I'm not sure but probably A.
the purpose of checks and balances was to to ensure that no one branch of government gets too powerful
it affected the world because it was a disaster
Stocks directly affected only 4 million out of 120 million people. Indirectly:
-Risky loans hurt banks
-Consumer borrowing
-Bank runs
-Bank failures
-Savings wiped out (Banks failures wiped out peoples saving)
-Cuts in production
-Rise in unemployment
-Further cuts in production