500‚000 blacks voted in this election (D. Alexander‚ 2004). Grant won the election with 3‚013‚790 popular votes and 214 electoral votes (David Leip‚ 2012). This shows Ulysses Grant ran very closely in popular votes to the democratic candidate Horatio Seymour’s 2‚708‚980 popular vote totals. The election came to the House of Representatives for a decision. The popular vote numbers may have been significantly larger for Candidate Ulysses Grant had it not been for the ongoing Southern Confederate loyalists
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relations. In his inaugural address‚ Grant refers to the Indians as “the original inhabitants of the land”‚ suggesting that there should be an “endorsement of a policy aimed at making the Indians just like us‚ … white Americans”. During the 1850s when he served in the Pacific Northwest‚ Grant learned a great deal about the Indian communities‚ viewing them as a group of people that‚ if left alone‚ would have adopted peaceful relations with the Americans. Grant observed that the Indians were “insignificant
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a nation of mechanics. . . .You are bound to fail." While Sherman ’s statement proved to be correct‚ its flaw is in its assumption of a decided victory for the North and failure to account for the long years of difficult fighting it took the Union to secure victory. Unquestionably‚ the war was won and lost on the battlefield‚ but there were many factors that swayed the war effort in favor of the North and impeded the South ’s ability to stage a successful campaign. The advantages of the Union
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as being courageous behavior or character. Tom Sawyer shows his quality of bravery on many occasions. An example of his bravery is when he told the judge about what Injun Joe had done‚ even though the outcome could be the cost of his own life. Ulysses S. Grant‚ who was considered an excellent president by many‚ also possessed
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Benz Dauz Bio14 National Parks For hundreds of years our national parks have been around american society growing just as america did. The idea of of maintaining and preserving the land was was created by a small group of people in the mid 1800’s‚ they wanted to make sure theta americas national parks exist through out time. The sheer idea to preserve nature no a day is actually rare‚ I mean most people would obviously care about nature if you ask them face to face but to me due to technology I’m
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General (Gen.) Sheridan was the commander assigned to the Northwest Region of the United States. His military supervisor at the time was Gen. Ulysses S. Grant who was the overall commander of the Union Forces during the Civil War. Gen. Grant gave Gen. Sheridan the tactics‚ techniques and procedures to devise a plan to execute the mission accordingly. For example‚ “General Terry was strike west from Fort Abraham Lincoln. General Crook was to push north from Fort Fetterman‚ Wyoming. General Gibbon
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General Ulysses S. Grant‚ the most popular northern hero to emerge from the Civil War‚ became president. Grant ran on the Republican ticket with the slogan‚ “Let us have peace” against the Democratic candidate Horatio Seymour. The Republican platform endorsed the Reconstruction policy of Congress‚ payment of the national debt with gold‚ and cautious defense of black suffrage. Unfortunately‚ the qualities that had made Grant a fine military leader did not serve him well as president. Grant had a dislike
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The word Shiloh is said to be Hebrew for “place of peace‚” however‚ in April of 1862‚ the Battle of Shiloh became the site of one of the deadliest conflicts in Civil War history. With over 23‚000 casualties‚ the battle‚ fought in Pittsburg Landing‚ Tennessee played an important role in Union’s progress in the western theater. The Battle of Shiloh proved to be more challenging and complex due to the surprise attack initiated by the Confederates. Despite the commanders’ poor use of mission variables
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divided. The Civil War lasted four years‚ 1861 to 1865. "Vicksburg is the key. The war can never be brought to a close until the key is in our pocket‚" President Abraham Lincoln said. Southerners agreed. "Vicksburg is the nail head that holds the South ’s two halves together‚" said Confederate President Jefferson Davis. As you can tell from these quotes‚ the battle and control of Vicksburg was very important to the winning of the civil war. The importance of Vicksburg is due mainly to its location. The
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to bring everyone together to live in unity after a violent period of time. To put this generally‚ the reconstruction policy that was set was to oppose Lincoln‚ oppose Johnson‚ take control of Congress‚ impeach Johnson and put full support towards Grant. The goals of Radical reconstruction seemed feasible at the time. Reconstruction was “important for reunifying the country and establishing the first constitutional steps towards equality” (Bowles‚ 2011). In addition to the general previously mentioned
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