What Was One Cause of the Unparalleled Material Abundance of the United

question 29

Multiple Choice

What was one cause of the unparalleled material abundance of the United States in the 1950s?

• A) The practice of purchasing stocks on margin
• B) A population increase of almost 30 million
• C) War reparations from Germany,Italy,and Japan
• D) The declining power of American labor unions

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