Essentials of United States history . re oftentimes led by unscrupulousmen from the North who were called carpet-baggers.* The adventurers from the North were called carpet-baggers be-cause it was said that each one when he went to the South was able tocarry all his property in a carpet-bag. They were aided by Southernwhite Republicans known as scalawags. To oppose the unscrupulousschemes of the ignorant negroes and the carpet-baggers a secret societycalled the Ku Klux Klan was organized. The members, in disguise,made night raids and not only frightened the superstitious negroes, butalso succe
Essentials of United States history . re oftentimes led by unscrupulousmen from the North who were called carpet-baggers.* The adventurers from the North were called carpet-baggers be-cause it was said that each one when he went to the South was able tocarry all his property in a carpet-bag. They were aided by Southernwhite Republicans known as scalawags. To oppose the unscrupulousschemes of the ignorant negroes and the carpet-baggers a secret societycalled the Ku Klux Klan was organized. The members, in disguise,made night raids and not only frightened the superstitious negroes, butalso succeeded in driving many of the scalawags and carpet-baggers outof the South. 320 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY The results were scandalous. The state treasuries wereplundered and the state debts were greatly increased. Theignorant negro voters were easily led into the corrupt busi-ness, but it was the carpet-baggers who generally managedto get the hons share of the political condition of the Southern states for a dozen. On the Dog Trail in Alaska. years after the war was deplorable in the extreme. Gradu-Southern ally, however, affairs have been righting them-Politics. selves. The people there still have serious ques-tions to contend with. One of these difficult problems isthat of the negro — his position, and his right to that whole section is rapidly gaining in strength,wealth, and industry. 417. Purchase of Alaska. — In 1867 William H. Seward, LINCOLN AND JOHNSONS ADMINISTRATION (1865-1869) 321 secretary of state, made a treaty between our country andRussia, by which Russia rehnquished to us all her possessionsin North America, and by which we agreed to pay her thesum of seven million two hundred thousand dollars. Thisadded nearly six hundred thousand square mile to our terri-tory. Since then we have secured from that far-away coun-try of Alaska furs, fish, and lumber of a value much greaterthan the purchase money. 418. The Atlantic Cable. — Seve
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