The Seventeenth Amendment, ratified in 1913, established which of the following?

Secret ballots in local elections

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A direct primary

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Direct popular election of senators

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An eight-hour workday

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A federal minimum wage

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Solution

The correct option is C Direct popular election of senators
Choices A, B, D, and E have never been the subject of constitutional amendments, although all have been passed into law or established by custom. The Seventeenth Amendment overturned a provision of the Constitution that gave state legislatures the power to choose senators.

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