The Election Of 1868: Ulysses S. Grant vs. Horatio Seymour
Intro: Hello and welcome back to another edition of the presidential election articles as I'll be going over the election of 1868, the Civil War is finally over but things haven't been easy in the last several years as the famous Union Army General, Ulysses S. Grant takes on the former Governor of New York, Horatio Seymour...let's get into it. The Reconstruction Era By 1865, the Civil War had reached its conclusion with the Union coming out on top with all but three confederate states (Texas, Mississippi and Virginia) being brought back into the country, not to mention that the state of Nebraska has now officially become a part of the U.S. thus allowing them to vote in the up-and-coming election. The Republican Party meanwhile have been busy implementing various laws into action like the 13th Amendment which abolished slavery within the U.S. and the 14th Amendment which focused on granting citizenship and equal protection rights under law to the former slaves. In additi...