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17th Amendment
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20 Questions

1. What is the spoils system?

2. The first proposal for the 17th was introduced in 1826 in the what?

3. What was the 17th amendment?

4. The 17th amendment said that one vacancies occur in the Senate office, what two people may appoint a senator to fill the opening

5. The main way the amendment addressed issues in the progressive era was by doing what?

6. What was one main thing that happened because of the 17th

7. Who had the power before the 17th amendment to a point/replaced senators when one resigned?

8. Why do people disagree with the 17th

9. State legislators could not make any progress during senator elections in this resulted in what?

10. What did the 'race rider' do for the amendment?

11. What issues did the 17th address

12. When the amendment was proposed included a what?

13. What did state legislators do in order to get this amendment ratified

14. What motivated the Senate to be more accountable to the people

15. The 17th amendment establishes more of what in the United States

16. How long would a new senator serve?

17. What two things did the 17th end

18. Who supported/opposed the 17th

19. In order to pass the 17th, what did constitution require each house

20. Who was one of the main people to push ratification of the 17th