Ulysses S. Grant: 1869-1877

Question 1

What did The 15th Amendment (1869) say?

Answer 1

Citizens of any race or colour could vote, wherever they lived

Question 2

What did the Black Friday (September 1869) say?

Answer 2

Speculators attempted to influence the government and manipulate the gold market. The failed plot resulted in a financial panic. Grant’s reputation suffered because he was associated with two of the speculators

Question 3

What did the Whiskey Ring Scandal (1975) say?

Answer 3

Network of distillers, distributors and public officials who conspired to defraud the federal government of millions in liquor tax revenue. Grant’s private secretary, Orville Babcock was indicated in the scandal but acquitted thanks to Grant