Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. By 1920, 60% of the industrial labor force was foreign born.
2. Two years after the publication of Middletown, the Lynds returned for a restudy.
3. The service sectors of the economy now employ the majority of Americans.
4. Since the 1970s, the gender gap between men’s and women’s wages has declined, though not closed completely.
1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
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