The first Federal building erected under the Constitution?
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What was the first Federal building erected under the Constitution?
a) U.S. Mint
b) Treasury Building
c) Capitol Building
d) Independence Hall
The answer is A the US Mint
The Constitution gives Congress the power to coin money. In 1792, Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized the building of a U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, the U.S. capital at the time. The first coins produced were 11,178 copper cents, delivered in March 1793.
a) U.S. Mint
b) Treasury Building
c) Capitol Building
d) Independence Hall
The answer is A the US Mint
The Constitution gives Congress the power to coin money. In 1792, Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized the building of a U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, the U.S. capital at the time. The first coins produced were 11,178 copper cents, delivered in March 1793.
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From the mint web site:
"The Congress shall have the Power . . . To Coin Money." (Constitution of the United States, Article I, Section 8.)
"When the framers of the U.S. Constitution created a new government for their untried Republic, they realized the critical need for a respected monetary system. Soon after the Constitution's ratification, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton personally prepared plans for a national Mint. On April 2, 1792, Congress passed The Coinage Act, which created the Mint and authorized construction of a Mint building in the nation's capitol, Philadelphia.