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Progressive measure that required us senators to be elected directly by the people rather than by state legislatures?
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Seventeenth Amendment
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What did the amendments change?
The seventeenth amendment changed the way the senators were elected. Initially the senators were elected directly by the people, but after the 17th amendment change, the senators are appointed by the state legislatures.
How were US senators chosen before the general population was able to vote for them?
The Constitution allowed the state legislatures to determine how their states' Senators would be chosen. In the early days after the Constitution was ratified, legislatures often chose the Senators themselves. However, as people began to demand it, many legislatures gave the voters the right to choose their Senators even before the federal Constitution required them to do so.
Did the 17 amendment extend voting or change the electoral process?
The 17th Amendment, ratified in 1913, changed the electoral process by allowing for the direct election of Senators. Prior to this amendment, Senators were chosen by state legislatures. The 17th Amendment extended voting rights by giving citizens the power to directly elect their Senators, instead of indirectly through state legislatures.
What did the 17th amendment to the US Constitution accomplish?
Before the 17th Amendment, members of the House of Representatives were elected directly by the people, but members of the Senate were elected by the individual states' legislatures. However, the 17th Amendment changed the election of Senators from the state legislatures to the people. As a result, senators are now directly elected by the people.
Who used to elect senators?
No. The Constitution established in 1787 that the State Legislatures would appoint the Senators. It was not until the 17th Amendment, ratified in 1913, that senators would be elected directly by the people.
The direct election of US Senators womens suffrage and greater government regulation of large industries were all issues of importance in the early 1900s to the?
Progressives long argued that citizens should have the right to directly vote for their U.S. Senators, rather than have state legislatures choose them. This was finally ratified as an Amendment in 1913 with the 17th Amendment, thanks in large part to the tireless efforts of Progressive activists and politicians. Progressives long argued that citizens should have the right to directly vote for their U.S. Senators, rather than have state legislatures choose them. This was finally ratified as an Amendment in 1913 with the 17th Amendment, thanks in large part to the tireless efforts of Progressive activists and politicians.
Was the senator designed by framers to be elected by the people?
No, the original design of the Senate in the United States was that senators would be elected by state legislatures, not directly by the people. It was not until the 17th Amendment was ratified in 1913 that senators were elected by popular vote. This change was made in order to give citizens more direct control and eliminate allegations of corruption and backroom deals in the selection of senators.
Which of the following was a progressive reform?
direct election of Senators by the people rather than the state legislaturesThe only reform here that can be attributed directly to the Progressive era is the direct election of Senators by the people rather than the state legislatures. Presidential succession and suffrage rights were addressed by Constitutional amendments in the second half of the 20th Century.
How were senators originally selected?
They were selected by national legislatures
How were senators originally chosen?
"Each state has two senators, regardless of the size of its population. Originally, senators were chosen by state legislatures. In 1913 the 17th amendment provided that senators would be directly elected by the people." found on 12/4/07 at http://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm
Who elected senators in 1789?
state legislatures
Who originally chose senators?
state legislatures
