Carpetbaggers

Which statements best explain why many white southern citizens were concerned at the arrival of carpetbaggers? Choose 2

• carpetbaggers were accused of delaying the goals of Reconstruction

• Carpetbaggers were associated with the values of the northern Radical Republicans

• carpetbaggers migrated from foreign countries and introduced new customs

• carpetbaggers were thought to be stealing the wealth of the south

• carpetbaggers often moved to southern cities and opposed modern ways of life.

A northerner who went to the South immediately after the Civil War; especially one   who tried to gain political advantage or other advantages from the disorganized situation in southern states

• Suffrage

• Impeach

• Scalawag

• Carpetbagger

They were Northern Union soldiers who stayed in the South after the war, teachers, missionaries or businessmen.

• Carpetbaggers

• Tenant Farmers

• Freedman

• Scalawags

Northerners who went south to make a profit from Reconstruction

• Sharecropping

• Carpetbaggers

• Scalawags

• Conservatives

What term was used to describe Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction to seek political and financial gain?

• Scalawags

• Carpetbaggers

• Redeemers

• Unionists

Which group was often accused of exploiting the South's post-war turmoil for personal gain?

• A) Scalawags

• B) Carpetbaggers

• C) Freedmen

• D) Redeemers

What was a common motivation for carpetbaggers moving to the South after the Civil War?

• A) To support the Confederacy

• B) To seek economic opportunities

• C) To escape Northern winters

• D) To join the Southern aristocracy

Carpetbaggers were often associated with which political party during Reconstruction?

• A) Democratic Party

• B) Whig Party

• C) Republican Party

• D) Federalist Party

What was the primary criticism Southern citizens had against carpetbaggers?

• A) They were seen as cultural ambassadors

• B) They were viewed as opportunists

• C) They were considered war heroes

• D) They were praised for rebuilding efforts

Which term describes Southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the Republican Party?

• A) Carpetbaggers

• B) Scalawags

• C) Redeemers

• D) Unionists