Card 56 / 123: Why did the Founding Fathers establish a bicameral (two-house) legislature?
A)
Bicameralism would force more compromise among elected officials.
B)
They feared having any one governmental body become too strong.
C)
They felt the House, as an elite body, would act as a check on the Senate, the branch closest to the public.
D)
They wanted to prevent residents from one legislative body from running for the other.
E)
It could address many legislative and budgetary problems for states.
Answer:
B) They feared having any one governmental body become too strong.
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