The Concentration of Wealth in the U

question 40

True/False

The concentration of wealth in the U.S. has decreased substantially in the last two decades.

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Definitions:

Civil War

Refers to the American Civil War, a conflict between the Northern states (Union) and the Southern states (Confederacy) from 1861 to 1865, primarily over issues of slavery and states' rights.

Reconstruction

The period following the American Civil War (1865-1877), focusing on the integration of the Southern states into the Union and the legal and social status of the freed African Americans.