What caused the great economic inequality between the rich and poor during the Progressive Era? People who remained on farms were stuck in poverty. Urban factory workers had to live in crowded tenements. Business owners did not share profits with their employees. There was a large wave of people emigrating from poorer countries.

Why was the sixteenth amendment important to woodrow wilson’s efforts to regulate the economy? a) the sixteenth amendment lowered interest rates charged by banks. b) the sixteenth amendment allowed congress to levy an income tax c) the sixteenth amendment lowered tariffs on imported goods d) the sixteenth amendment allowed congress to break up monopolies