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How did carpetbaggers and scalawags influence the structure of the South during Reconstruction?

A. They terrorized African Americans and their allies, burning Black schools and churches to the ground.

B. They created the sharecropping system, preventing African Americans from gaining economic power in the South.

C. They helped create a Republican voter alliance, providing votes that supported civil rights in southern states.

D. They were African American groups that won election to office, creating new laws that protected civil rights.

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The answer I C hope this helps
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Answer:

C

Step-by-step explanation:

Carpetbaggers were rich northerners who came to the south to help republicans win. One such event that involved carpetbagging was the arkansas civil war, where a carpetbagger was against a republican southerner who tried to appease the democrats

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