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Compare And Contrast Grant And Eisenhower

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Throughout much of the United States history, our country has found itself in some sort of conflict with another country, as is the nature of civilization. In most of these wars, some sort of leader or general rises to prominence to aid in the effort. Often times these leaders are considered for president after the wars are finished. In this paper, I would like to compare two presidents who got their fame on their battlefield and carried the success into the white house. The two presidents I will be writing about are Ulysses S Grant and Dwight Eisenhower. Seeing as this discussion was chosen because of military accolades, let me begin this comparison by taking a look at the military records of each man including the importance they had on …show more content…

Ulysses Grant took during the Reconstruction and was responsible for helping to pass some of the most important Reconstruction time legislation. The most notable of this legislation being The Civil Rights Act of 1870 and 1875 and of course the 15th amendment. Grant also took a strong stance against the violence of the Ku Klux Klan and sought to protect the rights of African Americans. Nearly 80 years later when the United States was still dealing with race relations, Eisenhower also proved effective. The most notable of his achievements in this sphere was his use of federal troops in Little Rock to enforce the desegregation of public schools adherent to Brown vs Board of Education, as well as his signing of civil rights legislation in 1957 and 1960 to protect the right to vote by African-Americans. Furthermore, it is interesting to note that both presidents with a military background used the army in order to enforce domestic policy. Eisenhower in Little Rock and Grant used the army to build the Republican Party in the south. This hints at the fact that presidents with military experience may be more apt to exercise their power as commander in chief. As for the striking similarities between the domestic advancements of the two candidates, it is interesting to speculate

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After a series of correspondence between General Ulysses S Grant and Robert E Lee, they agreed to meet On April 9th, 1865, both Grant and Lee met at the Appomattox Court House to discuss the terms of surrender Grant and Lee remembered each other from the Mexican - American war Around four in the afternoon, General Lee officially surrendered Upon the surrender, General Grant allowed the Confederate soldiers to retain some freedoms He allowed them to keep their sidearms, horses, and other items He also allowed them to return to their homes under probation News of the surrender took time to travel to the rest of the Confederate soldiers

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Richard Howe could be considered the most successful general, when compared to William Howe and George Washington. The bases of this argument are mainly; the military experience of each general and the number of recorded mistakes made by each general during their military expeditions. One of the main reasons, Richard Howe was the most successful general was because of his vast experience in military leadership or command. In hindsight Richard Howe had far more experience of being a military leader than William and Washington as he was enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1739 and then became Admiral, the rank of the highest naval officers, in 1775. He was also serving as commander in chief, “the officer holding supreme command of the forces in an area or operation”, of a Mediterranean fleet.

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General Ulysses S. Grant had a great impact on the United States both in his time as a war general and in his time as president. His role in the Civil War was instrumental to the Union victory and the strategies he employed saved many union troops and ended the war quickly. He had many wins, but also many losses and setbacks that were devastating. He learned and adapted through those setbacks and won the war and the American public. The United States would have had a much harder time winning the war and with recovery efforts afterward were it not for General Grant.

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Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson were both American presidents in the 20th century. Though they represented different political parties, Republican and Democratic accordingly, and expressed different views on current problems, they still served their country's best interests. They worked in relatively similar times and had to deal with analogous problems that is why it is noteworthy to compare their policies. They behaved very similarly in office as they shared the view on the necessity of economic growth and changes to black people's civil rights, but their military policies differ as Eisenhower managed to keep out of shooting war while Johnson had to deal with it.

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The actions of both presidents at the time were indeed needing to address the issue at hand the Great Depression. Both presidents in fact contained a similar action in the regard to the depression in which was the fact that they used the federal government to regain economic strength and rebuild the economy. In fact, the major difference between President Hoover and Roosevelt was the role they in general expected the government to take to restore the economy after the depression. President Hoover was however in belief that individuals of all classes should be accountable about their own well-being whereas Roosevelt contained a different philosophy in which that the government should indeed help everyone in all classes. He placed the New Deal,

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General Douglas Macarthur is one of the most prominent, notable and influential leaders in the history of the United States and the United States Army. “He was a thundering paradox of a man, noble and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the best of me and the worst of men…(Muller).” He was a patriot who served in World War I, World War II, the Korean War and numerous other military campaigns in between. Throughout his tenure, he would fill a plethora of duty positions all around the world. He was a trail blazer; a leader who was admired for his relentless tactics and leadership skills.

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Grant also established the Indian Appropriation Act which “ended tribal recognition and the treaty system to make all Indians wards of the state” (http://us-presidents.insidegov.com/l/20/Ulysses-S-Grant). Lastly, another major legislation was passed was the Civil Rights Act of 1870 which “made it a federal crime to deprive of anyone of his civil or political rights by interfering with the right to vote.”

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