was wounded by a potential assassin while campaigning
    (D) Wilson easily won the electoral college vote
    (E)  Roosevelt easily won the popular vote



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