2. ULYSSES S GRANT is a Republican, elected president in 1868 http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/6/67/Ulysses_s_grant.jpg
3. Despite attacks by the KKK, over 500,000 African Americans voting in the South
4. 15 th AMENDMENT – states citizens cannot be stopped from voting based on race Women were still not given the right to vote
5. President Grant did not chose his advisors well He chose friends and family members to fill positions they were not qualified http://www.worldsdumbestman.com/worldsdumbestman/web/bits/blog/politicalCartoons/grantHoldingStuff.jpg
6. Some of his friends in cabinet positions took bribes and caused scandals
8. PANIC OF 1873 – some banks made bad loans and had to close http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Panic_of_1873_bank_run.jpg/300px-Panic_of_1873_bank_run.jpg
9. Let to ECONOMIC DEPRESSION – a time of low business activity and high unemployment Lasted 5 years, many businesses fail and people lose jobs
11. 1876 Election is very close Tilden is Democrat Hayes is the Republican http://www.kiva.net/~jetorres/Hayes_Tilden.jpg
12. Election is so close that both sides declare they are the winner Hayes is eventually named President as the result of a compromise http://www.simonsays.com/assets/isbn/0743255526/C_0743255526.jpg
