:::::In the Reconstruction era, many Republican [[carpetbagger]]s were opportunists, "to the victors go the spoils". They bought up Plantations for the back taxes, about a dime on the dollar, got involved in politics under the old system of handing out jobs to cronies, and in this case, many were Black. Civil service reform essentially was a second, non-violent Civil War that transformed the nation. | :::::In the Reconstruction era, many Republican [[carpetbagger]]s were opportunists, "to the victors go the spoils". They bought up Plantations for the back taxes, about a dime on the dollar, got involved in politics under the old system of handing out jobs to cronies, and in this case, many were Black. Civil service reform essentially was a second, non-violent Civil War that transformed the nation. |