Loray Mill Strike

In a 3-4 page essay, describe ways in which the Loray Mill Strike might be said to reflect larger themes and debates in Western Civilization since the Industrial Revolution. On the basis of the information in the sources on this historical event listed below, and from your class preps and assignments, how does the strike help to illustrate: The opportunities and challenges for workers created by industrialization The impact of trade unions, collective organizations, and Catholic social thinking on relations between the classes in modern society The influence of the writings of Karl Marx, and the experience of Soviet Communism on politics in the West the evolving role of women in industrial and democratic society popular culture as a means of political expression. Please use a 1” margin and double-space your work, using 12pt font, Times New Roman or close equivalent. You will be graded with respect to the following four areas: Focus. Have you clearly understood the prompt / assignment? Do you keep your focus on the prompt throughout the essay? Do you keep to the required length? Coverage and supporting information. Do you introduce arguments drawn both from your classwork and Pavlac reading and from the specific documents assigned for this exercise. Do you connect "world" events relating to socialism, industrialization, social and cultural change in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries with the local events that shaped the development of the strike in Gastonia in 1929? Accuracy. Have you edited your piece to make sure that your information is accurate, that proper names etc. are spelled correctly? Have you kept to the presentation requirements above? Clarity of argument. Does the essay contain clearly organized and logically ordered paragraphs? Do you express yourself clearly? Avoid copying passages directly from books or websites.