When Congress first created a peacetime income tax (in 1895),
A. it distributed the money evenly among the states.
B. the president vetoed the legislation.
C. several states threatened to secede from the Union.
D. the deficit gradually disappeared.
E. the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional.
Answer: E
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