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Why did some carpet baggers come to the south?
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What groups helped the South during Reconstruction?
Freedmen, Scalawags, And Carpet-Baggers
What did southerners call the northerners who came to the south after the civil war?
Carpet baggers
What were the carpet baggers?
Carpetbaggers was a name given to people who moved from the North to the South. Many purchased or leased land and became wealthy.
How did scalawags and carpet baggers get their names?
The terms were coined to refer to Southerners who would not have originally been able to make it into office. The two names denote a negative undertone, so at the time it was very appropriate to call them so.
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