I have a name in mind but can't think of it, can you give a list of the answer choices? Thanks.
Answer:
Carpetbaggers, opportunists from the north, and scalawags swindled people out of their property, exploited the poor, illiterate, and naive former slaves, giving them false promises of "forty acres and a mule" and manipulating them for their own political purposes.
The correct answer is .............C
They were won in the Mexican-American war, alongside Texas. Texas gained recognition as a state of the United States while California and New Mexico became new states to be added to the Union as a result of the secession from the Mexican country. They were a result of the US wanting to go westward.
<span>Captain Pierre Mary purchased slaves from West Africa and transported them to the Martinique, a place in the Carribbean. They bought 256 slaves in West Africa and sold them for a cheap price in Martinique for a variety of reasons. This was a long way from France where they originated.</span>