S.S. Week 29 Your Tax Dollars at Work

It is important to vote because...

• voting is a way to get elected.

• voting is a way to tell the world what you believe.

• voting is a way to change things.

• voting is a way to have your voice heard and can help put people in office who have the same values as you do.

What does the government do when tax money is collected in order to decide how the tax money will be used?

• pay bills

• puts in their own pockets

• creates and votes on a budget

• spends it on salaries

___________ tax is money added to items purchased.

• Property

• Sales

• Income

• Purchasing

What do federal taxes pay for ?

• federal bills.

• housing budgets.

• food and clothing for the poor.

• scholarships and our military.

Local taxes help pay for ___________.

• local salaries

• interstates

• schools

• capital buildings

The Stamp Act was one factor that led to the ___________ ____________.

• American Revolution

• Boston Tea Party

• Stamp Taxes

• stamp increase

List some of the amazing things that are a result of NASA research.

• 1. sports cars

  2. satellites

  3. cordless power tools

  4. smoke detectors

  5. satellite programming

  6. helmets that protect football players and bikers

  7. freeze dried foods

  8. joysticks for video games

• 1. space crafts

  2. satellites

  3. cordless telephones

  4. smoke detectors

  5. satellite programming

  6. helmets that protect football players and bikers

  7. freeze dried foods

  8. joysticks for video games

• 1. speed boats

  2. satellites

  3. cordless power tools

  4. smoke detectors

  5. satellite programming

  6. helmets that protect football players and bikers

  7. freeze dried foods

  8. joysticks for video games

• 1. space crafts

  2. satellites

  3. cordless power tools

  4. smoke detectors

  5. satellite programming

  6. helmets that protect football players and bikers

  7. freeze dried foods

  8. joysticks for video games

Look at the image. This print was created shortly after the Boston Tea Party. Why were these colonists so angry about the Stamp Act of 1765?

• There was no reason for the king to be taxing the colonists.

• Tax collectors were forcing people to pay more than the actual tax.

• They didn't want to pay any taxes to the British.

• They felt that taxation without representation wasn't fair.

Taxes are important for keeping our communities ____________.

• safe

• open to all people

• free

• clean

Which of the following are provided by taxes?

• fire departments and houses

• roads and houses

• roads, houses, fire departments, and the army

• roads and the army