Amendments to the Constitution

16th Amendment, 1913

· Allows Congress to levy an income tax

17th Amendment, 1913

· Senators are elected directly

· Arose from progressive pressures that said the “Millionaires’ Club” was controlling the government

· Attempt to give power back to the people

18th Amendment, 1919

· Makes prohibition a national law

· Pushed through by women who believed that alcohol was evil, evidence of women’s growing political influence

19th Amendment, 1920

· Women are given the vote at long last!

· All that campaigning finally paid off

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