Answer:
The effect dividing government into three branches had on the country was:
(A) It kept any one branch of government from having too much power.
Explanation:
As a matter of fact, that is the purpose of having three branches of power: to prevent the concentration of too much power in one body of government. The branches have ways to check one another, that is, to interfere in one another's business, so to speak, when something is not working as it should. This system is known as checks and balances. The three branches of the American government are the legislative, executive and judicial branches.