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The founding Father's did not want the government controlled by just one person so they divided the power of the government into three what?
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What were the Founding Fathers trying to create when they divided powers between the judicial legislative and executive branches?
checks and balances.
Why is the US government divide 3 branches?
The Founding Fathers wanted to guard against tyranny, so the government was divided into the branches. It was believed that each branch would "check" the other branches so that no one branch became too powerful.
What did the founding fathers mean by to form a more perfect union?
Where the 13 colonies were united as one nation instead of thirteen divided entities. It was a "united we stand, divided we fall" mentality.
Why does split ticket voting affect the US governmental process?
it creates divided government. This can cause gridlock although is likely to ensure that the system of checks and balances, invisaged by the Founding fathers of the constitution with the doctrine of the separation of powers, are carried out effectively.
When the presidency is controlled by one party and one or both houses of congress are controlled by another party the situation is called?
Divided government! :)
Why did the south develop a theory of states rights?
They did not develop the theory. The founding fathers developed the theory and the Southern States viewed the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution very conservatively while the North viewed the Constitution as a more breathable and changeable document. The founding fathers viewed Government as a needed evil they wanted to limit as much as possible. They came up with a very ingenuous way to allow it to exist with a check a balance system. They formed a group of sovereign states which had a central group that controlled each States military and was given control of the commerce between these States. The military system is a great example of the wonderful method that the founding fathers divided this power. All enlisted personnel were supplied b y each State. They were supplied and paid for as a unit by each State. The leaders of each group were Federal employees. The leaders were helpless without the power supplied by the States, yet the Federal Government had overall control of the military! This limited the power of each officer to the will of the solders supplied. Money was similar in this period. Each State printed their own supply of money. This money was backed by Value stored in each State's treasury. The founding fathers were afraid of a Government that became so centralized and large as to suck all the money from each State and use it to self enlarge. The South realized this fear, while the North wanted to create a larger more powerful central Government.
Is the legislative branch most powerful?
All the branches of the government are supposed to be equal to terms of power due to checks and balances created by the founding fathers. Congress can be extremely powerful if there is a clear majority faction that controls both the Senate and the House of Representatives, but it is weak if the members of the Senate or House are too divided to agree on anything.
Who did the Constitution give the most power to originally?
The Congress. It still does; to the extent that the President and the Supreme Court have become more powerful, this is a perversion of the Founding Fathers original intentions. And remember that prior to the 17th Amendment (direct election of Senators) the Congress was divided between Representatives who were elected by the people, and Senators who were selected by the various state legislatures. This further subdivided the distribution of power in the federal government.
How is power distributed in Brazil?
It is divided into a confederation. I did a report on it recently so I know its right because I got an A
Was the Han Dynasty an empire?
Yes, the Han Dynasty was indeed an empire. The Han had a large amount of land, and it was divided into areas that were controlled by the central government called commanderies.
Why is the period since 1968 called era of divided government?
Well, actually this method wasn't that popular before 1968/1970 but after that there was an increase. Divided government means that the United States Congress is managed by one(or two)parties and the White House is controlled by a different party, separately from the Congress.
Which Mediterranean country is divided between the Turkish controlled north and the Greeks controlled south?
Cyprus
