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 ...

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• Carpetbagger - Contemporary use
• Carpetbagger - In the United States
• Carpetbagger - In the United Kingdom
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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 ...

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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 ...

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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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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 ...

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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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In 1911, Ginn and Company published the first edition of David Saville Muzzey's An American History, which with a few minor changes would become one of the most widely-used high school history texts of the next two decades. Muzzey referred to carpetbaggers as "low-minded adventurers and rascally, broken-down politicians" who poisoned the minds of African-Americans "against the only people who could really help them begin their new life of freedom well--their old masters." In a footnote, Muzzey added: "The carpetbaggers tempted the ne ...

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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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Carpetbagger - In the United States. Current use is infrequent, and tends to be confined to American politics. When used, the term "carpetbagger" is used to describe "an outsider who moves someplace to exploit the natives and enrich himself at their expense," or "politicians who move to a new jurisdiction solely to meet a residency requirement for holding public office." In 2000, Republican political commentator Alan Keyes referred to Democrat Hillary Clinton as a "carpetbagger" when she moved to New York ...

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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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Carpetbagger - In the United States. Current use is infrequent, and tends to be confined to American politics. When used, the term "carpetbagger" is used to describe "an outsider who moves someplace to exploit the natives and enrich himself at their expense," or "politicians who move to a new jurisdiction solely to meet a residency requirement for holding public office." In 2000, Republican political commentator Alan Keyes referred to Democrat Hillary Clinton as a "carpetbagger" when she moved to New York ...

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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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Carpetbagger - In the United States. Current use is infrequent, and tends to be confined to American politics. When used, the term "carpetbagger" is used to describe "an outsider who moves someplace to exploit the natives and enrich himself at their expense," or "politicians who move to a new jurisdiction solely to meet a residency requirement for holding public office." In 2000, Republican political commentator Alan Keyes referred to Democrat Hillary Clinton as a "carpetbagger" when she moved to New York ...

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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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