Why did montesquieu advocate the separation of powers?

a) to stop political parties from gaining too much power
b) to ensure power divisions along party lines
c) to eliminate conflict between branches of government
d) to limit the power of any single group or person

Plz which of the following provisions of the compromise of 1850 was designed to appeal to slave states? a. congress passed a strict fugitive slave law. b. the slave trade was banned in washington dc. c. texas agreed to give away some of its land so that the territory would be available for future states. d. california was admitted to the union as a free state.