The south was a democratic region.
The democratic party was started by Andrew Jackson. The southern region was made by ,more whites who who were eager to maintain racism , and white supremacy and the democratic party seemed to support these ideals albeit until the days of Harry Truman and Johnson.
Both the republic and state granted lands for military service in the form of bounty and donation grants.
"By an act of 1879 certificates for an additional 640 acres were granted under stringent restrictions to indigent veterans of the Texas Revolution. Bounty and donation grants for military service amounted to a total of 3,149,234 acres."
Basically, as a reward or an incentive for their service in multiple battles.
The reasoning is because they didn’t have the right for the farmers that limited in the 16 century
The Americans opened fire on the unarmed Native Americans
Child labor laws were instituted