What term refers to a system in which one branch of government is prevented from seizing too much power?

a. limited government
b. popular sovereignty
c. electoral college
d. checks and balances

rescuing someone who is in danger. hope this : )

d. islands off the coast of newfoundland

populist movement, in u.s. history, politically oriented coalition of agrarian reformers in the middle west and south that advocated a wide range of economic and political legislation in the late 19th century. thus in 1892 their leaders organized the populist, or people's, party, and the farmers' alliances melted away.