Due to their experiences with Parliament, the framers wanted to make sure all the power wasn't left in one legislative body. In addition, the bicameral legislation worked as a compromise between large and small states. The House of Representatives takes in account the size of the population in a state to determine how many representatives they can have. The Senate, on the other hand, guarantees that the small states will have two senators, just like the large ones.
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Congress is bicameral because there are two houses or chambers. The Founding Fathers instituted the US Congress to be bicameral as a way of employing "checks and balances" to prevent tyranny.
The U.S. Constitution provided for a bicameral congress. The Senate was meant to represent the states, and the House of Representatives was designed to represent the people.
One chamber, the House of Representatives represents the people, the other cahmber, teh Senate represents the States.
Question Did the Great Compromise create a unicameral or bicameral Congress?
False, it set up a bicameral legislature.
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The constitution provides for two houses of Congress. These two houses are the Senate and the House of Representatives. The legislative branch is formed of the two houses of Congress.