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The Grant Administration
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Objective:
• To determine the causes for the end of Reconstruction.
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The 1868 Republican Ticket
The 1868 Republican Ticket
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The 1868 Democratic Ticket
The 1868 Democratic Ticket
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“Waving the Bloody Shirt”
• “Waving the Bloody Shirt”– Grant based his campaign on “waving the
bloody shirt.”– This was based on an incident where
Benjamin Franklin Butler supposedly waved a bloody shirt belonging to a victim of the KKK.
– It was meant to keep alive bitter feelings against the South
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1868 Presidential Election
1868 Presidential Election
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President Ulysses S. GrantPresident Ulysses S. Grant
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Grant Administration Scandals
Grant Administration Scandals Grant presided over an era of
unprecedented growth and corruption.
* Credit Mobilier
Scandal.
* Whiskey Ring.
* The “Indian Ring.”
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And They Say He Wants a Third Term
And They Say He Wants a Third Term
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15th Amendment15th Amendment Ratified in 1870.
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.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Women’s rights groups were furious that they were not granted the vote!
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The Failure of Federal Enforcement
The Failure of Federal Enforcement Enforcement Acts of 1870 &
1871 [also known as the KKK Act].
“The Lost Cause.”
Redeemers (prewarDemocrats and Union Whigs).
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The Election of 1872The Election of 1872 Rumors of corruption
during Grant’s first term discredit Republicans.
Horace Greeley runsas a Democrat/LiberalRepublican candidate.
Greeley attacked as afool and a crank.
Greeley died on November 29, 1872!
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1872 Presidential Election
1872 Presidential Election
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Northern Support WanesNorthern Support Wanes “Grantism” & corruption.
Panic of 1873 [6-yeardepression].
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1876 Presidential Tickets1876 Presidential Tickets
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“Regional Balance?”“Regional Balance?”
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1876 Presidential Election
1876 Presidential Election
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The Political Crisis of 1877
The Political Crisis of 1877
“Corrupt Bargain”Part II?
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Hayes PrevailsHayes Prevails
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Alas, the Woes of Childhood…
Alas, the Woes of Childhood…
Sammy Tilden—Boo-Hoo! Ruthy Hayes’s got my Presidency, and he won’t give it to me!
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A Political Crisis: The “Compromise” of 1877A Political Crisis: The “Compromise” of 1877
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The Compromise of 1877
• The Compromise of 1877– In exchange for the Presidency, Hayes
agreed to remove the Federal Troops from the South.
– Thus, Tilden gave up his claims to the electoral votes and reconstruction ends in the South.