In which procedure does one house cut and the other house choose?

• A. The Citizen Militia
• B. Cut and Choose
• C. Agrarian Law
• D. The Slavery Issue

Answer: (B)

Cut-and-choose is a method of fair division: one party makes the cut, splitting the issue or resource into parts, and the other party chooses which part they want. The cutter has a strong incentive to divide evenly, because the chooser will take the better piece. In a two-house context, this means the proposing house would cut the issue into portions and the other house would pick which portion to accept, aligning incentives so neither side suffers from an unbalanced split. The idea is to ensure fairness by letting the chooser secure a favorable piece while forcing the cutter to be reasonably even-minded in how they divide. The other topics point to distinct political themes and do not describe this division procedure.