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dishonest carpetbaggers went south to make money

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Why was the carpetbagger important?

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What is an antonym for carpetbagger?

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How can you use carpetbaggers in a sentence?

Like This : You Yankee, off my land you carpetbagger! Rofl


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Who first coined the word carpetbagger?

Like scalawag and peckerwood, it is unknown who coined the post-Civil War term carpetbagger, but it came into common use and is still used occasionally. Some New Yorkers called Hilary Rodham-Clinton a carpetbagger when she ran for a US Senate seat in New York, which would make her something of a reverse carpetbagger.


What Was john McCains first job after collage?

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What is another word for carpetbagger?

Opportunist. Swindler. Leech.


What part of speech is carpetbagger?

Carpetbagger is a noun, meaning a Northerner who moved to the Southern US after the Civil War, and especially one seeking political or commercial advantage. The word carpetbagger also refers to an outsider who comes in only seeking to win a political position.


What is another word for opportuninst?

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Who was the Northern politician in south south during reconstruction?

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A northerner who went to the south after the civil war was called a?

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