Answer: C
Explanation: Checks and balances is what forms our current U.S. government to make sure that one branch doesn't have too much power over the other. The founding fathers were influenced by Barron de Montesquieu on his "Spirit of the Laws" which discusses the concept of the "separation of powers."
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<span>Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
</span><span>Fugitive Slave Act
Nat Turner's Rebellion</span>
Agriculture during the Ming Dynasty
Ming farmers also introduced many innovations such as water-powered plows, and new agricultural methods such as crop rotation. This led to a massive agricultural surplus that became the basis of a market economy.