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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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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 9y agoCarpetbaggers got their name because of the carpet bags they carried with them. It was a name given to a northerner who moved south after the Civil War.
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Northerners who came to the south after the civil war were known as?
Northerners who moved to the south for profit oppurtunities were called carpetbaggers.
What did the southerners call northerners who moved to the south to start buisnesses after the civil war?
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Derogatory term for Northerners who came to the South during Reconstruction and sometimes took part in Republican state government?
scalawags. the northerners were referred to as carpetbaggers.
Who were the Republicans and Northerners in the South during Reconstruction?
They were called "carpetbaggers", which referred to the soft fabric luggage they carried, which was then in style in the North.
Who were Northerners who came to the South after the Civil War?
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 came to the south after the civil war were known as?
Northerners who moved to the south for profit oppurtunities were called carpetbaggers.
Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction were called?
carpetbaggers
What were northerners called who moved south after the war?
carpetbaggers
Northerners who supported the republicans and moved south during reconstruction was called?
carpetbaggers
Northerners who wandered to the south to take advantage after war were called?
Carpetbaggers.
What were northerners who moved to the south following the civil war called?
Caperbagger
Who were the Carpetbaggers?
northerners who came to the south after the civil war
Northerners who moved south to take part in state governments after the war were called?
carpetbaggers
Northerners who moved to the postwar South?
Carpetbaggers
What did the southerners call northerners who moved to the south to start buisnesses after the civil war?
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Northerners who came South for political opportunities were called?
Carpetbaggers - because they just packed a few things and headed South to exploit the low wages. Although this was perfectly legal, the Carpetbaggers were seen as an unpleasant breed.
What were Northerners who came to the South after the US Civil War called?
Carpetbaggers was the term often used to describe such people.
