All of the following statements regarding poverty in America between 1950 and 1960 are true EXCEPT that
A. Native Americans were the single poorest group in the country.
B. most of the poor experienced poverty only temporarily.
C. the percentage of the population living in poverty rose during the decade.
D. more than 30 million Americans lived in poverty at any given time during the year 1960.
E. many rural Americans lived on the margins of the affluent society.
Answer: C
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