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Carpetbaggers were northerners who migrated to the south in search of jobs after the civil war.
The term carpetbagger was used to describe an outsider who comes to a locality where he does not belong in the hope of obtaining power or success. It was used to describe northerners trying to make their fortunes in the south following the civil war, for politicians who try to get elected in a riding where they have no ties with the longtime residents, and for sleazy traveling salesmen. The term originated during the 19th century, when travelers often used luggage made from carpets.
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Northern people who moved to the south after the civil war were called...?
carpetbaggers
Northerners who supported the republicans and moved south during reconstruction was called?
carpetbaggers
What term describes a white southerner who supported northern Reconstruction policies after the Civil War?
White southerners who supported Reconstruction were referred to as "Scalawags", while northerners who came south to assist were called "Carpetbaggers,", an equally derisive term inferring they carried everything they owned in a carpetbag and could move quickly. Both groups traveled the South for their own personal economic gain.
Northerners who moved to the postwar South?
Carpetbaggers
Who were the carpetbaggers and why did they como after the civil war?
yes.
When was The Carpetbaggers created?
The Carpetbaggers was created in 1961.
How do you use carpetbaggers in a sentence?
carpetbaggers are awsome
Derogatory term for Northerners who came to the South during Reconstruction and sometimes took part in Republican state government?
scalawags. the northerners were referred to as carpetbaggers.
What did the southerners call northerners who moved to the south to start buisnesses after the civil war?
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What were Northerners who came to the South after the US Civil War called?
Carpetbaggers was the term often used to describe such people.
How did carpetbaggers affect southern politics?
The carpetbaggers affected post-Civil War southern politics by insinuating themselves in the local southern economic and political structure. Proposing short-term policies that were profitable to themselves, carpetbaggers slowed the Souths post-war recovery by decades.
Which geometric term describes a ruler?
Which geometric term describes a ruler
What is the duration of The Carpetbaggers film?
The duration of The Carpetbaggers - film - is 2.5 hours.
What effect did the KKK have on the southern carpetbaggers?
It had a negative effect on carpetbaggers and scallywags.
Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction were called?
carpetbaggers
Northerners who came to the south after the civil war were known as?
Northerners who moved to the south for profit oppurtunities were called carpetbaggers.
What term describes the movement of continents?
The term that best describes the movement is gradual.
