Answer: carpetbagger

AnswerCrossword Clue
CARPETBAGGERScalawag's confederate
CARPETBAGGERCorrupt Northerner of 1865.
CARPETBAGGERReconstruction outsider
carpetbaggerA political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections
carpetbaggera Northerner in the South after the American Civil War usually seeking private gain under the reconstruction governments
carpetbagger(in the US) A person from the northern states who went to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction
carpetbaggerA person perceived as an unscrupulous opportunist