Significance of the Seventeenth Amendment
Why was the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment considered a significant political reform?
AIt granted women the right to vote.
BIt prohibited the denial of a citizen's right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
CIt authorized Congress to limit the president's authority in foreign affairs.
DIt established the direct election of United States senators by popular vote rather than by state legislatures.