The purpose of having a minimum wage is to
a. educate workers about what they could be making
b. guarantee that workers are paid fairly and not exploited
c. undermine businesses that can t afford to pay minimum wages
d. generate more tax revenue by increasing overall pay

industry had made the u.s. the richest nation in the world at this time. the second industrial revolution caused growth in industry and transportation, which allowed increased trade between nations.

even though you have attached neither the chart nor the generalizations, i have located them online. the right answer is d, since they are asking you about a generalization. you can only infer from the chart that between 2008 and 2009 the number of employed workers decreased significantly (from over 115 millions to 107 millions approximately), which signals some type of economic crisis.