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Q: Why are fewer farms needed in the US today than in 1900?
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How did agriculture in the south change in 1900?

there were fewer farms but they were larger


What best characterizes American agriculture from 1900 to 2002?

Fewer farmers, bigger farms, more mechanization.


What statement best characterizes American agriculture from 1900 to 2002?

Fewer farmers, bigger farms, more mechanization.


How many photographers were there in 1900?

Fewer than 10.000


By the year 1900 the percentage of Americans living on farms or in small communities was about?

60%


In the year 1900 the percentage of Americans living on farms or in small communities was about?

60%


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In the period1865 to 1900 How did the US government aid development of the west from?


Most soldiers both confederate and union came from?

Farms. Even forty years later, at the 1900 census, 90% of Americans lived on farms or in towns with less than 2500 people. There were a few larger cities, but nowhere near the size they are today. Even New York City had about 1/8th of the population it has now in 1860. Everybody was a farmer.


What is the equivalent of a 1900 British Pound today?

A British Pound in 1900 has the purchasing power of about £72 GBP today.


What did it mean when they said it was going from a agrarian nation to a industrial giant?

As late as the start of World War II, half of Americans lived on farms. Today, about 5% do. In 1900, we were essentially an agrarian nation. Bu 1940, we were about half-and-half. Today, we are an industrial nation, for the large part.


What do we have today that the 1900 didn't have then?

Internet


How did agriculture change in the South in the late 1900's?

Here are some ways that agriculture changed in the south in the late 1900s:Farmers chose different crops in order to make higher profitsFarms became fewer, but more efficient.Mass production of livestock led to successful agribusinesses.Agribusiness led to larger farms.