Southern democrats appealed<span> to </span>small farmers<span> after the Civil War because they wanted to get the </span>farmers<span> to see that building roads would end in higher taxes. They also wanted to get the </span>farmers<span> to see that the higher taxes would happen if schools were to be built.</span>
One advantage would be that Britain had to come to us. Home play advantage gave us an edge since we were fighting from our homes in an attempt to stop the British from taking our freedom.