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What name was given to southerners who supported the northern reconstruction efforts in the south?

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Answer: scalawag

Explanation: After the American Civil War, a pejorative term for a white Southerner who supported the federal plan of Reconstruction or who joined with black freedmen and the so-called carpetbaggers in support of Republican Party policies.

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