Question

Which practice was a means the federal government used to safeguard blacks' civil rights during congressional Reconstruction?

forbidding former slaveowners from holding public office


appointing Redeemer Democrats to oversee elections


encouraging southern land owners to hire black sharecroppers


sending soldiers to the South to enforce antidiscrimination laws

Answer 1

I think it’s the last one, as far as I can remember that is what the answer is.

Answer 2

Answer:South to enforce antidiscrimination laws.

Explanation:The practice that was a means the federal government used to safeguard blacks' civil rights during congressional Reconstruction was sending soldiers to the South to enforce antidiscrimination laws.

Let's remember that the main goal of President Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan was to help the nation heal and move past the war quickly.

What President Lincoln always wanted was to maintain the unity of the country. So when it came to the time of Reconstruction after the Union's victory in the Civil War,