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Reconstruction and its Challenges Changes in Southern Politics • Rich Southern Plantation owners no longer dominated politics. – No Slavery = Less Profits • Scalawags: – Business people who opposed secession. – White supporters of the new Republican governments. – Considered traitors by many Southerners Carpetbaggers • Carpetbaggers were Northerners who moved to the South looking to make money from Southern reconstruction. • Union Soldiers who developed a love of Southern lands and traditions. – They stayed as Teachers, Preachers, and Government Officials. • Perceived as Outsiders and Conquerors. African Americans • Voted in large numbers and were elected to public office. • Sheriffs, Mayors, Legislators, Congressmen and Senators. • Had very little political power compared to White men. • Hiram Rhodes Revels elected as a Senator in 1870.