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However, Prime Minister Charles Maurice de Talleyrand of France insulted the American diplomats by first refusing to officially receive them. He then demanded a $250,000 personal bribe and a $10 million loan for his financially strapped country before he would begin peace negotiations.
Explanation:
The lack of political focus during reconstruction was the great economic prosperity in the north following the Civil War... That fail of the north to effectively rebuild the south and bring it back into Union during the reconstruction is evident after time period.
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