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What Congress doesis to equip Grant with the Ku Klux Klan Act. ‐ Grant felt so...

Grant • S01E03 • 2020
What Congress does
is to equip Grant with the Ku Klux Klan Act. ‐ Grant felt so strongly
about the KKK Act that he actually marched up
to Capitol Hill with his entire cabinet
to lobby for it

Full Transcript

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What Congress does is to equip Grant
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with the Ku Klux Klan Act.
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‐ Grant felt so strongly about the KKK Act
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that he actually marched up to Capitol Hill
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with his entire cabinet to lobby for it.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
01:02:30
Uploaded
May 27, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
RadicalMedia,Appian Way,A+E Global Media,Lionsgate Television,Film Afrika

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Movie Summary

The documentary-series examines Ulysses S. Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.
S01 • E03 This was a very powerful and sweeping act. - Grant 00:05
This was a very powerful and sweeping act.
S01 • E03 ‐ It allows Grant to declare martial law - Grant 00:18
‐ It allows Grant to declare martial law
S01 • E01 [tense music] - Grant 00:07
[tense music]
S01 • E03 The Ku Kluxers are all over those towns. - Grant 00:05
The Ku Kluxers are all over those towns.
S01 • E01 [indistinct chatter] - Grant 00:07
[indistinct chatter]
S01 • E03 They're farmers, sheriffs, politicians. - Grant 00:07
They're farmers, sheriffs, politicians.
S01 • E01 Form them into regiments. - Grant 00:04
Form them into regiments.
S01 • E01 I don't care what regiments they used to be in. - Grant 00:05
I don't care what regiments they used to be in.
S01 • E02 ‐ The great advantage of the Union army - Grant 00:07
‐ The great advantage of the Union army
S01 • E02 In that choked vine forest, - Grant 00:43
In that choked vine forest,
S01 • E03 ‐ Well, sir, we had to find the enemy any way we could. - Grant 00:05
‐ Well, sir, we had to find the enemy any way we could.
S01 • E01 Fall in! - Grant 00:04
Fall in!
S01 • E01 ‐ Buell won't get here till nightfall, - Grant 00:06
‐ Buell won't get here till nightfall,
S01 • E03 ‐ Exactly. ‐ We had to gather information, - Grant 00:08
‐ Exactly. ‐ We had to gather information,
S01 • E03 ‐ And that's what you're gonna do now against the Klan. - Grant 00:06
‐ And that's what you're gonna do now against the ...
S01 • E03 After you learn who your targets are, you'll strike. - Grant 00:06
After you learn who your targets are, you'll strike.
S01 • E03 And I don't care if they're doctors or farmers or lawyers. - Grant 00:06
And I don't care if they're doctors or farmers or ...
S01 • E03 ‐ You're gonna root them out, Merrill, - Grant 00:05
‐ You're gonna root them out, Merrill,
S01 • E01 ‐ When Grant finally got to Pittsburg Landing, - Grant 00:05
‐ When Grant finally got to Pittsburg Landing,
S01 • E01 ‐ Grant immediately begins to assess the situation, - Grant 00:44
‐ Grant immediately begins to assess the situation,