How did the Seventeenth Amendment fit in with the Progressive agenda? A) The Seventeenth Amendment provides for a direct election of the President of the United States.

B) The Seventeenth Amendment provides for the direct election of senators, thus placing more political power in the hands of the people.

C) The Seventeenth Amendment limited the ability of corporations to form monopolies.

D) The Seventeenth Amendment protected the mentally ill and other vulnerable groups from predatory health care providers.