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How Did Ulysses S. Grant Able To Pass The Fifteenth Amendment?

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"I know only two tunes; one of them is Yankee Doodle and the other isn 't." Ulysses S. Grant was born April 27th, 1822 and died July 23rd 1885. He became president in 1869 and his second term ended 1877. Grant was a successful president because he signed the Civil Rights Act, Amnesty Act, and helped the 15th Amendment get ratified. The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified in 1869. Grant did not ratify the Amendment but rather pushed it to be passed. "Grant did the best he could to pass the amendment." He believed by helping it, it would make a better society. Grant was able to do so with the passing of it. The Amnesty Act of 1872. The act was a U.S federal law that removed voting restrictions. Ulysses S. Grant signed the act giving the Confederate
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