Question

the economic development of the us between 1870 and 1950 helped produce the results in the graph shown below. the trend shown in the graph is associated with:
percent of us workforce engaged
in farm labor 1870 - 1950
(bar graph with years 1870, 1880, 1900, 1920, 1940, 1950 and percentages decreasing)
options:

• reduced population growth
• advances in communication
• decreased immigration
• increased urbanization

Explanation:

The graph shows a decline in the percentage of the US workforce engaged in farm labor from 1870 to 1950. During this period, industrialization and economic development led to people moving from rural farm areas to cities for non - farm jobs, which is associated with increased urbanization. Reduced population growth would not directly cause a decline in farm labor percentage. Advances in communication are not directly related to the shift from farm labor. Decreased immigration would likely have less of a direct impact on the farm labor workforce percentage compared to urbanization.

Answer:

Increased urbanization