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1880 Greenback National Convention, an Uncommon card
The 1880 Greenback Party National Convention convened in Chicago from June 9 to June 11 to select presidential and vice presidential nominees and write a party platform for the Greenback Party in the United States presidential election 1880.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 97
- Power
- 171
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 16,000
Power 171 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
1880 Greenback National Convention quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the 1880 Greenback National Convention card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Delegates chose James B. Weaver of Iowa for ______ and Barzillai J. Chambers of Texas for vice president.
Answer
president. Delegates chose James B. Weaver of Iowa for president and Barzillai J. Chambers of Texas for vice president. From the 1880 Greenback National Convention article on Wikipedia.
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Answer
2025–2026 Indonesian protests. 2025–2026 Indonesian protests 100 · Analysis of European colonialism and colonization 86 · Beatrice of Portugal 79 · 1880 Greenback National Convention 74 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Delegates chose James B. Weaver of Iowa for president and Barzillai J. Chambers of Texas for vice president.
- The Greenback Party was a newcomer to the political scene in 1880, having arisen, mainly in the nation's West and South, as a response to the economic depression that followed the Panic of 1873.
- During the Civil War, Congress had authorized "greenbacks", a form of money redeemable in government bonds rather than in then-traditional gold.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The 1880 Greenback National Convention article was read about 16,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 97: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, 1880 Greenback National Convention (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Brady-Handy Photograph Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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