2. why did many in congress oppose the
land reform plan?

They believed that suffrage and new civil rights were enough to give African Americans a better life.

Explanation:

(e) a major consequence of the election was that several southern states

congress also has implied powers, which derive from the necessary and proper clause of the constitution and permit congress "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the united states.