How did carpetbaggers and scalawags influence the structure of the South during Reconstruction?

A. They terrorized African Americans and their allies, burning Black schools and churches to the ground.

B. They created the sharecropping system, preventing African Americans from gaining economic power in the South.

C. They helped create a Republican voter alliance, providing votes that supported civil rights in southern states.

D. They were African American groups that won election to office, creating new laws that protected civil rights.