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

A. They worried the wealthy southern planters would not comply with the Civil Rights Act.

B. They worried that President Johnson would not enforce the Civil Rights Act.

C. They worried that the South would secede from the Union again.

D. They worried that the Supreme Court would find the Civil Rights Act unconstitutional.

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Reed Foster

Mathematics

26 April, 18:05

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

A. They worried the wealthy southern planters would not comply with the Civil Rights Act.

B. They worried that President Johnson would not enforce the Civil Rights Act.

C. They worried that the South would secede from the Union again.

D. They worried that the Supreme Court would find the Civil Rights Act unconstitutional.

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Seth Giles · Answer 1

B. They worried that President Johnson would not enforce the Civil Rights Act.

Juliette Sloan · Answer 2

They did it to protect the civil rights act from being overturned by the south. That is not one of the choices but that is what happened. They made it so that everyone is equal and that whites would not judge blacks. So I would say that C. is the correct answer.