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Document 7
United States Constitution (1787)
17th Amendment to the United States Constitution (1913)
7. How did the 17th Amendment make the selection of United States senators more
democratic? [2]
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Document 8
Susan B. Anthony
8. What argument was used by Susan B. Anthony to support the demand that women be
given the right to vote? [2]
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Reproduced from the August 2001 United States History and Government Regents Exam
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The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state,
chosen by the legislature thereof, for six years; and each senator shall have one vote.
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state,
elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each senator shall have one vote.
The preamble of the Federal Constitution says: “We, the people of the United States…”
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but
we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the
blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our
posterity, but to the whole people
- women as well as men.