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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He became a lawyer
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He was retired
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He became a doctor
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He became a blacksmith
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Detailed explanation-1: -With the tour he took in his retirement, Grant became the first president to circumnavigate the world, dining with Queen Victoria and meeting many other prominent foreign leaders. In 1880, Grant was unsuccessful in obtaining the Republican presidential nomination for a third term.
Detailed explanation-2: -After retiring from the Presidency, Grant became a partner in a financial firm, which went bankrupt. About that time he learned that he had cancer of the throat.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Eventually, the commission ruled in favor of Republican candidate, Rutherford B. Hayes, who became the nineteenth U.S. President.
Detailed explanation-5: -After six years of unsuccessful civilian life, Grant returned to the army as commanding colonel of the 21st Illinois Volunteer Regiment on June 17, 1861. He remained in the U.S. Army throughout the Civil War, during which time he rose to commanding general of all Federal armies.