Both Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis had to deal with contentious congresses with often clashing interests and agendas. In Davis’ case the discord was intrinsic in the very “States’ Rights” concept behind the Confederacy, though in practice Lincoln had plenty of cat herding of his own to do. Lincoln was arguably the more successful president in having better political instincts, which became more evident as he grew into his presidency—a talent for knowing when and how to cajole, horse-trade, bribe outright or ruthlessly assert his power, depending on who he was dealing with.
Europeans didn't use maritime routes before the age of exploration because they feared that the muslims controlling Portugal and Spain made maritime routes unsafe together with the fact that they didn't have the required ships and navigations skills to travel around Africa to Asia
"Appeasement is a diplomatic policy aimed at avoiding war by making concessions to an aggressor."
Prior to World War Two the British and French tried Appeasing Hitler by agreeing to return the Sudentenland for example to Germany and didn't interfere or prevent the Germans from reoccupying the Rhineland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeasement
In the process by avoiding conflict the Brits were able to ready for a possible war and better able to deal with it once it happened; example being perfecting radar prior to the Battle of Britain.
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The answer you are looking for is A: Make Treaties.
This is because Congress is actually responsible for making and maintaining treaties.
> The president must act as commander-in-chief
> The president does appoint judges to the Supreme Court — just think that our previous president elected a justice.
> And they run as the head of the political party, during the elections
