Excerpt from the Equal Rights Amendment
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES SECOND SESSION, NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS
JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to CH. J. Res. 208] equal rights for men and women. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled {two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission by the Congress:
ARTICLE —
SECTION 1. 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 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
SECTION 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.
Use the excerpt from the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to answer the question.
Despite the fact that this amendment was first brought to Congress in the 1920s but didn’t receive significant attention until the 1960s and 70s suggests that the
A.
successes of the civil rights movement influenced proponents of the ERA.
B.
passage of the Voting Rights Act was a necessary first step to passing the ERA.
C.
culture wars were far stronger in the 1920s and 30s than in later decades.
D.
conservative backlash against the advances of feminism were necessary for its passage.