Describe Trends in the U

question 87

Essay

Describe trends in the U.S.labor force over the course of the last century.What technological changes have accompanied the shift from agricultural work to blue-collar work and then to white-collar service jobs? What changes in other social patterns have accompanied this shift? Consider rural-urban residential patterns, family patterns, and the relationship between work and home.

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Definitions:

Sickle

A hand-held agricultural tool with a curved blade for harvesting or cutting crops.

Plant Domestication

The process by which wild plants have been evolved into crop plants through selective breeding, often leading to plants with traits beneficial to humans.

Seed Germination

The process by which a seed begins to grow and develop into a new plant, triggered by environmental conditions such as water, temperature, and light.

Chemical Compounds

Substances formed by the combination of two or more different chemical elements held together by chemical bonds.