no links please - what do you think it means?
2006-08-17 13:42:04 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Sociology
A person that takes advantage of something or someone.
2006-08-17 13:55:33 · answer #1 · answered by pelancha 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Carpetbagger Definition
2016-10-30 00:18:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After the "War of Northern Aggression" aka "the Civil War" ... Homes and land in "the losing states" were assessed with Taxes that post-war southerners couldn't afford. Many profit seeking scam artists, , would show up at an auction and buy Plantations, land, furnishings, etc, for mere Pennies... (really!)... and throw the former owners (usually women with children) out. In the South, "Carpetbagger!" is the same as "thief".... and in some places, carrying one was a good way to get shot...
... oh. never mind, I like Bigrobs answer better... and it's even in clear English... forget I even touched the keyboard...
2006-08-17 13:58:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They were the businessmen who came to the South from the North following the War between the States. They were the guys who would show up with a "carpetbag" (a large satchel made of cloth that looked like it was made from a Persian rug,) full of money and try to buy farms and plantations from the war-ravaged survivors. They preyed on the helpless and took advantage at every turn. They were the vultures that follow war and scavenge. That IS what the word means. It is used today to reflect upon someone's character as well as to describe similar behavior.
People like this are why many Southerners still think that damn and yankee are one word.
2006-08-17 13:55:55 · answer #4 · answered by bigrob 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Post Civil War "opportunists" that traveled south from the north and with money and political local corruption, was able to manipulate prices and contracts to make a hell of a lot of money from the southern locals.
2006-08-17 13:46:58 · answer #5 · answered by MK6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Werent they the ones that went from the SOuth to the North...something to do in American History when the whole North against the south thing was going on...
I would say they are about the same thing today as they were yesterday....
2006-08-17 13:47:48 · answer #6 · answered by Bizzy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
term of contempt for a northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the united states after the civil war,
so it means primarily seeking private gain after war in loosersland
2006-08-17 14:54:47 · answer #7 · answered by veilchen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carpet Bagger Definition
2016-12-29 18:53:38 · answer #8 · answered by guillotte 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to my knowledge "carpetbagger" was very close to a gigalo
2006-08-17 14:00:08 · answer #9 · answered by Lee 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Homeless person with all their belongings in a suitcase
2006-08-17 13:47:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋