Mass production of goods changed every aspect of American life. Items that were once hard to come by were now easy to find.
It also created many jobs for many people. Of course these jobs consisted of working in factories on assembly lines, etc. The problem with this is that most of the jobs were low paying jobs and the workers worked long hours. The people who really flourished financially during the Industrial Revolution were those that owned the companies.
One way that workers tried to get fair treatment was through unions but these were sometimes unsuccessful.