Question

guided practice
who were the scalawags?
a. they were african americans in the south who became republicans.
b. they were wealthy white southern women who participated in politics.
c. they were white southerners who had been excluded from politics before the war.
d. they were northerners who relocated to the south after the war.

Explanation:

Scalawags were white Southerners who aligned with the Republican Party during the U.S. Reconstruction era, typically those who had not held political power in the pre-Civil War Southern establishment. Option A refers to Black Southern Republican allies, option B is incorrect as scalawags were not primarily wealthy women, and option D describes carpetbaggers, not scalawags.

Answer:

C. They were white southerners who had been excluded from politics before the war.