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.

Which of the following limited opportunities for freedmen in the South after the Civil War ended?
(1 point)
Responses

Radical Reconstruction
Radical Reconstruction

Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan
Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan

the Black Codes
the Black Codes

the Fourteenth Amendment

Which of the following was one of the Radical Republicans’ main goals for Reconstruction?
(1 point)
Responses

Radical Republicans wanted to give power back to the wealthy planters in the South.
Radical Republicans wanted to give power back to the wealthy planters in the South.

Radical Republicans wanted to ensure that the Fourteenth Amendment did not pass.
Radical Republicans wanted to ensure that the Fourteenth Amendment did not pass.

Radical Republicans wanted to keep President Johnson in office.
Radical Republicans wanted to keep President Johnson in office.

Radical Republicans wanted to guarantee freedmen were given the right to vote.

1 answer

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

    • They worried that President Johnson would not enforce the Civil Rights Act.
  2. Which of the following limited opportunities for freedmen in the South after the Civil War ended?

    • the Black Codes
  3. Which of the following was one of the Radical Republicans’ main goals for Reconstruction?

    • Radical Republicans wanted to guarantee freedmen were given the right to vote.