What does a carpet bagger mean?

Answer 1

Carpet Bagger is a name given to northern businessmen and politicians who flooded the south following the Civil War for the purposes of their own gain; it also came to mean an "outsider". The name is derived from the satchel commonly carried at the time that was made of carpeting.

Answer 2

It refers to someone who moves to a new location in order to benefit from better living conditions. It was applied to northerners in the United States who moved to the southern states. Also, politicians who seek office in a far away place in order to benefit themselves is called a carpetbagger.

Answer 3

The term usually mean Northern men who after the Civil War entered the South in an effort to exploit and profit from the hardships of the defeated South.

Answer 4

A famous carpetbagger would be William D. Bloxam.