De-Unionization, Automation, and the Gig Economy

American Labor: From Early Systems to the Modern Workforce

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Evaluate the causes of declining private-sector union density, robotic automation in factories, and the rise of platform-based gig labor.

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American Labor: From Early Systems to the Modern Workforce

9th Grade · Social Studies · US-NV-SS

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Evaluate the evolution of American labor systems, the rise and decline of organized labor, and key historical labor struggles through the modern gig economy.

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Early American Labor Systems: Indentured Servitude, Enslavement, and Artisan GuildsUp next
The Industrial Factory System and the Lowell Mill ExperimentNot started yet
The Rise of Organized Labor: The Knights of Labor and the AFLNot started yet
Gilded Age Labor Conflicts: Great Railroad Strike, Haymarket, and HomesteadNot started yet
The Pullman Strike, Eugene Debs, and the Use of Federal InjunctionsNot started yet
The Congress of Industrial Organizations and the Flint Sit-Down StrikeNot started yet
Postwar Labor Accords and the Peak of Union MembershipNot started yet
The Culinary Workers Union and Service-Sector Labor in NevadaNot started yet
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SS.9-12.US.44Nevada Social Studies Standards · 7th Grade

Evaluate multiple factors that impact the U.S. economy over time, including but not limited to: trade, resources, labor, and monetary system.