<span>The original Constitution had senators being picked by state legislators. The Senate was supposed to be the 'more deliberative' house, the adult supervision for the House of Representatives. In 1913 the 17th amendment went into effect, allowing senators to be elected directly by the people.</span>
In the early 1900s the members of the United States Senate were chosen by state legislators who hand picked such members based on a qualifying process commissioned by the legislators. In 1913 onwards however, there was an amendment known as the 17th amendment which gave the rights to the citizens of the United States to choose the members of the Senate by way of election.
Westward Movements led to conflict with Native Americans because we were encroaching upon their land, and they wanted to stand their ground and fight for what they thought was rightfully theirs. It was a miscommunication because both thought it was theirs.
The way that the Catholic Church responded to ninety-five Theses was: Catholic church condemed Martin Luther and asked him to recant.
The theses created by Martin Luther exposed the corrupt situation that was happening within the Catholic Church at that time. They beleive that if the ninety-five theses left uncontrolled, it would became a hindrance for the church's power within the government and create a financial defisit for the church.