Although American wages rose 35 percent in the ten years from 1935 to 1945, the poor
A) accounted for 35 million Americans
B) crammed into cities, where there was little affordable, quality housing
C) were victimized by "slum clearance" plans that were really code for removing poor blacks and Hispanics
D) saw their children increasingly drop out of school.
E) All of these choices
E
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