Scalawags and carpetbaggers (derogatory terms)
Scalawags - Native white southerners who supported the federal reconstruction plan and cooperating with the blacks. Many only wanted recognition or money
Carpetbaggers - Northerners who went south during the reconstruction motivated by profit or idealism. many were actually interested in helping or freeing slaves.
www.u-s-history.com/pages/h20.hmtl
Carpetbaggers - Northerners who went south during the reconstruction motivated by profit or idealism. many were actually interested in helping or freeing slaves.
www.u-s-history.com/pages/h20.hmtl