White men from the north who came to the south during reconstruction?

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in seach of economic opporunity were given the derogatory name of what?

2007-01-08 12:44:16 · 5 answers · asked by Lily 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History

Carpet Baggers

2007-01-08 12:49:50 · answer #1 · answered by fra_bob 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋

Carpetbaggers

2007-01-08 14:00:48 · answer #2 · answered by towanda 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

carpet baggers

2007-01-12 11:50:57 · answer #3 · answered by kingtiger255 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

its either scalawags or carpetbaggers..i'd go with the second one. it means people who just put enough in their "carpetbag" and went south.

2007-01-08 12:50:37 · answer #4 · answered by simpsons_freak88_2 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋

carpet baggers

2007-01-08 13:04:21 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋