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Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos, an Uncommon card
At 7:15 p.m. on September 23, 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos announced on television that he had placed the Philippines under martial law, stating he had done so in response to the "communist threat" posed by the newly founded Communist Party of the Philippines, and the sectarian "rebellion" of the Muslim…
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 171
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 87,000
Power 171 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
Opposition figures of the time accused Marcos of exaggerating these threats and using them as an excuse to consolidate power and extend his tenure beyond the two presidential terms allowed by the ____ constitution.
Answer
1930s. Opposition figures of the time accused Marcos of exaggerating these threats and using them as an excuse to consolidate power and extend his tenure beyond the two presidential terms allowed by the 1935 constitution. From the Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jonatan Christie. Jonatan Christie 90 · Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos 83 · Spiritualism 80 · Atlantic Canada 77 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Opposition figures of the time accused Marcos of exaggerating these threats and using them as an excuse to consolidate power and extend his tenure beyond the two presidential terms allowed by the 1935 constitution.
- Marcos signed Proclamation No. 1081 on September 21, 1972, marking the beginning of a fourteen-year period of one-man rule, which effectively lasted until Marcos was exiled from the country on February 25, 1986.
- Proclamation No. 1081 was formally lifted on January 17, 1981, by Proclamation No. 2045, although Marcos retained essentially all of his powers as dictator until he was ousted in February 1986.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos article was read about 87,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Philippines Daily Express, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
