Republican Candidate = Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant (18th) (1869-1877) Election of 1868: Administration: Issue: Reconstruction VP = ______(GOP) VP = ______(GOP)

Sec. of State: Hamilton Fish

Sec. of Interior =Jacob Cox

States to enter the Union: Colorado became a state on August 1, 1876

Government Agencies created: National Weather Service was created in 1870 Department of Justice (1870) Office of the Solicitor General (1870) Republican Candidate = Ulysses S. Grant Office of the Surgeon General (1871) How did he feel about Reconstruction? . He was willing to support the Reconstruction plans of the Radical Republicans in Congress, who wished for a more punitive peace against the former rebels and emphasized granting political rights to the freedmen as the basis for the foundation of Republican Parties in the conquered south. Democratic Candidate = ______How did he feel about Reconstruction? . He wanted to carry out a Reconstruction policy which would emphasize conciliation of the white South and avoid granting political and civil rights to the freedmen, a policy similar to that advocated by President Andrew Johnson. Election of 1872: Issue: ______. “waving the bloody shirt” =

Republican Candidate: ______

Liberal Republican Candidate: ______. He demanded civil service reform and an end to 1 the Reconstruction process including withdrawal of federal troops from the South. Major Items during Grant’s Presidency:

Black Friday/Gold Ring/ Fisk-Gould Scandal (September 24 1869):

1 st Transcontinental Railroad completed (May 10,1869):

2 15 th Amendment (1870):

Christmas became a federal holiday (1870):

Force Bills (1870-71)/ Ku Klux Klan Act:

Treaty of Washington (1871):

3 Tweed Ring exposed (1871): What was Tammany Hall?

What was the purpose/goal of Tammany Hall?

Who was “Boss” Tweed and what is he famous for?

4 Why was Boss Tweed sent to jail in 1872 and who was responsible for bringing him to justice?

Yellowstone National Park (March 1, 1872):

“ Crime of ‘73”:

Panic of 1873:

5 Slaughterhouse Cases (1873):

Election of 1874: . Democrats gain control of the House of Representatives b/c of the economy . Now, Grant can’t get any legislation passed b/c of divided gov’t . House will find corruption in the Interior, War and Navy Departments . This is the beginning of the end of Radical Reconstruction! Why? Radical Republicans are now the minority in Congress & they can’t get anything passed.

Civil Rights Act of 1875: 6 Credit Mobilier of America Scandal:

7 Whiskey Ring Scandal (1875):

Who was Thomas Nast and why is he significant?

How did the scandals effect Grant’s presidency?

8 Waning Interest in Reconstruction:

Democrats take the South: . Meanwhile, Democrats were steadily regaining control of the South, as the already-weak Republican presence in region only became weaker as northerners lost interest in Reconstruction. The Depression of 1873, along with continued pressure from the Ku Klux Klan, drove most white Unionists, carpetbaggers, and scalawags out of the South by the mid-1870s, leaving blacks alone to fight for radical legislation. Democrats regained their seats in state legislatures, beginning with majorities in Virginia and Tennessee in 1869 and moving steadily onward to other states. Many Democrats used violence to secure power, and several Republicans were murdered in Mississippi in the 1875 elections. Blacks continued to be terrorized and intimidated into not voting. By 1877, Democrats had majorities in every southern state.

U.S. v. Cruikshank (1876): . Supreme Court ruled that only states, not the federal government, could prosecute individuals under the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. As a result, countless Klan crimes went unpunished by southern state governments, who tacitly condoned the violence.  . The final nail in the coffin will be the Civil Rights Cases of 1883. In these rulings, the Court further declared the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional, saying that the Fourteenth Amendment applied only to discrimination from the government, not from individuals. Collectively, these rulings from the Supreme Court, along with the Democratic Party's political resurgence in the South, brought an end to Radical Reconstruction.

How did Grant die and who helped him financially before his death?

9 I recommend using this site to fill out this chart as well as Wikipedia: http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/reconstruction/section5.rhtml