Why did the federal government eventually send troops into the South?
a. to keep Confederate veterans from forming a new Southern army
b. to limit violence and voter intimidation against African Americans
c. to protect the land farmed by African American sharecroppers
d. to put down riots caused by bank failures during the Panic of 1873
Ans: b. to limit violence and voter intimidation against African Americans
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