How can the legislative branch be held in check

by passing laws over the veto by two-thirds vote in each house. Legislative Branch .  There are other checks and balances in the American government besides those between branches of government.

Explanation:

the end of the gilded age coincided with the panic of 1893, a deep depression, which lasted until 1897 and marked a major political realignment in the election of 1896. this productive but divisive era was followed by the progressive era.

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