Why did many Southerners dislike Carpetbaggers? A. They went around the South freeing the slaves after the Civil War. B. They to
ok advantage of the political and economic chaos in the South after the Civil War. C. They worked with new arrivals from the North and betrayed their fellow Southerners. D. They won most of the high political offices in the North after the Civil War.
Answer: B. They took advantage of the political and economic chaos in the South after the Civil War.
Explanation:
Carpetbagger was a pejorative name used by former Confederates to refer to any northerner who moved south during the Reconstruction period (1865–77) to build a new business. They were seen by many Southerners as taking advantage of a destructed place to make a profit. The term describes an uninvited visitor with a satchel (carpetbag) holding his few only belongings.
B. They took advantage of the political and economic chaos in the South after the Civil War
Explanation:
The Carpetbaggers were people that were very disliked among the population in the South. The main reason for this was that they were people that used the chaos in the South after the Civil War in their advantage, often damaging the local population. These people were getting themselves in positions from which they can use political and economic chaos, thus getting a lot on the expense of the Southerners who worked hard for it.
