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Why did the Republicans in Congress feel that the Fourteenth Amendment was necessary?
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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.
They worried that the Supreme Court would find the Civil Rights Act unconstitutional.
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
They worried that the Supreme Court would find the Civil Rights Act unconstitutional.

Congress Republicans pushed the Fourteenth Amendment to place civil rights protections into the Constitution so they could not be overturned by the Court (or easily rescinded later).