Carpetbaggers was a name given to people who moved from the North to the South. Many purchased or leased land and became wealthy.
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The terms were coined to refer to Southerners who would not have originally been able to make it into office. The two names denote a negative undertone, so at the time it was very appropriate to call them so.
The term "Carpet Bagger" was derived from the Northerners who came into the South after the Civil War during the Reconstruction era, believed to have come to the South for private profits. While "scalawag" was a negative term used against White Southerners by other White Southerners, stating they are in support of Reconstruction for private gain.
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Carpet baggers never were popular because they came into the south that was recovering from the war and were northern . They carried a carpet type bag so were called carpet baggers. They bought land and buildings for pennies because people needed the money.
because there was alot to offer them
The 'Carpet Baggers" was written by Harold Robbins
The south after the civil war
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