The increasing use of executive orders by presidents suggests that presidents have been trying to take more power into their own hands rather than working with Congress to change laws.
In part this is due to difficulties with deep divisions in Congress, which makes cooperation to pass legislation in Congress more and more challenging.
In part it also has to do with presidents seeking greater authority for the executive office. Presidents will tend to do so especially in times of war or other perceived national crisis. Arthur Schlesinger's 1973 book, <em>The Imperial Presidency</em>, looked at how presidential powers, particularly in foreign affairs, tended to be increased by all presidents in wartime. While our Constitution seeks to check and balance powers between the branches of government, the Executive Branch tends to want to streamline execution of plans and programs. Presidents will issue executive orders to get something done in more direct fashion than working through Congress to get it accomplished.
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The correct answer is C) Slaves who heard of Congressional support of the Missouri Compromise were encouraged to revolt.
The other options of the question were A) The Missouri Compromise encouraged slaves sold to Missouri families to revolt and run away before they could arrive in the controversial state. B) The Missouri Compromise encouraged slaves to resist revolution in the hopes that those against slavery would soon abolish it in the United States. D) Slaves who heard of Congressional opposition to the Missouri Compromise were encouraged to revolt.
The Missouri Compromise and slave revolution interact within the text in that "Slaves who heard of Congressional support of the Missouri Compromise were encouraged to revolt."
The news about some Congressmen opposition to slavery spread quickly and a black man Denmark Vesey who was not a slave in South Carolina delivered a speech against slavery in the African Methodist Episcopal Church of Charleston and organized a rebellion of slaves in 1822 to escape to the island of Haiti. But the rebellion had a "whistle-blower," and the organizers were killed.
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