RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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a white Southerner who worked with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit
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a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction
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a freed slave that moved to a northern state during the Civil War
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a former leader of the Confederacy that fled to Europe to avoid execution
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Detailed explanation-1: -The term carpetbagger was used by opponents of Reconstruction-the period from 1865 to 1877 when the Southern states that seceded were reorganized as part of the Union-to describe Northerners who moved to the South after the war, supposedly in an effort to get rich or acquire political power.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the history of the United States, carpetbagger is a largely historical term used by Southerners to describe opportunistic Northerners who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War, who were perceived to be exploiting the local populace for their own financial, political, and/or social gain.
Detailed explanation-3: -What did the Carpetbaggers do? The Carpetbaggers who were looking to make money took advantage of the economic plight of the Southerners. In order to finance the re-building of the South and its infrastructure the state governments raised property tax rates. In some places, the property tax rate increased ten-fold.
Detailed explanation-4: -carpetbagger, in the United States, a derogatory term for an individual from the North who relocated to the South during the Reconstruction period (1865–77), following the American Civil War.
Detailed explanation-5: -Carpetbagger is always a negative word, implying or accusing someone of exploiting a situation for personal gain. During the U.S.’s Reconstruction period, which followed the American Civil War, carpetbagger referred to white Northerners who moved to the South to easily win political offices.