Multiple choice

During the Progressive Era, support for agraduated income tax was based primarily on the

  1. desire of corporations to reduce their taxes

  2. need to raise income from the lower classes

  3. belief that all people should be taxed thesame

  4. resentment over the unequal distribution ofwealth
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Progressives advocated for a graduated income tax as a way to address the extreme wealth inequality of the Gilded Age. By taxing higher incomes at a higher rate, they hoped to create a more equitable distribution of the tax burden.

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