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Carpetbaggers
Many northerners moved down to the South to take jobs and try to make a profit. They were called carpetbaggers. Southerners generally did not like carpetbaggers!

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Freedmen's Bureau
The Freedmen's Bureau gave many African-Americans lives after the Civil War. It provided blacks with homes, food, shelter, and education. The Freedman's Bureau gave freed slaves a new start at life.