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What is the main job of the 16th amendment?
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on people’s income.
The Congress shall have power to borrow income from people.
The Congress shall have the power to put taxes on food and beverages.
None of the above.
Who proposed the 16th amendment?
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
William Taft
Nelson Aldrich
When was the 16th amendment passed?
1972
1909
1913
1923
When was the 16th amendment ratified?
1909
1976
1963
1913
What is does the word income mean?
The amount of money a person receives from wages in a given time, usually a year.
The amount of money a person’s house is worth.
The amount of money paid on a loan.
None of the above.
What does the phrase “income tax,” mean?
A tax on food.
A tax on how much money you spend at a grocery store.
Tax levied by a government directly on income especially an annual tax on personal income.
Tax on a person’s property.
What does the the Congress do with the tax they get from income tax?
Help rebuild roads and support our army.
Use it to build banks.
Give it all to the president.
Use it to give money to companies.
What was the last state to ratify the 16th Amendment?
New York
California
Delaware
Florida
(True or False) The 16th Amendment is the first time the United States government collected an income tax.
True
False
(True or False) The 16th amendment puts tax on your income.
True
False
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