Carpetbagger

Post-American Civil War U.S.: Original usage by white Southerners for the Northerners that came south after the Civil War, viewed as "carpetbaggers" - opportunists and exploiters bent on grabbing economic and political benefits. Term originated from a popular form of baggage carried by these individuals, a type of large bag made from cheap carpet fabric. This type of bag was also often used to transport money in train payroll deliveries.[5] Contemporary Usage in U.S.: Politicians who move to a new jurisdiction in order t ...

See also:

List of political epithets, List of political epithets - Abortion on demand, List of political epithets - Activist judges, List of political epithets - Aid and comfort to the enemy, List of political epithets - Anti-choice, List of political epithets - Anti-immigrant/anti-immigration, List of political epithets - Anti-life or Pro-death, List of political epithets - Apartheid, List of political epithets - Apparatchik, List of political epithets - ASSHOL, List of political epithets - Baby killer, List of political epithets - Banana republic, List of political epithets - Bible basher or Bible thumper, List of political epithets - Big Business Party, List of political epithets - Blame America-Firster, List of political epithets - Bleeding-heart liberal, List of political epithets - Bloc-head, List of political epithets - Bloody Shirt, List of political epithets - Blue-blood, List of political epithets - Blue Dog Democrats, List of political epithets - Blue Liberal, List of political epithets - Bolshevik Bolshevism, List of political epithets - Borrow and Spend Republican, List of political epithets - Bourgeois Bourgeoisie, List of political epithets - Bushwhacker, List of political epithets - Capitalist Roader, List of political epithets - Capitalist Pig, List of political epithets - Card-carrying member of the ACLU, List of political epithets - Carpetbagger, List of political epithets - Champagne socialist, List of political epithets - Chauvinist Pig, List of political epithets - Cheese-eating surrender monkeys, List of political epithets - Chickenhawk, List of political epithets - Chimperialism, List of political epithets - Commie Communist, List of political epithets - Communist Sympathizer, List of political epithets - Con, List of political epithets - Conchie conchy, List of political epithets - Corporate Feudalism or Neofeudalism, List of political epithets - Corporate Press, List of political epithets - Corporate welfare, List of political epithets - Counter-revolutionary, List of political epithets - Crony and cronyism, List of political epithets - Crony capitalist, List of political epithets - Crypto–, List of political epithets - Culture war, List of political epithets - DemocRATs Demoncrat Dumb-o-crats etc., List of political epithets - Democunt, List of political epithets - Demoncracy demonocracy, List of political epithets - Dhimmicrat, List of political epithets - Dirty Hippie, List of political epithets - Dittohead, List of political epithets - Dixiecrat, List of political epithets - East-coast liberal, List of political epithets - Environmentalist wacko econazi and ecoterrorists, List of political epithets - Err America, List of political epithets - Eurocrat, List of political epithets - Extremist, List of political epithets - Falangist, List of political epithets - Fascist, List of political epithets - Fearmongers, List of political epithets - Federast, List of political epithets - Fellow traveller, List of political epithets - Feminazi, List of political epithets - Fence-sitter, List of political epithets - Fiberals, List of political epithets - Fifth column fifth columnist, List of political epithets - Fourth Reich, List of political epithets - Freeper, List of political epithets - Gang of ...., List of political epithets - Gay agenda, List of political epithets - Girlie Men, List of political epithets - Godless communist, List of political epithets - Government cheese, List of political epithets - Government handouts, List of political epithets - Granola, List of political epithets - Greenie or greeny, List of political epithets - Grit, List of political epithets - Gun grabber, List of political epithets - Gun nut, List of political epithets - Heterophobia Homosexist, List of political epithets - Hitler, List of political epithets - Homophobia Heterosexist, List of political epithets - Human Shill, List of political epithets - Idiotarian, List of political epithets - International Jewish Conspiracy International Jewry, List of political epithets - Islamofascism, List of political epithets - JewNazi Judeofascist Judeo-Nazi Zionazi, List of political epithets - Judeo-bolshevism, List of political epithets - Kangaroo court, List of political epithets - Kennedy-Kerry-Klan, List of political epithets - Knee Jerk, List of political epithets - Know-Nothing Party, List of political epithets - Lackey, List of political epithets - Left Coast, List of political epithets - Liberal press, List of political epithets - Limousine Liberal, List of political epithets - Lincoln Logs, List of political epithets - Loony Left, List of political epithets - the Man, List of political epithets - Manarchist, List of political epithets - Manhater, List of political epithets - Maoist, List of political epithets - McCarthyism, List of political epithets - Montagnards, List of political epithets - Moonbat, List of political epithets - MOPE/s, List of political epithets - Muckraker, List of political epithets - National Socialists, List of political epithets - Nattering Nabobs of Negativity, List of political epithets - Nazi, List of political epithets - Neoconservative Neocon, List of political epithets - Neo-confederate, List of political epithets - Neoliberal Neoliberalism, List of political epithets - Neverendum, List of political epithets - New Age, List of political epithets - Orthodox Taliban, List of political epithets - Outside Agitators, List of political epithets - Pajamahadeen/Pajamahadin, List of political epithets - Peacenik, List of political epithets - Peoples' Republic of California, List of political epithets - Péquiste, List of political epithets - Pig, List of political epithets - Piggo, List of political epithets - Pink Lady, List of political epithets - Pinko, List of political epithets - Political correctness, List of political epithets - Poverty pimp, List of political epithets - Pro-abortion, List of political epithets - Race-baiter, List of political epithets - Race traitor, List of political epithets - Racist, List of political epithets - Radical, List of political epithets - Radical Republican, List of political epithets - Randroid, List of political epithets - Reactionary, List of political epithets - Reaganite/Reaganism, List of political epithets - Red, List of political epithets - Red Agitator, List of political epithets - Redneck, List of political epithets - Red Tory, List of political epithets - Reich Winger, List of political epithets - Republicrat Big Business Party, List of political epithets - Rethuglican RePug Repuke etc., List of political epithets - Reverse racism & Reverse discrimination, List of political epithets - Revisionist, List of political epithets - Rightist Rightist Opportunist, List of political epithets - Rootless cosmopolitan, List of political epithets - Roundhead, List of political epithets - Running dog of the imperialists Capitalist running dogs etc., List of political epithets - Scalawag, List of political epithets - Second Gilded Age, List of political epithets - Securocrat, List of political epithets - Self-hating Jew, List of political epithets - Self-loathing Queer, List of political epithets - Smoke and mirrors, List of political epithets - Snake Oil, List of political epithets - Soft on Communism, List of political epithets - Soft on Crime, List of political epithets - Special Rights, List of political epithets - Spoiler, List of political epithets - Stalinist, List of political epithets - Star Chamber, List of political epithets - Taliban wing of the Republican Party, List of political epithets - Tax and Spend Liberal, List of political epithets - Tax Cut and Spend Republican, List of political epithets - Thatcherism/Thatcherite, List of political epithets - Theoconservative Theocon, List of political epithets - Toghe Rosse, List of political epithets - Tory and Whig, List of political epithets - Tree hugger, List of political epithets - Troika, List of political epithets - Trotskyite, List of political epithets - Troublemaker, List of political epithets - Ultraleftist, List of political epithets - Unamerican, List of political epithets - Uncle Tom, List of political epithets - United Queendom, List of political epithets - Useful idiot, List of political epithets - Utopian, List of political epithets - Van party or Taxi party, List of political epithets - The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy, List of political epithets - Vast right-wing conspiracy, List of political epithets - Violentos, List of political epithets - Watermelon, List of political epithets - Weak Sisters, List of political epithets - The White Man's Burden, List of political epithets - Wingnut, List of political epithets - Woman hating & Misogynist, List of political epithets - Worker's Paradise, List of political epithets - Wowser, List of political epithets - Yellow Dog Democrat, List of political epithets - Yellow journalism, List of political epithets - Young Turk, List of political epithets - Zionist

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Post-American Civil War U.S.: Original usage by white Southerners for the Northerners that came south after the Civil War, viewed as "carpetbaggers" - opportunists and exploiters bent on grabbing economic and political benefits. Term originated from a popular form of baggage carried by these individuals, a type of large bag made from cheap carpet fabric. This type of bag was also often used to transport money in train payroll deliveries.[5] Contemporary Usage in U.S.: Politicians who move to a new jurisdiction in order t ...

See also:

List of political epithets, List of political epithets - Abortion on demand, List of political epithets - Activist judges, List of political epithets - Aid and comfort to the enemy, List of political epithets - Anti-choice, List of political epithets - Anti-immigrant/anti-immigration, List of political epithets - Anti-life or Pro-death, List of political epithets - Apartheid, List of political epithets - Apparatchik, List of political epithets - ASSHOL, List of political epithets - Baby killer, List of political epithets - Banana republic, List of political epithets - Bible basher or Bible thumper, List of political epithets - Big Business Party, List of political epithets - Blame America-Firster, List of political epithets - Bleeding-heart liberal, List of political epithets - Bloc-head, List of political epithets - Bloody Shirt, List of political epithets - Blue-blood, List of political epithets - Blue Dog Democrats, List of political epithets - Blue Liberal, List of political epithets - Bolshevik Bolshevism, List of political epithets - Borrow and Spend Republican, List of political epithets - Bourgeois Bourgeoisie, List of political epithets - Bushwhacker, List of political epithets - Capitalist Roader, List of political epithets - Capitalist Pig, List of political epithets - Card-carrying member of the ACLU, List of political epithets - Carpetbagger, List of political epithets - Champagne socialist, List of political epithets - Chauvinist Pig, List of political epithets - Cheese-eating surrender monkeys, List of political epithets - Chickenhawk, List of political epithets - Chimperialism, List of political epithets - Commie Communist, List of political epithets - Communist Sympathizer, List of political epithets - Con, List of political epithets - Conchie conchy, List of political epithets - Corporate Feudalism or Neofeudalism, List of political epithets - Corporate Press, List of political epithets - Corporate welfare, List of political epithets - Counterrevolutionary, List of political epithets - Country-club Republicans, List of political epithets - Crony and cronyism, List of political epithets - Crony capitalist, List of political epithets - Crypto–, List of political epithets - Culture war, List of political epithets - DemocRATs Demoncrat Dumb-o-crats etc., List of political epithets - Democunt, List of political epithets - Demoncracy demonocracy, List of political epithets - Dhimmicrat, List of political epithets - Dirty Hippie, List of political epithets - Dittohead, List of political epithets - Dixiecrat, List of political epithets - East-coast liberal, List of political epithets - Environmentalist wacko econazi and ecoterrorists, List of political epithets - Err America, List of political epithets - Eurocrat, List of political epithets - Extremist, List of political epithets - Falangist, List of political epithets - Fascist, List of political epithets - Fearmongers, List of political epithets - Federast, List of political epithets - Fellow traveller, List of political epithets - Feminazi, List of political epithets - Fence-sitter, List of political epithets - Fiberals, List of political epithets - Fifth column fifth columnist, List of political epithets - Fourth Reich, List of political epithets - Freeper, List of political epithets - Gang of ...., List of political epithets - Gay agenda, List of political epithets - Girlie Men, List of political epithets - Godless communist, List of political epithets - Government cheese, List of political epithets - Government handouts, List of political epithets - Granola, List of political epithets - Greenie or greeny, List of political epithets - Grit, List of political epithets - Gun grabber, List of political epithets - Gun nut, List of political epithets - Heterophobia Homosexist, List of political epithets - Hitler, List of political epithets - Homophobia Heterosexist, List of political epithets - Human Shill, List of political epithets - Idiotarian, List of political epithets - International Jewish Conspiracy International Jewry, List of political epithets - Islamofascism, List of political epithets - JewNazi Judeofascist Judeo-Nazi Zionazi, List of political epithets - Judeo-bolshevism, List of political epithets - Kangaroo court, List of political epithets - Kennedy-Kerry-Klan, List of political epithets - Knee Jerk, List of political epithets - Know-Nothing Party, List of political epithets - Lackey, List of political epithets - Left Coast, List of political epithets - Liberal press, List of political epithets - Limousine Liberal, List of political epithets - Lincoln Logs, List of political epithets - Loony Left, List of political epithets - the Man, List of political epithets - Manarchist, List of political epithets - Man-hater, List of political epithets - Maoist, List of political epithets - McCarthyism, List of political epithets - Montagnards, List of political epithets - Moonbat, List of political epithets - MOPE/s, List of political epithets - Muckraker, List of political epithets - National Socialists, List of political epithets - Nattering Nabobs of Negativity, List of political epithets - Nazi, List of political epithets - Neoconservative Neocon, List of political epithets - Neo-confederate, List of political epithets - Neoliberal Neoliberalism, List of political epithets - Neverendum, List of political epithets - New Age, List of political epithets - Orthodox Taliban, List of political epithets - Outside Agitators, List of political epithets - Pajamahadeen/Pajamahadin, List of political epithets - Peacenik, List of political epithets - Peoples' Republic of California, List of political epithets - Péquiste, List of political epithets - Pig, List of political epithets - Piggo, List of political epithets - Pink Lady, List of political epithets - Pinko, List of political epithets - Political correctness, List of political epithets - Poverty pimp, List of political epithets - Pro-abortion, List of political epithets - Race-baiter, List of political epithets - Race traitor, List of political epithets - Racist, List of political epithets - Radical, List of political epithets - Radical Republican, List of political epithets - Randroid, List of political epithets - Reactionary, List of political epithets - Reaganite/Reaganism, List of political epithets - Red, List of political epithets - Red Agitator, List of political epithets - Redneck, List of political epithets - Red Tory, List of political epithets - Reich Winger, List of political epithets - Republicrat Big Business Party, List of political epithets - Rethuglican RePug Repuke etc., List of political epithets - Reverse racism & Reverse discrimination, List of political epithets - Revisionist, List of political epithets - Rightist Rightist Opportunist, List of political epithets - Rootless cosmopolitan, List of political epithets - Roundhead, List of political epithets - Running dog of the imperialists Capitalist running dogs etc., List of political epithets - Scalawag, List of political epithets - Second Gilded Age, List of political epithets - Securocrat, List of political epithets - Self-hating Jew, List of political epithets - Self-loathing Queer, List of political epithets - Smoke and mirrors, List of political epithets - Snake Oil, List of political epithets - Soft on Communism, List of political epithets - Soft on Crime, List of political epithets - Special Rights, List of political epithets - Spoiler, List of political epithets - Stalinist, List of political epithets - Star Chamber, List of political epithets - Taliban wing of the Republican Party, List of political epithets - Tax and Spend Liberal, List of political epithets - Tax Cut and Spend Republican, List of political epithets - Thatcherism/Thatcherite, List of political epithets - Theoconservative Theocon, List of political epithets - Toghe Rosse, List of political epithets - Tory and Whig, List of political epithets - Tree hugger, List of political epithets - Troika, List of political epithets - Trotskyite, List of political epithets - Troublemaker, List of political epithets - Ultraleftist, List of political epithets - Un-American, List of political epithets - Uncle Tom, List of political epithets - United Queendom, List of political epithets - Useful idiot, List of political epithets - Utopian, List of political epithets - Van party or Taxi party, List of political epithets - The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy, List of political epithets - Vast right-wing conspiracy, List of political epithets - Violentos, List of political epithets - Watermelon, List of political epithets - Weak Sisters, List of political epithets - The White Man's Burden, List of political epithets - Wingnut, List of political epithets - Woman hating & Misogynist, List of political epithets - Worker's Paradise, List of political epithets - Wowser, List of political epithets - Yellow Dog Democrat, List of political epithets - Yellow journalism, List of political epithets - Young Turk, List of political epithets - Zionist

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Post-American Civil War U.S.: Original usage by white Southerners for the Northerners that came south after the Civil War, viewed as "carpetbaggers" - opportunists and exploiters bent on grabbing economic and political benefits. Term originated from a popular form of baggage carried by these individuals, a type of large bag made from cheap carpet fabric. This type of bag was also often used to transport money in train payroll deliveries.[5] Contemporary Usage in U.S.: Politicians who move to a new jurisdiction in order t ...

See also:

List of political epithets, List of political epithets - Abortion on demand, List of political epithets - Activist judges, List of political epithets - Aid and comfort to the enemy, List of political epithets - Anti-choice, List of political epithets - Anti-immigrant/anti-immigration, List of political epithets - Anti-life or Pro-death, List of political epithets - Apartheid, List of political epithets - Apparatchik, List of political epithets - ASSHOL, List of political epithets - Baby killer, List of political epithets - Banana republic, List of political epithets - Bible basher or Bible thumper, List of political epithets - Big Business Party, List of political epithets - Blame America-Firster, List of political epithets - Bleeding-heart liberal, List of political epithets - Bloc-head, List of political epithets - Bloody Shirt, List of political epithets - Blue-blood, List of political epithets - Blue Dog Democrats, List of political epithets - Blue Liberal, List of political epithets - Bolshevik Bolshevism, List of political epithets - Borrow and Spend Republican, List of political epithets - Bourgeois Bourgeoisie, List of political epithets - Bushwhacker, List of political epithets - Capitalist Roader, List of political epithets - Capitalist Pig, List of political epithets - Card-carrying member of the ACLU, List of political epithets - Carpetbagger, List of political epithets - Champagne socialist, List of political epithets - Chauvinist Pig, List of political epithets - Cheese-eating surrender monkeys, List of political epithets - Chickenhawk, List of political epithets - Chimperialism, List of political epithets - Commie Communist, List of political epithets - Communist Sympathizer, List of political epithets - Con, List of political epithets - Conchie conchy, List of political epithets - Corporate Feudalism or Neofeudalism, List of political epithets - Corporate Press, List of political epithets - Corporate welfare, List of political epithets - Counterrevolutionary, List of political epithets - Country-club Republicans, List of political epithets - Crony and cronyism, List of political epithets - Crony capitalist, List of political epithets - Crypto–, List of political epithets - Culture war, List of political epithets - DemocRATs Demoncrat Dumb-o-crats etc., List of political epithets - Democunt, List of political epithets - Demoncracy demonocracy, List of political epithets - Dhimmicrat, List of political epithets - Dirty Hippie, List of political epithets - Dittohead, List of political epithets - Dixiecrat, List of political epithets - East-coast liberal, List of political epithets - Environmentalist wacko econazi and ecoterrorists, List of political epithets - Err America, List of political epithets - Eurocrat, List of political epithets - Extremist, List of political epithets - Falangist, List of political epithets - Fascist, List of political epithets - Fearmongers, List of political epithets - Federast, List of political epithets - Fellow traveller, List of political epithets - Feminazi, List of political epithets - Fence-sitter, List of political epithets - Fiberals, List of political epithets - Fifth column fifth columnist, List of political epithets - Fourth Reich, List of political epithets - Freeper, List of political epithets - Gang of ...., List of political epithets - Gay agenda, List of political epithets - Girlie Men, List of political epithets - Godless communist, List of political epithets - Government cheese, List of political epithets - Government handouts, List of political epithets - Granola, List of political epithets - Greenie or greeny, List of political epithets - Grit, List of political epithets - Gun grabber, List of political epithets - Gun nut, List of political epithets - Heterophobia Homosexist, List of political epithets - Hitler, List of political epithets - Homophobia Heterosexist, List of political epithets - Human Shill, List of political epithets - Idiotarian, List of political epithets - International Jewish Conspiracy International Jewry, List of political epithets - Islamofascism, List of political epithets - JewNazi Judeofascist Judeo-Nazi Zionazi, List of political epithets - Judeo-bolshevism, List of political epithets - Kangaroo court, List of political epithets - Kennedy-Kerry-Klan, List of political epithets - Knee Jerk, List of political epithets - Know-Nothing Party, List of political epithets - Lackey, List of political epithets - Left Coast, List of political epithets - Liberal press, List of political epithets - Limousine Liberal, List of political epithets - Lincoln Logs, List of political epithets - Loony Left, List of political epithets - the Man, List of political epithets - Manarchist, List of political epithets - Man-hater, List of political epithets - Maoist, List of political epithets - McCarthyism, List of political epithets - Montagnards, List of political epithets - Moonbat, List of political epithets - MOPE/s, List of political epithets - Muckraker, List of political epithets - National Socialists, List of political epithets - Nattering Nabobs of Negativity, List of political epithets - Nazi, List of political epithets - Neoconservative Neocon, List of political epithets - Neo-confederate, List of political epithets - Neoliberal Neoliberalism, List of political epithets - Neverendum, List of political epithets - New Age, List of political epithets - Orthodox Taliban, List of political epithets - Outside Agitators, List of political epithets - Pajamahadeen/Pajamahadin, List of political epithets - Peacenik, List of political epithets - Peoples' Republic of California, List of political epithets - Péquiste, List of political epithets - Pig, List of political epithets - Piggo, List of political epithets - Pink Lady, List of political epithets - Pinko, List of political epithets - Political correctness, List of political epithets - Poverty pimp, List of political epithets - Pro-abortion, List of political epithets - Race-baiter, List of political epithets - Race traitor, List of political epithets - Racist, List of political epithets - Radical, List of political epithets - Radical Republican, List of political epithets - Randroid, List of political epithets - Reactionary, List of political epithets - Reaganite/Reaganism, List of political epithets - Red, List of political epithets - Red Agitator, List of political epithets - Redneck, List of political epithets - Red Tory, List of political epithets - Reich Winger, List of political epithets - Republicrat Big Business Party, List of political epithets - Rethuglican RePug Repuke etc., List of political epithets - Reverse racism & Reverse discrimination, List of political epithets - Revisionist, List of political epithets - Rightist Rightist Opportunist, List of political epithets - Rootless cosmopolitan, List of political epithets - Roundhead, List of political epithets - Running dog of the imperialists Capitalist running dogs etc., List of political epithets - Scalawag, List of political epithets - Second Gilded Age, List of political epithets - Securocrat, List of political epithets - Self-hating Jew, List of political epithets - Self-loathing Queer, List of political epithets - Smoke and mirrors, List of political epithets - Snake Oil, List of political epithets - Soft on Communism, List of political epithets - Soft on Crime, List of political epithets - Special Rights, List of political epithets - Spoiler, List of political epithets - Stalinist, List of political epithets - Star Chamber, List of political epithets - Taliban wing of the Republican Party, List of political epithets - Tax and Spend Liberal, List of political epithets - Tax Cut and Spend Republican, List of political epithets - Thatcherism/Thatcherite, List of political epithets - Theoconservative Theocon, List of political epithets - Toghe Rosse, List of political epithets - Tory and Whig, List of political epithets - Tree hugger, List of political epithets - Troika, List of political epithets - Trotskyite, List of political epithets - Troublemaker, List of political epithets - Ultraleftist, List of political epithets - Un-American, List of political epithets - Uncle Tom, List of political epithets - United Queendom, List of political epithets - Useful idiot, List of political epithets - Utopian, List of political epithets - Van party or Taxi party, List of political epithets - The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy, List of political epithets - Vast right-wing conspiracy, List of political epithets - Violentos, List of political epithets - Watermelon, List of political epithets - Weak Sisters, List of political epithets - The White Man's Burden, List of political epithets - Wingnut, List of political epithets - Woman hating & Misogynist, List of political epithets - Worker's Paradise, List of political epithets - Wowser, List of political epithets - Yellow Dog Democrat, List of political epithets - Yellow journalism, List of political epithets - Young Turk, List of political epithets - Zionist, List of political epithets - Zionist entity

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In the United States, the term carpetbagger was an epithet used to refer to Northern (Yankee) businessmen and politicians who moved to the South during post-U.S. Civil War Reconstruction between 1865 and 1877. It was originally devised to suggest corruption and skulduggery, but was embraced by some of the Northerners involved. Carpetbagger is now a common term, and not always used as an insult. (Compare Wobbly, Quaker, Shaker) Carpetbagger - The epithet. "Carpetbaggers" were so named for the common Civil Wa ...

Including:

• Carpetbagger - The epithet
• Carpetbagger - Northerners in the South during Reconstruction
• Carpetbagger - Contemporary use
• Carpetbagger - In the United States
• Carpetbagger - In the United Kingdom
• Carpetbagger - In popular culture

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Early 20th Century American historians, many of them Southern in origin or sympathy, tended to view carpetbaggers unfavorably, assuming á priori that they were grafters, thieves, and vagabonds. Many were former abolitionists who sought to continue the struggle for racial equality; many of these became employees of the Freedmen's Bureau. Others moved South for personal rather than political reasons. Some migrated for the sake of the climate; others were relatively affluent and brought investment capital to start businesses. And, becau ...

See also:

Carpetbagger, Carpetbagger - The epithet, Carpetbagger - Northerners in the South during Reconstruction, Carpetbagger - Contemporary use, Carpetbagger - In the United States, Carpetbagger - In the United Kingdom, Carpetbagger - In popular culture, Carpetbagger - Other uses

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Early 20th Century American historians, many of them Southern in origin or sympathy, tended to view carpetbaggers unfavorably, assuming á priori that they were grafters, thieves, and vagabonds. Many were former abolitionists who sought to continue the struggle for racial equality; many of these became employees of the Freedmen's Bureau. Others moved South for personal rather than political reasons. Some migrated for the sake of the climate; others were relatively affluent and brought investment capital to start businesses. And, becau ...

See also:

Carpetbagger, Carpetbagger - The epithet, Carpetbagger - Northerners in the South during Reconstruction, Carpetbagger - Contemporary use, Carpetbagger - In the United States, Carpetbagger - In the United Kingdom, Carpetbagger - Other uses

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Early 20th Century American historians, many of them Southern in origin or sympathy, tended to view carpetbaggers unfavorably, assuming á priori that they were grafters, thieves, and vagabonds. Many were former abolitionists who sought to continue the struggle for racial equality; many of these became employees of the Freedmen's Bureau. Others moved South for personal rather than political reasons. Some migrated for the sake of the climate; others were relatively affluent and brought investment capital to start businesses. And, becau ...

See also:

Carpetbagger, Carpetbagger - The epithet, Carpetbagger - Northerners in the South during Reconstruction, Carpetbagger - Contemporary use, Carpetbagger - In the United States, Carpetbagger - In the United Kingdom, Carpetbagger - In popular culture

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Reconstruction nevertheless continued until 1877, when the contentious Presidential election was decided in favor of Rutherford B. Hayes, supported by Northern states, over his opponent, Samuel J. Tilden. The South agreed to accept Hayes' victory if the North withdrew federal troops from the South. Some historians have speculated that the disputed election was handed to Hayes in a political exchange for an end to Reconstruction in three states; this theory characterizes the settlement of that election as the Compromise of 1877. Not al ...

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Reconstruction, Reconstruction - Plans and Legislation, Reconstruction - The Constitutional Amendments, Reconstruction - Military reconstruction, Reconstruction - The Failure of Reconstruction, Reconstruction - Legacy of Reconstruction, Reconstruction - Significant dates, Reconstruction - Scholarly Secondary Sources, Reconstruction - Online Resources, Reconstruction - Primary Sources

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A simple definition of a scalawag is a white Southern Republican. White Southern Republicans included formerly closeted Southern abolitionists as well as former slaveowners who now supported equal rights for freedmen. (The most famous of this latter group was Samuel F. Phillips, who would later argue against segregation in Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)). Included, too, were people who wanted to be part of the ruling Republican Party simply because it provided more opportunities for successful political careers. Many historians have described scalawags in terms of social class, showing that on average they we ...

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Reconstruction nevertheless continued until 1877, when the contentious Presidential election was decided in favor of Rutherford B. Hayes, supported by Northern states, over his opponent, Samuel J. Tilden. The South agreed to accept Hayes' victory if the North withdrew federal troops from the South. ' Some historians have speculated that the disputed election was handed to Hayes in a political exchange for an end to Reconstruction in three states; this theory characterizes the settlement of that election as the Compromise of 1877. Not all his ...

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The 13th, 14th, and 15th Constitutional Amendments were adopted in the wake of the Civil War. The 13th abolished slavery, the 14th granted federal civil rights to every person born in the United States, as well as to naturalized citizens, and guaranteed repayment of the American war debts and repudiation of the Confederate debts. The 15th decreed that the right to vote could not be denied because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. (It did not grant the right to vote, as electoral policies are defined by the states.) The 14th ...

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The effectiveness of Reconstruction has been very hotly contested. From about 1900 to 1960, the dominant opinion of the Dunning School argued that Reconstruction was a mistake, at least after 1866. In the 1940s, a differing approach was pioneered by Howard Beale and C. Vann Woodward. As disciples of Charles A. Beard, they focused on greed and economic causation and downplayed the centrality of corruption. They argued that the rhetoric of equal rights was a smokescreen hiding their true motivation, which was promoting the interests of industr ...

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The first Reconstruction Act divided ten Confederate states (all except Tennessee, which had been readmitted on July 24, 1866) into five military districts: First Military District: Virginia, under Gen. John Schofield Second Military District: The Carolinas, under Gen. Daniel Sickles Third Military District: Georgia, Alabama and Florida, under Gen. John Pope Fourth Military District: Arkansas and Mississippi, under Gen. Edward Ord Fifth Military District: Texas and Louisi ...

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Abraham Lincoln had endorsed a lenient plan for reconstruction, which continued the Freedman's Bureau and allowed Black war veterans to vote. Northern resenment over his assassination and the immense human cost of the war led to demands for a harsher policy. As Vice President Andrew Johnson had taken a hard line, talking openly about hanging rebels. However as President he took a much softer line, pardoning many Confederate leaders and allowing ex-Confederates to maintain their control of southern state governments. These governments quickly ...

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The term Yankee has a variety of meanings. Generally, it refers to citizens of the United States, particularly northerners, especially those Americans from the Northeastern United States. Yankee - History. Yankee - Origins. Other origins of the term are disputed. One theory customarily held by persons not from New England claims that it originated from the Dutch in old New Amsterdam (today known as New York City) in the Mid-Atlantic States. It then was adopted by the Brit ...

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The first Reconstruction Act divided ten Confederate states (all except Tennessee, which had been readmitted on July 24, 1866) into five military districts: First Military District: Virginia, under Gen. John Schofield Second Military District: The Carolinas, under Gen. Daniel Sickles Third Military District: Georgia, Alabama and Florida, under Gen. John Pope Fourth Military District: Arkansas and Mississippi, under Gen. Edward Ord Fifth Military District: Texas and Louisi ...

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Planning for Reconstruction began in 1861. The so-called Radical Republicans, seeking harsh policies, used as their base the Congressional Joint Committee on Reconstruction. Abraham Lincoln pursued a lenient plan for reconstruction, especially in Louisiana, Tennessee, and Arkansas. In those three states, he proposed a 10% plan of the voters from the 1860 election swear an oath of loyalty to the Union. He wanted to bring the southerners back into good standing as fast as possible, with a minimum of vengeance. He also insisted there be ...

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The legacy of Reconstruction was initially viewed as a failure. Following Reconstruction and the perpetuation of segregation, the romanticized idea of the South was born, and many in the New South began decrying the corruption during Reconstruction. Works of this period (such as The Clansman and The Leopard's Spots) glorified the white supremacist and Redeemer governors, as well as vigilante organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan, and romanticized the true nature of antebellum South, especially in regard to the treatment and di ...

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Scalawags played an important role in Reconstruction, but historians have tended to focus more on carpetbaggers, freedmen, and the Ku Klux Klan. Some historians have painted the scalawags as opportunists while the carpetbaggers are treated as early civil rights activists. In truth, every scalawag and every carpetbagger had their own motives for taking on the political roles they did, and on the whole it is impossible to demonstrate that scalawags as a group were any more or any less corrupt than freedmen, carpetbaggers or "redeemers" ( ...

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Minnesotan accent, where vowels are usually elongated. Minoplis (Dominican Republic) Very dark-skinned Dominicans or all Haitians, deriving from the expression "me no, please", refering to the beg for life of a person who's going to be executed (derives probably from the English punch-line of a joke, whose origin might have been during the U.S. intervention of the D.R. in 1916-1924). Mingita  (U.K.) Lesbian Indian/Muslim young woman, used offensively. From "minge" (female pubic hair ...

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