Interactive exercise. Assistance may be required. Click on the time periods below and read the information about the technological innovations.

As you are reading the information, consider the impact on the environment, production of food, and development of society during that time period.

Now that you have examined the technological changes in agriculture over time, determine how these changes have directly impacted American society. By using the information on the timeline, you will plot the information on the graph below.

Interactive exercise. Assistance may be required. Review the information on the timeline above (1920-2000) and determine how many people farmers supplied throughout each decade. Drag that number to the corresponding year on the chart below. (Hint: round your answer up to the nearest whole number.)