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cmoore54

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During the last twenty years, which category of the U.S. population has experienced the largest gains in average income?
 
  a. The lowest-paid 20 percent
  b. The middle 20 percent
  c. The highest-paid 20 percent
  d. All income categories have experienced about the same level of upward social mobility.

Question 2

During the last three decades, the real income of African American families in the United States has ________
 
  a. gone down a lot.
  b. kept pace with the gains made by white people.
  c. gone up a lot.
  d. changed very little.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: c

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d



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