The Civil War, Part I: Crash Course US History #20

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  • @shannonchaney6419
    @shannonchaney6419 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4560

    anyone else hoping this will replace the hours of studying that you should've done for your final

    • @nationalistcanuck2877
      @nationalistcanuck2877 6 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Shannon Chaney If you got a genuine American history class you will fail.

    • @carinafolescu8798
      @carinafolescu8798 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Nationalist Canuck Ap exam tm lmfaooooooo

    • @AlexRodriguez-oo9yu
      @AlexRodriguez-oo9yu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Carina Folescu In the same boat bro

    • @carinafolescu8798
      @carinafolescu8798 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Alex Rodriguez it’s super depressing, hope I at least get a 3! Lmfao we just started reviewing for the exam this week👍🏼

    • @AlexRodriguez-oo9yu
      @AlexRodriguez-oo9yu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Carina Folescu How'd you do lol? The DBQ stumped me for a little bit and the LEQ was ehh

  • @amandakanaly6643
    @amandakanaly6643 5 ปีที่แล้ว +447

    4:30 - reasons why the north won
    5:54 - reconstruction attempts
    7:39 - ulysses s. grant
    9:23 - most important union victories

  • @NT-co1qw
    @NT-co1qw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1454

    The battle of Shrute Farms was the most northern offensive of the civil war

    • @lennywoodman2193
      @lennywoodman2193 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Yes yes YES. I second this.

    • @fredserrato7173
      @fredserrato7173 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You are so right

    • @roryyoust5115
      @roryyoust5115 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      YES

    • @cluck9692
      @cluck9692 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Correction, the battle of Shrute Farms was the only battle of the civil war

    • @obalitkhana8694
      @obalitkhana8694 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@cluck9692 false, black bear

  • @abrahamlincoln6789
    @abrahamlincoln6789 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1079

    I don't remember receiving any e-mails about this video. You seriously missed out on an excellent source. Also "The fault in our stars" was decent at best.

    • @cringefailtastic
      @cringefailtastic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Lincoln! Did you know we put your face on money?

    • @khaoticlol
      @khaoticlol 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      LINCOL PLS RESPOND TO THIS COMMENT!

    • @janetracy1399
      @janetracy1399 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      The Fault in our stars was an incredible read. I'm sorry that your miniature brain could not see that.

    • @johnchessant3012
      @johnchessant3012 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ThatSpicyFoodMoron "WHY IS MY FACE ON A COIN THAT IS WORTH 1/26 OF WHAT A PENNY WAS WORTH WHEN I WAS PRESIDENT?"
      (watch?v=77C47XYm_3c&t=2m59s)

    • @isabellaanderson8174
      @isabellaanderson8174 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@janetracy1399 I so agree.

  • @trapdontaris
    @trapdontaris 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2043

    USA: We lost 8% of our male population in a war
    France: Hold my beer

  • @meyerpeterson7856
    @meyerpeterson7856 5 ปีที่แล้ว +961

    I'm playing this in the backround hoping my subconscious will absorb this and spit it out by the exam

    • @darlin4818
      @darlin4818 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Hahhaha So I'm not the only one here having an exam for this period of time !! LOL

    • @MrSupernova111
      @MrSupernova111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nope.

    • @karojen6764
      @karojen6764 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pretty much like yes

    • @karmabakescakes
      @karmabakescakes 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      literally me

    • @karmabakescakes
      @karmabakescakes 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@darlin4818 well everyone has to when school goes down.... but its ok

  • @bleggsbleggs
    @bleggsbleggs 9 ปีที่แล้ว +580

    Lincoln downplayed slavery because he didn't want to piss off the slave states that stayed in the union. He personally was an abolitionist.

    • @johnc.calhoun7755
      @johnc.calhoun7755 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      RonPaulHatesBlacks It wasn't a war it was a coup d'etat staged by Lincoln and the Republicans. It's all about DEMOCRACY. We had it before Lincoln but not after.

    • @bleggsbleggs
      @bleggsbleggs 9 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Yeah Andrew Jackson did more to reduce states' rights than Lincoln did, and there was no civil war then.

    • @lorrainecarrillo5210
      @lorrainecarrillo5210 9 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      +John C. Calhoun
      You're right the south didn't have democracy after Lincoln, because they had Johnson(unelected),
      the klan, and Jim Crow,
      until the federal government restored democracy in the south, by passing the civil rights act,
      It revoked the state right to deny black people from voting.
      The only people complaining about "violations /trampling" by the federal government on the states rights -are those who liked the Jim Crow laws and we're appalled by black people voting.

    • @PirategamingClan
      @PirategamingClan 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wheres the evidence?

    • @gingerdavis8071
      @gingerdavis8071 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ***** I am in utter shock. I never read that before. Now l see the light. Thank you so much for that astounding fact that will truly change how Americans view the Civil War.

  • @BadgerCheese94
    @BadgerCheese94 8 ปีที่แล้ว +569

    I still can't believe the amount of people who are still bitter over losing the Civil War. We lost, get over it. The South is a better place now than if it had actually stayed the Confederacy.

    • @gamerN77
      @gamerN77 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      What do you mean with "we lost"?

    • @BadgerCheese94
      @BadgerCheese94 7 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      We meaning "The South." I'm from the South.

    • @IkeOkerekeNews
      @IkeOkerekeNews 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      BadgerCheese94
      It is not surprising. Civil unrest in the past can last generations before they are fully healed.

    • @tombahma
      @tombahma 7 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      because without slavery the south was nothing but a bunch of stupid morons. true. im from the south as well.

    • @plasmoxxie8275
      @plasmoxxie8275 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      This is about a year late, but it's because people don't like being painted the bad guy. Two hundred years later and the primary focus of social studies, American history, and in many ways politics, is still slavery and how evil southerners were/are.

  • @SuperHamsterhuey
    @SuperHamsterhuey 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3003

    Attention Lincoln haters:
    Lincoln had a cool hat, therefore, Lincoln is great
    I rest my case

    • @samfam3660
      @samfam3660 9 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      🆒🆗

    • @redcoat4348
      @redcoat4348 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ***** freakin conservatives.

    • @EnragedSephiroth
      @EnragedSephiroth 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ***** Freakin' conservatives, just what are you trying to conserve? 'Murica?!

    • @EnragedSephiroth
      @EnragedSephiroth 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ***** Socialists? No one's doing away with Capitalism. It's the foundation of everything here. No countries are taking over, nor would it be in their best interest to do so; they depend on our spending power.

    • @EnragedSephiroth
      @EnragedSephiroth 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Okay dude, your bias is coming off a little strong. Relax. Other countries want what we have? Other countries HAVE better things than we have (e.g. healthcare and education) precisely because we're too occupied with paranoia and infighting.

  • @LegoJunk128
    @LegoJunk128 10 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Thank you John. One for giving me a quick recap of the Civil War before a history test, and second acknowledging my home state of Delaware :)

  • @CFM2
    @CFM2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    For those who are doing the same thing as me, here are the answers. Thank me by subscribing.
    1. April 12 1861
    2. Abraham Lincoln
    3. North of the United states and the south of the United States
    4. A border state is a state that was part of the slaves states that wasn't part of the confederacy. Such as Kentucky, Missouri, Delaware and Maryland.
    5. The union won the war
    6. Advantages such as many more people, also manufactures more than 90% of all goods in America
    7. The only advantage the south had was better military leaders
    8. They had to outlast the Northern efforts to bring them back into the union
    9. His strategy was to wear down the south
    10. It gave them control to the Mississippi river
    11. Gettysburg was a decisive victory for the Union Army and was the last time the Confederacy ever attacked Union soil.
    12. The political importance of the capture was that it happened close to the election

  • @brittanytaylor8551
    @brittanytaylor8551 8 ปีที่แล้ว +359

    If I read one more ignorant comment about how the North bullied the South and that's how the Civil War started, I may have to jump out my window. Slavery was the central issue. Slavery drove the South's entire economy, slavery was the main reason the South left the Union, slavery was the issue that led people to claim it was about "state's rights." The South wanted to keep slavery, that's what the "rights" were that they wanted to keep. I live in Massachusetts, so I can gladly say the North won and the country's been better off with that outcome.

    • @ethanmorgan2534
      @ethanmorgan2534 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      no, no it wasn't...

    • @blueoctavo
      @blueoctavo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      pernicious ignorance via vague generality. the political contest over extension of slavery into the territories is the proximate context for why SC & most of lower south seceded (still they didn't want war & made every effort to be allowed to go in peace). it remains for you to discover why upper south which was overwhelmingly pro-Union decided to secede (asking again to be left to leave in peace w.their honor & constitutional rights intact). there is absolutely no way this war would have been fought if the moral question of slavery was presented as the issue. the overwhelming majority of northerners had no wish to abolish slavery in the south. no one cared about the poor negro. Yankees wanted the territories for whites only.

    • @Keldroc
      @Keldroc 8 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Racist attitudes in the North didn't generally extend to the notion of owning human beings, which had become a religious moral question. Plenty of Northerners held the racist belief that black people were not their equals while also holding the belief that black people shouldn't be owned as property. The two things are not mutually exclusive, and to claim otherwise is to try and make excuses for the real cause of the war: Slavery.

    • @nmay2991
      @nmay2991 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      brittany gomez from the North?

    • @helloby791
      @helloby791 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Idiot South Carolina was the first to secede yet states rights were more important than slavery in South Carolina.

  • @MrZattack101
    @MrZattack101 9 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    There was actually a catuar on screen at 2:20.
    Its in the bottom left side of the screen
    I love crash course/thought bubble for making easter eggs like this

    • @machination2166
      @machination2166 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cactus*

    • @Luuuumaaaa
      @Luuuumaaaa 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Jason Tan Cactuar*

    • @machination2166
      @machination2166 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      oh, i never realized cactuar was a real thing

    • @mdstarfaith706
      @mdstarfaith706 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Jason Tan It's a monster/summon from Final Fantasy.

    • @youvegot
      @youvegot 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cloud from Final Fantasy is the one that pointed that out if you didn't realize, they gave you cactuar. Cloud being from the same game series is the real easter egg.

  • @reubenelijah1258
    @reubenelijah1258 7 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    "He should start wearing the dress if he's not willing to fight."
    LOL

    • @rezkalla
      @rezkalla 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I think she should have gone to fight.

    • @ameyas7726
      @ameyas7726 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Today's American men...wears the dress and does YMCA!

    • @kaizen5023
      @kaizen5023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      This example of the woman mailing her boyfriend the dress and saying that "He should start wearing the dress if he's not willing to fight," is an example of how some women still greatly influence politics and war even if they seem like they are just in the background, for example, wives of male presidents.

  • @calamityamity3706
    @calamityamity3706 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I never had the war presented to me from a perspective other than its battles - and yet it wasn't in a vacuum, politics and economics shaped it to a powerful degree. Thank you CC

  • @JohnBrownsArmory
    @JohnBrownsArmory 5 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    North or South, we must all agree, everyone major figure had awesome beards.

  • @pensandshakers
    @pensandshakers 8 ปีที่แล้ว +285

    Of course, he also said: "If I could preserve this Union without freeing the slaves, I would."

    • @AstraAnima
      @AstraAnima 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Okay and?

    • @AstraAnima
      @AstraAnima 8 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      That was his goal. He opposed slavery but not to the extent of the radical republicans.

    • @anne7929
      @anne7929 8 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      +Malik Walker Lincoln's main goal was to preserve the union. He was against slavery, but he said, "My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that... I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty, and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men, everywhere, could be free."

    • @AstraAnima
      @AstraAnima 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sonia Dean That's what I said.

    • @anne7929
      @anne7929 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Malik Walker I meant to respond to the original comment whoops, I was elaborating bc I have a civil war test tomorrow and I was like WAIT I HAVE A GOOD QUOTE FOR THIS IN MY TEXTBOOK

  • @saman9291
    @saman9291 5 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    "OH!! HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES?!?!?" -John Green, 2013

    • @NotWithThatAttitude
      @NotWithThatAttitude 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Favourite quote of the month award goes to...😂😂

  • @11b11b1
    @11b11b1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +423

    And here's some Asian dude, knowing that the comment section will be controversial without even looking at it.

    •  5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      You correct. You so wise.

    • @iamaspaceman8533
      @iamaspaceman8533 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      찬찬 yOu aSiAN zIPpErhEaDs rUiNING oUr cOnTry! I’m joking but that’s the south for you they hate everyone

    • @syedzaid5771
      @syedzaid5771 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thought I was the only Asian watching.

    • @박서연-y4o
      @박서연-y4o 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Another asian here
      I have to do a presentation abt this😉😉

    • @GOWIN8109837
      @GOWIN8109837 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

  • @mariotrouncer1794
    @mariotrouncer1794 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    2:54 love how they added a picture of Cloud in there

  • @melissablake5961
    @melissablake5961 5 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    Could you imagine being wounded in battle and choosing the pet name “honeybun” to refer to your comrade.

  • @kayrao.862
    @kayrao.862 4 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    99.9% of comments be like..
    “I gotta test tmrrw”

  • @jpoplistener5559
    @jpoplistener5559 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    0:55 when you call yourself a "sniveling little ghoul"

  • @alozzzy1213
    @alozzzy1213 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    In my US history textbook it showed that Delaware was a little important. If DE decided to secede from the Union, then Philadelphia would lose access to the sea, which was a major city of importance in those days. However, DE still isn't that important, you are right. Love the videos, and this is helping me solidify concepts for my last essay of the Semester. :)

  • @forrestweintraub9858
    @forrestweintraub9858 8 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    How many people went back to 2:20?

  • @PiznesPiznes
    @PiznesPiznes 9 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    During the American Civil War, Russian-American relations were very good. Alone among European powers Russia offered rhetorical support for the Union, largely due to the view that the U.S. served as a counterbalance to the British Empire.[16]
    During the winter of 1861-1862, the Imperial Russian Navy sent two fleets to American waters to avoid their getting trapped if a war broke out with Britain and France. Many Americans at the time viewed this as an intervention on behalf of the Union, though historians deny this.[17]
    Alexander Nevsky and the other vessels of the Atlantic squadron stayed in American waters for seven months (September 1863 to June 1864).[18]

    • @krim7
      @krim7 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cool factoid!

    • @Vesporeon
      @Vesporeon 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow I didn't know that U.S.-Russian relations were good, I thought they were mostly neutral towards each other until WWII.

    • @markscott9259
      @markscott9259 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Darian Figueroa​ what you didn't know that. Shit they fly in space together.

    • @Vesporeon
      @Vesporeon 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Martiez Scott​ What the hell are you talking about? Also they didn't fly in space together, they fought to see who could get the most technological progress and goals reached (like first animal, first person, etc) in the new frontiecr of space in the Space Race. Also the American Civil War happened almost 200 years before the Space Race began.

    • @markscott9259
      @markscott9259 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Darian Figueroa​ I'm talking about now... you're talking about then. And again you didn't know the Civil War happened 200 years ago. Who do you think you're talking to an alien?

  • @CinemaKnight
    @CinemaKnight 8 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    My great great great grandfather Frank Allen Pettys and his father Amos both served in the 19th Wisconsin regiment during the Civil War and that particular regiment was the first to fly its colors over the Confederate capital when it was defeated.

    • @Shaheer4771
      @Shaheer4771 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Cinema Knight how old are u

  • @hinokochan4358
    @hinokochan4358 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    When your favorite author teaches history lessons for your final exam. Bless

  • @lorddetrivore60
    @lorddetrivore60 8 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    I slowed it down .5 speed and now I can understand what he is saying.

    • @alexaliona
      @alexaliona 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      you put it at 2x speed, you learn twice as much, twice as fast!

    • @PlatinumSpoons
      @PlatinumSpoons 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      so 4x?

    • @marcusfillard9578
      @marcusfillard9578 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Polite Conversation yeah but then it's a painful 24 minutes long

    • @stratoleft
      @stratoleft 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      The reason you had to slow this down, because this catholic fraud has to do what most vatican controlled frauds and suckwads usually do do. They give you a brief lesson on how dumb Abraham Lincoln was, and pretty much never give you the fact that the catholic "church" gave the green light on his assassination as well. The s.o.b. in this video is no better than having the catholic criminals at Georgetown University giving "lessons" on the civil war.

    • @audreylai8168
      @audreylai8168 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It's supposed to be a brief lesson. It's called Crash Course.

  • @mrsnakesmrnot8499
    @mrsnakesmrnot8499 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Southern rebels knew, according to their written correspondence, that they were fighting to preserve the institution of slavery. Sure, the rhetoric was typically, “We are fighting for our rights!” ...but they knew that they fought for the right to preserve slavery, the foundation of their economy.

    • @willmaples4062
      @willmaples4062 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The government wanted to preserve slavery, but I will argue that most of the people who fought in battle only did so to protect their land and their families such as Robert E. Lee who was adamantly against slavery, but was from Virginia.

  • @janelim9496
    @janelim9496 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    "Anyone see the cactus at 2:20? OMG?"
    *Goes back a minute to check the cactus*
    Yep! Saw it

  • @pranzfegidero2558
    @pranzfegidero2558 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I just realized. He’s the author of The Fault In Our Stars, Paper Towns, Looking For Alaska, and other notable books😲😲😲

  • @melanieburciaga8682
    @melanieburciaga8682 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I have my midterms tomorrow and i'm like trying to learn all this in one night

    • @Jennifer-ws2vb
      @Jennifer-ws2vb 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      melanie burciaga same dude

    • @secondstring
      @secondstring 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      These history videos always have students doing the same, last minute cramming. Always makes me wonder how they have the time to strike up chats in the comments sections...or even read the comments sections for that matter.

    • @diddyange2258
      @diddyange2258 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did u do well in the exam from this video?

  • @Mikeyvellii
    @Mikeyvellii 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that." A Lincoln.

    • @Mikeyvellii
      @Mikeyvellii 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      RonPaulHatesBlacks Letter to Horace Greely. Written during the heart of the Civil War, this is one of Abraham Lincoln's most famous letters. Greeley, editor of the influential New York Tribune, had just addressed an editorial to Lincoln called "The Prayer of Twenty Millions," making demands and implying that Lincoln's administration lacked direction and resolve.
      President Lincoln made his reply when a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation already lay in his desk drawer. His response revealed his concentration on preserving the Union. The letter, which received acclaim in the North, stands as a classic statement of Lincoln's constitutional responsibilities. A few years after the president's death, Greeley wrote an assessment of Lincoln. He stated that Lincoln did not actually respond to his editorial but used it instead as a platform to prepare the public for his "altered position" on emancipation.

    • @Smithy0013
      @Smithy0013 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Mikey T "There is not a respectable system of civilization known to history whose foundations were not laid in the institution of domestic slavery."
      -- Senator Robert Hunter of VA
      "Democratic liberty exists solely because we have slaves...freedom is not possible without slavery"
      -- Richmond Enquirer, 1856
      "We regard every man in our midst an enemy to the institutions of the South, who does not boldly declare that he believes African slavery to be a social, moral, and political blessing"
      -- Atlanta Confederacy, 1860
      "African slavery is the corner-stone of the industrial, social, and political fabric of the South; and whatever wars against it, wars against her very existence. Strike down the institution of African slavery and you reduce the South to depopulation and barbarism"
      -- Congressman Lawrence Keitt of South Carolina, January 25, 1860
      "If the Republican party with its platform of principles, the main feature of which is the abolition of slavery and, therefore, the destruction of the South, carries the country at the next Presidential election, shall we remain in the Union, or form a separate Confederacy? This is the great, grave issue. It is not who shall be President, it is not which party shall rule -- it is a question of political and social existence."
      -- Alfred P. Aldrich, South Carolina legislator

    • @Mikeyvellii
      @Mikeyvellii 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Smithy0013 interesting.

  • @AwesomeFroggy
    @AwesomeFroggy 11 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Thank you, Crash Course, for helping me study for (and hopefully NOT fail) my AP US History class final this semester (and also probably next).

  • @saramcknz
    @saramcknz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "this is crashcourse history" do you mean this is the youtube channel that is going to help me pass my history class

  • @mikali3461
    @mikali3461 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    When you're reminded of that one guy in a book who loved to memorize last words and suddenly realize that book was looking for Alaska by John Green

  • @coltenhunter2000
    @coltenhunter2000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    See
    I lost a percentage on a test because one of their questions was, “what caused slavery” and it gave options and one was just slavery, and I just circled that.
    But my history teacher was like
    That’s wrong, it was more about the states rights and I was like
    No

    • @evanmcconnell6764
      @evanmcconnell6764 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      cj Hunter you should have responded “A State’s right to what Sir?”

    • @darrianweathington1923
      @darrianweathington1923 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Evan McConnell teacher would've probably got him expelled

    • @ID-gt8zs
      @ID-gt8zs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      cj Hunter. Let me guess he came from the south lol.

  • @GrantsGaming
    @GrantsGaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Our history teacher told us to watch this during quarantine and I noticed right off the bat that the guy making this is a big fan of final fantasy.

  • @funnyfosteranimals
    @funnyfosteranimals 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love these crash course videos! I have short attention span, but these videos always keep me interested and paying attention!

  • @HorrorMovieReviewGuy
    @HorrorMovieReviewGuy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    can you imagine living in those times for a year?

    • @culturehub2628
      @culturehub2628 8 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      HorrorMovieReviewGuy no toilet and basic plumbing.
      Pass. Take my I pad but when you take my toilet away I draw the line. :(

    • @TheLegend-mu6zg
      @TheLegend-mu6zg 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      HorrorMovieReviewGuy Ikr no Panin presses

    • @miladantoine4566
      @miladantoine4566 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      500 hundred years from now, some people would say how one could live in 21th century.

    • @jayliherable
      @jayliherable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm Asian so I would probably be mistreated for my skin color during that time.

  • @karojen6764
    @karojen6764 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    “Delaware..... actually wasn’t that important.” Bahahaha

  • @theeNappy
    @theeNappy 9 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Well, it was also about agrarian economics, economics which relied on slavery, federal and state governmental powers, a conflict that came to a head over slavery, and cultural differences between the North and the South, differences which largely centered on slavery.
    While the Civil War was a conflict over several issues, all of those issues returned back to the central issue of slavery. Unless someone is trying to have an in-depth, specialized, and specific discussion of, for example, antebellum agrarian economics (even in which case slavery is a major constituent element), pretending that the Civil War wasn't about slavery is dangerously stupid.

    • @thirteenpixelz7365
      @thirteenpixelz7365 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No, the South seceding was a response to Lincoln's election. Lincoln was not an abolitionist. He didn't want to end slavery, he wanted to stop the expansion of slavery. When the Union started falling apart, he went to war with the South. Sure, slavery was a big factor in this regard, along with tariffs, and too strong of a central tyrannical government (hmmm, Britain)... Lincoln when to war to preserve the union - there's a famous quote where he says that if "I could've preserved the union without freeing any slaves, I would have done so."

    • @theeNappy
      @theeNappy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Lincoln's election as a motivation for the south secession is only valid when you remember they firmly believed Lincoln would push hard for emancipation. Which he did. So, as a cause of the cause of the Civil War, Lincoln's election is a long winded way of saying slavery.
      High terifs as a motive? Teriffs apply to *imports*, not exports. The south was *exporting* cotton. So that argument is just ridiculous on the very face of it.
      I'll admit the war powers of the president were expanded.
      As a result of the war. Not a cause.
      So, if the "tyranical" expansion of the powers of the federal government you're referring to is actually southern fears of "they're coming for our slaves," thank you for reinforcing my point that Slavery was the cause of the Civil War.
      If you doubt that the cornerstone of the Confederacy's very existance was to preserve slavery, alow me to quote Confederate Vice-President Alexander Stephen's Cornerstone Speech
      Ahem,
      "Our new government is founded upon exactly [this] idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth."
      So, the Confederacy itself cites slavery as the cause of its own existance, and thus, the Civil War.
      Don't try me pal, *I woke up earlier than you.*

    • @secondstring
      @secondstring 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thirteenpixelz7365 - Lincoln was the first Republican president. The Republican Party was founded only 6 years prior to his election with an anti-slavery platform as the cornerstone of its identity. The southern states know this in 1864, long before Lincoln was even known to them. Regardless of Lincoln's personal views, South Carolina and indeed the remaining slave states saw his election as the beginning of the end, thus their urgency to leave the Union, so as to avoid going in directions they cared not to go.

  • @kylecasey9254
    @kylecasey9254 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Shout out to Crash Course and John Greene for doing my American History 1 professor's job for her. She has a doctorate yet makes us watch these instead of hear her lecture. And we're ok with that and so is she.

  • @socalmatt
    @socalmatt 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    First off. I love CC thank you for all your hard work in bringing this AWESOME youtube channel to us. As an ADD child, now an adult. It has been a huge resource. but episode #20 before #19 would have helped.

  • @DaDunge
    @DaDunge 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Not to mention the north had naval supremecy which pretty much meant that they could prevent the suth from trading more or less indefinatly.

  • @thekillers1stfan
    @thekillers1stfan 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Yeah, Grant was crucial to the Northern win but Sherman is definitely a best general in the Union army

    • @CrabCakes4Sale
      @CrabCakes4Sale 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes because massacring Atlanta's civilians is crucial to the Yankee war effort -_-

    • @benwalker2234
      @benwalker2234 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +TheLonestarWanderer It worked though

    • @icey5046
      @icey5046 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      thekillers1stfan a

    • @cs0345
      @cs0345 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@CrabCakes4Sale They weren't massacred and burning it was necessary and badass.

  • @reddhawt2378
    @reddhawt2378 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Happy Juneteenth!!

    • @Ksb88
      @Ksb88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      🤗🤗

  • @ank52618
    @ank52618 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great video, although if I'm not mistaken, it should have been noteworthy to mention the Battle of Antitem. Although it was a stalemate, it convinced countries like Britain and France not to back the Confederacy and was the turning point in the war.

  • @yes-jb9et
    @yes-jb9et 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Imagine having to tell General Lee that you shot Stonewall Jackson

  • @Noutchka
    @Noutchka 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    As always, great video, but I wish you had spent a bit more time on the causes of the war (might have been worthwhile to explain the differences of the northern and southern interests a bit more). Anyway thanks a lot !

  • @jasonite
    @jasonite ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Anyone else just watching this because it's interesting and moderately entertaining, not to mention pretty accurate?

  • @tonyv2373
    @tonyv2373 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I think it is interesting that those who try to claim the war was not about slavery often only talk about Lincoln and the North's motivations. I would cede that the North was primarily with forcing the Southern States to remain in the Union, but they were not the ones who started the war. The South, who started the war by their succession, were clearly motivated to protect their right to own slaves.

  • @joekennedy4093
    @joekennedy4093 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is a link to the Declaration of Causes for each Confederate state that wrote one. www.civilwar.org/education/history/primarysources/declarationofcauses.html
    Each and every one mentions slavery pretty liberally as a cause of the war. It isn't just the opinion of people who actually have degrees in American history. The Confederacy knew slavery to be the cause too.

  • @prodxeviant
    @prodxeviant 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    "I'm not gonna talk about strategy or tactics"
    talks about strategy and tactics

    • @secondstring
      @secondstring 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your quote is incorrect. He said "We will not be describing BATTLES and tactics" , referring to the military aspect. He did not say "STRATEGY and tactics". It would be very hard to summarize the war with no mention of strategy.

  • @charlottelowe9718
    @charlottelowe9718 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Listening to crash course as I work out was the best decision I’ve made all day. Thanks Crash Courae!

  • @nonametyvm
    @nonametyvm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    John ; we will NOT be talking about battles and tactics !!
    Also John ; talks about Grants battles & tactics

  • @FHalb
    @FHalb 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I am German and I think that too many Americans today have a wrong attitude about the civil war. Of course it would be naive to think that slavery or not was the only reason for the war. But of course for the today judgment it has to be the most important point. Jefferson Davis was beyond doubt a sick racist, Robert E. Lee was just an average general who lost war already at Gettysburg with too many wrong decisions like Hitler in Stalingrad. Too many people in the south were utilized to fight for a small group of rich landlords in a war which could never be won from the south if you are really honest. The ressouces advantage from the North was too big. So it is the same as in Germany. The nazi soldiers were not heros. They have fought for a wrong case. And so it was in the US civil war. After the war they have made a mistake. They wanted to minimize emotions. So they dealt too severely with the men in charge. They should have hanged Davis, Lee and some others because they were responsible for so many death people in the war. Showing the confederate flag should be forbidden like the nazi flag in Germany. And today the people would have a much better indicator what had been good or wrong in connection with this war....sorry but it is really necessary to tell this story correctly...

    • @bryan0x05
      @bryan0x05 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would like to say something
      A lot of military officers were trained in the south. Meaning all the gear was in the north but all the trained officers that were competent were in the South. This is very obvious when you see how bad the union was losing the first half of the war. The south also came up with the ironclads and submarines as far as I know.
      If you look at speeches of politicians at the time agreed that slavery was the core of the issue. I don't think it's naive as slavery was the economy of the south. The south could no longer import slaves and I think it was president Lincoln which vowed that slavery would not spread any further would meant it was a matter of time til the economy collapsed in the south.

    • @JoeySocko
      @JoeySocko 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      In America we do not bury our history by banning it.

    • @josephmother5975
      @josephmother5975 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree with you but the confederacy was never nearly as bad as nazi Germany, and banning the confederate flag would be trampling on civil rights

    • @TroubleinZION
      @TroubleinZION 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Frank Halblaub please tell this too all white Americans you meet. So, many prefer ignorance and everyone else suffers for it!

    • @TroubleinZION
      @TroubleinZION 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Joe Plumley Dude many aren’t taught American history this thoroughly.

  • @mollsgreys5827
    @mollsgreys5827 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Honey Bun, How do I look in the face?"
    Best.
    Last Words.
    Ever.

  • @liamcurtis743
    @liamcurtis743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    To everyone in this comment section saying 'I didn't study', I am sorry. This IS what our teacher told us to study, that this information would be on our final exam.
    Thank you, Mr. Kollasch!

  • @TabishBish
    @TabishBish 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "I am never right because Stan makes it too hard..."
    This sounds like my APUSH teacher and I.
    😂

  • @Robopercy
    @Robopercy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oh my god I guessed the Mystery Letter! Then again Grant was like the only decent Union General I know of lol

  • @M0053yfate
    @M0053yfate 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "I only listen to The Mountain Goats" best shirt I've seen on your angsty teen self lol.

  • @dakshmota3480
    @dakshmota3480 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like how you always put "me from the past in all of your videos". Also you have a good sense of humor.

  • @shreyak2204
    @shreyak2204 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    " HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES"
    me : *chokes on coffee *

  • @kudo7821
    @kudo7821 9 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Am I the only person that saw the Cactuar at 2:18
    EDIT: LOL wow 2:54.

    • @kudo7821
      @kudo7821 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      it's okay... Cactuar is a rare encounter anyways :(

    • @qtree1838
      @qtree1838 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      i saw it too man

    • @ProsperingMan
      @ProsperingMan 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I saw man at school

    • @bobskripoljr.6470
      @bobskripoljr.6470 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      No I saw it too

    • @jahmar23Dontrell
      @jahmar23Dontrell 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      i saw it my brother thought it was a Pokemon

  • @gracielac6841
    @gracielac6841 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This video was very informal and I liked how unbiased it was.

  • @tomreed2417
    @tomreed2417 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    2 years ago I stayed up ALL NIGHT watching crash course for my midterm... WE GOT A B!!!

  • @jarrethcutestory
    @jarrethcutestory 8 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    What's so civil about war anyway?

    • @tinahunt3192
      @tinahunt3192 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +CharethCutestory It wasn't a Civil War.
      Misnomer.

    • @jeremiahbrand5430
      @jeremiahbrand5430 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Tina Hunt how's that???

    • @tinahunt3192
      @tinahunt3192 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Jeremiah Brand The Union saw it as a rebellion and the Confederacy saw it as getting the Union out of their new found nation. Neither side saw it as a civil war since the Confederacy didn't consider themselves as being part of the US and didn't want anything that the US owned. A civil war is when two (or more in cases) groups fight over the same nation, state, etc.
      By definition it is not a civil war.
      Unfortunately "Civil War" stuck as a word cus' the human race as an organism is lazy in language.
      Reminds me of the Seven Years War which in fact lasted nine years.

    • @daotterfreak
      @daotterfreak 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Was that a Guns N' Roses reference?

    • @jmitterii2
      @jmitterii2 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +CharethCutestory You help people die. Quicker. What's more civil than.

  • @revolrtol
    @revolrtol 8 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I have to take a US History class at my university and here in Hungary we are taught that the civil war wasn't about slavery but state rights. Slavery played a major role though. My professor also said that Lincoln gave an interview to a paper in which he said that his main objective was to keep the union together and if this meant the slaves must be freed than he would do that but if there is no need to abolish it, then he's fine with that too.
    It's a good reminder that despite the epic speeches about freedom and equality, everyone was actually pretty racist in this time period :D

    • @HazardHighlander
      @HazardHighlander 8 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      the state right they fought for was god damn slavery,

    • @fullmetalglatiator6426
      @fullmetalglatiator6426 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      the whole country was falling apart his goal was to keep it together I would like to argue that the war was because of states rights, slavery and industrialization vs agricultural

    • @Hagashager
      @Hagashager 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Chris Hall But it could've been any "State Right" that triggered the Civil War. It happened to be Slavery.
      Please understand that the "State's Rights" element is not meant to undermine the importance of the war ending slavery, it's meant to show that not only slavery was radically changed.
      Before the Civil War, states had enormous powers and sovereignty, far more than any living American can comprehend in light of our current government structure.
      The Civil War confirmed federal supremacy over the states, and finally curtailed the, frankly ludicrous, amount individual states possessed.

    • @tsunamiwilliams8373
      @tsunamiwilliams8373 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      revolrtol wait what? Why would you need to take a US history class in Hungary.
      And I can't believe it was coney around 200 years ago when they abolished slavery. :/

    • @incrediblygay
      @incrediblygay 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why do you need to take a US History class in Hungary?

  • @myopic_cyclops
    @myopic_cyclops 9 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I think it's too simplistic to say that the Civil War was caused by slavery alone, and immature to so flippantly dismiss any arguments made about what else might have caused the conflict. Was slavery the galvanizing factor that ignited and then perpetuated the war? Yes. But the polarized economic and political structures between the north and south had laid the foundation for such a conflict to come about. There was indeed an abolitionist movement in the north that championed the emancipation of blacks on the grounds of moral justness and liberty, but as a nation people were much too selfish and petty to fight against their own families because of conflicting ideological stances.

    • @myopic_cyclops
      @myopic_cyclops 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      RonPaulHatesBlacks Yes. I agree; there is absolutely no shame in saying that's what it was about. But simply stating that the war was about slavery, without offering clarification, ignores the complexity of it and makes it seem primarily like an altruistic morality crusade by the North against the tyrannical South (which to some extent is true). Did the North, as a majority, actually believe that slavery was wrong? Or was their political and economic stability threatened by it? A combination of both? That's why I don't think the statement "the Civil War was about slavery" does the topic justice.
      The polarized economic and political structures refers to the radically different (you guessed it) political and economic structures between the North (industry; Republican/Whig) and South (farming/slavery; Democrat).
      Also, the southern religion wasn't based around slavery, though it was pivotal in its justification and the racial philosophy that followed after abolition.

    • @markscott9259
      @markscott9259 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      no no the Civil War was not fought over slavery because the union was already at war with the Confederates and the North lost the first battle while the North Union was loosing power in the first place. The Gettysburg address never made it to Vargina never made out of Gettysburg. Why...? because there was a new address, addressed from the South slaves that was willing and able to move up North with the promise to President Lincoln that the blacks that are now northren will help the Union win the war for taxation towards the South if he free the slaves. President Lincoln thought it was a bad ideal and didn't bite so easy, until the first battle for the north was lost. So now there's another address which personally I think is Connie on Lincolns part, and it was called the emancipation of proclamation that was addressed in Vargina meaning all citizens of the South free your slaves including the ones that owned 80% of the slaves the cotton field businesses. Most of the Confederate citizens except the emancipation of proclamation address and free the slaves to the North,but the mayjor cotton businesses was not going for that. Now once 20%of South slaves was free by home slave owner the Union dug in for the second battle which there were 30,000 angry black men in Union blue civil military suits that was ready to go to battle against their old slave owners. Can you imagine the hate, anger and attitude that black soldiers had..... totally slaughtered the white South. First time in history of black man can practice he Second Amendment rights. The Union got his power back. The promise to free the slaves was granted. And the Gettysburg address remained in the drawer.

    • @gingerdavis8071
      @gingerdavis8071 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Martiez Scott l think you meant to post on one of the Drunk History sites. See Jen Kirkman on Lincoln & Douglass.

    • @shamrockrancher7673
      @shamrockrancher7673 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      RonPaulHatesBlacks Go back and re-read the actual SC declaration of sucession. Seemingly, you didn't read it or you focus on just the slavery aspect. Slavery isn't even mentioned in it until 2/3's of the way down. SC's beef, so to speak, wasn't with the abolition of slavery. When the original 'compact' between the states had taken place, all parties agreed that seized or captured 'property' (sadly, people (slaves) were viewed also as property) would be returned to the rightful owner, regardless of crossing state lines. It became more and more of an issue that run away slaves weren't being returned and in fact, helped to escape. The game had changed. The rules were not what SC had agreed to, to accept 'the compact'. So, they wanted to go their own way. It would be similar to you getting a new cell phone provider and then 6 mos later they start throttling your data speed, no longer offering access to voice mail except on weekends, etc. You'd want to nullify your compact with them as well. Mind you, I am not pro-slavery in the least. It is a sad part of American (AND SO MANY OTHER COUNTRIES history). But I have studied their declaration with an open mind and I understand why they wanted out. I have not studied the other three states you mentioned. Peace.

    • @gingerdavis8071
      @gingerdavis8071 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shamrock Rancher So, they seceded because their property wasn't being returned? Was the Civil War started because of secession? l am not pro slavery either. I read SC's beef with the Union with an open mind. I came to the conclusion that they seceded over the issue of slavery & took with them what they felt was rightfully theirs. The US government disagreed. It would be like me changing the locks on my home before my husband came home from work and then threatening to shoot him if he entered the property to retrieve his belongings. Sorry, l know we're married, but l decided l want out, l never agreed you could play golf every Saturday.

  • @begood4689
    @begood4689 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't know why, but every time I learn something new I get anxious and excited and curious. Man I like knowing new things.

  • @sarahmoosa1172
    @sarahmoosa1172 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love your videos! They've helped me with assignments and exams! Thank You so much! Keep them videos coming!

  • @becketclark9942
    @becketclark9942 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    ANYONE ELSE SEE CACTUAR AT 2:20? OMG?!?

    • @pinez2961
      @pinez2961 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Becket Clark nope

    • @Conner06
      @Conner06 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      nope

    • @gamershawker5558
      @gamershawker5558 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes i did

    • @slawdog8
      @slawdog8 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Doesn't look like anything to me.

    • @mebreevee
      @mebreevee 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Becket Clark anyone see the profile pic was cloud strife?

  • @majorgunnerducky9273
    @majorgunnerducky9273 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You shall not pass......this test said no one thanks again for the amazing work you did

  • @andrewnewsome1750
    @andrewnewsome1750 ปีที่แล้ว

    John, I felt your victory today, as I guessed the author of the mystery document for the second time ever!

  • @MAGICDWAGONZ
    @MAGICDWAGONZ 9 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    We should all know that the war was about slavery, but the south DID use states' rights as an excuse to secede.

    • @weldin
      @weldin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not always. Read the Mississippi secession document. It straight up says they are leaving because of slavery.

    • @appalachianvolk1958
      @appalachianvolk1958 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      once again, you refuse to see from any other persons point of view, 300,000 southerners did not die to keep their slave, infact most did not have a slave. 300,000 Confederates died defending their culture, wife's, and children, against what they saw as nothern oppression.

    • @reidchave7192
      @reidchave7192 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@appalachianvolk1958 I'm not sure how pointful it is to argue with you, given that your profile pic is the confederate flag, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. The reason that the conflict arose in the first place was slavery- the motives of individual soldiers can be partially chalked up to propaganda and necessity. The Northern & Southern cultures (excluding the parts pertaining to slavery) would have had little trouble coexisting otherwise. The deep divide over a moral atrocity- for and against which the convictions became more radical over time, under the weary defense of "cultural heritage"- was the crux of the argument, in a way that no other aspect of southern culture could claim to be. Culture is important, but not all-encompassing, and just because you were born and raised in a place that has done something for a century doesn't mean that's the correct thing to do.

    • @bryan0x05
      @bryan0x05 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Look at bloody Kansas, almost ten years before the civil war fighting broke out in Kansas over whether or not it would be free state or not.
      Here's the thing the south beviled their states had rights over the federal gov't, yes, and the federal gov't wasn't onboard with that, yes. However the reason to excise and attempt to establish such state rights were in the defense of slavery which was driven the southern economy. There was no looming threat from the north that they may come for your wife or kids back then. Only that friction caused by the debate of slavery which they tried to use state rights to help protect.@@appalachianvolk1958

  • @sukhmanikaur8899
    @sukhmanikaur8899 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Fun fact: Grant actually hated the sight of blood, which is ironic because of his nickname "The Butcher."

  • @clay7106
    @clay7106 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Anyone watching these vids in 2019?

  • @adrijan6510
    @adrijan6510 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    he killed with the "how u like them apples" lmfaooo 😂😂😂😂

  • @mollythepotato6522
    @mollythepotato6522 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Let us not forget the most important battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Schrute Farms

  • @gingerspice5477
    @gingerspice5477 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was watching this in class when I saw that ff reference, made my day.

  • @aperson22222
    @aperson22222 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    South and Confederacy should not be used interchangeably. One tenth of all white Southern soldiers fought for the Union, including 35 generals, more good than bad, and six admirals, one of whom was the US Navy's senior officer at the time. Lots of Unionist politicians down south too: the Wheeling Convention, for instance, declared that, as secession was treason and felons were ineligible to hold state office, the pro-Confederate government of Virginia, and all laws it passed, were legally null and void.

  • @jaydenlim7865
    @jaydenlim7865 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    back for my daily viewing of john green

  • @coltonkersting8003
    @coltonkersting8003 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    3:54 My dad made me read that book. I hated it so bad, I swear on my life i'll post a link of my essay describing why I hated 'The Red Badge of Courage' in a reply.

  • @UhhhhHi2
    @UhhhhHi2 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cactus man @2:20 is my hero

  • @BlueHooloovoo
    @BlueHooloovoo 11 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Anyone else see Cactuar at 2:20? OMG?!? XD

    • @신민정-n7b
      @신민정-n7b 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I saw it! I saw It!!

    • @abcbyuman
      @abcbyuman 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      BlueHooloovoo Mario sports mix!! I went back and watched it again because I wasn't sure and then right after I saw him I headed straight to comment section! 😂

  • @nagisashiota6604
    @nagisashiota6604 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    THE FINAL FANTASY JOKE-- HELP IM DYING

  • @MistSonata
    @MistSonata 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I know this video's a year old and probably no one's really watching the comments for questions to answer, but I've always been curious. Whenever the civil war comes up I hear a lot about the eastern-most side of the country, but not that much about what was going on in the west coast. What was everyone doing over there? Picking their nose and panning for gold?

    • @Joesolo13
      @Joesolo13 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      California was on the Union side, but for the most part it was fairly quiet out there. Mainly skirmishes and raids between the two sides. The vast majority of population, production, resources, ect, was crowded along the eastern parts of the country at that time. New Orleans was also important, but there was a campaign for that.
      the actual west played such a minor role that the "western front" as historians see it ended around the Mississippi River, with everything west of that being a separate issue, again, mainly skirmishes.

    • @HannonHistory
      @HannonHistory 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Texans tried to invade New Mexico and had plans of expanding the Confederacy west into the territories and California. They won the battle of Valverde in this "New Mexico Campaign" but were defeated at Glorieta Pass which is sometimes called the Gettysburg of the west.

    • @robertstanturf1117
      @robertstanturf1117 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I am from Oregon. On the west coast. At fort Stevens, Is a Civil War camp called earth works. It is a Civil War military base. It was set up to protect the Oregon territory. To protect it from British ships coming up the Columbia River. Even though the brits had a fort on the Washington state side of the river. Fort Vancouver.

    • @AJBulava
      @AJBulava 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      60-75% of the battles occurred in Virginia. So that explains the lack of western United States coverage...

    • @jfridy
      @jfridy 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      The South rarely launched offensives into the North, and most of the West was pro Union. The South had found that little of the land was good for the plantation style agriculture they supported, and occupation of hostile territory was rarely seen as worth the time.

  • @bostondowns5293
    @bostondowns5293 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank u u just saved my test tomorrow
    Eeeeee I got a 98

  • @Luna_Nova_2004
    @Luna_Nova_2004 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "OooOoOOOoHHhhhhHHHOOOOOOoo HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES"

  • @finchie_music2850
    @finchie_music2850 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For the people who believe the war was not primarily about slavery:
    While the war may have started because of the difference in economy, the sectionalism, and the fight for states’ rights, these issues were all rooted in slavery.
    The difference in economy (agriculture and industry) was primarily because the North had free labor, and the South had slave labor (if the South were to lose their slaves, they would lose most of their workforce, which would severely damage their economy). The sectionalism at the time was primarily caused by the North developing without slavery (mostly because of the Northwest Ordinance), and the South developed with slavery. Lastly, the fight for states’ rights came from the South wanting the state govs to be able to decide whether slavery was legal or not.
    Hope this helps :)

    • @dgray3771
      @dgray3771 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      You probably blame the gun when you get shot too right? Bad gun! now you are hurt! Or do you blame the shooter? Slavery might be the object in this case, the main motor behind the strife was state rights. Northern states not holding their end of the deal. It must be tough that actually, the north were the baddies. Even if their cause was just. Slavery is horrible. Yet you cannot expect someone to respect and negotiate with you if you screw them over on the promises you made.

    • @finchie_music2850
      @finchie_music2850 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      D Gray First of all, I never said anything about being shot or my opinions on what/who is to blame in that situation, so I don’t know why you’re equating it to the Civil War. Second of all, I never said the North was perfect and didn’t screw the South over. I was only stating that all the issues that led to the war were connected by a central issue: slavery. Third of all, I don’t know why you’ve become so irked by me sharing these thoughts; I was never rude in my comment.

  • @ElectricBreaker
    @ElectricBreaker 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So we gave them hardy cheers me boys, which was greeted with a smile, singing "here's the boys who fears no noise, WE'RE THE FIGHTING 69th!"

  • @CBeard849
    @CBeard849 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I continue to be enlightened and entertained so much by these videos! Keep them coming!

  • @jareddixon9108
    @jareddixon9108 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Americas greatest adversary will always be herself.

  • @michellethomas1406
    @michellethomas1406 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Reading 'Rolling Thunder Hear My Cry' .......It leaves a sour taste in my mouth and a deep hurt boiling in my stomach .

  • @shanialogan5127
    @shanialogan5127 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’m so thrilled to see that we (African Americans) had someone fighting in our corner to Equal Rights.

  • @oohkt
    @oohkt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I need his script so I can memorize this 😂

  • @nicknoway3015
    @nicknoway3015 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    July 2019 anybody?

    • @benjaminphelps561
      @benjaminphelps561 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Comments like these make me want to run into gun fire

    • @yochanan770
      @yochanan770 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      July

  • @jimmyyang9464
    @jimmyyang9464 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is a little unfortunate that this series doesn’t mention the Anaconda Plan, especially because of how important it is on the APUSH exam.
    The Anaconda Plan, as I’m sure you know, was the Union Plan to naval blockade the South while capturing key cities on the Mississippi River such as New Orleans and Vicksburg to cut off trade to the South and prevent the Confederacy from importing materials like food or exporting cotton to Europe.
    It’s important to note because 1) It’s why Grant was tasked with seizing cities on the Mississippi in the first place and 2) It prevented the Confederacy from being able to send diplomatic envoys to Britain and France to appeal to their support, especially since there was a diplomatic close call when the Union naval blockade seized a ship of Confederate diplomats heading to Britain, which caused both a scandal in both Britain and the North.
    Other than that, good video, Crash Course!