They were called carpetbaggers, because they put their possessions in suitcases made from what looked like carpets. In reality, they didn't go to look for political and economic opportunities, but to exploit the South. The effects of the carpetbaggers can be seen today in the lower wage scales typical of the South.
scalawags. the northerners were referred to as carpetbaggers.
Scalawags were southern Unionists or Republicans under Reconstruction, and "carpetbaggers" (named for their soft-sided luggage) were Northerners who helped with the change of governments and businesses after the Civil War.
The thirteenth through fifteenth amendments are referred to as Reconstruction Amendments. These amendments came about after the Civil War. They were designed to help reconstruct the south after the war.
People who came South from the North to build schools for freed blacks.
Carpetbaggers
northerners who came to the south after the civil war
Carpetbaggers. In heading South to exploit low wages, they were doing nothing illegal. But they were seen as unpleasant people.
Carpetbaggers. In heading South to exploit low wages, they were doing nothing illegal. But they were seen as unpleasant people.
Carpetbaggers. In heading South to exploit low wages, they were doing nothing illegal. But they were seen as unpleasant people.
Carpetbaggers. In heading South to exploit low wages, they were doing nothing illegal. But they were seen as unpleasant people.
Carpet baggers
Carpetbaggers was the term often used to describe such people.
Carpetbaggers. Cheap land - and cheap wages. It made them look like mean and unpleasant people.
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.
Scalawags were Southerners who agreed to work with the Republican government of Andrew Johnson, which was unfriendly to the South. Carpetbaggers were Northerners who came South to exploit the low wages - perfectly legal, but they were viewed as mean and unpleasant people.
Carpetbaggers