Ulysses S. Grant administration

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The Ulysses S. Grant administration was the U.S. presidential administration from 1869 to 1877, marked by Reconstruction efforts, civil rights legislation, and significant western development initiatives.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal executive administration
presidential administration
appliesToJurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
country United States of America
election 1868 United States presidential election
1872 United States presidential election
endTime 1877
March 4, 1877
followedBy Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes
surface form: Rutherford B. Hayes administration
follows Andrew Johnson administration
headOfGovernment Ulysses S. Grant
headOfState Ulysses S. Grant
legislativeBody United States Congress
locatedInTimePeriod Reconstruction era
notablePolicy Native American assimilation and reservation policy
hard money fiscal policy
opposition to inflationary greenback proposals
promotion of western settlement and railroad expansion
support for African American civil rights
use of federal troops to protect Black voters in the South
numberOfTerms 2
officeHeld United States Attorney General
surface form: Attorney General of the United States

United States Secretary of State
Secretary of War
surface form: United States Secretary of War

United States Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of the Navy
surface form: United States Secretary of the Navy

Secretary of the Treasury
surface form: United States Secretary of the Treasury
officeHolder Amos T. Akerman
Benjamin H. Bristow
Columbus Delano
Edwards Pierrepont
Elihu B. Washburne
George H. Williams NERFINISHED
George M. Robeson
George S. Boutwell
Hamilton Fish
Jacob D. Cox
John A. Rawlins
William A. Richardson
William W. Belknap
politicalParty Republican Party
significantEvent Arguments before the Geneva Tribunal on the Alabama Claims
surface form: Alabama Claims settlement with Great Britain

Amnesty Act of 1872
Annexation attempt of Santo Domingo
Battle of the Little Bighorn
Sanborn contracts scandal
surface form: Belknap bribery scandal

Civil Rights Act of 1871
surface form: Civil Rights Act of 1871 (Ku Klux Klan Act)

Civil Service reform efforts
Credit Mobilier scandal
Force Acts enforcement in the South
Indian Peace Policy
Panic of 1873
surface form: Long Depression

Modoc War
Panic of 1873
Reconstruction in Mississippi, South Carolina, and Louisiana
Reconstruction policies in the former Confederate states
Red River War
Resumption of Specie Payments Act of 1875
Sanborn contracts scandal
Treaty of Washington (1871)
Whiskey Ring scandal
completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad (Golden Spike, 1869)
creation of the Department of Justice
creation of the Office of the Solicitor General
enforcement of Reconstruction Acts
establishment of Yellowstone National Park
federal suppression of the Ku Klux Klan
passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1875
passage of the Enforcement Acts
passage of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
passage of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871
startTime 1869
March 4, 1869
vicePresident Henry Wilson
Schuyler Colfax

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Yellowstone National Park createdUnder Ulysses S. Grant administration
Zachary Taylor inceptionOfTerm Ulysses S. Grant administration
this entity surface form: 30th United States presidential administration
General Grant National Memorial, New York City, United States associatedWith Ulysses S. Grant administration
subject surface form: General Grant National Memorial
this entity surface form: Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant
Columbus Delano notableWork Ulysses S. Grant administration
this entity surface form: Administration of the U.S. Department of the Interior under President Ulysses S. Grant
Liberal Republican Party (United States) opposedTo Ulysses S. Grant administration
Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes precededBy Ulysses S. Grant administration
this entity surface form: Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant
National Historic Landmark (broader Grant-related sites) relatedTo Ulysses S. Grant administration
this entity surface form: Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant