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Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S. Grant. By: Brandon K. Place of Birth. Point Pleasant, Ohio. Influential People. Abraham Lincoln Richard Yates Elihu Washburne John C. Fremont. Background. 1843 he graduated from West Point ranking 21 st of 39 Promoted Captain in 1854

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Ulysses S. Grant

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  1. Ulysses S. Grant By: Brandon K.

  2. Place of Birth • Point Pleasant, Ohio

  3. Influential People • Abraham Lincoln • Richard Yates • Elihu Washburne • John C. Fremont

  4. Background • 1843 he graduated from West Point ranking 21st of 39 • Promoted Captain in 1854 • Got involved in front lines as Quartermaster • Appointed Brigadier General by volunteers of President Lincoln

  5. More Background • Was Promoted Major General by President Lincoln on July 4, 1863 • He encountered and saved Fred Dent, a good friend of his

  6. Factors That Influenced Him To Become President • President Johnson wanted war and Grant wanted peace

  7. Family • Julia Boggs Dent • Frederick Dent Grant • Ulysses S. Grant Jr. • Ellen Wrenshall Grant • Jesse Root Grant

  8. Siblings • Mrs. Virginia P. Corbin • Simpson Grant • Clara Grant • Orvil L. Grant • Mrs. Mary F. Cramer

  9. Parents • Dad: Jesse Root Grant • Mom: Hannah Simpson Grant

  10. Childhood • He hauled wood • He brought in harvest • He transported passengers • He plowed fields • He tried to avoid his father’s tannery • David Ammen saved him from drowning

  11. General Statements • His father was a tanner • His father made a small fortune of $150,000 • His mother was religious • He was a fourth cousin once removed of Franklin D. Roosevelt

  12. More General Statements • He was a sixth cousin once removed of Grover Cleveland • President Grant is a Republican

  13. President Grant won the civil war

  14. How He Got Into Politics • Riding the success of the Civil War triumphs, Republican Party drafted him as candidate for president in 1868

  15. His Plan For Presidency • Grant wanted peace in the U.S. instead of war

  16. His Presidency • Grant brought part of his Army staff to the White House • Grant allowed Radical Reconstruction o run its course in the south

  17. Most Important Achievement • Signing the Act to Strengthen the Public Credit which the G01 Congress had passed after Grant’s inaugural in March 1869

  18. Biggest Failure • On Black Friday James Fisk and Jay Gould set out to corner gold market and investors and businesses were ruined

  19. Many businesses were ruined

  20. Detail To Remember • Viewed as a failure as president

  21. This is Ulysses S. Grant’s grave

  22. After Presidency • Him, his wife, and his son went on worldwide tour • Died on July 23, 1885 at Mount McGregor, New York • He was buried in Riverside Park

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