MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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Question
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What percentage of Americans were directly involved in agriculture in 1810?
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50%
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78%
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84%
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92%
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Agriculture and its related industries provide 10.5 percent of U.S. employment. In 2021, 21.1 million full-and part-time jobs were related to the agricultural and food sectors-10.5 percent of total U.S. employment.
Detailed explanation-2: -Farming Then and Now In the 1800s, 90 percent of the population lived on farms; today it is around one percent.
Detailed explanation-3: -About 1 out of every 45 persons, or 2.2% of the population, lived on a farm. In 1920, when the farm population was first identified as a separate group, 30.2% of the population lived on farms; by 1950, the proportion had fallen to 15.3%.
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