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it is a time during the civil war that all the other people took other peoples things and did not think twice about it and didnt care who they hurt in the processe of doiing there crime full acts.
Actually, this person is almost right, but he doesn't explain that much. The Carpetbaggers were northerners that came south after the civil war in a period called reconstruction and they bought property at fire-sale prices and sold it at regular price. The Southerners couldn't do anything about it because they had lost the war. The name "scalawag" was created for the carpetbaggers.
Actually you are almost right. The term Scalawag was used to descibe southerners that agreed with what the Carpetbaggers did. That is the only problem that I saw in your explaination.
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∙ 9y agoA carpetbagger were people from the North who went to the South during Reconstruction to make money. Carpetbaggers were able to rise to political power during the Reconstruction period in the South.
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∙ 12y agoBack in the early 1900s, homeless people would bring their belongings in a suitcase, but back then the suitcases were made of cloth and looked kinda like bags with handles. So they nicknamed these people carpet baggers. There were a lot of people who carried cloth bags back then.
In United States history, carpetbaggerswere Northerners who moved to the South immediately following the Civil War, especially the Republican political appointees, seeking opportunities to enrich themselves at the expense of the Defeated southerners.
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∙ 9y agoBoth carpetbaggers and scalawags were derogatory names used to describe certain people during Reconstruction. Carpetbaggers were northerners who came to the south after the war to take advantage of the destabilized situation and profit from it. Scalawags were southerners who were supportive of the Reconstruction and Republicans after the civil war. .
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∙ 10y agoA carpetbagger is a negative term for a person who moved from the Northern United States to the Southern United States during the Civil War. The term comes from the individuals who carried their belongings in a travel carpet bag.
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∙ 7y agoA political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections. Also, a Northerner who moved south after the American Civil War. White Southerners feared they would plunder the defeated south. The name came from a cheap form of luggage made from carpet fabric
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∙ 13y agoSomeone from the North coming down to the south seeing if there following the rules.
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Who opposed the actions of scalawags and carpetbaggers?
redeemers
What name was given to northern politicians who went South after the civil war?
They were called "Carpetbaggers" and, "Scalawags".
How did scalawags change government in the south?
scakawags changed the government in the south by bringing the republican ideas to the politics of south white southerners were referred a scalawags by their enemies carpetbaggers won in most of the cases and that led to scalawags moving towards
Who were the carpetbaggers and scalalwags and how did they participate in the reconstruction?
Carpetbaggers and scalawags were the names given to Northerners who traveled to the South to try to influence how the defeated states were run. to make money, some wanted to run for high political office.
Who were the Northerners who came south to help in Reconstruction?
They were called Scalawags. They intended on supporting the South in Reconstruction. The ones who took advantage of the Reconstruction era were carpetbaggers.
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.
Who opposed the actions of scalawags and carpetbaggers?
redeemers
Who is side was the scalawags and carpetbaggers on in the civil war?
the union
What name was given to northern politicians who went South after the civil war?
They were called "Carpetbaggers" and, "Scalawags".
How did the carpetbaggers and scalawags contribute to the South's problems during the Reconstruction Era?
Because the south was trying to make peace with the north and the carpetbaggers and Scalawags were betraying their own states and believed in slavery and the north was not trusting the south even though it was the carpetbaggers and scalawags causing the problemthere ya go!Kayla^whoever wrote this is way wrong.Many of the scalawags and carpetbaggers shared the same vision of rebuilding and upgrading the southern economy and society. They created public school systems, establishing the University of Arkansas. They also helped make the railroads connect!
What name did the southerners give to northern republicans who moved to the south during reconstruction?
Carpetbaggers
How did scalawags change government in the south?
scakawags changed the government in the south by bringing the republican ideas to the politics of south white southerners were referred a scalawags by their enemies carpetbaggers won in most of the cases and that led to scalawags moving towards
What three groups made up the Republican Party after the war ?
Scalawags, Carpetbaggers, an African Americans who were grateful
What is the least related to the other four scalawags Ku Klux Klan carpetbaggers freedmen Union League?
the KKK
What were some pros and cons of 19th century immigrants?
The scalawags were pros carpetbaggers were cons in the exPansion in the 19th century
Which three groups benefited MOST from Reconstruction policies in the southern states in the late 1800s?
scalawags," "carpetbaggers," and freedmen
Which group did President Andrew Johnsons Reconstruction efforts affect MOST positively?
Carpetbaggers and scalawags gained the most from reconstruction.
