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Which Amendment allowed senators to be elected by the people, since previously senators were chosen by the state legislators of their own states? *

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That is the Seventeenth Amendment.

Step-by-step explanation:

For 125 years, American didn“t vote directly for Senators. State legislatures chose them. The 17th Amendment allowed the direct election of senators by citizens in the states. Senators are elected for periods of 6 years. The reform was passed in 1913.

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