The Democrats in the south in the late 1800s were united by the goal of preventing black people from voting after the Reconstruction.
Explanation:
Southern Democrats were white men that believed in an equal political policy for all white men (opposed to the supremacy of elites, that is, reduced groups of powerful men). This was called Jacksonian Democracy since it was promoted by the seventh American president Andrew Jackson. However, they did not apply this idea of equality to all men since their goal in the late 1800s was to forbid black people to register and vote <em>after the Reconstruction period</em>. During this period slavery was ended and all former slaves were given certain civil rights. Before this era, especially during the first part of the 1800s, the Democrats promoted the expansion of slavery.
Railroads were used all across the U.S for long journeys. Ships were used for trans-Atlantic voyages. These voyages were safe due to pirates and bandits dying out during the 1830s.
