How Did Ulysses S. Grant Stabilize The United States Of America?

A president has many duties to fulfill during his time in office, the president who not only fulfilled his duty but went above and beyond was Ulysses S. Grant. During Grant's time in office, he made several major policies. The Fifteenth Amendment and Civil Rights Act, which Grant signed, further established rights for African American citizens in the United States. The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad during Grant's presidency provided a major economic boost to America. Grant’s handling of the Black Friday panic through the Resumption Act helped stabilize the U.S. economy. Furthermore, Grant’s establishment of Yellowstone National Park helped preserve land across America. Finally, Grant's action to move forward with the National
Grant signed the Fifteenth Amendment on March 30th, 1870, which was later ratified on February 3rd of the same year. This amendment granted voting power to roughly four million citizens, all of whom were people of color (National Parks Service). The Fifteenth Amendment states, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any State, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude” (15th Amendment of the United States Constitution). This amendment, signed by Grant, started a domino effect for the ever-growing rights of African Americans’. After Grant spent time fighting in the Civil War, he saw that African Americans fought for their country the same as anyone else did, if not with more perseverance and bravery than those formerly sent to war. Grant knew that anyone who loved this country, no matter race, deserved the right to vote and make this country a better place for its inhabitants (National Parks Service). He had seen African Americans serve this country and believed strongly that they earned the right to vote. President Grant saw “the vast importance of the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution... A measure which makes at once 4,000,000 people voters who were heretofore declared by the... Declaration of Independence... that black men had no rights which the white man was bound to respect” (National Parks Service double check). To further extend the rights of African Americans, Grant went on to sign the first Civil Rights Act in United States history on March 1st, 1875. The act was meant to help formerly enslaved people gain rights as citizens of the United States (Urofsky). The act has five sections, the first provides “equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other