What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?

1. The government is split into three branches so that no single branch holds all the power. 2. Each branch can limit the others, and that arrangement is called checks and balances. 3. The same idea is also named the separation of powers. 4. The Bill of Rights protects people from the government, but it does not set the branches against one another. 5. The Cabinet only advises the President, so it sits inside one branch rather than balancing all three. 6. Choosing a President is a separate matter from limiting a branch that has grown too strong. _Source: USCIS Civics Flash Cards M-623 (rev. 02/12), public domain, official civics question 14_