{"id":8200,"date":"2024-10-02T02:45:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T20:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=8200"},"modified":"2024-10-02T02:45:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T20:45:24","slug":"what-was-the-main-strategy-employed-by-general-lee-at-gettysburg","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/what-was-the-main-strategy-employed-by-general-lee-at-gettysburg\/","title":{"rendered":"What was the main strategy employed by General Lee at Gettysburg?"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3502,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[1538],"subject":[1611,12],"class_list":["post-8200","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-battle-of-gettysburg","subject-usa-history","subject-united-states-of-america"],"mcq_note":"<strong>The main strategy employed by General Lee at Gettysburg was Direct assaults on the center.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nLee sought to draw the Union Army into a decisive battle, convinced that a powerful offensive could shatter their defenses. This strategy reached its peak during the notorious Pickett\u2019s Charge on July 3, when around 12,500 Confederate soldiers launched an assault on the Union's center at Cemetery Ridge. Although they achieved some early gains, the charge ended in catastrophic losses for the Confederates and ultimately proved unsuccessful, highlighting the dangers of Lee\u2019s bold tactics in difficult terrain against a well-entrenched opponent.","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Flanking maneuvers"},{"right":"no","answer":"Artillery bombardment"},{"right":"yes","answer":"Direct assaults on the center"},{"right":"no","answer":"Defensive positioning"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"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":1538,"title":"The Battle of Gettysburg","slug":"battle-of-gettysburg"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/8200","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=8200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=8200"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=8200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}