What is the primary purpose of dividing government power into legislative, executive, and judicial branches?

To make the government's work more complicated

To ensure that power is not concentrated in one person or group

To allow each branch to operate without oversight from the others

To reduce the number of laws that are passed each year

What is a key similarity between the government structure of the United States and the government of California?

Their constitutions are the exact same length.

Both divide power into three branches.

They were both established in the same year.

It is much shorter and less specific.

It is much longer and more detailed.

It only outlines the powers of the Governor.

It does not protect the rights of citizens.