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Carpetbagger – w historii Stanów Zjednoczonych pejoratywne określenie, jakiego południowcy używali do nazywania mieszkańców północy – Jankesów, podróżujących na Południe w czasie okresu rekonstrukcji, tj. od 1865 do 1877.
The purpose of the operation Carpetbagger project was to fly “Special Operations” to deliver supplies to resistance groups in enemy occupied countries; to deliver personnel to the field and occasionally to bring back personnel from the field.
The term carpetbagger, used exclusively as a pejorative term, originated from the carpet bag, a form of cheap luggage, made from carpet fabric, which many of the newcomers carried. The term came to be associated with opportunism and exploitation by outsiders.
24 cze 2010 · Carpetbaggers. In general, the term “carpetbagger” refers to a traveler who arrives in a new region with only a satchel (or carpetbag) of possessions, and who attempts to profit from or gain...
Carpetbaggers were individuals, primarily from the North, who moved to the South after the Civil War, often seen as opportunists seeking to exploit the post-war turmoil for personal gain.
1 gru 2021 · A key strategy of that campaign was the coining of the term carpetbagger to denote northerners who were allegedly crossing the Mason-Dixon line to interfere in and profit from southern politics.
31 paź 2020 · The term carpetbagger became widespread during Reconstruction, denoting an interloper in the defeated South, and has endured as a political insult.
