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President Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877) in a speech in 1875 to a veteran's meeting...called for a Constitutional amendment that would mandate free public schools and prohibit the use of public money for sectarian schools. Grant laid out his agenda for "good common school education." He attacked government support for "sectarian schools" run by religious organizations, and called for the defense of…