Congress passed the militia act in order to

a. draw military aid from overseas nations.
b. allow african americans to join the military.
c. expand union presence in western territories.
d. give border states the right to defend themselves.

in this case i think the answer would be c.

Explanation:

The Militia Acts of 1792 were a pair of statutes enacted by the second united states congress for the organization of the state militias and provided for the US president to take comand of the state militias in times of imment invasion or insurrection.

b.europe i believe because north america has 3 countries in a way and with all the stuff with illegal immagrants from mexico or whatever so i would say europe.

the reform movements that arose during the antebellum period in america focused on specific issues: temperance, abolishing imprisonment for debt, pacifism, antislavery, abolishing capital punishment, amelioration of prison conditions (with prison's purpose reconceived as rehabilitation rather than punishment), the humane treatment of animals, the humane and just treatment of native americans, the establishment of public institutions for the care of the destitute, orphans, blind, and mentally ill, the establishment of public schools, the abolition of tobacco use, vegetarianism, health reform, homeopathic medicine, woman's rights (including, at first, especially the establishment of a woman's right to own property apart from her husband and her right to sue for divorce), and the amelioration of labor conditions (including higher pay, the right to form unions, the right to strike, and the demand for limits on the number of work hours, and safe working conditions).

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