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John Sherman, a Rare card
John Sherman was an American politician from Ohio who served in federal office throughout the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 187
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 210,000
Power 187 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
John Sherman quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Sherman card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He also served as Secretary of the ______ and Secretary of State.
Answer
Treasury. He also served as Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State. From the John Sherman article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Sherman sought the Republican presidential nomination three times, coming closest in ____, but was never chosen by the party.
Answer
1880s. Sherman sought the Republican presidential nomination three times, coming closest in 1888, but was never chosen by the party. From the John Sherman article on Wikipedia.
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.
- A member of the Republican Party, he served in both houses of the U.S. Congress.
- He also served as Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State.
- Sherman sought the Republican presidential nomination three times, coming closest in 1888, but was never chosen by the party.
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 Sherman article was read about 210,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get John Sherman
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Sherman (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
