True or false
checks and balances are powers given to each branch of the government to hold over the others to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful

true because if each branch didn't have them one would become too powerful

True

Checks and balances were created by the founding fathers so that America never became a monarchy like England, the country they had just gained independence from.

1 > george s. boutwell

2 > general ulysses s. grant

3 > james a. garfeild

4 > adolph e. borie