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What is another word for opportuninst?

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Why was the carpetbagger important?

whats the significate of carpetbagger


Who first coined the word carpetbagger?

Like scalawag and peckerwood, it is unknown who coined the post-Civil War term carpetbagger, but it came into common use and is still used occasionally. Some New Yorkers called Hilary Rodham-Clinton a carpetbagger when she ran for a US Senate seat in New York, which would make her something of a reverse carpetbagger.


What is an antonym for carpetbagger?

A local, a native, or a resident would be antonyms for carpetbagger.


What part of speech is carpetbagger?

Carpetbagger is a noun, meaning a Northerner who moved to the Southern US after the Civil War, and especially one seeking political or commercial advantage. The word carpetbagger also refers to an outsider who comes in only seeking to win a political position.


What Elton John song has the word 'carpetbagger' in it?

There is no Elton John song that has the word "carpetbagger" in it. However, a song named "Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters Part Two" [from Reg Strikes Back, 1988] has a line that goes, "I just looked beyond the bagman", which may sounds similar in the way that he has pronounced the words in the song.


What group of people did Southern Democrats refer to when they used the word carpetbagger?

Northern whites who moved south and supported the Republicans and freedmen


Can anybody give me a few names of scalawags or carpetbaggers from the 1850s for my history paper?

Charles Schultz carpetbagger Daniel Henry Chamberlain carpetbagger


What Was john McCains first job after collage?

He was a carpetbagger


Who was the Northern politician in south south during reconstruction?

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A northerner who went to the south after the civil war was called a?

Carpetbagger


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