Kellogg, a carpetbagger from Illinois, who had been voted for by the "Packard Legislature.
Those dark days of the Reconstruction period rapidly followed the horrors of civil war, and the reign of the carpetbagger began, goading the people to desperation.
When dat carpetbagger come to town dat nigger Slick was carryin' his bag to de hotel an' when dey pass de mineral well in de street, de man axed Slick, 'What dat water good for?
Generally they came two together, arm in arm, a carpetbagger and a negro in close confab.
The rule of the carpetbagger and scalawag and freedman was a "reign of terror," and thrilling as well as deplorable were the incidents of the struggle to throw off the yoke.
The revenue and road commission was a motley aggregation which comprised one carpetbagger and three negroes.
The carpetbagger had found that he could control the Negro without the help of the scalawag.
First it was carpetbagger and Negro against the scalawag; later, when the black leaders insisted that those who furnished the votes must have the larger share of the rewards, the fight became triangular.
The Carpetbagger was a Northern adventurer who came South to prey on the misfortunes of a ruined people.
In vain his Carpetbagger lieutenant congratulated him on the success of his Napoleonic move.
We'll hang the little Scalawag on the south side and the Carpetbagger on the north.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "carpetbagger" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: carpetbagger; crimp; pettifogger; shark; sharp; sharper; shyster; slicker; spieler
