USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ulysses S. Grant is best known as the Union general who led the United States to victory over the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. As a two-term President, he is typically dismissed as weak and ineffective; historians have often ranked Grant’s presidency near the bottom in American history.

Detailed explanation-2: -As an American hero, Grant was later elected the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877), working to implement Congressional Reconstruction and to remove the vestiges of slavery.

Detailed explanation-3: -During his second term as president, Grant signed the Civil Rights Act of 1875, designed to provide all citizens with equal access to public accommodations. That year, he also signed the Resumption Act to return the country to the gold standard.

Detailed explanation-4: -Benjamin Bristow was among the leading candidates to replace him, suggesting that a large faction desired an end to “Grantism” and feared that Grant would run for a third term. Ultimately, Grant did not run, but neither was Bristow the nominee, as the convention settled on Governor Rutherford B.

Detailed explanation-5: -Served: in command of the Armies of the United States, Aug. 12, 1866, to Mar. 4, 1869.