What did the policy of dividing the South into these military districts achieve?

Question

A) It helped the South’s manufacturing industry recover from the Civil War, and the region became the industrial center of the country.
B) It helped protect and provide opportunities for African Americans, and these successes led to permanent societal changes.
C) It helped protect and provide opportunities for African Americans, but these successes were reversed when the policy ended.
D) It helped the South’s manufacturing industry recover from the Civil War, but the region’s agricultural industry collapsed.

Answer 1

The policy of dividing the South into military districts during Reconstruction primarily aimed to enforce the law and provide protection for newly freed African Americans as well as to facilitate their integration into society as citizens with rights. The successes of this policy in protecting and providing opportunities for African Americans, however, were largely reversed when the policy ended and Southern states implemented discriminatory laws. Therefore, the most accurate answer would be:

C) It helped protect and provide opportunities for African Americans, but these successes were reversed when the policy ended.