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.
carpetbaggers
Carpetbaggers.
Carpetbaggers.
Carpet baggers because they carried a bag made out of material that looked like a carpet.
After the Civil War they were known as carpet-baggers.
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Carpetbaggers
The North was called the Union; the South was called the Confederacy.
The Civil War freed the slaves ended slavery in the US. Many blacks left the South and moved to Northern cities.
Caperbagger
carpetbaggers.Northerners going south for various reasons, usually to make money or political reasons, often carried their belongings in bags made of carpet like material. They were referred to as carpetbaggers.
Northerners who moved to the south for profit oppurtunities were called carpetbaggers.