From the article U.S. History
The origins of the U.S. Army in the American Revolution, which of the following answer choices BEST describes the reaction of Congress to Washington and Knox's recommendations?
Question 4 options:
Congress responded by increasing the size of the regular army in order to defend frontier states and passing the Militia Act to give those state militias more power to train and defend themselves.
Congress responded by disbanding most of the regular army and passing the Militia Act because it feared that their recommendations would give more power to the federal government than the states.
Congress responded by expanding the regular army in order to fight the War of 1812 and using the Militia Act to order states to send their forces to defend the capital.
Congress responded by eliminating the existing regular army and using the Militia Act to force states to increase training of independent troops for defense.
