Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
6.9
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3081
Points per Word
0.000325
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Series
We the People
Description
After the Civil War, Southerners referred to Northerners active in the Republican Party as carpetbaggers,a term of scorn and hostility. While some carpetbaggers were corrupt, most were not.