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==Background==
==Background==
"Carpetbagger" as a term was first used during the [[Reconstruction]] Period following the [[American Civil War]]. Coming down from the northern states were a large number of people who sought to help rebuild the shattered South, yet many of them took advantage of the situation to engage in exploitation and theft. About 1868 the word "carpetbagger" - suggesting an exploiter who brings no new resources and probably does not plan to stay - was coined as an epithet against these people, who were identified from the satchels in which they carried all of their possessions in; the satchels, invariably, were made from carpeting. The term is now standard and is used without derogatory intent by historians and reference works.
"Carpetbagger" as a term was first used during the [[Reconstruction]] Period following the [[American Civil War]]. Coming down from the northern states were a large number of people who sought to help rebuild the shattered South, yet many of them took advantage of the situation to engage in exploitation and theft. About 1868 the word "carpetbagger" - suggesting an exploiter who brings no new resources and probably does not plan to stay - was coined as an epithet against these people, who were identified from the satchels in which they carried all of their possessions; the satchels were made from inexpensive carpeting. The term is now standard and is used without derogatory intent by historians and reference works.
===Reform impulse===
===Reform impulse===