17th amendment

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  • Reform movements

    many reform movements began in America as people wanted to fix the unfairness they saw in society

  • First proposing

  • Organ system

    It used a state primary election to see the voter's choice for senator

  • Race rider

    They included a "race rider" in the creation of the amendment, meant to block federal intervention in cases of racial discrimination among voters

  • House of representatives passes

    The House of Representatives passed House Joint Resolution 39 proposing a constitutional amendment to elect senators by popular vote

  • Proposal

    This amendment would make it so senators would be elected by voters, not state legislatures. It also said that the senators could stay in office until the end of the term

  • Congress proposed the amendment

    the 17th Amendment modified Article I, Section 3, of the Constitution by allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. senators.

  • Amendment was ratified

    Connecticut was the 36th state to ratify the amendment, It then became the 17 Amendment to the Constitution.

  • First election for Senators held

    The United States Senate elections were held, this was the first election held following the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

  • First time used

    Maryland was the first to use this amendment, the person in office had a term that ended in 1917