Which of the following factors was most responsible for an unequal distribution of wealth?
(1 point)
Responses
There was an increase in business profits.
There was an increase in business profits.
Average Americans were not investing in the stock market.
Average Americans were not investing in the stock market.
Wages were not keeping pace with profits of business owners.
Wages were not keeping pace with profits of business owners.
There was heavy regulation of certain businesses by the government.
Wages were not keeping pace with profits of business owners.
In which of the following ways did the 1920s wealth gap contribute to the start of the Great Depression?
(1 point)
Responses
The wealth gap led to a decline in stock investment during the 1920s.
The wealth gap led to a decline in stock investment during the 1920s.
A concentration of wealth led to less spending across the economy.
A concentration of wealth led to less spending across the economy.
Many of the rural poor were forced into subsistence farming.
Many of the rural poor were forced into subsistence farming.
The wealth gap led to heavy emigration from the United States and shrinkage of the economy.