• 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

Which statement describes the central idea of the text? a. while the nigerian government has the wealth to improve the conditions in prisons, they continue to view it as a low priority. b. nigerian prisons neglect the physical and mental health of their prisoners by failing to provide them with basic necessities and services. c. the inhuman conditions in nigerian prisons could easily be improved, but the environment is considered part of prisoners' punishment. d. conditions in nigerian prisons are slowly improving as non-government organizations and citizens are providing much-needed equipment to the prisons.