A New History of the United States The greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year

CHAPTER XIX.

Chapter 1981 wordsPublic domain

ADMINISTRATIONS OF JOHNSON AND GRANT, 1865-1877.

Andrew Johnson--Reconstruction--Quarrel Between the President and Congress--The Fenians--Execution of Maximilian--Admission of Nebraska--Laying of the Atlantic Cable--Purchase of Alaska--Impeachment and Acquittal of the President--Carpet-bag Rule in the South--Presidential Election of 1868--U.S. Grant--Settlement of the _Alabama_ Claims --Completion of the Overland Railway--The Chicago Fire--Settlement of the Northwestern Boundary--Presidential Election of 1872--The Modoc Troubles--Civil War in Louisiana--Admission of Colorado--Panic of 1873--Notable Deaths--Custer's Massacre--The Centennial--The Presidential Election of 1876 the Most Perilous in the History of the Country 407