The Seventeenth Amendment restates the first paragraph of Article I, section 3 of the Constitution and provides for the election of senators by replacing the phrase “chosen by the Legislature thereof” with “elected by the people thereof.” In addition, it allows the governor or executive authority of each state, if …
What was the 18th Amendment?
By its terms, the Eighteenth Amendment prohibited “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquours” but not the consumption, private possession, or production for one’s own consumption.
What government and social reforms did progressives achieve in the late 19th and early 20th centuries? Better working conditions, amendment vote for senators, ability for women to vote, improved city government , prohibition, and child labor laws.
