Which amendment, ratified in 1913, authorized a federal income tax?
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Correct answer: The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment gave Congress power to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states. Progressives supported income taxation as a way to make the tax system more fair and fund federal programs.
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