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What name did southerners give to the northerners that came south after the civil war?

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Answer: Carpetbaggers

Explanation: The term “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.

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If your meaning northerners that came for political reasons, then carpetbaggers is the term.
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