Question

As a result of some former Confederate states’ refusal to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment,
Congress established military rule in the South.
Congress changed the ratification process.
those states reluctantly rejoined the Union.
the amendment was not ratified for many years.

Answer 1

Congress established military rule in the South.

After several former Confederate states refused to ratify the 14th Amendment, Congress (dominated by Radical Republicans) passed the Reconstruction Acts of 1867, placing those states under military occupation in five districts and requiring new state constitutions and ratification of the 14th Amendment as conditions for readmission to the Union.