Question

Republicans proposed the Fourteenth Amendment before southern states were readmitted to the Union to:

a)protect the Civil Rights Act of 1866 from being overturned by the South.

b)prevent the South from practicing racial discrimination.

c)ensure that southern states would agree to enter the Union.

d)gain southern support of the Republican Party before the election.

Answer 1

The correct answer would be option a) protect the Civil Rights Act of 1866 from being overturned by the South.

Republicans proposed the Fourteenth Amendment before southern states were readmitted to the Union to protect the Civil Rights Act of 1866 from being overturned by the South.

The Fourteenth Amendment conteins multiple concepts divided in five sections, the most famous section is Section number One wich is based in the privileges, citizenship, equal protection to everyone and due process, Sections Two, explains the correct apportionment of representatives to Congress, Section Three, forbids that any person who has participated in any act of rebellion can't hold a Federal Office, Section Four deals with federal debt, Section Five authorizes Congress to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment by appropriate legislation.