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Grant blamed Custer wholly for the defeat stating that the sacrifice of troops was unnecessary. [63] The Indian appropriations measure of August 1876 marked the end of Grant's Peace Policy. The Sioux were given the choice of either selling their lands in the Black Hills for cash or not receiving government gifts of food and other supplies. [64]
During Ulysses S. Grant's two terms as president of the United States (1869–1877) there were several executive branch investigations, prosecutions, and reforms carried-out by President Grant, Congress, and several members of his cabinet, in the wake of several revelations of fraudulent activities within the administration. Grant's cabinet ...
The important provisions of the Dawes Act [2] were: A head of family would receive a grant of 160 acres (65 ha), a single person or orphan over 18 years of age would receive a grant of 80 acres (32 ha), and persons under the age of 18 would receive 40 acres (16 ha) each; the allotments would be held in trust by the U.S. Government for 25 years;
Protecting Grant, Congress passed the Command of the Army Act, preventing his removal or relocation, and forcing Johnson to pass orders through Grant. [ 253 ] In August 1867, bypassing the Tenure of Office Act , Johnson discharged Secretary of War Edwin Stanton without Senate approval and appointed Grant ad interim Secretary of War.
The original free grant provisions for settlers were repealed in 1951, [64] and the remaining provisions were repealed in 1961. [ 65 ] The Parliament of Canada passed the Dominion Lands Act in 1872 in order to encourage settlement in the Northwest Territories .
Grant was influenced by political forces of both reform and corruption. The standards in many of his appointments were low, and charges of corruption were widespread. [1] At times, however, Grant appointed various cabinet members who helped clean up the executive corruption.
Despite the scandals, by the end of Grant's second term the corruption in the Departments of Interior (1875), Treasury (1874), and Justice (1875) were cleaned up by his new cabinet members. [227] Grant's generous treatment of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox helped give him popularity in the South. Although he kept civil rights on the political ...
Some members of Congress suggested moving the capital farther west, but President Ulysses S. Grant refused to consider the proposal. [ 45 ] In the Organic Act of 1871 , Congress repealed the individual charters of the cities of Washington and Georgetown , abolished Washington County , and created a new territorial government for the whole ...