How did congress approach reconstruction after the civil war?
it thought that southern governments should return to their prewar ways.
it did not want african americans to participate in government.
it instituted the black codes to treat african americans like enslaved people.
it wanted to penalize the south heavily for starting the war.

It wanted to penalize the South heavily for starting the war.

Explanation:

How did Congress approach Reconstruction after the Civil War?

It thought that Southern governments should return to their prewar ways.

It did not want African Americans to participate in government.

It instituted the Black Codes to treat African Americans like enslaved people.

It wanted to penalize the South heavily for starting the war.

what are local authorities doing to fix the problem

explanation:

workers of lowell mills were greatly benefited for the waltham type of work which was more a paternalist kind, trying to protect the integrity of this little girls coming from small farmers and providing an adequate place of work, this in an effort to avoid the issues of bad place conditions and immorality that the people in bigger industrialized cities of great britain were experimenting.