Scheming is what they do best they are sneaky‚ manipulative‚ and convincing people. Henceforth‚ these difficult people are often known as Carpetbaggers they received the name‚ because they carried all their possessions in a bag made out of carpet. Originally‚ people called them Scalawags‚ but a more preferable name approached hints the name Carpetbaggers. Having a desire to work on behalf of the newly emancipated slaves was one reason they went to the South. They left during and immediately
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Carpetbaggers were northerners who were searching for the possibility of economic gain. They could also be working on behalf of the slaves and fighting to make sure that their new rights were being respected. The nickname “carpetbagger” came about because the northerners would often come with very little of their possessions; they would have a small amount of their property in a satchel‚ or carpetbag. Scalawags were so-called “traitors” of the south. They supported giving political and civil
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Carpetbaggers were Northerners who had decided to move to the South after the Civil War occurred‚ intentionally during the South’s reconstruction period. Carpetbaggers were very greedy people who would carry small sacks everywhere they went‚ which was known as an insult. Northerners moved to the South for many reasons that were good and bad. Some Northerners moved to South to help them rebuild after being torn apart during the Civil War. Through this‚ they helped build churches and railroads. Unfortunately
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There were many reasons why it failed like the creation of secret organizations just like the KKK. Other reasons include white southerners and northerners convincing the freed blacks to vote for who they want starting the beginning of the Scalawags and the Carpetbaggers‚ and also not having equality in government not letting the southern politics in government. The Ku Klux Klan‚ also known as the KKK‚ was considered America’s first terrorist group. They were a group that wanted white supremacy
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Radical Republicanism and Moderate Republicanism Radical Republican ideology was focused on the question of reconstruction. They believed that reconstruction was more important than the economy or any other concerns of the time. The two most prominent Radical Republican leaders‚ Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner‚ did not even agree on economic plans. (Foner 106) Instead‚ they wanted to use the expansion of power gained during the war‚ as a means to promote free labor‚ equality under the law‚ and
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state jobs. ____ 4. President Johnson challenged the Tenure of Office Act by a. running for a third term as president. b. not replacing cabinet members. c. firing General Grant. d. firing Secretary of War Stanton. ____ 5. Some scalawags were a. wealthy planters who were looking for a way to regain power. b. owners of small farms who did not want wealthy planters to regain power. c. Northern schoolteachers who educated whites and African Americans. d. African Americans who
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Hollitz 1 Essay Thomas A. Bailey’s‚ The Ordeal of Reconstruction (1966)‚ presents a view that would claim the that the actions of the Northern ‘carpetbaggers’ and ‘scalawags’ were both “selfish and idealistic” in regards to the Republican government in the Southern states. Meanwhile‚ Bailey paints a sad picture of the once enslaved and uneducated Negroes of the Republican government‚ a role that he attributed as “pathetic and tragic.” Although Bailey does make an attempt to convey the overall
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1960’s were learning about certain "unscrupulous carpetbaggers"‚ "traitorous scalawags"‚ and the "Radical Republicans"(223). According to the historians before the event of 1960’s revision‚ these people are the reason that the "white community of South banded together to overthrow these "black" governments and restore home rule"(223). While this might have been true if it was not for the fact that the "carpetbaggers were former Union soldiers"‚ "Scalawags emerged as "Old Line" Whig Unionists"(227).
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The most important chapter in this reading is when Foner talks about how freedom means different things to different people. Foner explains the two different types that people think about freedom. The first way people think of freedom is by protecting indivuals from authority. The second is to make choices freely without anyone concerned about you. This part was important because no one was use to this concept so it took time to get this in their head. As these different kinds of freedom were put
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Some of these people were northerners who came to the south after the war ended. Their opponents called them "carpetbaggers‚" this implied that they packed their things in a suitcase to move quickly to the South in order to gain the benefits of being in office. Most carpetbaggers were Union army veterans that decided to stay in the South when the war was over. Others were teachers‚ investors in railroads and land that sought economic opportunity
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