The graph below shows the number of people employed in the textile and apparel industry in the United States from 1950 to 2002:

Which of these contributed to the trend shown on this graph?

Americans began consuming fewer textile products.

Congress ended decades of subsidies for the textile industry

Question

The graph below shows the number of people employed in the textile and apparel industry in the United States from 1950 to 2002:

Which of these contributed to the trend shown on this graph?

Americans began consuming fewer textile products.

Congress ended decades of subsidies for the textile industry

lopezking1 · Answer

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lopezking1 · Answer

Textile manufacturers moved jobs to countries with lower labor costs.

Innovations in textile production methods reduced the need for human workers.