Answer: The assassination of President Lincoln was just one part of a larger plot to decapitate the federal government of the U.S. after the Civil War. Lincoln never lived to enact this policy. He died the following morning on April 15, 1865. His successor Andrew Johnson assumed office and presided over Reconstruction.
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The banking system was taken off the gold standard as part of the nation's recovery from the Great Depression. During the Great Depression all of the banks crashed and millions of people were left broke.
Claiming land? sorry i am not quite sure because i just barely stared learning this