HIST 135 – Module 5 Assessment
5 – The Lawrence Mill Textile Strike of 1912
*DO NOT USE any othe sources other than “Bread & Rose” & “Supplementary Primary Source Evidence Sources” (I provided in attached file)!!
*Please refer to the “What is a Primary Source?” explanation I’ve provided in ATTACHED FILE “What is A Primary Source”!
*For all answers, to receive credit it will be necessary to indicate where each example can be found in Bread and Roses. Also, only use file “Primary Sources” when indicated.
*Be sure to provide a page number for each reference. (If you have an e-book that does not permit you to cite a page number, then cite the chapter number and provide first three words of the paragraph so I can locate the example.)
* If using one of the supplementary primary sources, provide the name of the evidence and web link, like this:
Frances Thompson and Lucy Smith, 1866: http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/reconstruction/a-case-of-sexual-violence-during-reconstruction-1866/
QUESTIONS:
1. Drawing from Bread & Roses, explain a factor that prompted textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts to participate in the strike of 1912.
2. Drawing from Bread & Roses, explain an example of the nonviolent strategies (such as the “Children’s Exodus”) that strikers used during the Lawrence, Massachusetts, textile mill strike of 1912.
3. Explain an example of the challenges strikers faced during the Lawrence, Massachusetts, textile mill strike of 1912.
4. Drawing from Bread & Roses, explain an example of how the Congressional hearings on the Lawrence strike contributed to public pressure that compelled mill owners in Lawrence to meet the strikers’ demands.
Please note: Answer each of the questions. Each answer is worth an equal fraction of 100 points. (For example, when there are four prompts each answer is worth 25 points; when there are five prompts each answer is worth 20 points.) To receive credit, answers must provide full and coherent explanations. Before submitting your assessment, also be certain that your responses are free from spelling and grammatical errors. Submissions that are filled with such errors will not receive full credit. Finally, answers that do not explain examples from the assigned primary sources when required will not receive credit.
*Please refer to the “What is a Primary Source?” explanation I’ve provided in ATTACHED FILE “What is A Primary Source”!
Answers receiving 25 points:
Completely and coherently utilize examples from the required evidence to directly demonstrate support for the answer.
Effectively integrate quoted evidence into the answer; do not rely merely on long quotations.
Are free from spelling and grammatical errors.
Clearly and correctly identify the assigned evidence utilized in the answers.
Answers receiving 5-20 points:
Partially or indirectly utilize examples from the required evidence.
Rely on long, undigested quotations; do not adequately explain how the quoted evidence supports the answer.
Contain multiple spelling and grammatical errors.
Fail to clearly or correctly identify the assigned evidence utilized in the answers.
Answers receiving 0 points:
Do not utilize the required evidence to directly demonstrate support for the answer.
Two examples of such answers are: Answers based on secondary source evidence (such as The American Promise or a documentary film) rather than utilizing assigned primary source evidence; answers that utilize assigned primary source evidence, but in a manner that does not directly support an answer to that prompt.
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