-Thomas Skidmore advocated using large inheritance taxes in his book The Rights of Man to Property! in order to .
A) return land seized from the Indians during the 1820s and 1830s
B) abolish property requirements for suffrage
C) grant parcels of land to free African Americans and poor whites
D) equalize wealth that prevented a monied aristocracy

Question

-Thomas Skidmore advocated using large inheritance taxes in his book The Rights of Man to Property! in order to .
A) return land seized from the Indians during the 1820s and 1830s 
B) abolish property requirements for suffrage 
C) grant parcels of land to free African Americans and poor whites 
D) equalize wealth that prevented a monied aristocracy

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Skidmore's advocacy for large inheritance taxes in his book was aimed at equalizing wealth to prevent the formation of a monied aristocracy, rather than for the specific purposes of returning land to Native Americans, altering suffrage requirements, or redistributing land to specific racial or economic groups.

-Thomas Skidmore Advocated Using Large Inheritance Taxes in His Book