Washington yakatarisa kune rumwe rutivi apo varwi veIreland vaizivikanwa sevaFenians vakaedza uye vakakundikana zvikuru mukupinda muCanada muna 1871
. Sangano ravaFenian rakaparara nemhaka yokusava naro. Kubvunzurudzwa kweAlabama Claims muna 1872 kwakapa kuyananiswa kunogutsa; VaBritain vakabhadhara United States $ 15.5 mamiriyoni nokuda kwekukuvadzwa kwehupfumi kunokonzerwa nemidziyo yehondo yeConfederate yakatengwa kubva kwairi. Congress yakabhadhara Russia nokuda kweAlaska Purchase muna 1867, asi zvimwe zvakaramba zvikumbiro zvekuwedzera kukuru, zvakadai sechikumbiro chaPurezidhendi Ulysses Grant kuti awane Santo Domingo.