In what ways might carpetbaggers be seen as exploiting the South?

whats a carpet bagger

Explanation:

Together with Republicans, carpetbaggers were viewed as politically manipulating formerly Confederate states for their own financial and political gains. Carpetbaggers were seen as insidious Northern outsiders with questionable objectives, who attempted to meddle with, and control, Southern politics.

Explanation:

the qing dynasty placed strict limits on foreign merchants' ability to trade in china.

i think your answer there is c