Yeah, but he was extremely corrupt. He was a great general, but not meant for politics. The people he trusted were very corrupt which ended up making him an overall poor president.

@@UnitedStates17 His administration was corrupt. He himself was never such thing.

@@UnitedStates17 Grant was one of the most honest and humble presidents. His corrupt friends were taking advantage of his modesty and outgoingness, he was arguably the first civil rights presidents and he is the best American. Came from nothing and became a gigantic something, he's a top 10 president, hell I'd argue a top 5

@@JosephSampson Let's relax a bit. I hope you have done some research in his presidency because he was a great general and a great man for this country, but unfortunately a horrible president. He had corrupt friends which was the reason why his overall presidency became corrupt. He doesn't have that many significant accomplishments that you can talk about as he had a poor presidency. If I made a list of the greatest presidents in order from best to worst, he'd be in about 30th place. There are so many great presidents you are forgetting if you seriously think he is worthy of the top 10 best presidents, let alone top 5.

@@UnitedStates17 Hes top 20 for sure, not 30. The 15th Amendment and the first crushing of the KKK is a huge deal.

1. 15th amendment was ratified 2. Broke up the KKK 3. Civil Rights Act of 1875 4. The Enforcement Acts 5. Naturalization Act of 1870 6. Fought for rights of Native Americans 7. Former confederate states were readmitted to the union 8. Treaty of Washington 9. Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 with Hawaii 10. Virginius Affair settled peacefully 11. Created the Department of Justice 12. Resumption of Specie Act 13. Paid down the national debt by 435 million dollars 14. Lowered interest rates 15. Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began 16. Created America’s first national park, Yellowstone National Park 17. Presided over the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad 18. Declared Christmas to be a national holiday 19. Humble and honest 20. Post Office Act of 1872

yea I'm watching this and they do this to grant yet paint Woodrow Wilson as a progressive hero

@@normie7389 yah…Wilson wasn’t ALL bad, but he WAS a huge racist (not just of the “I don’t like non-whites” type, but of the “segregating the federal workforce type! Also, Wilson jailed political opponents, stripped civil liberties, and left the world much worse off by not helping the Allies create a LASTING peace. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that the Germans weren’t at fault (they were), but forcing the abdication of the Kaiser did nothing but open a power vacuum, as well as making the war indemnity & punishments TOO severe for them to not come out the other side susceptible to someone like Hitler; it was bad diplomacy, and Wilson could have helped temper this more a peace that lasted, an indemnity that could’ve actually been paid & left the economy of Germany in tact (thus making them less likely to be ruined & turn to a strongman like Hitler), and made the political situation more safe for the following decades.

@@GoFartherPodcast Wilson is like 90% bad and pushed the country backwards in terms of foreign affairs

@@normie7389 yeah

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Don Kirk well said sir!

How did you know? Where did you get your facts?

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Holy shit WTF??? This is fucking scary how wrong this is...John Kerry? Ralph Nader?? They can't be this stupid...I just can't believe they are. I knew this program was geared to the lowest common denominator but JESUS

I know exactly what that is. That is actually an alternate history post from DeviantArt. It was originally deleted by the original creator, but, with his permission, I had since reuploaded it.

like john kerry ralph nader and bob dole wtf

Hi, Sean, Yes, Grant is an interesting figure. The corruption in his presidency was something he apparently would just not see. He apparently did his best on race relations. Some people have called him our first "Civil Rights President." He served in the war with success. But his presidency was a mess. For he was surrounded By officials not grounded In good will or ethics, I guess! ------------ Limerick Rex

its 1877 and the democrats would gloat but they are all amazed when rutherford hayes wins by just one vote

@@rhombusman19 James Garfield someone really hated, couse he was assassinated.

Also add to that he tried to help Native Americans and was disgusted by the Mexican/American War which he thought was unfair and unnecessary. In my opinion his rise to presidency was more unlikely than Lincoln in the fact that Grant had so many setbacks and failures compared to Lincoln, who also had his fair share in tragedy, but not as big as Grant was in my opinion.