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

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They needed to find a way to represent the states evenly to please the small states and a way to represent the states by population to please the large states. They also wanted a house that was direly a representation of the people and also one that was appointed. 
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They wanted to be sure that the large and small states would receive equal representation.

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