Grant was born in the West and had a hard upbringing. Unlike Lee, he did not have any privileges and any privileges someone would have where he grew up, "each man had won for himself." Nothing was given to him and he was forced to work for anything he desired. The attitude of many Westerners at the time was that any frontiers needed to explored, and that the nation's boundaries needed to be expanded. Grant looked first to the entire country as his community and wanted everyone to prosper. He directly associated his success with that of the entire country as a whole and was only content with "the continuous growth and development of his country." With this strong sense of nationality, he could not allow the union of the country to be broken. If he allowed the South to secede, he would view it as a setback to the country's
Grant was born in the West and had a hard upbringing. Unlike Lee, he did not have any privileges and any privileges someone would have where he grew up, "each man had won for himself." Nothing was given to him and he was forced to work for anything he desired. The attitude of many Westerners at the time was that any frontiers needed to explored, and that the nation's boundaries needed to be expanded. Grant looked first to the entire country as his community and wanted everyone to prosper. He directly associated his success with that of the entire country as a whole and was only content with "the continuous growth and development of his country." With this strong sense of nationality, he could not allow the union of the country to be broken. If he allowed the South to secede, he would view it as a setback to the country's