A socialist economy is a system of production where goods and services are produced directly for use, in contrast to a capitalist economic system, where goods and services are produced to generate profit (and therefore indirectly for use). "Production under socialism would be directly and solely for use.
The collection of taxes is a power delegated to the United States Congress (aka the Legislative branch). The members of the House of Representatives and the Senate work together in order to levy and collect any type of tax that is passed by law (such as import duties). This power is given to Congress in the US Constitution in Article 1 Section 8.
The correct answer is A crop failure had led to a famine in Ireland.
The famine is called the Great Famine and caused not only much migration, but also caused many a person's death. That is one of the reason's why there are actually more Irish people in the US nowadays than in Ireland itself.
