Question

Which group of citizens dominated the Republican Party after the civil war?

A. Former southern plantation owners, scalawags, former union soldiers
B. Freed African Americans, former union soldiers, businessmen
C. Poor white farmers, freed Africa Americans, carpetbaggers
D. Former southern plantation owners, carpetbaggers, northern businessmen

Answer 1

A

Step-by-step explanation:

The term carpetbagger was used by opponents of Reconstruction—the period from 1865 to 1877 when the Southern states that seceded were reorganized as part of the Union—to describe Northerners who moved to the South after the war, supposedly in an effort to get rich or acquire political power.

Answer 2

the answer this question would be D.

Step-by-step explanation:

They just felt that they could swoop in and become dominant idk