<span>The federal government of
the United States was created by the Constitution, which went into
operation in 1789 when the first Congress convened and George Washington
took the oath of office as president. The government is called federal
because it was formed by a compact (the Constitution) among 13 political
units (the states).</span>
Answer:
the emancipation proclamation
A foreign threat could be a country that was against the constitution such as a community country. A domestic threat could be a political group that wants to take freedoms away from citizens.