- one house could not handle the volume of legislative business.
- state power should be divided along social lines.
- two houses would keep the chief executive under control.
- the upper house, consisting of substantial property owners, would check the power of popular majorities in the lower house.
ANSWER: John Adams recommended a bicameral (two-house) legislature because he believed that the upper house, consisting of substantial property owners, would check the power of popular majorities in the lower house.
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