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Q: Why were Northern whites who moved to the South after the war called carpetbaggers?
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What is the name that was given to Northern whites who moved South after the Civil War?

Carpetbaggers.


Northern people who moved to the south after the civil war were called...?

carpetbaggers


What name was given to northern politicians who went South after the civil war?

They were called "Carpetbaggers" and, "Scalawags".


What is a term used by conservative white southerners to describe northern whites who migrated to the south?

Carpetbaggers (it was a type of soft sided luggage)


What were Northern born white who moved south after the confederacy's defeat called?

Carpetbaggers


Who were carpetbaggers and scalawage?

Whites and Northerners who supported Republican policies in the South


Who were northern republicans that moved south?

Carpetbaggers this is the right answer the person above me was right


What were southerns who supported republican governments called in the south?

In United States history, scalawags were southern whites who supported Reconstruction ... (called carpetbaggers) to take control of their state and local governments. ... In the South, Black Freedmen and White Southerners with Republican.


Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction were called?

carpetbaggers


Northerners who came to the south after the civil war were known as?

Northerners who moved to the south for profit oppurtunities were called carpetbaggers.


What is the name given to Northern who moved to the South after the civil war?

Carpetbaggers.


Northern people who moved to the south after civil war were called what?

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.