The correct answer is C) Eugene Debs.
<em>The historical figure that you need to research to write a paper on the history of the Socialist Party of America is Eugen Debs.
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Eugen V. Debs (1865-1926) was a labor leader who was a permanent candidate of the Socialist Paraty for the presidency of the United States form 1900 to 1920. In 1893 he was the President of the American Railway Union. In May 1895, he was sent to jail for supporting a strike in the Chicago Pullman Palace Car Company.
The other options of the question should be a) Theodore Roosevelt, b) John Rockefeller, and d) Frank Norris.
Congress thus voted to declare war on Germany April 6, 1917