Why did many southerners dislike carpetbaggers?
a. they went around the south freeing the slaves after the civil war.
b. they won most of the high political offices in the north after the civil war.
c. they took advantage of the political and economic chaos in the south after the civil war.
d. they worked with new arrivals from the north and betrayed their fellow southerners.

took the test and the correct answer is:
c. they took advantage of the political and economic chaos in the south after the civil war.