Disney's The American Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant

[Crankee78]

@theDeckisStacked He originally didn't want to President, even his friend General Sherman advised him not to run because he told him Washington, D.C. would mop the floor with him and destroy him, Grant didn't want to be President, but ended up serving two terms. He hated politics, he didn't like newspaper publicity and hated being away from his family and wasn't a public speaker but that was involved with the President career profile.

[brandon052695]

Ulssess S. Grant Is My Grandma's Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandpa. Therefore Im Relateted to Him :))))))))))) woot!

[xacto202]

@brandon052695 So am I!!! idk how many greats there are, but its on my grandfathers side! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT

[LocoRico89]

@xacto202 @brandon052695 Hey you two, I'm related Abraham Lincoln...say you guys become one of my generals? :-D

[KaThRyN2624]

@Cyrus255 Actually, they did get their facts right. They said that the 15th amendment gave the right to vote to all male CITIZENS, regardless of race or color. Asians may not have had the right to vote, but it's because they weren't considered citizens. The video doesn't say that Asians were given the right to vote, it says that male citizens were. So the facts presented in the video are correct.

[InsaneDrugs]

Thats my Great x10 Grand Dad.. heres our similarities and diffrences -Similarities

1) Love Beer

2)White

3) Last Name Grant -Diffrences

1) Im RedNeck

2) Im From The South

3) Im NEVER Gunna Join The Military

4) Im Not A Disgrace to the Grant Family so im sorry Great x10 grandpa, but Becoming a General and Becoming Presidents wont Stop What You Did To Our Family's Home Land aka The South.

[geomodelrailroader]

Grant took all means to keep the blacks from being attacked the southerners and former plantation owners started the KKK the goal to kill all blacks or return them to the plantations in South Carolina Grant did not like this so he did what Bush did in 2001 he said "we don't support terrorist and we won't have it." he sent federal troops to South Carolina and the south and rounded up the KKK most of the members were hanged by they are still out there and to this day they throw darts at $50s

[InsaneDrugs]

thats my great great great great great grand dad..

[sadieandjosh]

I love how they indicate that Grant is a child by shrinking the animation and adding a lollipop.

[7700patie]

Thats my cousin

[CupisHomines]

Yep. I'm a Yankee. all I know is that I'm related to some revolutionary from Virginia during the colonial war.

[CupisHomines]

i was told that I look like Grant. I'll let you decide.

[DJBigMC]

@shadowgirl9891 Actually, you're thinking of Andrew Jackson with that quote (or possibly Philip Sheridan, one of Grant's subordinates). Grant was actually one of the more peaceful presidents towards Native Americans in the 1800s.

[Cyrus255]

Actually they got some facts wrong, Asians, even Asian males were the last people to get the right to vote, they could not vote until the 1960's. So not all males could vote. But most people overlook that.

The reason is not lack of suffrage though per say. It was because they were deemed by US law to be "aliens ineligible for citizenship" until 1965. Which is also worse besides lack of a vote. Despite the worst hardships, they have risen to the highest per capita income among the races.

[NevrSilent]

Probably a fairly affable guy, but not a very good president in the end. He's one of those cases of a man who managed to fail upward, until finally there was a job he was so bad at, everyone realized how over his head he was. Those of us who lived through the second Bush administration could relate.

[SuperGirls144]

This actually helped. I have to do a monolougue for my Social Studies class on him. cause we do a simulation and the two best chosen people (meh and some other kid) Are the generals of the north and south.

[faachong]

This helped me on my project(:

[QuaDzPro]

i like guy just because my first name is ulysses,but i go by my middle name

[whatorwellsaid]

good video! 

[shadowgirl9891]

Yeah, but this documentary forgot to include how racist Ulysses S. Grant was. Remember he said, "The only good indian is a dead indian." That's why I don't like him. He may have been a good military leader, but he wasn't a good politician.

[CSBernard03]

@shadowgirl9891 That is a flagrantly misattributed quote. Philip Sheridan, one of Grant's subordinates during the Civil War and after, was believed to have said this. Grant's administration worked toward a peace policy with the Native Americans. But, like his economic policies, his Native American policies were undermined by the very people he trusted. He also had the embarassing distinction of being the sitting President at the time of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

[peachkim]

Great general, great Civil Rights activists, but a rather weak president because he trusted the wrong people. Still, he is one of my favorite people from the Civil War era!

[CSBernard03]

As an admirer of Ulysses Grant, I can say (for many that admire him) that it's a terrible shame that the scandals seemed to overpower Grant's civil rights efforts. It's a good thing that "the Man That Saved The Union" has seen his stocks rise in these later days. And, thanks to you good folks at DisneyEducation, there's a good chance that Grant's will be better remembered for his triumphs than his failings. =)

[Forevermoonlight13]

nice