Use the Table Below to Choose the Correct Answer

question 39

Multiple Choice

Use the table below to choose the correct answer.
The tax schedule shown here is

• A) regressive.
• B) proportional.
• C) progressive.
• D) proportional up to $20,000 and regressive beyond that.

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Definitions:

Chesapeake Area

A region in the United States including and surrounding the Chesapeake Bay, significant for its history, economy, and ecological diversity.

Massachusetts Bay

A region in the northeastern United States, centered around the body of water with the same name, historically significant for being a major site of early English colonization in America.

Trade with Indians

The exchange of goods, services, and commodities between European settlers and Native American tribes during the exploration and colonization periods.

Indentured Servitude

A labor system wherein young people paid for their passage to the New World by working for an employer for a certain number of years.