Carpetbaggers

Carpetbaggers

8th Grade

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25 Qs

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Carpetbaggers

Carpetbaggers

Assessment

Quiz

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Social Studies

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8th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Hard

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which statements best explain why many white southern citizens were concerned at the arrival of carpetbaggers? Choose 2

carpetbaggers were accused of delaying the goals of Reconstruction

Carpetbaggers were associated with the values of the northern Radical Republicans

carpetbaggers migrated from foreign countries and introduced new customs

carpetbaggers were thought to be stealing the wealth of the south

carpetbaggers often moved to southern cities and opposed modern ways of life.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A northerner who went to the South immediately after the Civil War; especially one   who tried to gain political advantage or other advantages from the disorganized situation in southern states

Suffrage

Impeach

Scalawag

Carpetbagger

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

They were Northern Union soldiers who stayed in the South after the war, teachers, missionaries or businessmen.

Carpetbaggers

Tenant Farmers

Freedman

Scalawags

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Northerners who went south to make a profit from Reconstruction

Sharecropping

Carpetbaggers

Scalawags

Conservatives

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What term was used to describe Northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction to seek political and financial gain?

Scalawags

Carpetbaggers

Redeemers

Unionists

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which group was often accused of exploiting the South's post-war turmoil for personal gain?

A) Scalawags

B) Carpetbaggers

C) Freedmen

D) Redeemers

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was a common motivation for carpetbaggers moving to the South after the Civil War?

A) To support the Confederacy

B) To seek economic opportunities

C) To escape Northern winters

D) To join the Southern aristocracy

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