Proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
In 1972, Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment for women [ . . . ]
Proposed 27th Amendment (ERA)
Section I. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.
Section II. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Section III. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.
Use the excerpt to answer the question.
What was the outcome of the ERA?
Responses
It was ratified through a congressional vote.
It was ratified through a congressional vote.
It failed to be ratified by three-quarters of the House and Senate.
It failed to be ratified by three-quarters of the House and Senate.
It was ratified by three-quarters of the state legislatures.
It was ratified by three-quarters of the state legislatures.
It failed to be ratified by state legislatures.
It failed to be ratified by state legislatures.