The proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), passed by Congress in 1972 and eventually ratified by 35 states, stated the following:
a. "Congress shall pass no law restricting the equal right of privacy in marital relations or reproduction."
b. "The equal rights of unborn citizens of the United States under the Fourteenth Amendment shall not be abridged."
c. "Equal access to the courts of the United States and any state shall not be abridged on account of race, gender, or physical handicap."
d. "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on the basis of sex."
e. "Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed by the courts or any state to prohibit the guarantee of equal pay for equal work to women."
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? In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that
a. Dred Scott was not a citizen of the United States. b. Dred Scott could not legally sue in a federal court. c. the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. d. Congress had no power to ban slavery from a territory. e. only free blacks had civil rights
Which legislation came first?
A) ?Clayton Antitrust Act B) ?Federal Reserve Act C) ?Hepburn Act D) ?Sherman Antitrust Act
The primary New Deal government aid to women during the 1930s was in the form of
A. cash assistance. B. free child care. C. industrial work relief. D. secretarial work relief. E. free health care.
Examine the Lion Gate at Mycenae in the picture on page 197. What might the gate tell visitors about Mycenaean society?
What will be an ideal response?