Article 3T9MX The Reconstruction of Ulysses S. Grant

The Reconstruction of Ulysses S. Grant

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Michael Durbin
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The Reconstruction of Ulysses S. Grant:

In the second half of the 19th century, few Americans were better known-and revered-than the man whose face looks out today from the $50 bill. Ulysses S. Grant led Union troops to victory in the American Civil War, then thwarted attempts by President Andrew Johnson to suppress fundamental civil rights of newly freed black Americans. ["]

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