With respect to the 31 amendments (of

the Constitution)that have been proposed
by Congress,which statement is true?

1.Only 25 have been ratified
2.The Eighteenth Amendment which makes
selling liquor illegal was ratified
and is still a valid law.
3.The Equal Rights Amendment took the
longest to become ratified.
4.The Sixteenth Amendment was ratified
and gave Congress the power to
collect income tax.

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Try the process of elimination while looking at a listing of the amendments:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.table.html#amendments

For #1 --
How many amendments are there? (XXVII = ??)

For #2 --
Look at Amendment XVIII

For #3 --
Read all the "titles" of the Amendments and decide.

For #4 --
Look at Amendment XVI

Let me know if you need help reading Roman numerals.

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the answer would be:

(4) The Sixteenth Amendment was ratified
and gave Congress the power to collect
income tax. Correct?
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Yes, the correct answer is (4) The Sixteenth Amendment was ratified and gave Congress the power to collect income tax. The process of elimination helps narrow down the options.

To find the answer to question #1, you can count the total number of amendments in the Constitution. If you check the link provided (http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.table.html#amendments), you will see that there are actually 27 amendments.

For question #2, you can look at the 18th amendment in the list, which states that selling liquor is illegal. However, it is important to note that the 21st amendment repealed the 18th amendment, effectively ending Prohibition.

Regarding question #3, you need to read the titles of the amendments on the list and determine which one is the Equal Rights Amendment that took the longest to become ratified. The Equal Rights Amendment was proposed but was never ratified, so this statement is not true.

Finally, for question #4, you should look at the 16th amendment, which gave Congress the power to collect income tax.

I'm glad I could help you with your homework! If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.