In 1900, 40% of the us labor force worked in agriculture. a hundred years later, in 2000, only 2% worked in agriculture. what is an important reason for this change? a. there was not enough good farmland left. b. congress passed a law restricting the number of farmers there can be. c. improved technology meant that the country needed fewer farmers to meet its needs. d. large numbers of farmers left the us for countries where they were needed.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts