Question

10. What is one reason that northerners lost interest in Reconstruction?

A. Northerners were focused on the political corruption plaguing the nation.
B. Northerners felt the job was done.
C. Northerners never really wanted to bring the South back into the union.
D. The United States was about to go to war with Mexico.

Answer 1

One reason that northerners lost interest in Reconstruction was because "A. Northerners were focused on the political corruption plaguing the nation," since this was during the Progressive Era.