How did the ming dynasty use religious ideas to legitimize rule?

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?

What where the five beliefs of the french philosophers?

Which of the following is an example of the pull factor known as economic migration? a. better educational opportunities pulling people towards a new country b. mexican laborers entering the us to work in agricultural jobs c. joining family members that are already in a new country d. crop failures driving people away from their country i am unsure on this question, i was thinking b? but i could be wrong.