The lively debate around the nature and purpose of an executive advisory council focused on the question of authority

The North attempted, largely unsuccessfully, to ensure the political enfranchisement and socioeconomic equality of African Americans in the South during the Reconstruction period (1865–77). Meanwhile, the North itself was experiencing an unprecedented period of economic growth as it underwent industrialization.As the 19th century progressed, the North, particularly the Middle Atlantic states

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