[USA] - 18th President of the USA Ulysses S. Grant - Part 2

Ulysses S. Grant Birth: 27 April 1822 Died: 23 July 1885 Party: Republican Presidency: 1869 – 1877 Vice President: Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson Nickname: Uncle Sam The Pacific Railroad Act and the Transcontinental Railroad The Pacific Railroad Act chartered in 1862 established two companies the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific railroad company to found a transcontinental railroa.....