Question

6.
What was the name given to northerners who moved South to improve their economic or political situation?
A.sharecroppers
B.Redeemers
C.carpetbaggers
D.scalawags

Answer 1

Answer:

c

Explanation:

The term “carpetbaggers” refers to Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War, during Reconstruction. Many carpetbaggers were said to have moved South for their own financial and political gains. Scalawags were white Southerners who cooperated politically with black freedmen and Northern newcomers.

Answer 2

Answer:

Carpetbagger

Explanation:

a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction.