Industrialization is the process of converting to a socioeconomic order in which industry is dominant. This meant that during the Industrial Revolution, America went from a country of man power to a country of machine power. This era was known for producing inventions such as the refrigerator, the gramophone record, lightbulbs, and hundreds of other tools that helped company owners with fast and efficient production of their products. It positively affected America by increasing our income, caused the amount of our exported goods to increase, and helped people become more wealthy, increasing out economy.
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