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"Carpetbagger" was used by Southerners as a derogatory term, referring to the carpet bags (a form of cheap luggage made from carpet fabric) which many of these newcomers carried. Such a person came from the North to the South after the war, seeking to unfairly profit in the damaged financial conditions of the South after the war. The term came to be associated with opportunism and exploitation by outsiders.
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What was the goal of the Redeemers during Reconstruction apex?
The answer is: To take political power away from freed slaves and carpetbaggers
What role did freedmen play in reconstruction governments?
The freedmen provided cheap labor and expertise skills in the reconstruction governments.
Who criticized the carpetbaggers?
The Southerners criticized the carpetbaggers. Why? well because the carpetbaggers were renovating the South as if they were bringing parts of the North in order to develop South as the North
Why did congress decide to take a larger role in reconstruction?
i dont know as mr. rork
Are robber barons the same as carpetbaggers?
Robber barrons are not the same as carpetbaggers. Robber barrons is another name for captains of industry, these were leaders like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. They ran businesses during the Guilded Age. Carpet baggers are notherners who traveled south during reconstruction to take part in politics in the south. They were not recieved very well by southerners who were experiencing backlash from the Civil War.
Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction were called?
carpetbaggers
Did carpetbaggers start during reconstruction?
yes
Northerners who supported the republicans and moved south during reconstruction was called?
carpetbaggers
Name of notherners who came to south during reconstruction?
Carpetbaggers
Did carpetbaggers help or hurt reconstruction?
Yes. Because its cool like that
Who were the Northerners who came south to help in Reconstruction?
They were called Scalawags. They intended on supporting the South in Reconstruction. The ones who took advantage of the Reconstruction era were carpetbaggers.
Which group did President Andrew Johnsons Reconstruction efforts affect MOST positively?
Carpetbaggers and scalawags gained the most from reconstruction.
Northerners who settled in the south after the war and supported radical reconstruction were known as?
carpetbaggers
What did the southern democrats call the northerns who went to the south during the reconstruction?
Carpetbaggers.
What group formed the backbone of the Republican Party in the South during Reconstruction?
the carpetbaggers
Who hindered reconstruction of the Civil War?
One group was the carpetbaggers and profiteers who were determined to explot the South.
What was the name of the northers who came to the south after thecivil war to start business and help with reconstruction?
Carpetbaggers
