Ulysses+S.+Grant



**Name:** Ulysses S. Grant

**Years of his Presidency:** 1869-1877

**Political Party:** Republican Party

**Key Personal Details**:
 * Attended the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York
 * Graduated in 1843
 * Fought in the Mexican American War as a soldier, he retired from being a soldier in 1854
 * 18th president of the United States of America
 * Led the Union Army in the Civil War as commander; defeated the Confederate Army to win the civil war
 * Became the third president to serve two full terms in office behind George Washington and Andrew Jakcson

**Major Events during his Presidency:**
 * Reconstruction had begun. This was the rebuilding of the United States of America after the Civil War in 1865
 * The Transcontinental Railroad was completed
 * The 15th Amendment was added to the constitution and made law,( This forbade the states governments in the United States to band any citizen from voting based on race or any other human characteristic)
 * The Panic of 1873 was a major economic depression internationally that included Europe and the United States
 * Scandal: September 24 1869- Known to the world as Black Friday. James Gould and James Fisk tried to add enough gold to the market of gold that the price would go down, they succeeded but many companies failed becuase of this
 * Scandal: Credit Mobilier- This was when the controllers of the credit mobiliers, which were also in conrol of the Union Pacific Railroad, sold stocks cheap to memebers of congress to cover up for the money that they had been stealing from the railroad
 * Scandal: Whiskey Ring 1875- The people that were involved in selling liquor to the normal population were keeping the taxes that were being put on the liquor




 * Thesis: ** The presidency of Ulysses S. Grant was the most important presidency in United States history because of the period in which Ulysses took office; It was after the Civil War, during reconsturction, and although his presidency was not perfect, he kept America stable and away from another civil war.


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