What terms did southerners use to describe northners who came south after the start of reconstruction?

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"Carpetbaggers" was the term applied to Northerners who moved south, to build industries and influence the political changes caused by freeing the slave population. The Southern legislatures were required to ratify the 13th Amendment in order to regain representation in Congress.

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