Garfield's Childhood/Teen Years
Politics
Military Career
Guiteau
Assasination
100
How many years old was Garfield when His father died
What is almost two years?
100
The hard decision that Garfield made in 1859
What is What is the decision to replace a deceased Ohio senator. "He accepted the nomination, but not without concern."(p.24)
100
The Regiment did Garfield Command in the Civil War.
What is the 42nd regiment?
100
Guiteau dedicated himself to killing Garfield after this.
What is The steamboat collision involving the Stonington and the Narragansett?
100
This Invention, by A.G. Bell was used by him to try to find Guiteau's bullet
What is the metal detector?
200
Number of siblings Garfield had?
What is three?
200
The two factions of the Republican Party at the 1880 Convention.
What are the Stalwarts and the Half-Breeds?
200
Garfield's big victory that kept Kentucky in Union control.
What is the Battle of Middle Creek? "Marshall ordered his men to retreat, leaving Kentucky solidly in Union hands." (p.25)
200
Guiteau tried to use this,like Daniel M'Naghten, to get away with killing Garfield
What is proving that he is Insane?
200
Decision that Garfield made to help him get better
What is to move to a New Yorker's summer home in New Jersey?
300
At sixteen Years of age, Garfield went to work as this.
What is a steamboat driver on the Ohio and Erie Canal?
300
The person Garfield gave the nominating speech for.
Who is John Sherman?
300
The Result for Garfield of the Battle of Middle Creek.
What is Garfield's promotion to Brigadier General?
300
The place where Guiteau shot Garfield.
What is the Baltimore and Potomac train station
300
Daily Double-600 Points! Garfield died of his wound on this day.
When is September 19, 1881?
400
In the fall of 1851, Garfield was accepted into this preparatory school, and also by his second year, was an assistant professor
What is the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute "Unable to afford tuition, he convinced the school to allow him to work as the janitor... So vigorously did Garfield apply himself during his first year at the Eclectic that, by his second year, the school has promoted him from janitor to assistant professor.(p.22,23)
400
Number of votes that Garfield had at the end of the convention
How many is 399?
400
Garfield's cunning plan to defeat the Confederates at middle creek
What is the plan of splitting a regiment into parts and attacking at different times?
400
Guiteau Hoped for this so that he could stay alive after he was sentenced.
What is a "stay...pardon or a "fearsome act of God"(p.244)
400
The immediate cause of Garfield's death.
What is a rent in the splenic artery? "The hemorrhage had flooded Garfield's abdominal cavity with a pint of blood.,which by now coagulated into an 'irregular form...nearly as large as a man's fist' This, they realized,had been the cause of the terrible pain.(p.232)
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