Which was not a reason the north began to lose interest in the southern reconstruction by the early 1870s?

The violence in the South was increasingly disturbing and seemed to indicate that blacks would never really be free.

the quote by walter cronkite contributes to the central idea of the text by supporting the central idea. cronkite argues that what is deemed “right” for and in america may not be good for other countries. this supports the central idea of the text, that the vietnam war was unpopular in america for multiple reasons- including cronkite’s.