Liberia was formed by freed slaves from America. It was formerly a colony of the US but declared independence in 1847. The capital, Monrovia, is named after US president James Monroe. Other than Washington DC, it is the only capital city named after a US president.
A). They wanted to promote goodwill.
John Quincy Adams in what is called the "Corrupt Bargain" of 1824
The term “carpetbaggers” refers to Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War, during Reconstruction. Many carpetbaggers were said to have moved South for their own financial and political gains. Scalawags were white Southerners who cooperated politically with black freedmen and Northern newcomers.
