{"id":8065,"date":"2024-09-29T23:23:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T17:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=8065"},"modified":"2024-09-29T23:23:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T17:23:36","slug":"who-was-the-first-african-american-to-receive-the-medal-of-honor-for-his-bravery-during-the-civil-war","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/who-was-the-first-african-american-to-receive-the-medal-of-honor-for-his-bravery-during-the-civil-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was the first African American to receive the Medal of Honor for his bravery during the Civil War?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3502,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[1682],"subject":[19,1611,12],"class_list":["post-8065","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-william-carney","subject-history","subject-usa-history","subject-united-states-of-america"],"mcq_note":"<strong>William Carney was the first African American to receive the Medal of Honor for his bravery during the Civil War.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nHe was awarded the medal for his heroic actions during the assault on Fort Wagner in July 1863, where he served with the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the first African American units to fight in the war. Despite being wounded, Carney managed to carry the regimental flag and protect it from falling, demonstrating remarkable courage and commitment. His actions were pivotal in showcasing the valor of Black soldiers in the Union Army","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Robert Smalls"},{"right":"no","answer":"Martin Delany"},{"right":"no","answer":"Andrew H. Jackson"},{"right":"yes","answer":"William Carney"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":19,"title":"History","slug":"history"},{"id":1611,"title":"History of the United States","slug":"usa-history"},{"id":12,"title":"United States of America","slug":"united-states-of-america"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":1682,"title":"William Carney","slug":"william-carney"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/8065","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=8065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=8065"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=8065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}