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What where the northerners that were against slavery called?
Federalists
What were the southerners called who suppoted the radical northerners?
Scalawags
What were northerners called who moved south after the war?
carpetbaggers
Why were the northerners called Yankees?
it was a nickname given to them by the south
Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction were called?
carpetbaggers
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Who are the bluebellies of the civil war and why are they so named?
Bluebellies, Billy Yank, Yanks or Yankees are some of the names Confederate soldiers had for Union Forces
What did people in the south refer to union soldiers as?
Bluebellies.
What were northerners called?
Yankees
Is Yankees one of the nicknames for the union solders?
yes, as well as Bluebellies and Billy
What where the northerners that were against slavery called?
Federalists
What were the southerners called who suppoted the radical northerners?
Scalawags
What were northerners called who moved south after the war?
carpetbaggers
What was the nickname of the Union soldiers?
Nicknames for Union soldiers include Yankees and Bluebellies.
Why were the northerners called Yankees?
it was a nickname given to them by the south
What were the northerners that wanted to make peace with the south called?
Copperheads
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.
What were northerners who moved to the south following the civil war called?
Caperbagger
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