Washington ta kalli wata hanya yayin da 'yan gwagwarmayar Irish da aka sani da Fenians
kuma ya kasa kasawa a mamaye Kanada a 1871. Ƙungiyar Fenians ta rushe saboda rashin iyawarta. Hukuncin da'awar Alabama a cikin 1872 ya ba da sasantawa mai gamsarwa; Birtaniya ta biya Amurka dala miliyan 15.5 don lalacewar tattalin arziki da jiragen ruwa na Confederate suka saya daga gare ta. Majalisa ta biya Rasha don Alaska Purchase a 1867, amma in ba haka ba ta ƙi da shawarwari don kowane manyan fadadawa, kamar shawarar da Shugaba Ulysses Grant ya ba shi don samun Santo Domingo.