RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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He believed the president should police big business to protect individual consumers.
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He believed the president should only enforce the law, not influence it.
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He believed the president should do everything in his power to help citizens.
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He believed the president should regulate Congress and prevent abuses of power.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In what way did President Grant’s approach to Reconstruction differ from that of President Johnson? He used the military to protect African Americans from violence.
Detailed explanation-2: -Grant’s presidency was marred by political scandal, clashes with Native Americans and continued violence throughout the Reconstruction South.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many people began to see him as a president surrounded by corruption. Only a few days after the Babcock trial, Grant’s secretary of war, William W. Belknap (), was accused of bribery. Belknap avoided impeachment by resigning and leaving Washington.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ulysses S. Grant was inconsistent in his policy supporting Reconstruction. He sent federal troops into South Carolina to protect African-Americans’ civil rights, but failed to send federal troops into Louisiana and other southern states when Reconstruction began to fail there.