What Did the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments Have in Common

question 52

Multiple Choice

What did the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments have in common?

• A)Both amendments increased the power of the states.
• B)Both amendments increased the power of the federal government.
• C)Both amendments were passed during the Civil War.
• D)Both amendments increased the federal government's ability to tax individual citizens.
• E)Both amendments granted civil rights to African Americans.

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