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Uncommon card · History
Democracy in America, an Uncommon card
De la démocratie en Amérique is a classic French work by Alexis de Tocqueville.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 123
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 99,000
Power 123 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Democracy in America quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Democracy in America card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1831, Tocqueville and Gustave de ______ were sent by the French government to study the American prison system.
Answer
Beaumont. In 1831, Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont were sent by the French government to study the American prison system. From the Democracy in America article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Democracy in America. Democracy in America 69 · Cross of Burgundy 66 · Vilma Espín 63 · Bartolomeu Dias 60 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.
- In the book, Tocqueville examines the democratic revolution that he believed had been occurring over the previous several hundred years.
- In 1831, Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont were sent by the French government to study the American prison system.
- In his later letters, Tocqueville indicates that he and Beaumont used their official business as a pretext to study American society instead.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Democracy in America article was read about 99,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Democracy in America
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Democracy in America (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alexis de Tocqueville, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
