<u>Answer:</u>
The first action taken by Congress was that of passing an act to regulate the time and manner of administering certain oaths.
<u>Explanation:</u>
- New York City was chosen as the temporary capital of the United States and the first Congress met here in March 1789.
- The issues on the unwritten agenda were that of creating a treasury, a war machinery, a foreign affairs department, a sound tax system, a strong judiciary, etc.
- All of these issues were considered by the Congress one by one and the offices for the same were established by passing necessary laws through the next few meetings of the Congress.
hypothesis: Students will do better on their next test if motivated by candy.
experiment: Giving candy to one group of students but not giving the candy to another group of students so that they can act as the control group. Analyzing which group did better on the test
It was the general feature of "checks and balances" that was included to address the concern expressed by James Madison, since his main concern was that one part of the government, such as the executive branch, would become too powerful.