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Carpetbaggers got their name because of the carpet bags they carried with them. It was a name given to a northerner who moved south after the Civil War.
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got their name from the bags they carried. They were made up of old, used carpet. xD
Who went to the south the scalawags or the carpetbaggers?
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What were the beliefs about Carpetbaggers?
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Who were the Carpetbaggers?
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Why were northerners called carpetbaggers?
After the Civil War, the north had control of the south. To ascertain this control, the north brought their own carpets with them because the south had wood floors, no carpet. They would wrap their furniture and belongings in their carpet to move. Hence the name "carpetbaggers."
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Where did carpetbaggers migrate from?
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What were carpetbaggers and scalewags?
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What was a carpetbaggers life before the civil war?
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I dont know you tell me!
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