Which amendment is NOT part of the Progressive Amendments?

Which amendment is NOT part of the Progressive Amendments?

• A. Sixteenth through Nineteenth Amendments
• B. Twenty-fourth Amendment
• C. Seventeenth Amendment
• D. Eighteenth Amendment

Answer: (B)

Progressive Amendments are the set of changes from the early 1900s that aimed to expand democracy and reform government: the 16th created the federal income tax, the 17th provided for direct election of U.S. senators, the 18th established Prohibition, and the 19th gave women the vote. The Twenty-fourth Amendment, ratified in 1964, bans poll taxes in federal elections, a Civil Rights–era protection of voting access rather than a reform of government structure or democratic processes championed by the Progressive movement. That difference in focus is why the Twenty-fourth Amendment is not considered part of the Progressive Amendments.

Progressive Amendments are the set of changes from the early 1900s that aimed to expand democracy and reform government: the 16th created the federal income tax, the 17th provided for direct election of U.S. senators, the 18th established Prohibition, and the 19th gave women the vote. The Twenty-fourth Amendment, ratified in 1964, bans poll taxes in federal elections, a Civil Rights–era protection of voting access rather than a reform of government structure or democratic processes championed by the Progressive movement. That difference in focus is why the Twenty-fourth Amendment is not considered part of the Progressive Amendments.