Scalawags were
A)northerners who attempted to finance economic enterprises in the postwar South.
B)southern blacks attempting to exert their newly acquired political power.
C)white, southern-born Republicans.
D)white southerners who opposed reconstruction policies.
E)criminals who stole public funds during Reconstruction.

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Scalawags were white, southern-born Republicans who supported Reconstruction and worked with the federal government to promote political and economic change in the postwar South. They were often seen as traitors by other white southerners who opposed Reconstruction.

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