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Black-owned business, a Common card
In the United States, black-owned businesses, also known as African American businesses, originated in the days of slavery before 1865.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 168
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Ranked #1,577 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Black-owned business quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Black-owned business card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
By the 1890s, thousands of small business ______ had opened in urban areas.
Answer
operations. By the 1890s, thousands of small business operations had opened in urban areas. From the Black-owned business article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In the United States, black-owned businesses, also known as African American businesses, originated in the days of slavery before ____.
Answer
1860s. In the United States, black-owned businesses, also known as African American businesses, originated in the days of slavery before 1865. From the Black-owned business article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Louis XIV. Louis XIV 91 · Black-owned business 82 · Joseph Cook 77 · Trafalgar campaign 73 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Emancipation and civil rights permitted businessmen to operate inside the American legal structure starting in the Reconstruction era and afterwards.
- By the 1890s, thousands of small business operations had opened in urban areas.
- The most rapid growth came in the early 20th century, as the increasingly rigid Jim Crow system of segregation moved urban blacks into a community large enough to support a business establishment.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Black-owned business article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Black-owned business
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Black-owned business (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : John H. White, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
