Ulysses+Grant

=Ulysses S. Grant= ="Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace." = = -Ulysses S. Grant = =Background Information: = Eighteenth President of the United States of America  Born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio Died on July 23, 1885, in Mount McGregor, New York

Was a General in the Civil War for the union and defeated the South Attended U.S. Military Academy, West Point, in order to become a soldier He was working in a leather shop trying to support his family with the limited resources he had, when the Civil War began, he was a captain at first In 1862 was able to acquire two confederate forts, Fort Henry and Fort Donelson His ability to stay calm and give direction to his men lead to his promotion of General in 1862 Married to Julia Boggs Dent  =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> Presidency: = <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">__ Term: __ Began on March 4, 1869 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Ended on March 4, 1877

__Political Party:__ Republican

__Cabinet:__ Vice President: Schuyler Colfax, then Henry Wilson Secretary of State: Hamilton Fish, then Elihu B. Washburne Secretary of War: John A Rawlins, then William W. Blknap, then William T. Sherman, then James D. Cameron, then Alphonso Taft Secretary of the Treasury: George S. Boutwell, then William A. Richardson, then Benjamin H. Bristow, then Lot M. Morrill

__Issues During Presidency:__ -Reconstruction of the South is still occurring -Trying to figure out what to do with all the free black slaves, Grant supports the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which proclaims that every citizen no matter race or color has the right to vote. -Enforcement Act of 1870: that were installed to protect the right to vote -Klu Klux Klan Act of 1871: in order to stop such terrorist organizations, who were trying to stop blacks from voting -1871 Grant imposed martial law on South Carolina and used federal troops to restore government in those areas -Panic of 1873: an economic depression -Specie Resumption Act of 1875: placed American currency on gold specie agan -Created Board of Indian Commissioners in order to figure out how to assimilate Native Americans into white society -Several Scandals in Grant's cabinet -telegraph created -railroads are becoming more prominent, and the use of the steam engine <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">__Important Points from Inaugural Addresses:__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">__First Inaugural Address:__ " The country having just emerged from a great rebellion, many questions will come before it for settlement in the next four years which preceding Administrations have never had to deal with. In meeting these it is desirable that they should be approached calmly, without prejudice, hate, or sectional pride, remembering that the greatest good to the greatest number is the object to be attained." -Discussing the fact that the war has just ended and now we all need to work together to bring the union together

"The question of suffrage is one which is likely to agitate the public so long as a portion of the citizens of the nation are excluded from its privileges in any State. It seems to me very desirable that this question should be settled now, and I entertain the hope and express the desire that it may be by the ratification of the fifteenth article of amendment to the Constitution." -Supports universal suffrage, no matter what race everyone has the right to vote which is the fifteenth amendment

-Discusses the nation's debt and his ideas on fixing the economy, such as tariffs and the necessity of paying the debt back in gold -For foreign affairs we will respect all nations, as they respect us -Tone of the document, very straightforward and blunt

__Second Inaugural Address:__ "Social equality is not a subject to be legislated upon, nor shall I ask that anything be done to advance the social status of the colored man, except to give him a fair change to develop what there is good in him, give him access to the schools, and when he travels let him feel assured that his conduct will regulate the treatment and fare he will receive." -He understands that people are having difficulty adjusting to the new social order, but they can not impede on any other citizens rights

"The States lately at war with the General Government are now happily rehabilitated, and no Executive control is excercised in any one of them that would not be exercised in any other State under like circumstances." -Referring to the martial law that was placed on South Carolina who were not following the federal government laws

"My efforts in the future will be directed to the restoration of good feeling between the different sections of our common country; to the restoration of our currency to a fixed value as compared with the world's standard of values—gold—and, if possible, to a par with it; to the construction of cheap routes of transit throughout the land, to the end that the products of all may find a market and leave a living remuneration to the producer; to the maintenance of friendly relations with all our neighbors and with distant nations; to the reestablishment of our commerce and share in the carrying trade upon the ocean" -Goes in depth about his ideals as President and what he would like to see happen in this country -Debt decrease, trade flourish domestic and foreign

=Legacy:= Grant used his executive authority to make sure that the southern states followed the federal government, and even though it is argued if this was morally right, he did have results. As well as he passed the fifteenth amendment which we still abide by to this day, and is an extremely important bill, it declares that everyone has the right to vote.

Work Cited: Information: Ulysses S. Grant First Inaugural Address (1869) Ulysses S. Grant Second Inaugural Address (1873) [] [] []

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