What mistake did general douglas macarthur make in december 1941?

The correct answer is D) He miscalculated the strength of the Japanese and was forced to retreat.  

The mistake that Douglas McArthur made in December 1941 was that he miscalculated the strength of the Japanese and was forced to retreat.  

On December 8, 1941, General McArthur received the news about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was the U.S. General in the Head Quarters of the United States Asiatic Fleet in the Philippines. MacArthur did not prepare his troops to prevent the attack of Japan and left his combat airplanes on land. When the Japanese Airforce got to the site, most of U.S. fleet was on land and practically was destroyed. The inaction of McArthur to follow war orders was the reason for the U.S. loss in the Philippines base.

The other options of the question were, a) He failed to secure important rubber and oil supplies in Asia, b) He led a raid in Tokyo that proved to have a minimal military gain, c) He evacuated his soldiers to Australia without repelling the Japanese invasion of Guam.

separation of powers, therefore, refers to the division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to limit any one branch from exercising the core functions of another.   the intent is to prevent the concentration of power and provide for checks and balances.  

the traditional characterizations of the powers of the branches of american government are:

* the legislative branch is responsible for enacting the laws of the state and appropriating the money necessary to operate the government.

* the executive branch is responsible for implementing and administering the public policy enacted and funded by the legislative branch.

* the judicial branch is responsible for interpreting the constitution and laws and applying their interpretations to controversies brought before it.

forty state constitutions specify that government be divided into three branches:   legislative, executive and judicial.   california illustrates this approach; "the powers of state government are legislative, executive, and judicial.   persons charged with the exercise of one power may not exercise either of the others except as permitted by this constitution."

while separation of powers is key to the workings of american government, no democratic system exists with an absolute separation of powers or an absolute lack of separation of powers. governmental powers and responsibilities intentionally overlap; they are too complex and interrelated to be neatly compartmentalized. as a result, there is an inherent measure of competition and conflict

minnesota:   minnesota house research,   separation of powers: when statutes and court rules conflict, 2005

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