Is this the entire question? Or is there more to go on?
Yes they should have for as bad as the war was we needed more men
C. "Gossip and bag making"
Carpetbaggers were northerners who moved to the south after the civil war and profited during reconstruction.
Muckrakers were journalists of the Progressive era, they sought to expose big business, the government, and corruption.
American entrepreneurs and political leaders called for an aggressive and exclusive role for the U.S. in Latin America.