Who was abraham lincoln and how did he display political courage as president

What did land claims by the denny party the group to do? control all trade around puget sound increase the size of washington territory organize the village of seattle create conflict with the duwamish people

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?

Why did the other allies like great britain and france not support wilsons 14 points?