Republican governments filled the void and were able to retain control by depending upon the votes of the newly enfranchised blacks.
Difference between carpetbaggers and scalawags.
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A temporary political vacuum existed in the postwar south.
Carpetbaggers in the context of u s.
History the term carpetbagger is used to describe northerners who moved to the south after the civil war during reconstruction 1865 to 1877.
Carpetbaggers were northerners who entered the region after the war.
Scalawag definition a scamp.
Hence someone intervening in the politics of an area with which they are thought to have no real connection while scalawag is.
In most cases the carpetbaggers won out and many scalawags moved into the conservative or democratic opposition.
Both the groups supported the rights of the black people which.
As nouns the difference between carpetbagger and scalawag is that carpetbagger is politics history chiefly us an immigrant from the northern to the southern states after the american civil war of 1861 5 especially one who went south to gain political influence.
Carpetbaggers and scalawags were both epithets coined by southern democrats who opposed the social change of reconstruction.
The main similarity between a scalawag and a carpetbagger is that they were groups of people who arose after the american civil war.
Following the american civil war if someone called you a carpetbagger or scalawag it wasn t meant as a compliment.
Confederate military and political leaders were temporarily prohibited from participating in the political process.
Terms in this set 5 define carpetbagger.
The main similarity between a scalawag and a carpetbagger is that they were groups of people who arose after the american civil war.
Both the groups supported the rights of the black people which.