Four amendments were added during the progressive era: the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th Amendments.
16th - permitted Congress to levy taxes based on individuals income
17th - gave voters the power to elect their senators
18th - barred manufacture sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages
19th - granted women full voting rights
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There were three progressive amendments. The 17th amendment that allowed the direct election of the senator, the 18th amendment that banned alcohol, and the 19th amendment that gave the women the right to vote.
The customary period now is 7 years.
It was during the Gilded Age that the Amendments were passed concerning income tax, direct election of senators, prohibition, and women's suffrage. These things were enacted through the 16th through the 19th Amendments. The Gilded Age covered a period of time from the 1870s to 1900.
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Amendments are additions or clarifications. When a constitutional amendment is accepted and enacted, it effectively adds its contents to the constitution, or clarifies points set forth in either the constitution or another amendment. In the Constitution of the United States of America, numerous amendments have been accepted, some shortly after the document was drafted. Effectively, the Constitution served as the foundation, the framework for the ideals of the government. Amendments were proposed, and some added, to expand upon the Constitution's intent. The first ten constitutional amendments, collectively called the Bill of Rights, was completed roughly a decade after the Constituton was adopted. Amendments can be removed. The 18th Amendment was ratified in 1919, and banned alcohol in the United States. This period, called Prohibition, ended in 1933 when the 21st Amendment was passed. The sole purpose of the 21st Amendment was to repeal the 18th Amendment. In summary: to amend any document, constitutions included, means to modify, add, or clarify the document.
The Progressive Era was a period time from the 1890's to the 1920's. It was a period of great political reform and social activism when religious morality helped to promote the idea of community and solidarity.