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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instanceOf United States presidential administration
presidential administration
appliesToJurisdiction federal government of the United States
capital Washington, D.C.
country United States
endTime 1877
executiveBranch Executive Office of the President of the United States
followedBy Rutherford B. Hayes administration
follows Andrew Johnson administration
hasEvent Alabama Claims settlement with Great Britain
Battle of Liberty Place
Belknap bribery scandal
Black Friday gold panic of 1869
Civil Rights Act of 1875 Supreme Court challenges groundwork
Colfax Massacre
linked to: Colfax massacre

Credit Mobilier scandal exposure period
Enforcement Acts against the Ku Klux Klan
Modoc War
Panic of 1873
Red River War groundwork
Resumption Act of 1875
Sanborn contracts scandal
Treaty of Washington (1871)
Whiskey Ring scandal
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
linked to: Indian Peace Policy

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
headOfState Ulysses S. Grant
ideology Republicanism
legislativeBody United States Congress
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
notableFor Panic of 1873 and ensuing economic depression
linked to: Panic of 1873

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
politicalPartyInPower Republican Party
startTime 1869
vicePresident Henry Wilson
Schuyler Colfax

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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
Whiskey Ring scandal pointInTime Grant administration