Why did the Republicans in Congress feel that the Fourteenth Amendment was necessary?

Question

(1 point)

1 They worried the wealthy southern planters would not comply with the Civil Rights Act.
2 They worried that President Johnson would not enforce the Civil Rights Act.
3 They worried that the South would secede from the Union again.
4 They worried that the Supreme Court would find the Civil Rights Act unconstitutional.

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

2 They worried that President Johnson would not enforce the Civil Rights Act.

Republicans in Congress felt that the Fourteenth Amendment was necessary to ensure the protection of civil rights for freed slaves and to guarantee that these rights would be upheld, especially in light of their concerns about President Johnson's lack of commitment to enforcing the Civil Rights Act.