Northerners who moved to the south for profit oppurtunities were called carpetbaggers.
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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 carpetbaggers
After the Civil War, the north had control of the south. To ascertain this control, the north brought their own carpets with them because the south had wood floors, no carpet. They would wrap their furniture and belongings in their carpet to move. Hence the name "carpetbaggers."
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Northerners who moved to the south for profit oppurtunities were called carpetbaggers.
The Southerners criticized the carpetbaggers. Why? well because the carpetbaggers were renovating the South as if they were bringing parts of the North in order to develop South as the North
carpetbaggers
apex: all of the above! to buy land -to enter politics -to help freedmen
carpetbaggers
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northerners who came to the south after the civil war
Carpetbaggers this is the right answer the person above me was right
carpetbaggers
apex: all of the above! to buy land -to enter politics -to help freedmen
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.