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Who is James Garfield?
The first president of the three to be elected.
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Who is JFK?
This president's term was dominated by cold war issues like the Bay of Pigs Invasion and Cuban Missile Crisis
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What is a Democrat?
JFK was the only president of the three to be a __
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What is Catholicism?
The religion of JFK, who was the first president to follow it
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Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The only president besides these three to be assassinated
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Who is JFK?
The only president of the three to not fight in the civil war
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What is the Spanish-American War?
This war, led by President McKinley, saw the U.S. transform into an imperial power
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What are war heroes?
All three of these presidents are recognized for their status as ___
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What is Vietnam?
JFK escalated tensions in this country, which were later fully sparked by his successor.
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Who is Charles Guiteau?
Garfield's assassin, a Stalwart, who was against Garfield's Radical Republican views
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Who is William McKinley?
Motion picture devices, automobiles and the lightbulb were invented in this president's time
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What is the Panic of 1893?
Before his presidency, McKinley promoted the gold standard in response to this economic depression
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What is law?
Both Garfield and McKinley studied this, but Kennedy did not.
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Who is William McKinley?
All of these presidents served as House Representatives, but this one served as Governor of Ohio
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What is infection?
A demonstration of the poor understanding of sanitization at the time, Garfield did not actually die from being shot but from an ___ in the wound
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Who is James Garfield?
The last president to be born in a log cabin
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Who are Stalwarts?
Conservative Republicans in the reconstruction era, opposed Radical and "Half-Breed" Republicans
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What is rags to riches?
Garfield campaigned on his ___ background, showing how he rose to affluence from poverty
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What is Representative of the Nation?
Because the public was so invested in his health and later mourning, Garfield indirectly solidified the president's role as _____
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What is 6 months?
The amount of time as president served by Garfield, the lowest of the three.
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Who are the forgotten presidents?
Presidents including Garfield and McKinley, who served during reconstruction and the gilded age
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What is Russia?
A monarchy during the presidencies of Garfield and McKinley, but a communist country during that of JFK
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Who is William McKinley?
Fought in the Battle of Kernstown, a civil war battle here in Winchester
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What is the spoils system?
Garfield broke presidential tradition by challenging this system and not appointing his cabinet based on their assistance with his campaign.
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Who are James Garfield and William McKinley?
Both the assassins of ___ and ___ were politically motivated.
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