US Revolutionary History
Beginning in the late 19th century, what holiday was started by workers in New York City?
Labor Day
Between 1906 and 1912, 9 Ohio cities elected socialists as Mayor. What party were these candidates a part of?
Socialist Party of America
What is the national action that drove a wave of new members to the party in the 2010’s?
Occupy Wall Street
What were the urban workers’ councils in Russia called?
February Revolution
What US city has had the most socialists elected mayor, with 5 in its history?
Burlington, VT
Which labor organization was founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1886?
American Federation of Labor
Who did the Party run for president and vice president in the 2020 general election?
Gloria La Riva and Leonard Peltier
What was the economic policy implemented by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War?
War communism
Which Socialist Party of America candidate won nearly a million votes in the 1920 presidential election while incarcerated?
Eugene Debs
Part of this structure, created in a european city after WW2, can be found in Bexley
Berlin Wall
Who did the Party run for vice president in 2008?
Eugene Puryear
What were the two competing ideas of the Stalin–Trotsky split?
Permanent revolution and socialism in one country
The First Red Scare took place as a result of the October Revolution in Russia. The Second Red Scare, also known as McCarthyism, took place as a result of increased tension during what geopolitical conflict?
The Cold War
What was the first capital of Ohio?
Chillicothe
From the Party Program, “The most brutal aspects of capitalism will not go away unless there is a _______.”
Socialist revolution
After Joseph Stalin, who had the second longest run as General Secretary of the Soviet Union?
Leonid Brezhnev