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Carpetbaggers

Authored by John Robinson

Social Studies

8th Grade

Carpetbaggers
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Southerners were not happy with these people, who came down from the North trying to take advantage of the poor economy in the South, due to the loss of slave labor force

Freedman

Scalawags

Rudys

Carpetbaggers

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Southerners viewed “Carpetbaggers” as

Mean political leaders that forbid the practice

A way to help the South rebuild its economy

Kind people who came to the South to help them reconstruct buildings and houses

People from the North who wanted to take advantage of the Southerners

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction

Scalawags

Carpetbagger

fugitive

emancipate

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who were the Carpetbaggers during the Reconstruction era?

Northerners who moved to the South to profit from Reconstruction

Southerners who supported the Union

Former slaves seeking new opportunities

Southern politicians who opposed Reconstruction

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was the primary motivation for Carpetbaggers moving to the South after the Civil War?

To assist in rebuilding Southern infrastructure

To profit from economic opportunities

To promote racial equality

To escape Northern political pressures

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How did Southerners generally perceive Carpetbaggers during the Reconstruction period?

As allies in rebuilding the South

As opportunists exploiting the South

As neutral parties with no impact

As heroes of the Reconstruction

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes the term 'Carpetbagger'?

A Southern sympathizer during the Civil War

A Northern opportunist during Reconstruction

A Confederate soldier

A Southern abolitionist

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