Carpetbaggers & Scalawags

What was the main reason northerners moved to the southern states after the Civil War?

• To vacation in the South

• To enjoy the warmer climate

• Hopes of economic gain and to help emancipated enslaved people

• To start cotton plantations

Who were the 'carpetbaggers' viewed by many in the South?

• Heroes

• Opportunists looking to profit from the region's misfortunes

• Family members returning home

• Government officials

What did the 'black codes' restrict?

• Trade between states

• Freed African Americans' freedom

• The use of public transportation

• Northern migration to the South

Who took control of Reconstruction after the congressional elections of 1866?

• Southern landowners

• Former Confederate soldiers

• The Democratic Party

• The Radical Republicans

What did the Reconstruction Acts of 1867 outline?

• Guidelines for the establishment of new schools

• New laws for cotton farming

• A plan to rebuild southern infrastructure

• The division of the South into five military districts

Who were the 'scalawags'?

• Northern soldiers

• White southern Republicans

• Freed African Americans

• Northern investors

What was the original use of the term 'scalawag'?

• A term of endearment

• A type of clothing

• To describe a farm animal of little value

• A type of currency

What percentage of the white electorate did scalawags make up?

• 30 percent

• 40 percent

• 10 percent

• 20 percent

What was a common background among carpetbaggers?

• Southern plantation owners

• European immigrants

• Former Confederate soldiers

• Former Union soldiers

What was the main goal of many carpetbaggers?

• To change the South in the image of the North

• To establish cotton as the main crop

• To reinstate the 'black codes'

• To vacation in the South