Why did congress divide the south into military districts?

a. republicans in congress wanted to redraw state borders to prevent future attempts at secession.
b. republicans in congress did not trust white southerners to adopt reforms giving rights to freed slaves.
c. both parties in congress believed districts would make it easier to return escaped slaves to their owners.
d. both parties in congress wanted a reason to increase the federal military budget.

The correct answer is B) Republicans in Congress did not trust white southerners to adopt reforms giving rights to freed slaves.

Congress divided the South into military districts because Republicans in Congress did not trust white southerners to adopt reforms giving rights to freed slaves.

That is why the United States Congress passed the Reconstruction Acts of 1867 and divided the South into five military districts. Let's have in mind that the Civil War had ended and there were still many "wounds" in southern people after the end of slavery. The South depended so much on slavery to produce the crops that had to be traded and exported. The US Congres wanted to make sure that the southern states obey this legislation and respect the rights of the African Americans.

                the united states presidential election of 1912 was the 32nd quadrennial presidential election, held on tuesday, november 5, 1912. the election was a rare four-way contest.

                incumbent president william howard taft was renominated by the republican party with the support of its conservative wing. after former president theodore roosevelt failed to receive the republican nomination, he called his own convention and created the progressive party (nicknamed the "bull moose party"). it nominated roosevelt and ran candidates for other offices in major states. democrat woodrow wilson was finally nominated on the 46th ballot of a contentious convention, to the support of william jennings bryan, the three-time democratic presidential candidate who still had a large and loyal following in 1912. eugene v. debs, running for a fourth time, was the nominee of the socialist party of america.

                wilson won the election, gaining a large majority in the electoral college and winning 42% of the popular vote, while roosevelt won 27%, taft 23% and debs 6%. wilson became the only elected president from the democratic party between 1892 and 1932, and the second of only two democrats to be elected president between 1860 and 1932. this was the last election in which a candidate who was not a republican or democrat came second in either the popular vote or the electoral college, and the first election in which all 48 states of the contiguous united states participated.

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the  wilmot proviso  was designed to eliminate  slavery  within the  landacquired as a result of the mexican war (1846-48). fearing the addition of a pro-slave territory, pennsylvania congressman david  wilmot proposedhis amendment to the bill.