Question

Difference between scalawags and carpetbaggers

Answer 1

Scalawags are from the North I think. And Carpetbaggers are from the South.

Answer 2

Carpetbaggers - Northerners, who moved South after the Civil War.  The name comes from their luggage which was made of carpet.

Scalawags - Southerners who supported Reconstruction for personal economic gain.