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=Andy R.=

They called them __carpetbaggers.__
The South called the Northerners carpetbaggers because they carried around carpetbags. A carpetbag is a bag made from a rug usually an oriental rug.



This is a carpet bag that the northerners carried their stuff in.



A Picture History cartoon about a man carrying a carpetbag in the south.

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