When a government taxes an individual's first $10,000 of income at 10 percent, the next $30,000 at 15 percent, and all further income at 40 percent, the government's income tax is best described as a ________ tax.

a. progressive
b. transgressive
c. regressive
d. capital gains


Answer: a. progressive

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Which case, decided in 1965, first firmly established the right to privacy?

A. Loving v. Virginia B. Engel v. Vitale C. Griswold v. Connecticut D. Lemon v. Kurtzman E. Employment Division, Department of Human Resources v. Smith

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The equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment states that

A) civil liberties are fundamental freedoms and must be equally applied by the federal government. B) municipalities and local governments must protect their citizens equally. C) the federal government must not deny any citizen equal protection of the law. D) no state can deny any of its people equal protection under the law. E) civil rights are guaranteed in the Constitution.

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