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Question 28 of 128 · System of government

Why does each state have two senators?

Accepted answers

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

Any one of these counts as correct — you do not have to give them all.

Why that is the answer

The Senate gives every state equal representation, a result of the Great Compromise.

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