answersLogoWhite

0

Carpetbaggers.

User Avatar

Irma Kerluke

Lvl 10
4y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What is the name that was given to Northern whites who moved South after the Civil War?

Carpetbaggers.


Northern people who moved to the south after the civil war were called...?

carpetbaggers


Northern investors who moved to the south to gain profit?

After the Civil War they were known as carpet-baggers.


What changes did the civil war bring to the African American?

The Civil War freed the slaves ended slavery in the US. Many blacks left the South and moved to Northern cities.


What were northern ears called if they moved to the south after civil war?

Carpetbaggers. Because they moved into the reconstruction of the South, as a opportunity for profit, so quickly all their possessions were in one carpet bag. A form of luggage made of carpet material.


What were the northern whites who moved to the South after the Civil war called?

Carpet baggers because they carried a bag made out of material that looked like a carpet.


How carpetbaggers get their name?

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.


What is the name given to the people who moved to the south to make money from reconstruction?

The people who moved to the South during the Reconstruction era to seek economic opportunities were commonly referred to as "carpetbaggers." This term was often used pejoratively to describe Northern transplants who were perceived to be exploiting the region's post-war vulnerabilities for personal gain. Carpetbaggers played various roles in the political and economic rebuilding of the South following the Civil War.


What was the nickname given to the northerners who moved south during Reconstruction to take advantage of the political opportunities?

Carpetbaggers were northerners who moved south for personal gain during the Civil War between the Union and the Confederate troops.


What were the three reasons many industries moved to the south from northern cities?

the land was cheaper in the south


What were Northern born white who moved south after the confederacy's defeat called?

Carpetbaggers


Who were the members of the Republican Party that left their Northern homes after the war and moved to the South?

Carpetbaggers