Describe how white-collar work, blue-collar work, and farming have changed proportions in the U.S. economy from 1900 to the present
What will be an ideal response?
From 1900 to the present, white-collar work has steadily increased and reached quadruple the 1900 level. Blue-collar work rose for a while and then declined to half its 1900 value. Farming dropped from nearly one-third of the workforce in 1900 to only a small percent of the workforce today.
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