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What term describes a white southerner who supported northern Reconstruction policies after the Civil War?
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.
After the civil war what was the period of rebuilding the South called?
Reconstruction was what the period of rebuilding the south was after the civil war.
What were northerners who moved to the south following the civil war called?
Caperbagger
The process of reuniting the nation and rebuilding the southern states after the US Civil War was called what?
The rebuilding of the US after the Civil War was called the "Reconstruction Period".
What were the two sides in the Spanish Civil War?
One side were the Nationalists, who were described as being "traditionalist and fascist". The other side were the Republicans, who consisted of socialists, communists, Trotskyites, anarchists and separatists.
In 1868 what would Southereners have been called?
In 1868 a Southerner who supported the Republicans and the Reconstruction was referred to as a 'Scalawag'. The Scalawags often kept company with the Black Freedman's and the Northerners that were referred to as 'Carpet Baggers'.
Who were the Republicans and Northerners in the South during Reconstruction?
They were called "carpetbaggers", which referred to the soft fabric luggage they carried, which was then in style in the North.
What were southerners called if they supported the Reconstruction?
Historically, Southerners who supported reconstruction were often called scalawags.
Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction were called?
carpetbaggers
Who were scalawags and the carpetbaggers?
Scalawags were southerners who helped during Reconstruction and carpetbaggers were northerners who went south to help with Reconstruction. a helpful hint to remember which is which is to remember that scalawags and southerners both start with 's'.
What was a southerner who supported republican reconstruction of the south called?
A southerner who supported Republican reconstruction of the South was often called a scalawag.
Who were the Northerners who came south to help in Reconstruction?
They were called Scalawags. They intended on supporting the South in Reconstruction. The ones who took advantage of the Reconstruction era were carpetbaggers.
During Reconstruction their opponents called Southern white Republicans?
Scalawags
Why was Reconstruction often called Radical Reconstruction?
Radical Reconstruction was the name of one of the phases of reconstruction: the one instigated by a faction that called themselves the Radical Republicans. The Radical Republicans who swept to power in 1866 considered the first phase of Reconstruction (called the Presidential Reconstruction since it was led by Presidents Lincoln and Johnson) too moderate. In 1873 white supremacist soutern Democrats who called themselves Redeemers returned to power and ended Reconstruction.
What were northerners who supported the Confederate States of America called?
They were derisively called Copperheads...after the venomous snakes.
The majority of southern Republican voters were?
Southerners who saw an advantage to backing the Reconstruction of the South represented the majority of Southern Republicans. Much like the northerners who were against the Civil War (Copperheads), these southerners earned a derisive nickname. They were called "Scalawags".
What were southerners who supported Republicans governments called in the south?
Scalawags
