Andrew Johnson

Birth-Death: (1808 - 1875 ) Term: (1865-1869 )

The United States was in a period of serious danger. President Johnson focused his efforts on solving domestic problems follwing the Civil War.

Foreign Events of Andrew Johnson

    After the fiasco with Cuba and the Lecompton Constitution, the United States was more careful in the methods it used to expand. In 1867, the Secretary of State, William H. Seward bought Alaska from the Russian czar. The purchase was not popular, as the public saw 7.2 million dollars being spent on "Seward's Folly" and "Seward's Icebox." It was not until the turn of the century that the purchase paid for itself after gold was discovered on the Klondike.