In Creating a National Government with a System of Checks

question 59

Multiple Choice

In creating a national government with a system of checks and balances, the framers of the Constitution sought to

• A)eliminate any role for the judicial branch.
• B)limit the ability of any branch of the national government from becoming too powerful.
• C)ensure that governmental accountability to the public was impossible to achieve.
• D)make sure that the president was the nation's true leader who would get the final say about everything.
• E)guarantee the supremacy of the states over the national government.

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