Why Did Northerners Begin to Lose Interest in Black Issues

question 78

Multiple Choice

Why did northerners begin to lose interest in black issues by the mid-1870s?

• A) Economic troubles arose, including the serious Panic of 1873.
• B) They felt that they had done enough for blacks over the course of Reconstruction.
• C) They thought blacks should now be able to take care of their own issues in the South.
• D) The Civil War never officially ended which made Reconstructions too expensive.

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