"Scalawags" were pro-Union Southerners who collaborated with Republican state governments during Reconstruction. They were accused of being opportunistic, exploiting the South for their own gain, and undermining the traditional Southern social order. Many white Southerners viewed them with suspicion and resentment, and used them as targets of propaganda and violence.

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"Scalawags" Were

Question 77

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"Scalawags" were

A) pro-Union Southerners accused of exploiting the South in collusion with Republican state governments.
B) violent pro-Confederate extremists who terrorized Republicans and ex-slaves.
C) Northerners accused of coming to the South to exploit the region's postwar suffering for personal gain.
D) ex-slaves who supported the Democratic Party's restoration.
E) Union soldiers accused of growing too friendly with Southerners during the Reconstruction military occupation.

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