Question 1
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 statelegislatures.
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 moralpurity.
Question 2
Which of the following leaders died in 1953?
a. Joseph Stalin
b. Helmut Kohl
c. Winston Churchill
d. Benito Mussolini
e. Imre Nagy