Answer:
C. to keep Southerners from taking over the state governments
Step-by-step explanation:
The reconstruction of the military happened when the civil war of the southern state has been rebuilt for to be used again in the union. After the completion of the civil war, most parts of south ray was ruined, and many cities were destroyed, railroads pulled up, and the financial system of the south was wrecked. During this time the confederation money was worthless because the southern who had deposited money lost everything. This made the people believe that the idea of President Johnson and Lincoln reconstruction was lenient.