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Simple Answer: So that the federal government could support its operations by levying taxes on its citizens.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoA Constitutional Amendment was required for the government to be able to collect income taxes. Judicially it effectively classifies income as a non-direct taxation.
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∙ 10y agothey thought income tax would enable the government to lower tarrifs. in their view high tarrifs led to higher prices for goods, which caused hardships for the poor .
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Which group would have been most likely to support the ratification of the sixteenth amendment to the US Constitution?
Progressives
Which group would have been MOST LIKELY to support the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
Progressive
The ''income tax'' amendment?
The Sixteenth Amendment
What rights were established by the sixteenth amendment and the nineteenth amendment?
Debt consildation
What amendment was designed specifically to deal with economic issues?
Sixteenth Amendment A+
Who did the Progressives oppose and why?
progressives support.....wait forgot sorry
Did the progressives support Graft?
If you mean 'graft' as another word for bribery: no, progressives certainly don't support that.
Which amendment to the US Constitution instituted a federal income tax?
sixteenth amendment
What amendment was designed specifically to deal with an economic issue?
economic amendment
What is sixteenth amendment?
taxes for the rich and famous
What is stated in the sixteenth amendment?
Income tax
Which amendment to the US Constitution instituted federal income tax?
sixteenth amendment
