Scalawag and Carpetbagger
carpetbagger
person from North that moved to South after war
scalawag
scoundrel or worthless rascal
scalawag
scruffy horse
carpet suitcase
the term comes from the fact that they moved with all their belongings in this
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were these nice names?
opposed secession, owned non-slaveholding farm
what are two characteristics of a scalawag
devastation
what could a carpetbagger take advantage of?
sided with republicans
what made a southern person a scalawag?
North
what was a carpetbagger directed at
Union soldiers in Freedmen's Bureau
what was a common occupation of carpetbagger
confederates
who used the term scalawag
Southern white people
who was scalawag used against