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- With the help of the nation’s first civil rights president, Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877), and Radical Republicans, such as Benjamin Franklin Wade and Thaddeus Stevens, substantial strides in racial advancement were made in those short twelve years.
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The famous and influential men and women of the Reconstruction Era (1865-1877) - including Ulysees S Grant, Andrew J. Johnson, Jefferson Davis, Horace Greeley.
Ulysses S. Grant. Union general and Civil War hero who went on to defeat Horatio Seymour in the presidential election of 1868 . Nicknamed “Unconditional Surrender” due to his hard-nosed war tactics, Grant joined the Republican Party and entered politics during the Reconstruction years.
Jun 24, 2010 · Black leaders during the Reconstruction Era, such as Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce, served in local, state and national offices, including the U.S. Congress.
6 days ago · April 4, 1792 – August 11, 1868. Thaddeus Stevens was one of the main leaders of the Radical Republican faction in Congress during Reconstruction. Stevens was an opponent of slavery before the war and after the war sought to secure the rights of the newly freed population in the former Confederacy.
- Mark Zubarev
- 2015
Mar 27, 2024 · United States. Context: American Civil War. Reconstruction Acts. Major Events: Reconstruction Acts. Wade-Davis Bill. Key People: Andrew Johnson. Top Questions. What was the Reconstruction era? Why was the Reconstruction era important? What were the Reconstruction era promises? Was the Reconstruction era a success or a failure?
Oct 29, 2009 · Reconstruction (1865-1877), the turbulent era following the Civil War, was the effort to reintegrate Southern states from the Confederacy and 4 million newly-freed people into the United...
With the help of the nation’s first civil rights president, Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877), and Radical Republicans, such as Benjamin Franklin Wade and Thaddeus Stevens, substantial strides in racial advancement were made in those short twelve years. Houghton Library is home to a wide array of examples of said advancement, such as a letter ...