Essay, Bicameral Legislature.

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1) Read The Federalist Papers #39. OUTLINE. Using this information, AND that in your text (and lecture), answer the following questions.

The Framers of the US Constitution created a legislative system that is bicameral. However it is not just bicameral; the framers also established two houses of distinctly differetn character and authority.
(a) discuss two reasons why the framers created a bicameral legislature
(b) Identify one power unique to the House of Representatives, and explain why the framers gave the House that power.
(c) Identify one power unique to the Senate and explain why the framers gave the Senate that power.


You will turn in your Federalist Paper Outline, and your essay.

Federalist 39
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fed_39.html