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After the Union won the Civil War, the government set out to “reconstruct” the South. Political squabbles and differing goals made repairing the country difficult, and Reconstruction proved to be a difficult time, particularly for southerners.
give me a very very short summary text about The Confederacy surrenders at Appomattox, ending the Civil War 1865, Andrew Johnson becomes president after Lincolns assassination, President Johnson presses for moderate Reconstruction policies, The Austro-Prussian War is fought 1866, Russia sells Alaska to the United States for 7.2 million 1867, Congress impeaches President Johnson 1868, Mohandas K. Gandhi is born in india 1869, The unifaction of italy if completed1870, Kaiser Wilhelm l unifies Germany 1871, Horace Greeley runs for president as a Liberal Republican, President Grant is reelected 1872, The British declared the Gold Coast of Africa a colony 1874, The Hayes-Tilden presidential election results in deadlock 1876, Federal troops withdraw from the South, Rutherford B. Hayes is inaugurated 1877.
give me a very very short summary text about The Confederacy surrenders at Appomattox, ending the Civil War 1865, Andrew Johnson becomes president after Lincolns assassination, President Johnson presses for moderate Reconstruction policies, The Austro-Prussian War is fought 1866, Russia sells Alaska to the United States for 7.2 million 1867, Congress impeaches President Johnson 1868, Mohandas K. Gandhi is born in india 1869, The unifaction of italy if completed1870, Kaiser Wilhelm l unifies Germany 1871, Horace Greeley runs for president as a Liberal Republican, President Grant is reelected 1872, The British declared the Gold Coast of Africa a colony 1874, The Hayes-Tilden presidential election results in deadlock 1876, Federal troops withdraw from the South, Rutherford B. Hayes is inaugurated 1877.
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1865–1877: Appomattox ended the Civil War; Lincoln's assassination made Andrew Johnson president (moderate Reconstruction; impeached 1868); Austro‑Prussian War (1866); U.S. bought Alaska for $7.2M (1867); Gandhi born (1869); Italy (1870) and unified Germany under Kaiser Wilhelm I (1871); Grant reelected over Greeley (1872); Britain formalized the Gold Coast colony (1874); the disputed Hayes–Tilden election (1876) led to the 1877 Compromise, federal troop withdrawal, and Rutherford B. Hayes's inauguration.