Indicate whether each of the statements below is true or false by clicking the correct answer. Continue to Part 2 or, to assess your answers, click the Check My Answers button at the bottom of the page.
- The only goal of lawmakers in creating taxes is to raise revenue.
- Excise taxes and tariffs provide the federal government with revenue.
- The Constitution of the United States has always granted the power to raise income taxes.
- The Sixteenth Amendment allowed the federal government to raise income taxes for the first time.
- A progressive tax means that people with higher incomes pay more in taxes than people with lower incomes.
Answer the multiple-choice questions below. Indicate the goals behind the taxes listed by clicking on the correct answer. Continue to Part 3 or, to assess your answers, click the Check My Answers button at the bottom of the page.
- Tax on imported fish
- Income tax
- Tax on heating oil and petroleum products
- Tax on rum and other alcoholic beverages
- Tax on cigarettes
Answer the multiple-choice questions below. Identify which type of tax is described below by clicking on the correct answer. To assess your answers, click the Check My Answers button at the bottom of the page.
- The federal government took steps to raise revenue during the Civil War.
- The Articles of Confederation gave the right to collect taxes only to state governments.
- Industrialization and modernization made some people very rich.
- The newly ratified Constitution allowed the federal government to raise and collect taxes.
- The Sixteenth Amendment was passed.
