Politics Carpet Bagger

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Politics carpet bagger. Carpetbagger derogatory term originally used in the u s. The term came about in the years following the civil war when northerners flocked to the defeated south to do business and were bitterly portrayed as unscrupulous outsiders engaged in political corruption and. A northerner who went to the south after the civil war for political or financial advantage. The carpet bagger s journal moving from nyc to mississippi.

The term carpetbagger is routinely applied to political candidates who run for office in a region where they are recent arrivals. In the history of the united states carpetbagger was a derogatory term applied by former confederates to any person from the northern united states who came to the southern states after the american civil war. In general the term carpetbagger refers to a traveler who arrives in a new region with only a satchel or carpetbag of possessions and who attempts to profit from or gain. Carpet bagger synonyms carpet bagger pronunciation carpet bagger translation english dictionary definition of carpet bagger.

During the reconstruction period 1865 77 to denote a northerner who moved to the south. An outsider especially a politician who. It was applied to politicians and financial adventurers whom southerners accused of coming south to use the newly enfranchised freedmen to obtain office or profit.