Eugene debs became a socialist in 1897 while
a. founding new harmony, in.
b. opposing the pullman railroad strike.
c. serving time in jail.
d. running for us president.

Eugene Debs became a socialist in 1897 while c) serving time in jail. He was incarcerated after he was complicit with the Pullman Strike and he read various social works and became a more radicalized social worker than when he had gone into jail. This was when he became a founding member of three different American socialist parties.