[USA] - 18th President of the USA Ulysses S. Grant - Part 3

Ulysses S. Grant	Birth: 27 April 1822
	Died: 23 July 1885
	Party: Republican
	Presidency: 1869 – 1877
	Vice President: Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson
	Nickname: Uncle Sam

 

● The Butcher of Galena

Ulysses S. Grant was born in Galena, Illinois. He was a very introvert person and he thought he didn’t have much talent in the military even after graduating the United States Military Academy at West Point, the class of1 1843.

He joined the Mexican-American War but after the war, he was a misfit and even developed an alcohol dependency.

 

 

He even resigned the military but later on as the Civil War broke out, he joined the Union Army right away again and contribute to the victory of the Civil War later on as the General of the Army which was a position only previously George Washington would have been.

Although Ulysses S. Grant was famous for his persistency on pursuing the enemy, he couldn’t even eat his steaks rare because he couldn’t handle the blood juices coming out of his steak.

 

 

He would often cry in his tent alone feeling responsible for the deaths of his troops and often times he became sick upon seeing blood.

However, still the public praised him as the persistent ruthless general and called him the Butcher of Galena ironically.

 

 

● Alexander Graham Bell & the Telephone

Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinbrugoh Scotland. He moved to Great Britain, Paris, Canada and eventually started lecturing at Boston University in 1872.

Alexander Graham Bell first establishes a phonautograph that could trace the soundwaves of vibrations. Alexander Graham Bell was inspired by his invention that possibly sounds could also be transmitted by electronic wires.

 

Alexander Graham Bell first establishes a phonautograph

 

He would work on with a mechanic named Thomas Watson to build the first ever telephone in the world.

On 7th March, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell registers patent number 174,465 at the U.S. Patent Office.

Later on, in history, Alexander Graham Bell would fight with the Western Union Telegraph that filed another similar patent to claim Alexander Graham Bell’s commercial rights.

 

 

However, Alexander Graham Bell would win in court. Later on, Alexander Graham Bell would establish the Bell Telephone Company which would later merge with its subsidiary company American Telephone & Telegraph Company which is currently called AT&T.  

 

 

● Mark Twain

One of the greatest authors of American history, no one of the greatest authors of world history was Samuel Langhorne Clemens who is more known as Mark Twain. Samuel Clemens was born in Hannibal Missouri.

He started to use the name Mark Twain while he intermittently published his works while he had various jobs.

 

 

His jobs such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in 1876. The Prince and the Pauper in 1881, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1884 are considered one of the world’s finest works and they made huge impact to the literature of America.

Although there are some disputes among his work such as the half Native-American character Joe in the Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

 

Nikola Tesla and Mark Twain

 

Mark Twain was an active advocate for anti-racism, women rights, anti-Imperialism and radical Christianity. He was also a part of history in many odd ways.

He was one of the very few friend that Nikola Tesla ever had(Nikola Tesla is famous for his work in electricity such as the AC(Adaptive Current) motor inductor).

 

 

Mark Twain also finished the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant after the president died. Mark Twain also invented the hooks of a brassieres or the straps of brassieres under patent number 121,992 for his wife.

His wife advised him to stop taking interests in inventing and focus on his publishment which would be start of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

 

 

● Booker T. Washington

Booker Taliaferro Washington was one of the most influential African-American during the late 1800s and the early 1900s. He was born a slave in Virginia that earned freedom by the Emancipation Proclamation. He took several jobs to enroll himself at the Hampton Institute.

He was self-driven and passionate in education and became a great advocate of importance of education and entrepreneurship to the African-American Society to gain more respect and secure their human rights.

 

 

By recommendation of the Hampton Institute president Samuel Armstrong, Booker T. Washington becomes the leader of a small school in Tuskegee, Alabama. In 1881, 4th of July. Independence Day, this school becomes the famous Tuskegee Institute and is declared a legitimate education institute.

Current days, this was renamed the Tuskegee University and inherits the legacy of the Tuskegee Institute.

 

 

Booker T Washington later on delivers the Atlanta Exposition Speech which was also known as the Atlanta Compromise Speech that was one of the most important speeches of American history.

Although, it is controversial that he claims himself segregation between the White and Black community, Booker T. Washington preferred a ‘slow approach’ and advocated for the collaboration between the African-American and the Southern part of the United States.

 

Although it would be of great dispute current days, many regardless of skin color praised his ideas as a stepping stone for harmonization of the African-American community and the southern regions of the USA.

“Cast down your bucket where you are”

 

● The Civil Rights Act of 1875

As one of the final works by the Republicans for the Reconstruction of the Union after the Civil War was the Civil Rights Act of 1875.

The Civil Right Acts of 1875 was a series of law that granted federal authority over the state laws that the Southern states have passed to evade granting equal rights to the African-Americans.

The Civil right Acts of 1875 specifically denied segregation of African-Americans in hotels or restaurants. However, not so long after it was declared, the Supreme Court would rule that it was against the Constitution in 1883.

 

 

● The Great Chicago Fire   

The Great Chicago Fire was a fire that lasted for three days since the 8th of October 1871 until the 10th of October 1871. Many believed it started from a cow that knocked over a lantern in its barn.

Still, most of the buildings and structures were built by wood and fire departments didn’t have enough capable equipment for such large fires.

 

 

Almost 90,000 people became homeless and so much properties were lost and damaged during the Great Chicago Fire. Great amount of capital was required to fund the Chicago reconstruction and this became one of the burdens for the economic Panic of 1873.