Question

this passage was taken from an address that president calvin coolidge gave to a meeting of newspaper editors in 1925.
\after all, the chief business of the american people is business. they are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world. . . . in all experience, the accumulation of wealth means the multiplication of schools, the increase of knowledge, the dissemination of intelligence, the encouragement of science, the broadening of outlook, the expansion of liberties, the widening of culture.\
—calvin coolidge, from a speech to newspaper editors, quoted in the new york times, january 18, 1925
what point is coolidge trying to stress in the speech?
the ingenuity of the american people has traditionally built wealth.
americans are more concerned with widening culture than building wealth.
those who accumulate wealth should be expected to fund more schools
everyone would be better off if the united states accumulated wealth

Explanation:

Analicemos cada opción:

• Opción 1: El discurso no habla sobre la "ingenio" (ingenuity) de los estadounidenses para construir riqueza, sino sobre el impacto del riqueza. Elimina esta.
• Opción 2: El texto dice "the chief business of the American people is business" y luego que la acumulación de riqueza lleva a la expansión de la cultura, no que los estadounidenses se preocupen más por la cultura que por el riqueza. Elimina esta.
• Opción 3: El discurso no dice que los que acumulan riqueza "deben" financiar escuelas, sino que la acumulación de riqueza resulta en más escuelas. Elimina esta.
• Opción 4: El discurso explica que la acumulación de riqueza (a través de las actividades empresariales de los estadounidenses) lleva a mejoras como más escuelas, más conocimiento, expansión de libertades, cultura, etc. Esto implica que si EE.UU. acumula riqueza, todos se verán beneficiados. Esta coincide.

Answer:

D. Everyone would be better off if the United States accumulated wealth