Ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment is considered a progressive victory because ___________.
A. by providing for the income tax, it had the effect of redistributing wealth in the United States
B. by providing for the direct election of United States senators, it took their election out of the hands of state legislatures
C. by establishing a regulatory commission for all industry, it furthered the concept of a planned economy
D. by making the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages illegal, it furthered the progressive goal of moral purity
Answer: B
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The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and the rest of the world is known as the _________.
a. Anglo-Portuguese Exchange b. Columbian Exchange c. Louisiana Purchase Exchange d. Indo-European Exchange
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A) Kansas Bill. B) Wade-Davis Bill. C) Freedmen's Bureau Bill. D) First Reconstruction Act.