In September 1906, Gandhi organised the first Satyagraha campaign to protest against the Transvaal Asiatic ordinance that was constituted against the local Indians. Again in June 1907, he held Satyagraha against the Black Act. 7. In 1908, he was sentenced to jail for organising the non-violent movements.
Northern who came to the south during reconstruction were known as carpet baggers, because they came to the south to become rich and take all their money back north.