The correct answer is:
Scalawags.
Scalawags were white Southerners who defended Reconstruction and the Republican Party, following the American Civil War.
Like the related term carpetbagger, the term has a long history of use as a slur in Southern discussions.
This word is usually applied in historical studies as a neutral descriptor of Southern white Republicans, but some historians have dismissed the term because of its history of pejorative connotations.
