Question 28: Why does each state have two senators?

Official answers (any one counts)

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• Equal representation (for small states)
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• The Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)
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Grandpa explains

So small states count the same as big ones in the Senate. It was agreed in the Great Compromise of 1787.

Careful: these are NOT the answer

These are the common mix-ups. The app uses them as traps so you practice.

• Because big states pay more taxes
• Because the President decides it
• So big states have more power

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