Industrialization

IndustrializationThe Rise of Industrialization

Invention and Innovation

A skyscraper built in New York City in 1901Industrial Leaders

John D. RockefellerAndrew CarnegieTrusts and Government Corruption

"Bosses of the Senate," Puck, January 23, 1889 by Joseph KepplerCriticism and Defense of Big Business

Andrew Carnegie (center) with business leadersThe Impact of Industrialization

Andrew Carnegies steel mill in Homestead, PennsylvaniaChange and Discrimination in the Work Force

Coal minersDrill Ye TarriersEvery morning at seven oclock you see a gang of of tarriers drilling in the rock;The foreman yells,Now dont stand stillCome down heavy on the cast iron drill. Then drill, ye tarriers drill!

(Chorus)Drill, ye tarriers drill. For we work all day without sugar in are taywhen we work for the CP Railway. So its drill ye tarriers drill.

The boss sent us to drill a hole --He swore and cursed our Irish soul,He cursed the ship that brought us through,To work on the CP railway crew.

(Chorus)The Foremans name was Pat McGann,Bgosh he was an awful man;One day a premature blast went off,And a mile in the sky went big Jim Gough.

(Chorus)When payday next did come around,Big Jim a dollar short was foundWhat for? says he. Came this reply:"You're docked for the time you were up in the sky"

Original Lyrics by Thomas Casey & Connelly, a vaudeville team, in 1888 (see below*). Adapted lyrics used here are unknown.

Organized Labor

Textile mill strike, Lawrence MassachusettsFood Contamination and Muckrakers