{"id":25371,"date":"2026-10-16T23:29:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/new-jersey-1804-law-address-slavery\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T23:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:29:29","slug":"new-jersey-1804-law-address-slavery","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/new-jersey-1804-law-address-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"How did New Jersey&#8217;s 1804 law address slavery?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How did New Jersey&#8217;s 1804 law address slavery?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>It applied only to another state<\/li>\n<li>It legalized slavery for the first time<\/li>\n<li>It provided for gradual abolition<\/li>\n<li>It immediately freed every enslaved person<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","subject":[3257],"topic":[3975,3986],"education_level":[2495],"class_list":["post-25371","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","subject-us-government-civics","topic-new-jersey-facts","topic-new-jersey-government-and-constitution","education_level-grade-7"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>New Jersey adopted a gradual abolition law in 1804 rather than immediately ending slavery.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The law set out a gradual process that applied differently according to birth status and existing enslavement. It did not immediately free every enslaved person.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"It applied only to another state"},{"right":"no","answer":"It legalized slavery for the first time"},{"right":"yes","answer":"It provided for gradual abolition"},{"right":"no","answer":"It immediately freed every enslaved person"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3257,"title":"U.S. Government &amp; Civics","slug":"us-government-civics"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3975,"title":"New Jersey Facts","slug":"new-jersey-facts"},{"id":3986,"title":"New Jersey Government and Constitution","slug":"new-jersey-government-and-constitution"}],"education_level_terms":[{"id":2495,"title":"Grade 7","slug":"grade-7"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/25371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=25371"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=25371"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=25371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}