Answer: Ulysses S. Grant
Explanation: Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th U.S. president. He was born in 1822 in Ohio and started to worked in his father's tannery at a young age.
In 1868 Ulysses was elected U.S. president. As president, he worked to protect rights of American Indians and African-Americans. He also tried to help the hurting economy.
The main reason why so many of the machines that sped up production and travel were invented during the 18th and 19th centuries is because this was the time of the Industrial Revolution, which saw a great increase in factory production, which helped create the machines in question.
Your correct answers are A,C,D,E
