2. describe the roles of southern blacks, carpetbaggers, and scalawags in reconstruction.
a. southern blacks:

b. carpetbaggers:

c. scalawags:

A) Southern Blacks had just gained their freedom from the confederate South. Even though this happened, there was no way at that time for these southern blacks to escape and gain freedom. They gained freedom and had to work their hardest to rebuild the south. Not only the physical body of the south had been destroyed but someone had to rebuild the economy as well. These Blacks had no place to go and they often had to work with no pay in the confederate south. Their freedom was not even free.

B) Carpet-Baggers were the folk that moved from the North to the South after Reconstruction. In fact, Carpet-Baggers were a power political force during reconstruction. These carpetbaggers teamed up with blacks and some Southern whites--known as scalawags--to form the Republican Party in the South. The carpetbaggers were the fewest in number, but by far exerted the most political power 

C) Scalawags were white Southerners who cooperated politically with black freedmen and Northern newcomers. They were respectful and were cooperated with everyone.