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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Grant administration canonical 5

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Predicate Object
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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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ