Question

Why did "carpetbaggers" move to the South during Reconstruction?

They were trying to escape the depressed northern economy.
Virtually all wanted to become cotton growers in the South.
They were looking for new opportunities to make a living.
They were hoping to rise to fame in southern politics.

Answer 1

They were looking for new opportunities to make a living.

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Answer 2

They were hoping to rise to fame in southern politics.

Step-by-step explanation:

The term carpetbagger was used by opponents of Reconstruction—the period from 1865 to 1877 when the Southern states that seceded were reorganized as part of the Union—to describe Northerners who moved to the South after the war, supposedly in an effort to get rich or acquire political power