Grant administration

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The Grant administration was the U.S. presidential administration of Ulysses S. Grant from 1869 to 1877, marked by Reconstruction policies, civil rights efforts, and several notable political scandals.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential administration
presidential administration
appliesToJurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
capital Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
endTime 1877
executiveBranch Executive Office of the President of the United States NERFINISHED
followedBy Rutherford B. Hayes administration NERFINISHED
follows Andrew Johnson administration NERFINISHED
hasEvent Alabama Claims settlement with Great Britain NERFINISHED
Battle of Liberty Place NERFINISHED
Belknap bribery scandal NERFINISHED
Black Friday gold panic of 1869 NERFINISHED
Civil Rights Act of 1875 Supreme Court challenges groundwork
Colfax Massacre NERFINISHED
Credit Mobilier scandal exposure period
Enforcement Acts against the Ku Klux Klan NERFINISHED
Modoc War NERFINISHED
Panic of 1873 NERFINISHED
Red River War groundwork
Resumption Act of 1875 NERFINISHED
Sanborn contracts scandal NERFINISHED
Treaty of Washington (1871) NERFINISHED
Whiskey Ring scandal NERFINISHED
annexation attempt of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) debate
completion of Reconstruction in several Southern states
completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad (golden spike celebrated shortly before but consolidation continued)
creation of Yellowstone National Park
creation of the Department of Justice
establishment of the National Weather Service (as part of the Signal Service)
passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1875
passage of the Fifteenth Amendment
hasPolicy Indian peace policy NERFINISHED
Reconstruction policies in the former Confederate states
civil rights enforcement for freedmen
federal intervention against Ku Klux Klan violence
hard money and specie resumption orientation
support for the Civil Rights Act of 1875
support for the Fifteenth Amendment
headOfGovernment Ulysses S. Grant NERFINISHED
headOfState Ulysses S. Grant NERFINISHED
ideology Republicanism
legislativeBody United States Congress
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
notableFor Panic of 1873 and ensuing economic depression NERFINISHED
Reconstruction policies in the South
creation of the Department of Justice and the office of Solicitor General
expansion of federal authority in civil rights matters
federal civil rights enforcement
multiple political and financial scandals
partOf Reconstruction era NERFINISHED
politicalPartyInPower Republican Party NERFINISHED
startTime 1869
vicePresident Henry Wilson NERFINISHED
Schuyler Colfax NERFINISHED

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Columbus Delano partOf Grant administration
Frederick William Seward partOf Grant administration
George M. Robeson partOf Grant administration
Jeremiah Jones Colbath partOf Grant administration