Which of the following best explains the difference between the executive departments and the executive office of the president? a. the executive office of the president mainly advises and supports the president’s decision making, while the executive departments are charged with administering programs and enforcing laws instituted by congress. b. the executive office of the president is charged with enforcing the laws instituted by congress, while the executive departments are responsible for providing current information to the president. c. the executive office of the president is responsible for drafting bills to send to congress, while the executive departments are charged with enforcing the laws once congress passes them. d. the executive office of the president advises the president in his decision making, while the executive departments write laws and send them to the president to sign.

answer: secession

secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the american civil war, comprises the series of events that began on december 20, 1860, and extended through june 8 of the next year when eleven states in the lower and upper south severed their ties with the union. the first seven seceding states of the lower south set up a provisional government at montgomery, alabama. after hostilities began at fort sumter in charleston harbor on april 12, 1861, the border states of virginia, arkansas, tennessee, and north carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to richmond, virginia. the union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the united states, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the confederate states of america.

explanation:

a social contract.

"a social contract is an agreement between citizens and their leader where the citizens give up certain freedoms in exchange for protection. the constitution of the united states is an example of a social contract."