Answer:
C. a system of checks and balances
Explanation:
A government is a system or group of people who are responsible for making decisions on the day to day affairs of an organized community or state.
Normally, in a state a government allows for separation of power among different braches. These branches have separate and independent powers. Therefore they is a need for check and balances.
Checks and balances is a system that allows each of these branch of government to veto another branch thereby preventing any of the branch from gaining too much power.
The answer is B. France.
Vichy is a city in France, and was a German backed state. It was in southern France.
Movements to reform prisons and mental hospitals.