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John C. Calhoun, a Rare card
John Caldwell Calhoun was an American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 90
- DEF
- 93
- Power
- 183
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 410,000
Power 183 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
John C. Calhoun quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John C. Calhoun card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Calhoun saw Northern acceptance of those policies as a ______ of the South remaining in the Union.
Answer
condition. Calhoun saw Northern acceptance of those policies as a condition of the South remaining in the Union. From the John C. Calhoun article on Wikipedia.
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Answer
2025 Cambodian–Thai border crisis. 2025 Cambodian–Thai border crisis 98 · Economics 93 · John C. Calhoun 90 · Dmitri Shostakovich 85 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer and proponent of a strong federal government and protective tariffs.
- In the late 1820s, his views shifted, and he became a leading proponent of states' rights, limited government, nullification, and opposition to high tariffs, and distinguished himself as an outspoken defender of slavery in the United States.
- Calhoun saw Northern acceptance of those policies as a condition of the South remaining in the Union.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John C. Calhoun article was read about 410,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 90 and blocks with 93: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John C. Calhoun (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : George Peter Alexander Healy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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