The unparalleled prosperity enjoyed by many Americans in the 1950s reflected
a. the extraordinary growth of the American economy in the 1940s.
b. a shift in wealth from the upper class to the middle class.
c. a decline in population.
d. a throwback to the 1920s.
e. none of these choices.
ANS: A
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