urging farmers to reduce production
Urging farmers to reduce production
They worked in agriculture
The answer's probably meant to be "agriculture". Most worked in agriculture in 1700, but by 1750 it probably employed just under half. Most still worked in the countryside and in small towns, but many of those worked outside agriculture.
Cyrus McCormick and John Deere changed agriculture with machines that worked well on midwestern prairies.
In the Middle Ages, most economic systems were dominated by agriculture, and most people worked on farms or manorial estates.
support the war
Just as in modern society, different people did different things. Some people did agriculture - which is quite obvious, since the food people eat has to come from somewhere; however, since agriculture wasn't mechanized, in ancient societies a much larger percentage of the population (compared to our modern society) had to do agriculture. Others worked in administration, as priests, healers, in commerce, etc.
It is thought that about 90% of the population worked at least some of their time in agriculture
The answer is yes. In our agriculture class we did this as an experiment and it worked.
Most of them worked in agriculture; mainly crop farming, herding, and horticulture.
Slaves worked on large plantationsgrowing tobbaco, cotton, and sugarcane.
The National Industrial Recovery Act created the National Recovery Administration. The NRA was to eliminate waste, inefficiency, and destructive competition among businesses. Codes set minimum standards for quality of services and products. Prices were set at which products could be sold, and the wages, conditions, and hours worked were established for labor. The Act also required companies which signed the codes to bargain collectively with the workers through labor unions.