Question

How did the founding fathers ensure that the people would be accurately represented in the House of Representatives? A. They decided to have a special election to appoint representatives. B. Every 20 years they would amend the Constitution. C. Every ten years the government is required to conduct a census to determine population changes in congressional districts. D. Senators measure the size of the states' largest cities and decided on the number of representatives.

Answer 1

C. Every ten years the government is required to conduct a census to determine population changes in congressional districts.

Answer 2

Article 1 Section II talks about how a census (every 10 years) was to determine how many seats a state was entitled to. At first, no thought was given to gerrymandering which is the act of setting up distracts that would favor the governing party in power. This problem was partly addressed by limiting the number of congressmen to 435 and letting the census determine how the population would divy up how many congressmen each state was allowed. I cannot find how that works or whether or not the constitution was amended to bring the 435 about. It can be found in the legislation of 1929.