Question

"In republican government, the legislative authority necessarily predominates. The remedy for this inconveniency is to divide the legislature into different branches; and to render them, by different modes of election and different principles of action, as little connected with each other as the nature of their common functions and their common dependence on the society will admit."—Federalist No. 51

Which of the following elements of the Constitution is the author defending in this quote?


A. creating a federal system of government where states and federal government share power and responsibility

B. splitting Congress into the Senate and House of Representatives with different structures and functions

C. determining the process of electing the president to be through a vote of all members of the legislative branch

D. providing ways for the executive branch and Supreme Court to check the legislative branch's powers and actions

Answer 1

B. splitting Congress into the Senate and House of Representatives with different structures and functions

Step-by-step explanation:

Taking into account the options provided, we can affirm that the correct one is B, since the legislative power is divided, on the one hand we have the house of representatives that represents the population of the states taking into account the last census, and on the other hand to the Senate, this is composed of two representatives of each state, regardless of the amount of population that each state possesses.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B. splitting Congress into the Senate and House of Representatives with different structures and functions.
The Framers of the Constitution made a bicameral house by design on order to regulate the legislatures potential power so that neither becomes too powerful.