Question 1

1. Show how the (17th) amendment addressed calls for reform during the progressive era

Accepted Answer

The 17th amendment changed the way senators were selected. Before the 17th amendment senators were selected by state legislatures, that allowed party bosses too much influence. The 17th amendment allowed voters of each state to directly elect their senators.

Question 2

2. Explain how the 19th amendment has led to a change in the meaning in one of the basic principles that define to government of the United States.

Accepted Answer

The 19th amendment was a progressive amendment. This amendment gave women the right to vote. The 19th amendment expanded popular sovereignty by extending the amount of people who could participate in choosing the leaders of the government.

Question 3

3 *Many people believed it was unfair to send soldiers to fight in WW1 for democracy in other countries, but to oppose giving women the right to vote at home.

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19th amendment

Question 4

3 *A need arose to have an income tax that required people with high incomes to pay a higher percentage of their income than people with lower incomes.

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16th amendment

Question 5

3 *Many reformers believed that a prohibition against drinking alcoholic beverages would reduce crime and corruption and solve many social problems.

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18th amendment

Question 6

3 *In some states, powerful and corrupt political members gained control of state legislatures by electing senators who were favorable to their interests.

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17th amendment

Question 7

4. Congress has power to lay and collect taxes on income Which amendment is this referring to?

Accepted Answer

16th amendment

Question 8

5. In response to the demands of Progressive reformers that wealthy Americans pay more in taxes, the sixteenth amendment was ratified resulting in?

Accepted Answer

a proportional income tax

Question 9

6. Activities by followers of the Progressive Movement led Congress to ratify the amendment that?

Accepted Answer

gave women the right to vote in elections

Question 10

7. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution realized a major goal of the Progressive Movement?

Accepted Answer

Sixteenth Amendment which created a graduated income tax

Question 11

8. Right to vote can't be denied because of genderWhich amendment is this statement referring to?

Accepted Answer

19th amendment

Question 12

9. What has been the impact of the Seventeenth Amendment on the United States?

Accepted Answer

It led to a more democratically elected United States senate

Question 13

10. What would be an expected result of the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment on the income of wealthier Americans?

Accepted Answer

People who have larger incomes would be required to pay a larger portion of their income in taxes

Question 14

11. National Prohibition, an authorized by an amendment, stated that?

Accepted Answer

the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages were banned

Question 15

12. The Seventeenth and Nineteenth Amendments, passed during the Progressive Era, both resulted in?

Accepted Answer

expanded voting rights for Americans

Question 16

13. part AWhat was the main goal of the Progressive Movement?

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bring about political and social reforms in the nation

Question 17

13. part B

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*prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages*allowing citizens to vote directly for U.S. Senators*endorsing a progressive income tax on wealthy Americans

Question 18

14. Which amendment does this quote refer to?

Accepted Answer

18th

Question 19

15. What democratic feature in the U.S. Senate was introduced during the Progressive Era?

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allowing the popular election of senators

Question 20

16. The right of the federal government to tax the personal income of individuals derives from?

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an amendment to the constitution

Question 21

17. People celebrating in a bar alcohol?

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18th amendment

Question 22

18. The 17th amendment is considered a democratic reform because it?

Accepted Answer

permitted citizens to have more influence in electing U.S. Senators

Question 23

19. A major achievement of the Progressive Movement was?

Accepted Answer

the correction of economic and social abuses

Question 24

20. People who use alcoholic beverages

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18th amendment

Question 25

20. american women voting

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19th amendment

Question 26

20. wealthy income earners

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16th amendment

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