Question

How are the carpet baggers in scalawag similar

A. Both wanted to restore the south to it’s prewar state
B. Both supported policies such as equal rights for African-Americans
C. Both groups came from the north to take advantage of new opportunities
D. Both wanted to exclude African-American citizens from policies

Answer 1

Answer is C
carpetbaggers refers to Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War, during Reconstruction. Many carpetbaggers were said to have moved South for their own financial and political gains. Scalawags were white Southerners who cooperated politically with black freedmen and Northern newcomers.