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provides insights into U.S. history topics -- frontier life, westward expansion, the Mexican-American War, military strategy, slavery, abolition, race relations, Reconstruction, black suffrage, international relations, and the Presidency. See battle re-creations and political cartoons. Meet Civil War generals. Learn about Grant's greatest battles, Black Friday, the Panic of 1873, the disputed election of 1876, and more. (WGBH, National Endowment for the Humanities)
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On December 23, 1857, Grant pawned his watch, presumably to buy Christmas gifts for his family. On November 3, 1868, Grant was elected President, winning the electoral votes of 26 of 34 states and an electoral college majority of 214-80 over his Democratic opponent. But the popular majority was only 306,000 in a total vote of 5,715,000. |
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