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discuss two major reasons why the Framers created a bicameral legislature?!? (detailed)?

discuss two major reasons why the Framers created a bicameral legislature?!? (detailed)?

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One reason the Founders had in mind was to prevent any one branch of government from obtaining too much power – an issue they were sensitive to because of their experience with England. Rather than one legislature, you have two – and legislation must proceed through both the House and the Senate before it becomes law (it must also go through the President)

Bicameralism was also a compromise. The powerful, populous states wanted representation based on the number of their citizens. The smaller states, of course, wanted to have an equal vote – so it was a compromise. The House addresses the first concern (that is, the more people you have in your state, the more representatives you can elect to the House of Representatives), the Senate addresses the second concern (that is, no matter how small of a state you are, you get the same number of Senators – two).

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