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They moved to the South in order to do profitable business by exploiting the disastrous economic situation in being there.
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What did the southerners call northerners who moved to the south to start buisnesses after the civil war?
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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.
Why were northerners called carpetbaggers?
After the Civil War, the north had control of the south. To ascertain this control, the north brought their own carpets with them because the south had wood floors, no carpet. They would wrap their furniture and belongings in their carpet to move. Hence the name "carpetbaggers."
After the civil war the cost of living decreased because?
There was a low-wage economy in the South, exploited by Carpetbaggers.
Who were Northerners who came to the South after the Civil War?
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.
Northern people who moved to the south after the civil war were called...?
carpetbaggers
Who were the carpetbaggers and why did they como after the civil war?
yes.
What did they call nourtheners that moved after the civil war?
Carpetbaggers
Who is side was the scalawags and carpetbaggers on in the civil war?
the union
What did the southerners call northerners who moved to the south to start buisnesses after the civil war?
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What name was given to northern politicians who went South after the civil war?
They were called "Carpetbaggers" and, "Scalawags".
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.
Northerners who came to the south after the civil war known as?
Carpetbaggers
A northerner who opposed the civil war was called?
Carpetbaggers
Why were northerners called carpetbaggers?
After the Civil War, the north had control of the south. To ascertain this control, the north brought their own carpets with them because the south had wood floors, no carpet. They would wrap their furniture and belongings in their carpet to move. Hence the name "carpetbaggers."
Who were the Carpetbaggers?
northerners who came to the south after the civil war
Northerners who became government officials in south after civil war?
carpetbaggers
