2007-02-13 13:49:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
An Opportunist.... see the definition...
2007-02-13 13:52:59 · answer #1 · answered by thebe_gl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
term used at the end of the Civil War for northerners that came to the South to get as much as they could and make cash off the misfortunes of the southerns and they were usually the ones that had carpetbags hence the term carpetbagger,usually a term that implies dishonest low down people
2007-02-13 15:47:24 · answer #2 · answered by billc4u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's an old word from the South describing the Northerners who came down after the Civil War to aid reconstruction; they always carried carpet bags. It might have been later used as a term for door to door salesmen.
2007-02-13 13:58:31 · answer #3 · answered by Amy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure exactly, but I know a History book from the civil war will help you get the answer
2007-02-13 13:53:49 · answer #4 · answered by John A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Politician that move from one state to another.
2007-02-13 14:00:38 · answer #5 · answered by tfoley5000 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
people who jus pack up and move from place to place.....
2007-02-13 13:55:55 · answer #6 · answered by iyishab08 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋