Who were known as "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags"?

a. Northern confederates who tried to take over Southern lands and businesses after the war

b. Northerners who tried to make money off the dire situation in the South and Southerners who did the same

c. Southern ruffians, usually retired from the Confederate Army, who wrought havoc in political meetings

d. violent Southerners who terrorized blacks to keep them uneducated, poor, and out of politics

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King Blackburn

23 April, 09:33

Who were known as "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags"?

a. Northern confederates who tried to take over Southern lands and businesses after the war

b. Northerners who tried to make money off the dire situation in the South and Southerners who did the same

c. Southern ruffians, usually retired from the Confederate Army, who wrought havoc in political meetings

d. violent Southerners who terrorized blacks to keep them uneducated, poor, and out of politics

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Lewis Zimmerman · Answer 1

I'm gonna go with B, because according to the definition of carpetbagger, it means: A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.