The purpose of the Enforcement Acts was
A) to give federal troops authority to police former Confederate soldiers in the South.
B) to curb vigilante violence and protect black voters.
C) to enforce restrictions that were placed on blacks.
D) insure that the South accepted the outcome of the Civil War.
E) to limit the scope of Reconstruction.

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The Enforcement Acts, passed during the Reconstruction era, were designed to protect African Americans' rights, particularly their right to vote, by curbing the violence and intimidation tactics used by groups like the Ku Klux Klan.

The Purpose of the Enforcement Acts Was