The commitment of northern Republicans to Reconstruction in the South waned after which of the following?
A. An economic recession led to many Republican losses in the 1874 election.
B. The Ku Klux Klan rose as an economic force in the northeast.
C. African Americans began voting overwhelmingly for Democrats starting with the 1890 election.
D. It never waned.
Answer: A
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