Which of the Following Statements Accurately Describes the Sixteenth Amendment

question 29

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Sixteenth Amendment?

• A) It officially gave women in all states and territories the right to vote in national and state-level elections.
• B) It instated a graduated income tax to help slow the concentration of wealth held by the richest Americans, in accordance with progressives' demands.
• C) It made the fifty-hour workweek the standard for all Americans, regardless of the industry in which they worked or their social class.
• D) It went against progressives' call for lowering income taxes and leaving the levying of income taxes strictly to state governments.
• E) It implemented a series of tariffs to capitalize on the economic boom the government experienced due to the Civil War.

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Definitions:

Direct Labor

The wages and salaries paid to employees who are directly involved in the production of goods or the provision of services.

Manufacturing Overhead

Costs in the production process that are not directly tied to a specific product, such as factory utilities or salaries of supervisors.

Product Costs

Expenses directly tied to the production of goods or services, including direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead.

Absorption Costing

A method of costing that includes all manufacturing costs - direct materials, direct labor, and both variable and fixed manufacturing overhead - in the cost of a unit of product.