Phi Delta Theta owes its origin to which incident?

• A. Snow Rebellion
• B. Snowball War
• C. Miami Rebellion
• D. Union Riots

Answer: (A)

Phi Delta Theta’s origin is tied to a specific campus incident at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, during the late 1840s. A dispute within the university’s student circles boiled over into a snowball–related confrontation, an event remembered as the Snow Rebellion. This moment prompted six students to break away from their existing group and form a new brotherhood based on shared ideals. That act of forming a distinct organization from the fallout of the incident is why the Snow Rebellion is the best description of the origin. The other named events aren’t the commonly cited incident linked to the fraternity’s birth.