Diverse Leadership Quick Check
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Question
Use the quote to answer the question.
“My faith in the Constitution is whole; it is complete, it is total. And I am not going to . . . be an idle spectator to the . . . destruction of the Constitution.”
—Barbara Jordan, House Judiciary Committee Speech, July 24, 1974
What situation caused Barbara Jordan to raise these concerns about the potential destruction of the Constitution in 1974?
(1 point)
Responses
the president’s involvement in the Watergate scandal
the president’s involvement in the Watergate scandal
the failure to adopt the Equal Rights Amendment
the failure to adopt the Equal Rights Amendment