The poverty rates of the early 1960s depicted in the graph most directly contributed to which of the following developments? Responses Religious leaders advocated the Social Gospel to address the economic situation of industrial workers. Religious leaders advocated the Social Gospel to address the economic situation of industrial workers. Democrats called for increased deregulation of business so as to encourage economic growth. Democrats called for increased deregulation of business so as to encourage economic growth. Reformers criticized the persistence of inequality despite the affluence that the economy produced. Reformers criticized the persistence of inequality despite the affluence that the economy produced. Conservatives argued that free trade agreements were harming the national economy