President Ulysses S. Grant used all the powers of the federa…
President Ulysses S. Grant used all the powers of the federal government to protect black citizens during Reconstruction and to prosecute those who used violence against newly freed slaves. Grant’s campaign against perpetrators of violence against blacks nearly eradicated hate groups like the White Lotus League and the KKK. However, with , the judicial branch overturned most of the arrests made under the Enforcement Acts and freed those arrested by federal officers (including those who had murdered multiple people). Deprived of the ability to federally enforce protection of blacks, Grant and his successors were unable to effectively prevent the waves of violence and intimidation against blacks in the south following the end of Reconstruction