Grant Quiz for you History Buffs

After reading the blog on U.S. Grant, take the quiz.

Is this true?

President Ulysses S. Grant was once arrested during his term of office. He was convicted of exceeding the Washington speed limit on his horse and was fined $20.

Oh Canada!

Relations between Canada and the United States were dicey at best in those days because the U.S. president, Ulysses S. Grant, firmly believed that Canada should be annexed by the United States. Macdonald, who was Canada's first prime minister, and many other Canadians were vehemently opposed to such an idea.

The Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant was the victorious Union commander of the Civil War. He received General Lee’s sword at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.•

The always lucrative memoirs.
Grant finished his memoirs in 1885, a few weeks before his death from throat cancer. The book earned over $450,000 for his family after his death.

First National Park!
Ulysses S. Grant established Yellowstone as the nation's first national park on March 1, 1872.

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I know this is true as Little A knew it so, as she was lusting over the claw foot tub in Galena.

President William Howard Taft, weighing 325 pounds at the time, had a special bathtub installed at the White House which was big enough to hold four men.