Multiple choice

What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

  1. The Amendments

  2. Checks and Balances

  3. The People

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The system of checks and balances ensures that no single branch of government gains too much power by allowing each branch to limit the actions of the others. Amendments are changes to the Constitution, and the people hold power through voting, but checks and balances is the specific structural mechanism.