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What impact did the Seventeenth Amendment have on the U.S. Senate?

It left some Senate seats open for months as political bosses decided on new senators.

It determined that the state legislators must choose U.S. senators.

It made the political machines controlling the Senate more powerful.

It provided for a popular vote to select senators from each state.

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4 months ago

The Seventeenth Amendment provided for a popular vote to select senators from each state, rather than being chosen by state legislatures. This shifted the power to elect senators from political bosses and state legislators to the general public, making the Senate more directly accountable to the people. It also helped to decrease corruption and improve the democratic process within the Senate.