Who was Eugene Debs? Responsible for industrial production and economic growth during World War I Socialist Party Member, Presid
ential Candidate, and workers union advocate, who was imprisoned for urging resistance to the military draft during World War I Responsible for building and establishing peace agreements with Europe during 1914-1919 The only Congressman to become an advocate for war veterans rights in 1919.
Debs was a Socialist Party member and one of the most prominent socialist political figures in the United States. He became a leader of the strikers in the Pullman Strike and was later convicted for disobeying court order. He proclaimed himself a socialist and ran for president of the United States as a socialist candidate numerous times. He opposed the US entry in the World War as he believed the reason for that was greed.
The hardest challenge was having reconstruction, along with the assassination of Lincoln. Not only that but there was not enough jobs for when the men came back from war, then that started the women's suffrage movement.
