What 3 cabinet departments were created by the 1st congress?

Question

please help.its for extra credit. i could really use it

Answer 1

I would say:

State

War (now called Defense)

and

Interior or Commerce.

Answer 2

The first US Cabinet included three departments and four members representing the Department of the Treasury, the Department of War (now known as the Department of Defense), and the Department of State ( the Attorney General was in the Cabinet, but the Department of Justice was not in existence until 1870).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Unite...

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