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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