USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE

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What does industrialization mean?
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a period of social and economic change that transforms a country from an agrarian society into an industrial society
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a period of social and economic change that transforms a country from an industrial society into an agrarian society
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a period of change that turns a state into a country
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a period of change that turns a country into a nation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What Is Industrialization? Industrialization is the process of transforming the economy of a nation or region from a focus on agriculture to a reliance on manufacturing. Mechanized methods of mass production are an essential component of this transition.

Detailed explanation-2: -Industrialisation is defined as the age of factories when goods were produced mostly in factories through machines. However, the production of goods happened even before what we know as industrialisation. The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries saw the expansion of trade and acquisition of foreign lands.

Detailed explanation-3: -Industrialisation (alternatively spelled industrialization) is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Industrial Revolution brought rapid urbanization or the movement of people to cities. Changes in farming, soaring population growth, and an ever-increasing demand for workers led masses of people to migrate from farms to cities. Almost overnight, small towns around coal or iron mines mushroomed into cities.

Detailed explanation-5: -The transition of a farm-based economy to an industrial system became apparent in Britain in 1760, which lasted until 1840. It was when English economist Arnold Toynbee first coined the term. The industrialization revolution gradually spread to other countries, including the United States, until it ended in the 1880s.

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