When Ulysses Grant was president, did the United States economy prosper or decline?

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When Ulysses Grant was president, did the United States economy prosper or decline?

2007-09-19 12:16:34 · 3 answers · asked by Babar R 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History

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The Industrial Revolution began to take off, the Civil War debt was paid off, and the Panic of 1873 happened.

2007-09-19 14:11:52 · answer #1 · answered by Theodore H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Since he was elected at the end of the Civil War, it could only prosper. It couldn't get any worse.

Grant allowed Radical Reconstruction to run its course in the South, bolstering it at times with military force.

2007-09-19 19:31:22 · answer #2 · answered by Frosty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I believe that in general it declined.

2007-09-19 19:27:54 · answer #3 · answered by mf52dolphin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋