this is the cite you look to answer the question
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/presidential-documents-archive-guidebook/executive-orders-jq-adams-1826-trump-2018
Congress passes laws, and the executive branch implements those laws-federal departments and agencies carry out and enforce the policy goals. The President wields some influence over the laws themselves, because of his power to veto legislation. The President can also affect how the federal agencies and departments do their jobs in a few ways. First of all, he appoints the top officials at the agencies which carry out the laws, and he will choose people to run the agencies who share his political views. (The Senate has to confirm the President’s appointments.) The President also has the power to give instructions to federal agencies about how they should operate and how they should implement laws. These instructions, called executive orders, have the force of law. However, executive orders can’t contradict laws; they can tell agencies what to do in cases where the law does not specifically guide them already. An executive order can be rescinded or changed by a future president. Presidents may try to use executive orders to achieve policy goals in cases when they can’t get the cooperation of Congress.
Executive orders vary greatly in importance. Some cover minor administrative matters, some establish a body like a board, council, or task force to study and address an issue, and some enact major policy changes. For instance, in 1948, President Harry Truman desegregated the armed forces with an executive order (order #9981, July 26 1948).
The American Presidency Project has an archive of executive orders from the 1820s to partway through 2019. It can be accessed here
Take some time to browse through the executive orders, choosing a variety of years and presidential administrations to look at. In addition to looking at the titles, choose several to read to see what they’re trying to accomplish and how they try to accomplish it. Some of the kinds of orders you might look out for include: orders that establish a board, council, advisory panel, task force, or similar body to see some of the issues particular presidents are focusing on, orders that deal with foreign affairs, orders that reverse or change previous executive orders, and orders that advance specific policy goals.
This week’s Internet activity asked you to look at executive orders presidents have issued over the years. What kinds of things have presidents tried to accomplish using executive orders? In browsing through the orders, what did you find most interesting and why? Can you say anything about how particular orders related to the historical time period-what the problems of the day were?