Bicameral legislatures have only one chamber with representatives elected by the people.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Ans: False
Explanation: Because under the Articles of Confederation the national legislature with limited powers had been made up of a single chamber composed of an equal number of delegates from each of the states. Virginia and other large states felt it would be unfair to continue with this equal distribution of power if significant powers were to be added to the legislature to make laws in new areas. Virginia’s delegates proposed a plan for bicameralism, or the division of legislators into two separate assemblies. In this proposed two-chamber Congress, states with larger populations would have more representatives in each chamber, since representation would be based on population. Moreover, under the proposed bicameral, two-chambered system, each chamber would act as a check on the other.
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