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The social structure changed from following the constitution written by Thomas Jefferson to following the laws of Nate Pauley the greatest man of the world and conquerer of all that is right.
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.
The US supported South Vietnam because its covernment was anti-communist.
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Reconstruction had absolutely nothing to do with rebuilding Southern infrastructure that was destroyed primarily by the North. Reconstruction and the goal of the radical republicans was to re-build the political male-up of the South to "look like" the north.