Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in 1822 in Ohio to a tanner. He attended West Point where he disliked military life but became a general. During the Civil War, Grant helped the Union win important battles and became Commanding General. After the war, Grant was elected the 18th US President where he helped ratify the 15th Amendment and protect African American rights. Grant achieved successes in the military including key victories and helping end the Civil War and slavery, which aligned with his lack of belief in slavery and goal to end it.

1. Manuel Perez
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Famous influential person

2. Introduction
• Who he was
• Childhood
• Career
• Successes
• Beliefs
• Goals/dreams

3. Hiram Ulysses Grant
• born in Point Pleasant on April 27, 1822
• 18th President of the United States
• Died July 23, 1885, Mount McGregor, New
York

4. Childhood
• Father was a tanner
• he had no interest in military life
• Forced to go to west point military academy
• Given the name Ulysses S. Grant at west point

5. Early Military career
• Second Lieut., 4th Infantry
• fought in the Mexican War
• Cited twice for bravery.
• He resigned from the Army in 1854

6. Military career during civil war
• Major-General, U. S. Army
• led troops to fight battles in the western
theater
• He was both praised and criticized
• helped end the Civil War

7. Presidential career
• Soon After civil war grant was elected president
• Grant wanted to ratify of the Fifteenth Amendment
• sent the military to protect African Americans from
newly formed terrorist groups

8. Successes
• He captured Fort Donelson, Tennessee in February
1862
• He captured Vicksburg
• He broke the Confederate hold on
Chattanooga, Tennessee
• April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court
House
• settling of the Alabama claims dispute with Great
Britain

9. Beliefs and morals
• Born Methodist
• Was not religious
• Did not believe in slavery

10. Dreams and goals
• Helped end slavery

11. Conclusion
• Who he was
• Childhood
• Career
• Successes
• Beliefs
• Goals/dreams

12. Work cited
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2011. Web. 02 Nov. 2011.
<http://millercenter.org/president/grant>.
• Davis, Todd, and Marc Frey. The New Big Book of U.S.
Presidents. Philadelphia: Courage, 2000. Print.
• Dupuy, Trevor Nevitt., Curt Johnson, and Davis L. Bongard.
The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography: An
Invaluable Compilitation and Assesment of the 3000 Most
Important Worldwide Military Figures from Earliest times to
the Present. Edison: Harper/Collins, 1995. Print.
• Morgan, Keya. Uylsses S Grant Home Page. Uylsses S Grant
Home Page, 2009. Web. 19 Oct. 2011.
<http://www.empirenet.com/~ulysses/>.