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The Great Compromise
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Where did the plan of two houses of congress come from?
The Great Compromise
A bicameral, or two-house, Congress was a feature of which plan for the federal government presented at the constitution convention?
The Virginia plan
Why were there two houses needed in congress?
The Great Comprise called Congress to have two houses. This compromise was made up of the Virginia Plan (large states) and the New Jersey Plan (small states). The Virginia Plan called for a bicameral house (two house) that is based on population. And the New Jersey Plan called for a unicameral house (one house) that would be based on equality. The Congress decided to have two houses. One would be based on the population of the state, and one would be based on equality. The houses are called the House of Representatives and the House of the Senate. Each house have different jobs and responsibilities.
How did the framers come up with the idea of a congress made of two house?
The Great Compromise
What is a 2 house congress called?
congress is doubly housed which means two house
How was the nation government organize under the Virginia Plan?
The Virginia Plan called for a change in the composition of Congress. Rather than a single legislative body, it would consist of two parts: a lower house and an upper house.
How the national government organized under the Virginia plan?
The Virginia Plan called for a change in the composition of Congress. Rather than a single legislative body, it would consist of two parts: a lower house and an upper house.
What compromise resolved the conflict between the New Jersey plan and the Virginia Plan?
The Great Compromise which made two houses of Congress where one was represented by population (House of Representatives) and an equal representation (Senate) to create a double house system
What is the name of the house for the senate and house?
It is the Congress. The congress is divided into two sections, the Senate, and the House of Representatives.
How Did the people who wrote the constitution decide to have two house in congress?
After failing to agree on either the Virginia Plan or the New Jersey Plan, the writers of the Constitution adopted the "Great Compromise" of the Connecticut plan, which established two separate houses of Congress. One, the Senate, shared power equally among the states. The other, the House of Representatives, gave increased voting power to states that had a higher population.
Congress is divided into two what?
The first of two parts of the congress is the house. The second part of congress is the senate.
Congress divides into two what?
The first of two parts of the congress is the house. The second part of congress is the senate.
