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To prevent one person from having too much power, a president is limited to terms of year(s) each. this term limit was created by the twenty-second amendment .

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The 22nd Amendment, which limits a president to serving two terms in office, was enacted in response to Franklin D. Roosevelt's four-term presidency.

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The subject of this question is Social Studies. The 22nd Amendment, which limits a president to serving two terms in office, was enacted in response to Franklin D. Roosevelt's four-term presidency. Before the amendment, there were no term limits on the presidency and George Washington set an unwritten custom of serving only two terms. The 22nd Amendment has been in effect since it was ratified in 1951.

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