The Civil Rights Act of 1866 Was Passed After the Civil

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was passed after the Civil War to:

A) encourage the settlement of the Western United States by the development of a system of highways.
B) guarantee freed slaves the rights of citizenship.
C) break a cycle of debt during the reconstruction following the Civil War.
D) outlaw major forms of discrimination against women.
E) provide for the gradual elimination of several seats in the Supreme Court of the United States.