USA HISTORY

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures. Excerpt from the Seventeenth Amendment, 1913 How was the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment a success for Progressive reformers who tried to reduce political corruption?

(A) The right to vote was now extended to young men at the age of eighteen.

(B) Congress created a system for removing powerful political bosses from power.

(C) ** The power to elect both houses of Congress was now in the hands of the people.

(D) State governors now had the power to appoint Senators to office in Congress.

Concept note-1: -The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.