The progressive movement was instrumental in getting both the Seventeenth and Eighteenth amendments added to the Constitution. The Seventeenth provided for ____, and the Eighteenth provided for ____.

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The Seventeenth Amendment provided for the direct election of senators by the people, rather than by state legislatures. The Eighteenth Amendment provided for the prohibition of alcohol. Option A is incorrect because woman suffrage was not a result of the Eighteenth Amendment. Option C is incorrect because income taxes were actually provided for by the Sixteenth Amendment, not the Eighteenth. Option D is incorrect because income taxes and direct election of senators were provided for by different amendments. Option E is incorrect because woman suffrage was not a result of the Seventeenth Amendment.

The Progressive Movement Was Instrumental in Getting Both the Seventeenth