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What terms did southerners use to describe northners who came south after the start of reconstruction?
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∙ 13y ago
"Carpetbaggers" was the term applied to Northerners who moved south, to build industries and influence the political changes caused by freeing the slave population. The Southern legislatures were required to ratify the 13th Amendment in order to regain representation in Congress.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y ago"Carpetbaggers" was the term used by Southerners for Northerners that came South after the Civil War to buy up land and introduce manufacturing into the economic system. This was much resented by the locals because the Southern-based plantation system had been viewed much like each man having his own kingdom, since there were many miles between neighboring farms.
The carpetbaggers were much needed at the time in order to spur the economy which had nearly come to a stop. But the locals resented these Northerners that were coming in with money to buy up their land (and control their politics) while they were in such poor economic times after the war. There is a scene in the movie "Gone with the Wind" (1939) about a carpetbagger that does show the essence of what the Southerners felt for these strangers who came into their region, unwanted and unwelcome.
*The term "carpetbagger" refers to the "carpetbags" they carried, a soft-sided fabric luggage (some like a valise) that was in style in the North.
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∙ 12y ago'Carpetbaggers' was the term for Northerners who packed a single bag and headed quickly South to exploit the low wages of unemployed blacks and whites in the ruins of the Confederacy.
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∙ 13y agoCarpetbaggers.
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What name did the southerners give to northern republicans who moved to the south during reconstruction?
Carpetbaggers
End of reconstruction?
President Hayes kept removes troops from the South. The order was given on May 1st, 1877. The decision to end Reconstruction and return the rule to Southerners, soon resulted in the disenfranchisement of the Blacks in the South.
Why did some carpetbaggers come south?
All of the Above.
What was the term used in rebuilding the south after the civil war?
It was called "Reconstruction." There were continuing disputes between northern Republicans, and the efforts by Southerners to maintain control over the freed slaves led to "Radical Reconstruction" in which the Southern states were placed under military governorships.
What was meant by the term scalawag in the South?
A southerner who supported the Republican Party.
What were five major ways in which white southerners reasserted their control in the south after reconstruction?
Cuz they wanted to
What name did the southerners give to northern republicans who moved to the south during reconstruction?
Carpetbaggers
Who were the people during the reconstruction?
The people during the Reconstruction were the Northerners, Southerners, and politicians. Abraham Lincoln was one of the presidents that wanted the North & South to put aside their differences.
End of reconstruction?
President Hayes kept removes troops from the South. The order was given on May 1st, 1877. The decision to end Reconstruction and return the rule to Southerners, soon resulted in the disenfranchisement of the Blacks in the South.
What was the attitude of the south towords the reconstruction?
The former states of the Confederacy had a huge negative view of the US's Reconstruction plans for the South. They believed that the US was getting "even" with them for the cause of the US Civil War.Wherever possible, Southerners evaded laws and regulations of the Reconstruction Era.
What was meant by the scalawag in the south?
Scalawags were white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.
What is scalawags and carpet baggers?
The term "Carpet Bagger" was derived from the Northerners who came into the South after the Civil War during the Reconstruction era, believed to have come to the South for private profits. While "scalawag" was a negative term used against White Southerners by other White Southerners, stating they are in support of Reconstruction for private gain.
What was meant by the term scalawag in the South?
Scalawags were white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.
Who were scalawags and the carpetbaggers?
Scalawags were southerners who helped during Reconstruction and carpetbaggers were northerners who went south to help with Reconstruction. a helpful hint to remember which is which is to remember that scalawags and southerners both start with 's'.
Why did Southerners finally accept Rutherford B. Hayes?
Hayes withdrew the last federal troops from the South thereby ending Reconstruction.
What caused US Reconstruction to be doomed?
Reconstruction was doomed from the start because southerners had to account for their terrible loss. This was in lives and their patrimony. The acceptance of any Reconstruction policy would have negated the cause for which they fought for and so many died. When Congress imposed a reconstruction policy that included even a small sense of black civil equality & black suffrage, most white southerners could & did not accept the legitimacy of governments that were elected. The white South was never more the "solid South" than in the period of Congressional Reconstruction. This was regretful, but the results speak for themselves.
One reason Radical Reconstruction was able to bring change in the South was that?
A. federal soldiers were stationed in the South to enforce new laws. B. white southerners supported the changes brought about by Radical Reconstruction C. African Americans voted for Radical Reconstruction D. it was part of General Lee's surrender terms. i think it is "A."
