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What delegate proposed that representation in congress be split into two houses?
Edmund Randolph of Virginia first proposed the idea of a bicameral Congress, or two-house system; during his time, it was called The Connecticut Compromise.
Why were senators originally chosen by state legislators?
Senators were to be chosen by state legislatures, because many of the Framers of the US Constitution did not trust the general populace of the country to vote for the right men to be Senators. Once the decision to have two houses of Congress in the form of a Senate and House of Representatives had been made, the idea was that the Senate would be the wiser, more responsible of the two Houses. The Senate was seen in much the same way as the British House of Lords is in comparison to the British House of Commons. The Framers debated four methods of choosing the Senators: by the House of Rpresentatives; by the national executive (President); by the state legislatures; or by the general public. They settled on the state legislatures because they felt each state's Senators should be chosen by the states themselves but that the Senate was too important to be left to the general public. In fact, several framers thought the general public was not much better than a mob.
The view of which eighteenth-century European philosopher influenced the framers of the Constitution to include the idea of separation of powers?
Baron de Montesquieu
What is the name for the idea that a member of Congress can only be elected a certain number of times?
Term limits
What did the first continental congress think was wrong with The Intolerable Acts?
They did not like the idea of taxation without representation.
How did framers come up with the idea of a congress made of two houses?
The Great Compromise
How did the framers come up with the idea of congress made of two houses?
The Great Compromise
How did the framers come up with the idea of a congress made of two house?
The Great Compromise
Why did the framers gives Congress the power to issue currency?
The framers believed that giving Congress power of currency was the best idea because Congress member were elected directly by the people.
Frame 2 sentences with the word idea?
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What delegate proposed that representation in congress be split into two houses?
Edmund Randolph of Virginia first proposed the idea of a bicameral Congress, or two-house system; during his time, it was called The Connecticut Compromise.
Who did the framers get the idea of three branches of government and separation of powers?
separation
During peacetime no soldier shall be quartered in a house without the consent of the owner where does this idea come from?
Congress
How might the framers of the constitution have viewe public opinion polls?
They would probably have no problem with them. In the time of the Framers, colonist communities were very small and the Framers were easily approachable, living in their midst. The Framers therefore already had a pretty good idea what the public's opinion was on any given subject.
Who can submit a bill for congressional consideration?
An idea for a bill can come from anywhere but the bill must be proposed by a member of congress.
What do framers do with a cash crop?
The idea of a "cash crop" is that it is converted to cash, i.e., sold.
What is the idea that judges should follow only the original intent of the framers?
That is constructionist theory.
