The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Failed to Be Ratified by the Needed

question 36

Multiple Choice

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 anti-feminist 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.

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Definitions:

Power Stroke

The phase in the cycle of a motor protein, such as myosin in muscle contraction, where force is generated and movement occurs.

Myosin Head

The part of the myosin protein that binds to actin filaments, enabling muscle contraction.

Actin Filament

Thin myofilament within the sarcomere; composed of two F actin molecules, tropomyosin, and troponin molecules.

Synaptic Vesicles

Small sacs in the presynaptic terminal of neurons that store neurotransmitters, which are released into the synaptic cleft during neurotransmission.