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What was the intent of many northerners who went south after the war?
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What is carpet buggers?
Northerners who went south during the reconstruction motivated by profit or idealism. many were actually interested in helping or freeing slaves.
Who were scalawags and the carpetbaggers?
Scalawags were southerners who helped during Reconstruction and carpetbaggers were northerners who went south to help with Reconstruction. a helpful hint to remember which is which is to remember that scalawags and southerners both start with 's'.
What were scalawags and carpetbaggers?
Carpetbaggers were usually rich, Republican capitalists who travels south during the Reconstruction era after the Civil War in order to invest their money in the new developing industries. Scalawags were Southern whites who supported the Reconstruction of the South.
Did Lewis and clark go north or south?
they went south on the Missouri river
A northerner who went to the south after the civil war was called a?
Carpetbagger
Why did many Northerners go to the South after the Civil War?
Many Northerners went to the South after the Civil War to buy land, because it was very inexpensive. They were known as Carpetbaggers.
What did southerner call northerners who went to fight the south?
The union and the south was confederate states
What was the name given to Northerners who went to the south to carry out the Reconstruction Act?
Carpetbagger
What were the northerners that went down to the south after the civil war called?
I think it was + carpet baggers + .
What is carpet buggers?
Northerners who went south during the reconstruction motivated by profit or idealism. many were actually interested in helping or freeing slaves.
After the war the south went through a period of control and rebuilding by northerners which is known as a period of?
Reconstruction
What were northerners who moved to the south following the civil war called?
Caperbagger
What was the southern name give to northerners who went south to either make money or help newly freed slaves?
Carpetbaggers .
Is it true that Scalawags were white Southerners and Carpetbaggers were white Northerners who played major roles in the South?
carpetbagger- northerners who moved to the south and the south hated them beacuse they were like kicking them out scalawag- southern whites who supported the reconstrution Era
What names did Southern Democrats call Northerners who went to the South during Reconstruction supposedly to take advantage of financial opportunities but who actually supported the Republican Party?
Carpetbaggers and Scalawags
What did the term carpetbaggers describes?
Carpetbaggers were northerners who migrated to the south in search of jobs after the civil war. The term carpetbagger was used to describe an outsider who comes to a locality where he does not belong in the hope of obtaining power or success. It was used to describe northerners trying to make their fortunes in the south following the civil war, for politicians who try to get elected in a riding where they have no ties with the longtime residents, and for sleazy traveling salesmen. The term originated during the 19th century, when travelers often used luggage made from carpets.
Why did many northerners go south during reconstruction?
There were different reasons why some joined. The slaveholders could not afford to lose their slaves, so they joined for that reason. Some average joe's joined because they thought that the north could not stand seeing the south get so prosperous. Some just joined because they did not like President Lincoln. bye friends!!!!!!
