Ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment Is Considered a Progressive Victory

question 16

Multiple Choice

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

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Workers

Individuals employed to perform tasks or services in exchange for compensation.

Average Product

The output produced per unit of input used, calculated by dividing total product by the quantity of input.

Workers

Individuals engaged in any form of physical or intellectual labor, either employed or unemployed.

Marginal Product

The additional output that is produced by using one more unit of a particular input while holding other inputs constant.