Question

People who went to the South looking for political and business opportunities after the Civil War were Northerners and other opportunists called _____.
A.) scalawags
B.) Exodusters
C.) politicians
D.) carpetbaggers

Answer 1

People who went to the South looking for political and business opportunities after the Civil War were Northerners and other opportunists called "carpetbaggers," since these people were depicted as arriving in the South with very few supplies of their own. 

Answer 2

People who went to the South looking for political and business opportunities after the Civil War were Northerners and other opportunists called  carpetbaggers
Final answer: D