Question

Why did the Republicans in Congress feel that the Fourteenth Amendment was necessary?
(1 point)
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.

Answer 1

They worried the Supreme Court would find the Civil Rights Act unconstitutional — the amendment was meant to lock civil rights into the Constitution so courts (or future governments) couldn't easily overturn them.