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2 September, 15:08

Which of these would have been most likely to have been a scalawag during reconstruction era

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    During and immediately after the Civil War, many northerners headed to the southern states, driven by hopes of economic gain, a desire to work on behalf of the newly emancipated slaves or a combination of both. These "carpetbaggers"-whom many in the South viewed as opportunists looking to exploit and profit from the region’s misfortunes-supported the Republican Party, and would play a central role in shaping new southern governments during Reconstruction. In addition to carpetbaggers and freed African Americans, the majority of Republican support in the South came from white southerners who for various reasons saw more of an advantage in backing the policies of Reconstruction than in opposing them. Critics referred derisively to these southerners as "scalawags."
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