Amendment1W16

= = =**Sixteenth Amendment**=


 * Essential Questions: What issues prompted the creation of your amendment? What impact did your amendment have on society at that time? **


 * Questions on the 16th amendment: **

// A: This amendment was proposed for congress to be able to levy taxes on Americans. **N.V.** //
 * 1. Why was this amendment established? **

// A: William Howard Taft was the president and he thought that the law would help and protect Congress's right to tax. **R.G.** //
 * 2. Who was the president when this law was passed, and what was his view on it? **

//A: President William Howard Taft who was president at the time did not try veto it. **N.V.**//
 * 3. Did the president at the time try to veto it? **

//A: Senator Norris Brown of Nebraska was the first person to propose this law. **N.V.**//
 * 4. Who had first proposed this law? **

// A: This law was needed so that Congress can have their right to impose a Federal income tax. **R.G.** //
 * 5. Why was this law needed? **

**6. How did this law help Congress?** // A: This law helped congress and the government because it gave the government more money to use and inflation was not a problem. **R.G.** //

**7. What were the states view on this law?** // A: Northern states were not favorable about this law and western states heavily favored this law. **N.V.** //

**8. How did some people argue against it?** //A: at the time many people supported this law because they believed that it would pay off debts caused by wars and other national economic issues. **R.G.**//

//Most people favored this law and thought that it was a great idea at the time that it was passed. **N.V.**//
 * 9. What did citizens think of this law?**

10. **Who did this law benefit?** //This law benefited the government heavily because it gave them money to pay off debts. **R.G**.//


 * What issues prompted the creation of your amendment?**

//The issues that prompted the creation of our amendment started with the Civil War's financial requirements. At first Congress placed a flat 3 percent tax on all income over $800. Congress later repealed the income tax in 1872. The financial markets of the eastern United States prospered, but the farmers suffered from the low prices of their crops. The farmers were also forced to pay high prices for the manufactured goods. In 1894, the government proposed a tax of 2 percent tax on income over $4,000. This proposal was almost immediately shutdown. In 1909, Congress again tried the high taxes on income, but Senator Norris Brown hoping to kill the idea for good presented a constitutional amendment enacting such a tax. He didn't think that such an amendment would pass. Much to their surprise the bill was ratified by one legislator after the other. On February 3, 1913 it was established as the 16th amendment. **R.G.**//




 * What impact did your amendment have on society at that time? **

//The 16th amendment had an impact on society because it affected everyone. Everyone that made money has to pay taxes so that is how it affected everyone.// //The taxes that ordinary citizens payed went towards roads, schools, wars and many other things that everybody uses everyday. this law impacted society by taking their money and using it to make communities and the country a better place.This amendment was fair for everybody because you have to pay a certain amount based on how much annual income that you make. For years people had been talking about a taxable income and this law was the way of doing it. This law impacted society by in a way making every community and the country better by taking a relatively small amount of money from everyone depending on their income and making it a better place by paying off debts caused by war and other national problems. The 16th amendment was a very important law that impacted society dramatically. **N.V.**//



For more information visit:

http://kids.laws.com/16th-amendment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axKDFOVWb6c

My links: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/12/upshot/donald-trumps-plan-to-raise-taxes-on-rich-just-kidding.html?_r=1

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/22/upshot/sanders-makes-a-rare-pitch-more-taxes-for-more-government.html?version=meter+at+2&module=meter-Links&pgtype=article&contentId=&mediaId=&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&priority=true&action=click&contentCollection=meter-links-click

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/17/upshot/why-single-payer-health-care-would-probably-still-be-expensive.html