Many Southerners despised carpetbaggers because they . a.
viewed African Americans as equals
b.
were mostly former Union soldiers
c.
were seen as profiting from the misery and misfortune of others
d.
usually had very few relatives that lived in the South

Please select the best answer from the choices provided

A

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.

a historian researching the immigration policies of the early 1900s would expect a source written today,rather than in 1910 to :

( a ) be more interested in objective data and statistics.

b.

jim crow laws were enacted in northern states.