Ulysses+S.+Grant

= Cynthia Antenor =

=Ulysses S. Grant = 1869-1877 Republican **Before Presidency**
 * Born in 1822
 * attended West Point
 * appointed General-in-Chief in March 1864.
 * Grant was originally a General during the Civil War. When Abraham Lincoln got asassinated the people turned to U.S Grant to become a leader.
 * He was so popular that he could have ran for either party.
 * accepted the Republican nomination because the Republican Reconstruciton policies were more popular in the North.
 * Grant had no political experience.
 * Due to the lack of experience, most of the members of the cabinet were not equppied to serve in their positions

**During Presidency**
 * Grant wasn't really on top of things, because he mostly relied on established party leaders. Within his cabineet, Grant alienated a lot of Northerners who opposed the Republican Reconstruction policies.
 * His greatest opposers were the liberal Republicans, who opposed "Grantism"
 * Running for reelection Grant had to overcome Horace Greely whom of both the Liberal Republics and the Democrats nominated. However, in the end Grant still became president.
 * Black Friday - two speculators tried to keep Grant from putting gold on the federal market. They put up the price of gold with out the consent of Grant
 * Grant was portrayed to be found in scnadals during his term:
 * the Credit Mobiler, a construciton company that helped build the Union Pacific Railroad, which some of his republicans use to get their spot in the govnerment.
 * the "Whiskey Ring", where some of his officials were cheating the governmetn out of taxes.
 * Grant and his administration were for "sound" currency which was based on gold reserves.
 * As a result the __NATIONAL GREENBACK PARTY__ was formed. (greenbackers=inflationist)
 * The Purchase of Alaska - $7.2 million from the Russians
 * Because of the lack of northern presence in the South, secret societies began emerging during Grant's term.
 * Ku Klux Klan - small terrosit organization
 * they wore sheets and masks, etc.
 * the White Knights of the White Camellia
 * The belief of Social Darwinism was introduced
 * it was the indivuduals faults if they failed at becoming successful because they were weak and unfit.
 * The Compromise of 1877
 * A compromise that was to break the deadlock that determined whether or noTilden could win the majority.
 * Speicla Electoral Commision ﻿ - judged the disputed votes
 * 5 senators, 5 representatives, and 5 justices of the Sumpreme Court

**Legacy** 
 * During Grant's term the idea and efforts of Reconstruction was being abandonned. So Grant was seen as the protector of the south, and to prevent democrats from regaining their grip in the region
 * He was also known for his lack of regulation in the south.
 * was a supporter of Radical Reconsruction :
 * they believed that southerners would have to prove that they arecompletely transformed to make sure that the South would not try to secede again.
 * wanted to fix the South by enfranchising blacks, putting Unionist and pro-Republican governments in southern legislatures, and punishing southern planter elites
 * The Republicans (un-radical)supported black suffrage in the south and a was focused less on reconstruction
 * During his term the __Transcontinental Railroad__ was completed was completed in 1869 and the Fifteenth Amendment was ratified in 1870.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #c0c0c0; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**After Presidency**
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">became a partner in a financial firm that went bankrupt
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">had cancer of the throat
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">wrote memoir that earned almost $450,000 in the end
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**﻿**died 1885

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 * Sources:**
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 * Brinkley, Alan. American History chapter 15- Reconstruciton and the New South- page 414-418
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