Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure peHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, Ulysses S. Grant akapedza makore mana ari mukuru wemauto eUnited States munguva yorugare. Nokukunda kwake Robert E. Lee neConfederation, Grant akanga ari munhu akakurumbira zvikurusa munyika. Sezvo Hondo yevagari vemo yakapera Grant akatendeudzira ngwariro yake kuMapani muAmerican West uko kwaive nekukakavadzana kwakawanda pakati pevagari vechichena, njanji, uye maNative America izvo zvakaguma nehondo pakati pevaNative nemauto eU.S. Nepo kuedza
Kupinda kwevaFenian muCanada uye kupindira kweFrance muMexico zvakatora imwe yenguva yake, Grant ainyanya kufunga nezvekuvakazve nyika dzokumaodzanyemba dzakakundwa. Grant akazviwana akabatwa pakati paPurezidhendi Andrew Johnson, uyo aida kunzwira tsitsi kumaodzanyemba uye kuenderera mberi kwechimiro chemagariro imomo, uye maRadical Republican muCongress, aida chirango chakaomarara kuvatungamiriri vevapanduki uye rubatsiro rwakawanda rwehurumende kuvaranda vakasunungurwa. Grant akachengetedza mukurumbira wake nechiremera munguva yose yenhamo yakaguma nokumiswa kwaJohnson. Muna 1868, vaRepublican vakasarudza Grant kuti ave purezidhendi, uye akakunda nyore nyore mukwikwidzi wake weDemocratic.