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=Born: April 27,1822 =

=Resides: Point Pleasant, Ohio = =Political views: RepublicanRelationship Status: Married to Julia Dent GrantChildren: Jesse Grant, Ulysses S. Grant Jr., Nellie Grant, Fredrick GrantOccupation: General in the U.S. ArmyReligion: Methodist =

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=Following my graduation from the U.S. Military Academy in 1843, I served as a Lieutenant in the Mexican American War from 1846 to 1848. After I resigned from the army in 1854, I struggled to make a living and worked as a real estate agent. I joined the Northern effort in the Civil War. I’m earning a reputation as one of the North's most aggressive generals. I’m also rising quickly through the ranks. Last week I was appointed to Lieutenant General by President Abraham Lincoln. I’m currently devising a strategy of simultaneous attacks aimed at destroying the South's military and its economy, which if works well will win the war for the North. =

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=Status = =April 9, 1865, Lee surrenders to Grant in the McLean House, Appomattox, Virginia. This is Grant's great hour, showcasing his delicacy and decency. When Union soldiers get too rambunctious, he quiets them. =

**Status** =July 25, 1866, Congress establishes a new rank of "General" for Grant making him the first four star General in U. S. history. = = Status = =July 25, 1866, Congress establishes a new rank of "General" for Grant making him the first four star General in U. S. history. =

= = **Status** =Fall, 1866, Grant refuses to be sent to Mexico by President Andrew Johnson, a wily and jealous man who wanted the popular General out of the way. These two fellows never hitched =

**Status** =May 21, 1868, Nominated as a candidate for President by the Republican National Convention in Chicago. Grant does no campaigning and lolls about his Galena, Illinois home. = <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> =<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">March 4, 1869 - March 4, 1877, <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">//<span style="display: inline ! important; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">President of the United States of America for two terms // = = = =<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;"> Note 1 = =<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Reflect on the Civil War; where is the country headed in 1865? =
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=<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">After the Civil War ended, America finally started to unify under a common goal. It also started to look more like one nation instead of two nations fighting each other over right and rules. The African Americans were finally starting to have rights. =

=<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">The citizens were recovering from the racism, fighting, being reunited with their relatives that participated in the Civil War. When this happened a period called Reconstruction started. During the Reconstruction, the North and South had to deal with the huge amounts of racism though the North didn’t have as much as the South did. There were many movements during this period trying to establish more equality like the antimonopoly or the woman’s movement. =

=<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">The post-Civil War conditions were both prosperous and horrible. There was racism everywhere still. The prosperity came from the equality since now black could work, vote, etc. All this was probably the most prosperous times for both the United States and for the African Americans. When the Reconstruction started it gave hope to many people since it was a time where everyone was equal and there wasn’t any worries about Civil War. =

=<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">African Americans were finally able to do more in the nation since they were granted rights. They were now allowed to hold a testimony in court, vote, and were able to enter North states that were originally barred for them. Not only that public life was finally opened to Blacks. Along with gaining public access to things they also didn’t have to serve anyone or get punished if they didn’t have free papers. The Reconstruction was one of the most prosperous times for the African Americans. =

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=<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">Note 2 = =<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">What were the ideals for which the Revolutionary War was fought? =

=<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">There were many ideals in the Revolutionary War. One was for independence from the British monarchy. The colonists longing for freedom. The British and colonists had different views on liberty and the Colonists wanted to protect and show the British that their view of liberty were equal if not better then theirs right. There are many more but I’m just talking about three. =

=<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">They colonists want independence from the British. The colonists fought with all their might to drive the British out of the New World and succeeded in the end. 56 men appointed by the citizens of their colony came together and decided the only way to declare independence was to declare independence in the individual colonies. Once they declared the each colony’s independence they formed an alliance to fight against the British. In order to do this they wrote and signed the Declaration of Independence. Five of the signers were captured by the British and named traitors and tortured before they died. 12 other signers had their homes ransacked & burned to the ground. Nine of the others died from wounds in the Revolutionary War. =

=<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">The colonists could be viewed as slaves serving the British since the British were in charge. The Colonists’ won their freedom by guerilla tactics at first but later used military strategies when George Washington was appointed commander-in-chief. An example of guerilla tactics was the Boston Massacre since after that happened it gave Britain a bad name. An instance of military strategy was the Battle of Concord. They lost the battle but took out more than a thousand British soldiers and only lost about four hundred soldiers themselves. George Washington positioned the soldiers on Breech Hill and since they had low ammo they waited until the British were literally right above them to strike. =

=<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">Colonists had a different view on liberty than the British. Abraham Lincoln stated once “The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty.” This portrays the British as the wolf and the Rebels as the shepherd. There was something John Adams said “The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people. This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments and affections of the people was the real American Revolution.” He was trying to say that the War didn’t start with fighting it started along time before that when the British tried changing different things. John F. Kennedy once stated something that is very influential “Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope...building a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” This states that even one person can make a huge impact on the daily life of people. =

=<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">Those were the ideals of the Revolutionary War. The colonists stood up for their freedom and won because of their courage and commitment to gaining independence. They showed the British that liberty isn’t like they think it is. That is what I consider the true ideals of the Revolutionary War. =

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=<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">Note 3 = =<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">What is slavery and why does it exist? =

=<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">What is slavery? Slavery had to be destroyed. I felt that it was a stain to the Union that men should be bought and sold like cattle. That is what I think slavery is, the real definition for slavery is: “the state of one bound in servitude as the property of a slaveholder or household.” Why does it exist? There are many different reasons you will get if you ask someone, I think it exists because a nation, species, etc. that is more advanced then another thinks the nation has good resources they can use and takes it by force instead of being friendly. It exists to others because “slaves were usually war captives. The victors in battle might enslave the losers rather than killing them.” =

=<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">In the past there has been many times when slavery was popular. During the time that ancient civilizations still lived, slavery was basically war prizes that a civilization took as their prize for winning. Also other times it was other religion, ethnicity, race, or nationality. All together in the past slavery was over disagreements or disbeliefs basically. Slavery to me is really just a disagreement or disbelief taken to far. A lot of times owners would believe that they could deny slaves basic human rights since slaves weren’t as great as them, their nationality was different, etc. =

=<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">That is really what slavery is and why it exists. Slavery still goes on today in Asia and Africa. I really think anyone who starts slavery or enjoys slavery is a sick person or has mental problems. Throughout the past and in the future there will always be slavery. =

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