Scalawags and Scalawags and CarpetbaggersCarpetbaggers

Cole StaudtCole Staudt

Nicole FarnhamNicole Farnham

Rachel BlackRachel Black

What is a Scalawag?What is a Scalawag?

It was a name It was a name given by former given by former confederates to confederates to southern whites southern whites who supported who supported republican republican reconstruction of reconstruction of the south.the south.

What is a Carpetbagger?What is a Carpetbagger?

Name given to a Name given to a northern whites northern whites who moved south who moved south after the civil war after the civil war and supported the and supported the republicans. republicans.

How did the scalawags get How did the scalawags get their name?their name?

Got their name from Got their name from former confederates former confederates despised them for siding despised them for siding with the republicans.with the republicans.

How did the Carpetbaggers get How did the Carpetbaggers get their name?their name?

Critics called the Critics called the northerners carpetbaggers northerners carpetbaggers because they arrived with because they arrived with all their belongings in a all their belongings in a cheep suitcase made of cheep suitcase made of carpet fabric.carpet fabric.

Why did the south attracted Why did the south attracted Carpetbaggers?Carpetbaggers?

Many carpetbaggers were former Many carpetbaggers were former union solders or members of the union solders or members of the freedmen’s bureau who liked the freedmen’s bureau who liked the south and wanted to settle there. south and wanted to settle there. Others were reformers from the Others were reformers from the North including lawyers, doctors, and North including lawyers, doctors, and teachers wanted to help re shape teachers wanted to help re shape southern society. southern society.

What conditions existed in the What conditions existed in the south?south?

Many northern whites Many northern whites who moved to the south who moved to the south after the war also after the war also supported the supported the republicans and served republicans and served as republican leaders as republican leaders during reconstruction.during reconstruction.