The significance is that there was more representation (our government is very similar) The idea is that everyone has a voice, and it was important for commonfolk AND rich men to be in governmental positions so that the population was represented more evenly (hope this made some sense! (: )
Increase in price due to shortage of goods
That is where the Jim crow laws of segregation were dominant.
Yes, that's true. North American Free Trade Agreement is what it stands for.