RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
PRESIDENT ULYSSES S GRANT
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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slavery
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abolistionist
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farming
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -His father, Jesse Root Grant, was an abolitionist who taught his son that slavery was cruel and immoral. Grant received a formal education and later enrolled at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he befriended Julia Grant’s brother, Frederick “Fred” Tracy Dent.
Detailed explanation-2: -1863, it was clear in Grant’s mind that the Union could only be maintained if slavery were abolished. Rather than holding a lifelong aversion to slavery that hardened during the war, Grant’s views evolved toward support for emancipation only with the contingencies of war.
Detailed explanation-3: -During his time at White Haven, Ulysses S. Grant worked alongside enslaved African-Americans. He actually was the owner of an enslaved man named William Jones. William was an essential help to Grant while he was farming.