{"id":7974,"date":"2024-09-26T03:09:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T21:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=7974"},"modified":"2024-09-26T03:14:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T21:14:14","slug":"what-document-did-abraham-lincoln-issue-to-free-enslaved-people-in-confederate-states","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/what-document-did-abraham-lincoln-issue-to-free-enslaved-people-in-confederate-states\/","title":{"rendered":"What document did Abraham Lincoln issue to free enslaved people in Confederate states?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3502,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[1522],"subject":[19,1611],"class_list":["post-7974","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-the-emancipation-proclamation","subject-history","subject-usa-history"],"mcq_note":"<strong>Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, to free enslaved people in Confederate states.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThis landmark document declared that all slaves in territories rebelling against the Union were to be set free. While it did not immediately free all enslaved individuals, it marked a crucial turning point in the Civil War by redefining the conflict as a fight against slavery. The Proclamation also aimed to weaken the Confederacy\u2019s economy and encouraged enslaved people to escape or join the Union Army, further bolstering the Union's efforts.","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"The Emancipation Proclamation"},{"right":"no","answer":"The Gettysburg Address"},{"right":"no","answer":"The Declaration of Independence"},{"right":"no","answer":"The Thirteenth Amendment"}],"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":1522,"title":"The Emancipation Proclamation","slug":"the-emancipation-proclamation"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/7974","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=7974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=7974"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=7974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}