Why did white Southerners resent both carpetbaggers and scalawags?
They saw them as corrupt, and thought they were forced upon the South by Northern Republicans. Many saw them as disruptive to their former way of life, and many saw them as a threat to white control of Southern Society. 5) Identify both the positive and negative aspects of carpetbagger rule. Positive aspects include bringing Northern Capital (money used to build business) to the South, aiding reconstruction, setting up of new business and services, an expansion of civil rights, and spreading of new ideas. Negatives included corruption and graft.
