There were several inventions that helped to expand and develop industrialism. The most important was the steam engine and the railroad which made transportation of raw materials a lot faster and cheaper for businesses to send to the consumers all across Europe. Another was the power looms developed to spin cloth a lot faster and cheaper than they were by hand. There was also the mechanical printing press which printed faster and required less man power and money. Industrialism created two kinds of worker the reasonably well-off and the laboring poor. The well-off worker was okay financially, had a steady job, and got decent wages to take home. The laboring poor held numerous jobs, but were only made enough to survive. In addition to the pay
