The seventeenth amendment addressed the issue and process of the election of the US senators.
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Four amendments were added during the progressive era: the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th Amendments. 16th - permitted Congress to levy taxes based on individuals income 17th - gave voters the power to elect their senators 18th - barred manufacture sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages 19th - granted women full voting rights
There are four Constitutional amendments that expand the definition of popular sovereignty. The Ninth Amendment deals with the rights of the people. The Tenth Amendment outlines the powers of federalism. The Seventeenth Amendment clarifies the election of senators. The Nineteenth Amendment established women's suffrage.
The constitutional amendments passed between 1910 and 1920 included the 16th which started the income tax, the 17th which gave the election of senator to the popular vote, the 18th which was prohibithion (banning of alchool) and the 19th which in women's sufferage (rigth to vote)
some of the party's proposals were later adopted when Constitutional amendments establishing a graduated income tax and the direct election of U.S. senators were ratified.
Direct election of senators