Carpetbaggers
Carpetbaggers
Carpetbaggers
Carpetbagger
Carpetbaggers were northerners who moved south for personal gain during the Civil War between the Union and the Confederate troops.
Carpetbaggers and scalawags were the names given to Northerners who traveled to the South to try to influence how the defeated states were run. to make money, some wanted to run for high political office.
Reconstruction OR "The Era of Reconstruction"
proclamation of Amnesty
Reconstruction OR "The Era of Reconstruction"
it was a nickname given to them by the south
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