Benefits are the extras you receive for employment. Some benefits include, 401K, health insurance, dental and vision benefits, vacation, and sometimes even a bonus! These benefits are in addition to your salary!
Stronger rails allowed heavier goods to be shipped from one point to another. Larger trains allowed more load to be moved thus allowing an increase in what "people could be moved" If you have any other questions feel free to ask!
It should be Piedmont.
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Jim Crow laws were designed to keep whites and blacks segregated.
The did the work without pay . They came and were still slaves , therefore they worked without getting payed and treated bad.