The foremost reason the authors of the Constitution designed checks and balances was to
A) restrain the monarchical tendencies in the presidency.
B) control the lust for power that was characteristic of senators.
C) ensure that the federal government would be too weak to act effectively.
D) control the pressures for popular democratic action in the House of Representatives.
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