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? When Grant is president,he's dealing with a host of issues with theTranscontinental...

Grant • S01E03 • 2020
� When Grant is president,
he's dealing with a host of issues with the
Transcontinental Railroad, certainly with
Native Americans. He makes a pledge of leniency and goodwill
toward Native Americans which ultimately
doesn't pan out. And we're moving
into the period when industry and capitalism
are coming to the forefront. ‐ The economy in the North,
in particular, had expanded tremendously during the war. So you have‐‐
during Grant's presidency, you have the beginnings
of the rise of big business

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‐ When Grant is president, he's dealing with a host
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of issues with the Transcontinental Railroad,
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certainly with Native Americans.
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He makes a pledge of leniency
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and goodwill toward Native Americans
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which ultimately doesn't pan out.
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And we're moving into the period when industry
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and capitalism are coming to the forefront.
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‐ The economy in the North, in particular, had expanded
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tremendously during the war.
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So you have‐‐ during Grant's presidency,
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you have the beginnings of the rise of big business.
Duration
36 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
01:06:53
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 • E02 ‐ Lee was actually moving very aggressively. - Grant 00:10
‐ Lee was actually moving very aggressively.
S01 • E01 It becomes a very chaotic, brutal fight, - Grant 00:18
It becomes a very chaotic, brutal fight,
S01 • E03 At the same time, there's an enormous expansion - Grant 00:24
At the same time, there's an enormous expansion
S01 • E02 ‐ Once Grant crosses the river, - Grant 00:09
‐ Once Grant crosses the river,
S01 • E01 [booming] - Grant 00:08
[booming]
S01 • E03 ‐ Grant thinks everybody has a good heart, - Grant 00:07
‐ Grant thinks everybody has a good heart,
S01 • E02 ‐ Pitch into them at the first‐‐ - Grant 00:05
‐ Pitch into them at the first‐‐
S01 • E01 [booming] - Grant 00:10
[booming]
S01 • E03 ‐ Grant has a blind loyalty to people, - Grant 00:35
‐ Grant has a blind loyalty to people,
S01 • E02 ‐ Grant is going to tell Meade, - Grant 00:05
‐ Grant is going to tell Meade,
S01 • E02 You attack them." - Grant 00:16
You attack them."
S01 • E01 [gunfire] - Grant 00:56
[gunfire]
S01 • E03 ‐ There was an innocence about Grant, - Grant 00:17
‐ There was an innocence about Grant,
S01 • E01 ‐ Shiloh, the first day doesn't go well, - Grant 00:11
‐ Shiloh, the first day doesn't go well,
S01 • E01 Grant is able to learn through hard experience, - Grant 00:09
Grant is able to learn through hard experience,
S01 • E03 Once there's a Democratic majority - Grant 00:28
Once there's a Democratic majority
S01 • E01 ‐ Grant is already thinking to fall back gradually, - Grant 00:15
‐ Grant is already thinking to fall back gradually,
S01 • E01 ‐ And so orders went out to all his division commanders - Grant 00:11
‐ And so orders went out to all his division commanders
S01 • E02 ‐ It had been a very dry spring. - Grant 00:11
‐ It had been a very dry spring.
S01 • E03 [cheers and applause] - Grant 00:05
[cheers and applause]