Why is the united states congress divided into two houses? 1.one house is made up of leaders of each state’s government and the other house is made up of nationally elected representatives. 2. one political party sends the majority of representatives to one house, and the other political party sends the majority of representatives to the other house. 3. all states have equal representation in one house to benefit smaller states, and representation is based on population in the other house to satisfy larger states. 4.one house checks the power of the executive branch, and the other house checks the power of the judicial branch.

The United States Congress divided into two houses as all states have equal representation in one house to benefit smaller states, and representation is based on population in the other house to satisfy larger states.

Option C

Explanation:  

The framers of U.S. Constitution have essentially organized the Congress into two establishments namely:

The Connecticut Compromise proposed the division of Congress. It was proposed in the Constitutional Convention in 1787 by the Connecticut delegates, Oliver Ellsworth and Roger Sherman.

This object behind this proposal was to maintain the balance of interest of both the large as well as small states as the Constitution has bestowed equal voice to each State in the Senate whereas the criteria for representation in the House of Representative is the size of population of each State.

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insta

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