What are some missing powers of the legislative branch?

The collapse of the roman empire most likely to empower the catholic church because

In italy, the distance between milan in the north and palermo, sicily, in the south is about 550 miles. in the united states, the distance betweenboston, massachusetts, and savannah, georgia, is about 900 miles. do you think the american revolutionaries of 1776 in the 13 colonies faced some of the same challenges as the patriots who struggled for italian unity in the 1860s?  

True or false: abraham lincoln delayed the emancipation proclamation to make sure the border states would stay loyal. *