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What is the purpose of checks and balances?
What is the purpose of checks and balances?
- To establish a system of direct democracy
- To limit the power of the executive branch
- To ensure the government has a separation of powers
- To prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful (correct)
What is the purpose of separation of powers?
What is the purpose of separation of powers?
- To establish a system of direct democracy
- To limit the power of the executive branch
- To ensure the government has a system of checks and balances
- To prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful (correct)
How do checks and balances and separation of powers work together?
How do checks and balances and separation of powers work together?
- Separation of powers limits the power of the executive branch
- Checks and balances ensure the government has a system of direct democracy
- Separation of powers establishes a system of checks and balances
- Checks and balances prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful (correct)
Which principle ensures that no single branch of government becomes too powerful?
Which principle ensures that no single branch of government becomes too powerful?
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What is the purpose of separation of powers?
What is the purpose of separation of powers?
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How do checks and balances work?
How do checks and balances work?
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