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carpetbaggers's Usage Examples:

Redemption was intended to oust the Radical Republicans, a coalition of freedmen, "carpetbaggers", and "scalawags".

newspapers critical of African American politicians as well as so-called scalawags and carpetbaggers.

to lambast Republicans during the Reconstruction era as carpetbaggers, scalawags, and freed blacks, and attacked fellow legislator Shandy Jones and others.

White Southerners commonly denounced "carpetbaggers" collectively during the post-war years, fearing they would loot and.

He used his newspaper, the Independent Monitor, to lambast Republicans during the Reconstruction era as carpetbaggers, scalawags,.

The book was so popular because it was seen as the work of an allegedly impartial Maine Republican and old foe of slavery who had come to his senses about the wicked corruption of the carpetbaggers and their ignorant and barbaric Negro allies.

economic, or social gain were commonly referred to by Southerners as "carpetbaggers," due to their use of cheap carpet bags as luggage.

education and social standing before the war, were opposed to white "carpetbaggers" (men from the North) running as candidates.

Additionally, a number of carpetbaggers, Northerners who moved to the South following the war, participated in the convention.

the Radical Republicans, a coalition of freedmen, "carpetbaggers", and "scalawags".

During Reconstruction the editor, Josiah Turner, conducted a fervid campaign against carpetbaggers.

Cultural impact The carpetbaggers of the Reconstruction Era following the American Civil War—Northerners who moved to the South for economic or political opportunity—were given their name from often carrying only this type of luggage, implying they came with little while hoping to acquire lots.

the Baxter administration, also known as “Minstrels,” supported by "carpetbaggers" over the Brindle-tails supported by "scalawags" and "freedmen".

Synonyms:

self-seeker, opportunist,

Antonyms:

inexpedient,