• The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to levy income tax. • The Seventeenth Amendment allows for the direct election of senators.
• The Eighteenth Amendment prohibits the sale of alcohol.
• The Nineteenth Amendment grants women the right to vote.
The events in this list are part of which of the following broader periods of
American history?
A. The Progressive Era
B. The Cold War
C. The Gilded Age
D. The Great Depression