Carpetbaggers was the term often used to describe such people.
northerners who came to the south after the civil war
Carpet baggers
Carpetbaggers. In heading South to exploit low wages, they were doing nothing illegal. But they were seen as unpleasant people.
Carpetbaggers. In heading South to exploit low wages, they were doing nothing illegal. But they were seen as unpleasant people.
They were called Scalawags. They intended on supporting the South in Reconstruction. The ones who took advantage of the Reconstruction era were carpetbaggers.
Northerners who moved to the south for profit oppurtunities were called carpetbaggers.
northerners who came to the south after the civil war
Carpetbaggers
Carpet baggers
Carpetbaggers. Cheap land - and cheap wages. It made them look like mean and unpleasant people.
Carpetbaggers. In heading South to exploit low wages, they were doing nothing illegal. But they were seen as unpleasant people.
Carpetbaggers. In heading South to exploit low wages, they were doing nothing illegal. But they were seen as unpleasant people.
Carpetbaggers. In heading South to exploit low wages, they were doing nothing illegal. But they were seen as unpleasant people.
Carpetbaggers. In heading South to exploit low wages, they were doing nothing illegal. But they were seen as unpleasant people.
They were called Scalawags. They intended on supporting the South in Reconstruction. The ones who took advantage of the Reconstruction era were carpetbaggers.
The people who were called carpetbaggers were well do northerners who came to the south to buy the ruins of the south. They were called carpetbaggers because they carried a bag made of a heavy cloth that looked like a carpet. The southerners hated them because they were going after the ruined plantations and businesses.
Carpetbaggers, often used pejoratively, was the term used for Northerners who came to the South to implement the policies of Reconstruction. They have been frequently accused of taking advantage of the political, economic and social upheaval in the South at that time.