In the 1980s, for the First Time in the Twentieth

question 14

Multiple Choice

In the 1980s, for the first time in the twentieth century

• A) income gaps widened between the richest and the poorest Americans.
• B) middle-class incomes rose.
• C) the poor made economic gains.
• D) the economy was uniformly healthy.
• E) the majority of Americans were middle class.

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Television Time

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