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Election of 1880 Trivia

Answer questions related to the Election of 1880
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Last updated: January 20, 2022
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Victor
James Garfield
Their party
Republican
Their running mate
Chester Arthur
Their home state
Ohio
Opponent
Winfield Hancock
Their party
Democrat
Their running mate
William English
Their home state
Pennsylvania
3rd place candidate
James B Weaver
Their party
Green Back
Their running mate
Barzillai Chambers
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Their home state
Iowa
Other major third party
Prohibition
Major issue revolving around how the US Dollar should work
Gold Standard
Policy that the Republicans used to convince northerners not to vote Democratic and blaming them for the Civil War
Waving a Bloody Shirt
State that the Democrats shockingly won despite vote splitting in the republican's favor
Virginia
Who assassinated the victor a few months after the election
Charles Guiteau
The victor was assassinated over not giving the assassin one of two jobs he wanted. Name either
Consular to Paris / Consular to Austria
Before the assassin got into politics, he lived in a free love commune in New York. However no one there liked him and they called him _______ ___ ___ (Hint: a pun based on his last name)
Charles Get Out
State with the largest margin (41.79)
Vermont
State with the smallest margin (0.06)
California
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