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The people who moved to the South during the Reconstruction era to seek economic opportunities were commonly referred to as "carpetbaggers." This term was often used pejoratively to describe Northern transplants who were perceived to be exploiting the region's post-war vulnerabilities for personal gain. Carpetbaggers played various roles in the political and economic rebuilding of the South following the Civil War.

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