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Ulysses S. Grant







Ulysses S. Grant was born on april 27th 1822 in Point Pleasant Ohio, and died on july 23rd 1885 in Wilton New York. Before his political career as a republican he served as one of the most powerful and well known generals of the civil war. But before his scandals he also had many great accomplishments such as enforcing civil rights laws and fought Ku Klux Klan violence, encouraging passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, which gave protection to African-American voting rights, signing the Civil Rights Acts of 1870 and 1875 guaranteeing equal rights to African-Americans, using the army to build the Republican Party in the South, based on black voters, Northern newcomers ("Carpetbaggers") and native white supporters ("Scalawags"), Presided over the Panic of 1873, in which the economy fell into a deep economic recession Foreign policy accomplishments of President Grant: and developed an Indian peace policy, which sought to reform western Indian agencies and Americanize the Indians Negotiated reparations from the British for their part in undermining the Union blockade of Confederate attempted to annex Spanish colonies to the south like Santo Domingo and Cuba, but his efforts were blocked by the Senate What scandals did Ulysses S. Grant commit? He him self was not a corrupt individual, but he didn't take charge when members of the government were corrupt under his watch. For example he allowed the Jim Crow Laws to take root, a mistake that lead to southern African Americans being denied their rights for almost 100 years. On top of letting the corruption occur Ulysses S. Grant also happened to take no notice of the depression during his presidency, the only reason Grant was remarkable was because his response to just about every issue was to do nothing. media type="youtube" key="HuATnniK4PI" width="420" height="315" Source- "Ulysses grant." //Wikipedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Feb. 2016. .

Ulysses S. Grant: Domestic Affairs." //miller center//. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2016.  "Grant Administrations Scandals." //United States History//. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2016. .