When the First Congress Under the New Constitution Met in 1789

question 38

Multiple Choice

When the first Congress under the new Constitution met in 1789, the most important item of business was the consideration of a proposal to

• A)create a department of war.
• B)appoint officials to staff the fledgling bureaucracy.
• C)add a Bill of Rights to the Constitution.
• D)develop procedures for the admission of new states.

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