The bar graph shows the percentage of the US workforce engaged in taming
Percent of US Workforce
Engaged in Farming
Percent of Population
Which statement is an accurate interpretation of this
bar graph?
Between 1880 and 1900, the United States
experienced the greatest decline in the percentage
of the population engaged in farm labor
Between 1880 and 1880, the United States
experienced the greatest decline in the percentage
of the population engaged in farm labor
Between 1940 and 1900, the percentage of the US
population engaged in farm labor decreased
Between 1840 and 1900, the percentage of the US
population engaged in farm labor increased
Ilu
1380
1900

answer: in 1900, there were no "workplace safety laws"!

explanation: at the beginning of this century, workers in the united states faced remarkably high health and safety risks on the job.

a century ago in 1900 about three hundred out of every one hundred thousand miners were killed on the job each year.

[industria] developments occurred within a legal and regulatory climate that diminished employer’s interest in safety. as a result, americans developed production methods that were both highly productive and often very dangerous.

the renaissance was a historical movement that started in italy but spread through europe, that symbolized the end of the middle age and the beginning of the modern age.

this period in time was characterized by innovation, creativity, imagination and restoration of principles and moral values. in this time, europe classic past history was revisited and put up for debate. it was a social, political, artistic and literary movement that began as an effort to emulate the societies of classic ancient greece and rome.