Question

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

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 were concerned that the civil rights and citizenship rights of newly freed slaves would not be protected without a constitutional amendment.