{"id":7971,"date":"2024-09-26T03:09:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T21:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=7971"},"modified":"2024-09-26T03:14:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T21:14:14","slug":"which-state-was-the-first-to-secede-from-the-union-2","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/which-state-was-the-first-to-secede-from-the-union-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Which state was the first to secede from the Union?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3502,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[1591],"subject":[19,1611],"class_list":["post-7971","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-south-carolina","subject-history","subject-usa-history"],"mcq_note":"<strong>South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThis action followed the election of Abraham Lincoln, who opposed the expansion of slavery into new territories. South Carolina's secession was driven by a desire to protect its interests and maintain the institution of slavery, which was integral to its economy. The move set off a chain reaction, as other Southern states followed suit, ultimately leading to the formation of the Confederate States of America and the onset of the Civil War.","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Texas"},{"right":"no","answer":"Virginia"},{"right":"yes","answer":"South Carolina"},{"right":"no","answer":"Georgia"}],"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":1591,"title":"South Carolina","slug":"south-carolina"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/7971","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=7971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=7971"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=7971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}