Who were known as "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags"?
Northern confederates who tried to take over Southern lands and businesses after the war
Northerners who tried to make money off the dire situation in the South and Southerners who did the same
Southern ruffians, usually retired from the Confederate Army, who wrought havoc in political meetings
violent Southerners who terrorized blacks to keep them uneducated, poor, and out of politics

Question

Who were known as "carpetbaggers" and "scalawags"?
Northern confederates who tried to take over Southern lands and businesses after the war
Northerners who tried to make money off the dire situation in the South and Southerners who did the same
Southern ruffians, usually retired from the Confederate Army, who wrought havoc in political meetings
violent Southerners who terrorized blacks to keep them uneducated, poor, and out of politics

anonymous · Answer

Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War, during Reconstruction.