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1. Why did the Founding Fathers divide the Congress into two chambers?

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Because the as Abe said a house divided against itself can't stand so they thought if they saperated them they might work together better

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Answer:

They wanted large and small states to be assured representation.

Step-by-step explanation:

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To make sure that large and small states could be assured equal representation, the Founders divided the Congress into two chambers (bicameralism) in which the upper house would have states represented equally and the lower house would have them represented by population. They wanted large and small states to be assured representation.

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