Which of the Following Descriptions Best Fits the Carpetbaggers

question 31

Multiple Choice

Which of the following descriptions best fits the carpetbaggers?

• A) They were former Union soldiers who hoped to buy land, open factories, build railroads, or enjoy a warmer climate.
• B) They were Southerners who sought wealth and power, and who carried so few possessions that they could be stuffed into traveling bags made of carpet material.
• C) They were predominantly poor and ignorant white southerners who sought to profit from Republican rule.
• D) They were uneducated freedmen who moved to northern cities for better economic opportunity, and who took with them only what they could fit in a traveling bag.
• E) They were sharecroppers who constituted the rank-and-file of the new Ku Klux Klan.

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Definitions:

Financial Incentives

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High Achievers

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McClelland's Learned Needs

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Lifelong Employment

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