Because Texas did not suffer the physical destruction that burdened the other Confederate states, economic recovery and development came quickly after the Civil War

According to John Roche, the Federalist Papers were

a. based on a close reading of Montesquieu’s ideas about separation of powers. b. written by opponents of the Constitution. c. propaganda that supported the compromises made at the Constitutional Convention by promoting them into a political theory. d. an intellectual justification of majoritarian democracy.

Which of the following is accurate regarding the efforts to amend the Constitution to include an Equal Rights Amendment for women? 

A. It has never made it through the congressional amendment proposal process. B. It has passed through Congress, but failed ratification in the states. C. It was proposed as a part of the Bill of Rights, but failed to be ratified. D. It was ratified by the states in 1972, after passing through Congress. E. It is largely seen as unnecessary, now that women's incomes are equal to those of men.