The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) failed to be ratified by the needed 38 states largely because
a. the Catholic Church opposed it.
b. many Americans realized that its goals had already been achieved without amending the Constitution.
c. an antifeminist backlash led by Phyllis Schlafly stirred sufficient opposition to stop it.
d. many suspected that it would require such things as rigid quotas and unisex bathrooms.
e. many Americans believed that equal gender treatment was a matter of changing attitudes, not creating laws.
c
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The chief aim of municipal reform during the progressive era was to
A) implement the single tax. B) encourage immigrants to maintain their ethnic traditions in order to make the city a more interesting place to live. C) modernize the city to benefit the business and professional classes. D) achieve social justice.
In which area of society did the Teotihuacanos and Maya differ greatly?
A) military B) government C) religion D) commerce
For whom was the colony of Virginia named?
What will be an ideal response?
Both Southern preachers and the urban black middle class typically viewed jazz as ________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word