Question

decide if a carpetbagger or a scalawag most likely made each statement. write c for carpetbagger and s for scalawag.
____ 1. \i am a southerner, and proud of it! i am also proud to say that i support the federal government’s reconstruction plan.\
____ 2. \people say i am an opportunist trying to profit from other people’s misery, but i feel i am just a shrewd businessman.\
____ 3. \i just arrived with only the clothes on my back and my fabric bag. i am hoping to help influence the politics of the south.\
____ 4. \i welcome new ideas from the north. we need help after the devastation of the war!\
primary source analysis
recall what you learned concerning carpetbaggers and then examine the primary source to answer the questions.

1. does the cartoon show a scalawag or a carpetbagger? how can you tell and what is the difference between the two?

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1. how does the political cartoon demonstrate the view of white southern loyalists?

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rebuilding georgia’s government
black legislators take office
under military rule as part of the congressional reconstruction plan, georgia held a constitutional convention in 1867 to write a new state constitution. as required under the terms of congressional reconstruction, this constitution included a right for african american men to vote. as a result, more than 30 african american or black legislators were elected in 1868 to seats in the georgia general assembly. this should have been a major victory for congressional reconstruction and an advancement of african american rights. however, these legislators faced threats and intimidation to prevent them from exercising the powers of the offices to which they had been duly elected.
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Explanation:

Primary Source Analysis - Question 1

Carpetbaggers were Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War, often carrying carpetbags (as the cartoon figure does) to take advantage of the South's turmoil. Scalawags were Southern whites who supported Reconstruction and the federal government. The cartoon’s figure with a carpetbag (a key symbol of carpetbaggers) indicates it’s a carpetbagger. The difference is carpetbaggers were Northern newcomers, scalawags were Southerners who allied with Reconstruction.

Primary Source Analysis - Question 2

The cartoon likely portrays the carpetbagger negatively (e.g., as greedy, coming to profit from the South’s post - war chaos). White Southern loyalists (often former Confederates or those opposed to federal Reconstruction) saw carpetbaggers as interlopers trying to impose Northern will and profit from the South’s misfortune, so the cartoon reflects their hostile, distrustful view of these Northern newcomers.

First Section (Decide Carpetbagger/Scalawag for Statements)

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S (for scalawag)

A scalawag was a Southern white who supported the federal government’s Reconstruction plan. The statement says “I am a Southerner... support the federal government’s Reconstruction plan”, matching scalawag’s definition.

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C (for carpetbagger)

Answer:

The cartoon shows a carpetbagger.