Scalawags Were

question 119

Multiple Choice

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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