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Which term was used by Southerners to refer to a Northerner who came south during Reconstruction to make money?

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scalawag is the correct answer to your question.

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Carpetbaggers was the term that was used by Southerners to refer to a Northerner who came to South during Reconstruction to make money. Most of the Southerners did not like or believe them, as they thought that the Carpetbaggers were here to loot and plunder what was left of the defeated South.
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