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.
Northerners who moved to the south for profit oppurtunities were called carpetbaggers.
traitors.
because they want the people enslaved in the south to be free...
The military-minded South thought they could wipe out any namby-pamby Northern troops in a few quick battles. The North assumed the South was bluffing when it talked about seceding from the USA and provoking a civil war.
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northerners who came to the south after the civil war
Carpetbaggers
Carpet baggers
Northerners who moved to the south for profit oppurtunities were called carpetbaggers.
Carpetbaggers was the term often used to describe such people.
Many Northerners went to the South after the Civil War to buy land, because it was very inexpensive. They were known as Carpetbaggers.
About 1/5 of all northerners
Carpetbaggers. In heading South to exploit low wages, they were doing nothing illegal. But they were seen as unpleasant people.
Carpetbaggers. In heading South to exploit low wages, they were doing nothing illegal. But they were seen as unpleasant people.
Carpetbaggers. In heading South to exploit low wages, they were doing nothing illegal. But they were seen as unpleasant people.
Carpetbaggers. In heading South to exploit low wages, they were doing nothing illegal. But they were seen as unpleasant people.
traitors.