In the 1980s, for the first time in the twentieth century
A) income gaps widened between the richest and the poorest Americans.
B) middle-class incomes rose.
C) the poor made economic gains.
D) the economy was uniformly healthy.
E) the majority of Americans were middle class.

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The 1980s saw a significant increase in income inequality, with the richest Americans seeing substantial gains while the poorest Americans experienced little to no economic growth. This trend has continued in the decades since.

In the 1980s, for the First Time in the Twentieth