Which governing principles is best reflected by the three branches of the federal government created by the constitution/ a. limited goverment b. republicanism c. rule of law d. separation of powers

  D. Separation of powers.

Explanation:

  By dividing a state government into different branches with separate and independent powers each other, they limit between them the concentration of power by providing checks and balances in order to avoid autocracy.

  The typical division is into three branches: executive, legislative, and judiciary.

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the reform movements that arose during the antebellum period in america focused on specific issues: temperance, abolishing imprisonment for debt, pacifism, antislavery, abolishing capital punishment, amelioration of prison conditions (with prison's purpose reconceived as rehabilitation rather than punishment), the humane treatment of animals, the humane and just treatment of native americans, the establishment of public institutions for the care of the destitute, orphans, blind, and mentally ill, the establishment of public schools, the abolition of tobacco use, vegetarianism, health reform, homeopathic medicine, woman's rights (including, at first, especially the establishment of a woman's right to own property apart from her husband and her right to sue for divorce), and the amelioration of labor conditions (including higher pay, the right to form unions, the right to strike, and the demand for limits on the number of work hours, and safe working conditions).

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