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A southerner who supported Republican reconstruction of the South was often called a scalawag.
The term "Carpet Bagger" was derived from the Northerners who came into the South after the Civil War during the Reconstruction era, believed to have come to the South for private profits. While "scalawag" was a negative term used against White Southerners by other White Southerners, stating they are in support of Reconstruction for private gain.
Scalawags were Southerners who agreed to work with the Republican government of Andrew Johnson, which was unfriendly to the South. Carpetbaggers were Northerners who came South to exploit the low wages - perfectly legal, but they were viewed as mean and unpleasant people.
SCALAWAG was a post civil war, reconstruction era term of insult for a white southerner who supported reconstruction efforts. The word comes down through the English language with various meanings over time, such as "farm laborer", "disreputable fellow", "habitual jokster", and early definition uses it as "undersized or worthless animal".
Scalawag
Scalawags were white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.
a deceitful and unreliable person
A southerner who supported the Republican Party.
A scalawag was a term used during the Reconstruction era in the United States to describe Southern whites who supported the Republican Party and its policies of promoting civil rights and rebuilding the South after the Civil War. They were often seen as traitors by other Southerners who opposed Reconstruction.
Get Back here, You SCAlAWAG!
Did you know that Scalawags was a name for Southern Whites who supported reconstruction after the Civil War. As a derogatory term it refers to a rascal or a worthless fellow. So if you want to be constructively critical of someone, although you should not be, a sentence can be short and sweet ' I think you are a scalawag'
A scalawag is a white Southerner who works for or supports the fedaral government during reconstruction; and a carpetbagger is a Northerner who wnt South after the Civil War for political or financial reason.
I like the term rascal for an older person but for a kid an imp.
A scalawag is a person who behaves badly or dishonestly.
The cast of The Scalawag - 1912 includes: Jack Conway as Lem - the Scalawag
A southerner who supported Republican reconstruction of the South was often called a scalawag.
The term "Carpet Bagger" was derived from the Northerners who came into the South after the Civil War during the Reconstruction era, believed to have come to the South for private profits. While "scalawag" was a negative term used against White Southerners by other White Southerners, stating they are in support of Reconstruction for private gain.