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Scalawags were people that already lived in the southern states. These were people living in the south that supported the Reconstruction efforts and the Republican Party following the Civil War.

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Supported the Union. Is the right answer!

Scalawags were southerners who helped with reconstruction and often took away land and houses that the other southerners could afford to keep. They worked with the government for their own gain and they were very disliked.

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