Question

The Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871 Select one: a. defined crimes that deprived citizens of their civil and political rights as federal offenses, and under these laws President Grant sent federal marshals to arrest hundreds of accused Klansmen. b. asserted South Carolina's right to nullify any federal law it deemed improper or unjust, and to enforce that decision. c. sought to sue for peace with Britain and Spain in the wake of the resurgence of international tensions surrounding imperialist filibustering. d. enforced the rights of landowners to act against encroaching settlers in the West.

Answer 1

a. defined crimes that deprived citizens of their civil and political rights as federal offenses, and under these laws President Grant sent federal marshals to arrest hundreds of accused Klansmen.

Step-by-step explanation:

Ulysses S. Grant was an American military leader born on the 27th of April, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio, United States of America. He served as the 18th President of the United States of America from the 4th of March, 1869 to the 4th of March, 1877.

As a civil rights executive, President Ulysses S. Grant created the Justice Department and protected African Americans during Reconstruction by working with the Radical Republicans.

The Enforcement Acts of 1870 and 1871 was an Act of Congress of the United States of America which was enacted and established during the Reconstruction Era, by the 41st United States Congress to define crimes that deprived citizens of their civil and political rights as federal offenses, and under these laws, President Ulysses S. Grant sent federal marshals to arrest hundreds of accused Klansmen.