Carpetbaggers were usually rich, Republican capitalists who travels south during the Reconstruction era after the Civil War in order to invest their money in the new developing industries.
Scalawags were Southern whites who supported the Reconstruction of the South.
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Whites and Northerners who supported Republican policies in the South
Scalawags were Southerners who joined with former slaves to support the Republicans party during Reconstruction after the Civil War.
Carpetbaggers were Northerners who went to the South after the Civil War for political or financial advantage.
Both supported black rights, were disliked by many white former-slave owners, and they were victims of attacks from the Ku Klux Klan
The main similarity between a scalawag and a carpetbagger is that, they were groups of people who arose after the American Civil War. Both the groups supported the rights of the black people which made them enemies of the white racists including the KKK. This two groups were concentrated in the Southern states of USA.
Question: Who were scalawags and carpetbaggers?
Answer: Whites and Northerners who supported Republican policies in the South.
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They were called "Carpetbaggers" and, "Scalawags".
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Carpetbaggers and scalawags were the names given to Northerners who traveled to the South to try to influence how the defeated states were run. to make money, some wanted to run for high political office.
They were called Scalawags. They intended on supporting the South in Reconstruction. The ones who took advantage of the Reconstruction era were carpetbaggers.