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The Great Compromise

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The Great Compromise created a two-chamber Congress: a House of Representatives apportioned by population and a Senate with two seats per state.

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Large states won the House's design; small states won the Senate's.

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Both chambers must pass a bill — the compromise is built into every federal law.