Question

The 17th amendment ( direct election of U.S. Senators), the initiative, and the recall were all intended to.
A. break up the power of municipal political machines, such as Tammany Hall.
B. empowers the government to challenge big business.
C. extend civil rights to African Americans.
D. gives people more power in the democratic process.
E. relieve the suffering of the poor.

Answer 1

Hint:- The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) was passed in the constitution of The United States of America. This 17th amendment was proposed by Congress in 1912 but in actuality became part of the Constitution on April 8, 1913.

Complete answer:
The 17th amendment ( direct election of U.S. Senators), the initiative, and the recall were all intended to give the people more power in the democratic process.
Earlier senators were directly elected by state legislatures.
But now they established the direct election of United States senators in each state, now people can directly elect the Senators.
A. So A is irrelevant to the question. So option A is incorrect.
B. Bypassing the 17th amendment was not intended to empower the government to challenge big business. So B is the incorrect option.
C. this amendment did not intend to extend any civil rights to African Americans. So C is not the correct option.
E. passing the 17th amendment in America was not intended to relieve the suffering of the poor. So E is not the correct option.

Hence, option D is the correct answer.

Note: This 17th amendment was the replacement of Article I and3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution. It also changed the procedure of the election, but permitted state legislatures to make temporary appointments until a special election can be held.