How did nationalism affect the Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires?

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?

The delegates of the second continental congress who were ready to declare independence were from which area? a. new england b. the southern colonies c. quebec d. the middle colonies

Which term describes the soviet policy the expanded freedom of the press and allowed criticism of the communist party during the cold wara: containment b: perestroikac: detente d: glasnost