Question

Which of the following was a direct effect of the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment?

increased number of senatorsimproved representation of the peopledecreased influence of political machines improved communication between the federal and state governments

Answer 1

Which of the following was a direct effect of the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment?

improved representation of the people

Answer 2

I believe that the direct effect of the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment is that it improved representation of the people, because now they were able to directly choose Senators, which made the whole voting process a lot democratic.