Question

The newspaper headline below was printed the day after Black Tuesday:

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Which fact made the onset of the events that followed this headline worse?


A: By the end of the 1920s, female factory workers made 20 percent more per week than farm workers.


B: By the end of the 1920s, farm workers made up less than 50 percent of the U.S. workforce.


C: By the end of the 1920s, more than 50 percent of the U.S. population lived in urban areas.


D: By the end of the 1920s, the top 0.01 percent of the U.S. population earned as much as the bottom 42 percent.

Answer 1

The answer is: D. By the end of the 1920s, the top 0.01 percent of the U.S. population earned as much as the bottom 42 percent.

Step-by-step explanation:

Black Tuesday was the fourth and last day of the stock market crash of 1929.

The 1920s is the decade when America's economy grew 42 percent. Mass production spread new consumer goods into every household. The modern auto and airline industries were born.