Question

What new groups entered politics in the South during Reconstruction?

Answer 1

The correct answer should be Black men, carpetbaggers, and scalawags. 

The black people were emancipated African-American people who joined the local governments. Carpetbaggers were northern politicians who moved south in order to attain wealth and high political power. Scalawags were were southern supporters of the republican party and the reconstruction. All three groups joined southern politics after the Civil War.