USA HISTORY

THE PROGRESSIVE ERA 1900 1917

THE MUCKRAKERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the early 1900s, the progressives’ work to expand democracy led to which of the following?
A
The Sixth Amendment, which guarantees a speedy trial
B
The Twenty-first Amendment, which repealed Prohibition
C
The Seventeenth Amendment, which allowed for direct election of senators
D
The Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The 19th Amendment: Progressives Bring Equality to Voting Women’s suffrage, or the right to vote, was a social movement that predated the Civil War.

Detailed explanation-2: -XVI (1913).; the Seventeenth Amendment, establishing direct elections to the United States Senate 3. XVII (1913).; the Eighteenth Amendment, imposing prohibition 4. XVIII (1919).; and the Nineteenth Amendment, constitutionalizing women’s suffrage.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state. The amendment supersedes Article I, Section 3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures.

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