WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
GILDED AGE POLITICS
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Question
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For what reason did Charles Guiteau shoot President Garfield?
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He was an anarchist
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He did not support Garfield
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Garfield had not given him a government job
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He was mentally unstable and thought that Garfield was Satan
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Garfield’s assassin was Charles J. Guiteau, whose motive was revenge against Garfield for an imagined political debt, and getting Chester A. Arthur elevated to president.
Detailed explanation-2: -Charles Julius Guiteau (/ɡɪˈtoʊ/ ghih-TOH; September 8, 1841 – June 30, 1882) was an American man who assassinated James A. Garfield, president of the United States, on July 2, 1881.
Detailed explanation-3: -James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881, until his death six months later-two months after he was shot by assassin Charles J. Guiteau.
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