{"id":7861,"date":"2024-09-24T02:14:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T20:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=7861"},"modified":"2024-09-25T00:46:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T18:46:02","slug":"who-was-the-primary-author-of-the-federalist-papers","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/who-was-the-primary-author-of-the-federalist-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was the primary author of the Federalist Papers?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3502,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[1528],"subject":[19,1611],"class_list":["post-7861","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-the-federalist-papers","subject-history","subject-usa-history"],"mcq_note":"<strong>The primary author of the Federalist Papers was Alexander Hamilton, who wrote 51 of the 85 essays promoting the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nPublished between 1787 and 1788, these essays aimed to address concerns about a strong federal government and to explain the principles of the new Constitution. Hamilton collaborated with James Madison and John Jay, who contributed 29 and 5 essays, respectively. The Federalist Papers offered insights into the framers\u2019 intentions and provided a compelling argument for a balanced government structure, influencing American political thought and serving as a vital resource for constitutional interpretation.","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Thomas Jefferson"},{"right":"no","answer":"James Madison"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Alexander Hamilton"},{"right":"no","answer":"John Jay"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":19,"title":"History","slug":"history"},{"id":1611,"title":"History of the United States","slug":"usa-history"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":1528,"title":"The Federalist Papers","slug":"the-federalist-papers"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/7861","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\/3502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=7861"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=7861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}