Seventeenth Amendment

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Constitution
gptkbp:addresses Senatorial vacancies
gptkbp:affects gptkb:election
gptkbp:allows Governor appointment of Senators in case of vacancy
gptkbp:amended_by gptkb:Article_I,_Section_3_of_the_United_States_Constitution
changed the dynamics of federal elections
impacts state governance
gptkbp:applies_to state-federal relations
gptkbp:depicted_in democratic reform
gptkbp:enacted_by 1913
36 state legislatures
gptkbp:focuses_on political activism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Seventeenth Amendment
gptkbp:includes civics education
gptkbp:increased democratic participation
gptkbp:influenced_by Progressive Era reforms
gptkbp:is_a_way_to Senators are elected
gptkbp:is_analyzed_in gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:is_associated_with the Progressive Movement
gptkbp:is_challenged_by some political groups
gptkbp:is_cited_in gptkb:government_agency
debates about representation
gptkbp:is_considered_as landmark reform
gptkbp:is_discussed_in political accountability
constitutional law courses
state rights
gptkbp:is_often_associated_with political science studies
the Nineteenth Amendment.
gptkbp:is_often_compared_to other amendments regarding voting rights
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Constitution
American legislative process
Constitutional framework of the U. S.
gptkbp:is_referenced_in Supreme Court cases
gptkbp:is_reflected_in changing political attitudes
gptkbp:is_related_to the concept of popular sovereignty
the election process
gptkbp:key U. S. political history
gptkbp:mandates affects the balance of power
gptkbp:notable_achievement American democracy
gptkbp:notable_for the electoral process
gptkbp:proposed_by 62nd Congress
gptkbp:provides direct election of U. S. Senators
gptkbp:repealed_by state legislature selection of Senators
gptkbp:resulted_in public demand for reform
gptkbp:signed_by gptkb:President_Woodrow_Wilson
gptkbp:significance voter empowerment
gptkbp:subject gptkb:political_movement
gptkb:archaeological_site
scholarly research
legal debates
political historians
gptkbp:was_a_factor_in the evolution of the Senate
gptkbp:was_a_response_to corruption in state legislatures
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_H._Taft
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3