[ 553 ] U.S. History GED ® TEST SOCIAL STUDIES FLASH REVIEW • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • What happened to the ERA? a. It was passed by a majority of states and became a constitutional amendment. b. It was no longer needed because women had made significant strides forward. c. It did not receive the votes needed in Congress to become a constitutional amendment. d. It did not receive the support needed by states to become a constitutional amendment. The cartoon below was drawn in the nineteenth century during a strike by the American Railway Union that called for a boycott of all trains with Pullman cars. Which of the following is most likely the point of view of the cartoonist? a. Workers needed to be squeezed to get any useful work out of them. b. The workers were being crushed by the greedy robber baron Pullman. c. The workers needed to end their strike in order to save the train industry. d. Pullman was a tough boss who knew how to punish lazy workers.