Please can someone help me! How was the concept of Manifest Destiny used to motivate and justify U. S. territorial expansion?

He seventeenth amendment to the us constitution calls for the direct election of all us senators. this means that the people of each state get to vote to decide who will be their two us senators. before this, the legislatures of each state chose the two us senators from that state with no direct involvement of the average voter. why would this amendment be considered a reform? how would it benefit the people? even today some people claim that the seventeenth amendment was a bad idea. what arguments could be made for reverting selection of us senators back to the state legislatures?

Thomas jefferson was not afraid to make daring statements in the declaration of independence. what evidence from the text best supports this conclusion?

During the era of european expansion, what was the biggest reason for spain’s push for exploration?