Grant’s good intentions and integrity were undermined as his reputation became tarnished by corruption in his administration. He spent his final weeks here with his family before he completed his memoirs and. Ultimately, this policy proved ineffective. Grant Cottage State Historic Site is the final home of Ulysses S. He was born on July 22, 1852, and was the second child of Ulysses S. citizenship) by housing them on reservations and helping them become farmers. grew with the household nickname was Buck. The Peace Policy attempted to move Native Americans closer to white civilization (and ultimately U.S. He sent federal troops into South Carolina to protect African-Americans’ civil rights, but failed to send federal troops into Louisiana and other southern states when Reconstruction began to fail there. Grant was inconsistent in his policy supporting Reconstruction. One of these was the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act, geared to counter the rise of white terrorist activity against blacks in the South. Reconstruction needed major federal intervention to prevent states from allowing white supremacy to dominate their legislative agendas.Īttempting to curb the economy’s depression in 1873, Grant vetoed an inflation bill and established hard currency based on the gold standard.īeginning in 1870, Enforcement Acts protected the right to vote. Grant’s tenure were related to the South and African-American civil rights. The Grants settled in Point Pleasant in 1821 and Jesse took charge of the tannery located nearby. After two years’ service on the Pacific coast (185254), during which he attempted. He served in the Mexican War (184648) under Zachary Taylor. Grant continued the American tradition of electing military figures as presidents-those men who led and won key battles in war.Īttempting to be apolitical, Grant campaigned on the complacency-signaling slogan “Let us have peace.”Īs for all post-Civil War presidents, the dominant issues in governance at the time of Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union Army in the Civil War and 18 th president of the United States was born in this one-story, timber-frame home on Apto Jesse and Hannah Simpson Grant. Hiram Ulysses Grant, (born April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio, U.S.died July 23, 1885, Mount McGregor, N.Y.), U.S. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art.
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