1. After approval by Congress, it had a deadline for state ratification of seven years, and was considered a low priority amongst the turmoil of the 1970s.
<span>2. It was largely pointless. Every state already has some recognition of equal rights for the both sexes in its constitution or statutes, and a body of caselaw supporting the same. Many state legislatures were wary of ratifying an amendment that would expand federal power without really accomplishing anything.</span>
Answer:
True
Explanation:
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Republicans were angry that southern legislatures passed laws known as "black codes" because the Republicans had fought to eliminate slavery and give equal rights to the freed African Americans, and the black codes severely limited the rights of these newly-freed slaves.
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