Answer: Grant signed the legislation on this day in 1871. After the act’s passage, the president for the first time had the power to suppress state disorders on his own initiative and suspend the right of habeas corpus. Grant did not hesitate to use this authority.
Explanation:
The land where he needed to build his canal was owned by Colombia and they would not allow it.
You will have multiple answers, the following are:
1. Historians with different perspectives
2. Historians with different points of view
3. Historians with varying personal biases
4. Historians with different interests of cause and effect
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