Carpetbaggers were from "North and moved to the South". "Had professional backgrounds such as law and journalism." "Were veterans of the Civil War, looking to live and work in the mild Southern climate." And Scalawags "from the South and in favor of Reconstruction." "Worked with blacks to help the South progress."
Who were the Carpetbaggers?
Carpetbaggers mainly belonged from the educated members of middle-class society, many being former Union soldiers. They wanted to shape the South into an image of the North, which they considered to be a more advanced society.
Who were the Scalawags?
Scalawags were white southern Republicans who were in favor of Reconstruction. The term scalawag evolved over the mid-1800s first to describe a low valued animal, then a worthless person, and eventually to describe someone viewed as a traitor of the South. The majority of scalawags were non-slaveholding small farmers, merchants, and other professionals.
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