Evolution+of+Taxation+in+the+U.S.

// You will be researching the evolution of taxation in the United States. To aid in your research, the site is given for each question. Save your work to discuss in class. Do not share with me. //

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 * What three goals have lawmakers always attempted to balance in the process of creating taxes?**

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 * Identify how each influenced taxes: **
 * ** Articles of Confederation, 1781 **
 * ** Ratification of the U. S. Constitution, 1788 **
 * ** Civil War Income Tax, 1862 **
 * ** Ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 1913 **


 * Recreate a timeline of important income tax issues from 1861 - 1913. ** []

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 * Summarize how the Social Security Act of 1935 evolved. **
 * (This site ends at 1999, so that is all the further you need to go) **

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 * What was the Wealth Tax of 1935? **

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 * What was the Victory Tax of 1942? **

** How were taxes reformed in the 1960s and 1980s? ** []

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 * Discover how the colonists and the Civil War Americans viewed taxes. Read the statements about taxes made by individuals from the past. Choose the reason for the tax by clicking on the correct answer. Check your answers. Copy and print for class discussion.**