What is the meaning of montesquieu's idea of checks and balances? a the government should be divided into three separate branches. b punishment should depend on the seriousness of the crime. c each branch of the government should limit the power of the others. d the good of society should be placed above individual interests.

c Each branch of the government should limit the power of the others.

Explanation:

The Baron of Montesquieu proposed in his book "The Spirit of the Laws" that thershould be separation of the executive and legislative powers, stating that "There can be no liberty where the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or body"

This basically means that while the legislative and executive relayed on a single person or institution liberty was not an option, and by proposing separation of powers, each branch of the government would limit the power of the other, not allowing the government ot relay on one figure and became a dictatorship.

answer: in october 1962, an american u-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the soviet union on the island of cuba. president kennedy did not want the soviet union and cuba to know that he had discovered the missiles. he met in secret with his advisors for several days to discuss the problem.

explanation:

honestly i love the walking dead, mainly the quotes. “well, pardon me young man, excuse the [insert bad word here] out of my gosh darn french, but did you just threaten me? ” sksk (of course it's not the exact words)