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.
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because corrupt northerners came here trying to make money from a devastated South
White southerners who supported Reconstruction were referred to as "Scalawags", while northerners who came south to assist were called "Carpetbaggers,", an equally derisive term inferring they carried everything they owned in a carpetbag and could move quickly. Both groups traveled the South for their own personal economic gain.
Carpetbaggers were northerners who migrated to the south in search of jobs after the civil war. The term carpetbagger was used to describe an outsider who comes to a locality where he does not belong in the hope of obtaining power or success. It was used to describe northerners trying to make their fortunes in the south following the civil war, for politicians who try to get elected in a riding where they have no ties with the longtime residents, and for sleazy traveling salesmen. The term originated during the 19th century, when travelers often used luggage made from carpets.
They were called Scalawags. They intended on supporting the South in Reconstruction. The ones who took advantage of the Reconstruction era were carpetbaggers.
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Whites and Northerners who supported Republican policies in the South
Well Lincoln had many great policies that helped the confederacy, probably the biggest though was Reconstruction. Reconstruction was the policy to rebuild the South just following the Civil War. Many Northerners disagreed with it and wanted the South to suffer, but not Good Ole' Abe!
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