Why did Congress pass the Enforcement Acts between 1870 and 1875?

to establish military districts in the South

to force ex-Confederates to join the Union Army

to protect the rights of African Americans

to take over land abandoned during the war

Option C.

Explanation:

To protect the rights of African Americans, is the right answer.

The Congress of the United States enacted three bills in the year between 1870 and 1871, these three bills collectively came to be known as the Enforcement Acts. They were criminal laws which protected the right of the African-American community to vote, to operate the office, to work on panels, and secure the equal protection of statutes. Legislated under the rule of Ulysses S. Grant, the legislation also authorized the national government to negotiate when states did not work to protect these liberties.

Answer: c to protect the rights of African Americans