Question

What were the Founding Fathers trying to create when they divided powers between the judicial, legislative, and executive branches?



republicanism



executive privilege



due process of law



checks and balances



a federal government

Answer 1

They were trying to create checks and balances

Answer 2

All the other ones just don't add up correctly.

Answer 3

Checks and balances is wrong, i've had this question before. i believe the answer is republicanism

Answer 4

http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/library/law/checks-and-balances-government

Answer 5

checks and balances definition. A fundamental principle of American government, guaranteed by the Constitution, whereby each branch of the government (executive, judicial, and legislative) has some measure of influence over the other branches and may choose to block procedures of the other branches.

Answer 6

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/108283/checks-and-balances

Answer 7

http://www.congressforkids.net/Constitution_checksandbalances.htm

Answer 8

It's checks and balances

Answer 9

Republicanism is the ideology of governing a society or state as a republic (la. res publica), where the head of state is a representative of the people who hold popular sovereignty rather than the people being subjects of the head of state.

Answer 10

Jesus bro calm your tits. Checks and Balances is simply not the answer they are looking for. get over it

Answer 11

Executive Privilage is the privilege, claimed by the president for the executive branch of the US government, of withholding information in the public interest.

Answer 12

Due Process of Law is focusing directly on the Judicial System. So you can strike that one out for sure.

Answer 13

So, Its either Checks and Balances or a Federal Government. And based on definition alone, Checks and balances is the most likely of all of them...