Question
Why did the Republicans in Congress feel that the Fourteenth Amendment was necessary?
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Responses
They worried the wealthy southern planters would not comply with the Civil Rights Act.
They worried the wealthy southern planters would not comply with the Civil Rights Act.
They worried that President Johnson would not enforce the Civil Rights Act.
They worried that President Johnson would not enforce the Civil Rights Act.
They worried that the South would secede from the Union again.
They worried that the South would secede from the Union again.
They worried that the Supreme Court would find the Civil Rights Act unconstitutional.
1 answer
The correct response is:
They worried that President Johnson would not enforce the Civil Rights Act.
This concern arose because President Andrew Johnson was seen as sympathetic to the South and was largely opposed to the measures being taken to protect the rights of freedmen after the Civil War. The Fourteenth Amendment was intended to provide a constitutional guarantee of civil rights that would be difficult for any future president or court to overturn.
