The Election of 1860 & the Road to Disunion: Crash Course US History #18

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  • @wodar925
    @wodar925 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2167

    So, if you watched the intro, John mentions a guy named Mr. Fleming. That's Michael Fleming, my APUSH teacher at Jupiter High School in Florida right now. Mr. Fleming actually heard about how he was featured and called up John Green (don't ask me how he called him. I have no idea), and found out that a producer on the show was his old student, and this was an homage to what he taught that student. And yes, he's an old white Southerner and he acts like he's 182 years old. He's retiring this year, and he never had the retirement party he wanted (because of the pandemic), so I'd love it if all you APUSH students could comment something nice from wherever you are!! I'll be sending all the nice comments to him at the end of the year (shh, don't tell him)

    • @daniel3231995
      @daniel3231995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Lol amazing he kept teaching. Hope you get top. Was he really that bad?

    • @harleycenedella7074
      @harleycenedella7074 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      thank you mr fleming! i hope you have a nice retirement and thank you for your years teaching one of the most important subjects :) also thinking abt this comment made me realize i have never encountered a bad apush teacher

    • @ComradeHellas
      @ComradeHellas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Not an APUSH student and not even an American. My respects to all teachers world-wide for educating the youth, including my late grandfather a teacher himself. Teachers sadly are not appreciated as much as they should, considering their tremendous work in society. Hope Mr. Fleming has an enjoyable retirement.

    • @m4ddfr
      @m4ddfr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The funny part is that thats my last name too :)

    • @codyruchian
      @codyruchian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      It's probably too late, but just in case:
      You're the best Mr. Fleming! Thank you for teaching so many students and impacting many lives. Enjoy retirement and God bless you! :)

  • @jackrussel999
    @jackrussel999 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1768

    I love how John Green is talking about John Brown. What a colorful discussion

    • @SM-hl6hh
      @SM-hl6hh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      You are my favorite person for this comment! Lol.

    • @anonymousaqua5163
      @anonymousaqua5163 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      haha, this is probably the funniest comment I have seen while studying online. Anybody else here during 2020 lockdown??

    • @finlayturnquist534
      @finlayturnquist534 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      🙋‍♂️

    • @jamesnorman2428
      @jamesnorman2428 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@finlayturnquist534 and I

  • @Drellistenstomusic
    @Drellistenstomusic 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2837

    Heh....John Green talks about John Brown.

  • @TheLexieFTW
    @TheLexieFTW 11 ปีที่แล้ว +254

    I always forget that John Green went to my high school until he starts referencing the teachers there!

  • @thoperSought
    @thoperSought 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1945

    0:29 "A state's right to what, sir?"
    wow, just wow. that's so well put.

    • @pwashcroft
      @pwashcroft 10 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Just because he and his teacher didn't know anything about state's rights doesn't mean they didn't and don't have any. If the state has no rights what was the 10th amendment to the Constitution referring to? A lot. But it was greatly reduced by the civil war. Slavery did need to be abolished and that did happen as a result of the Civil War but we did have a lot of bad effects from the war and the policy resulting from the war. One of those things is the lack of understanding of state's rights, which is only demonstrated by that part in this video(And your response to it).

    • @thoperSought
      @thoperSought 10 ปีที่แล้ว +191

      Paris Ashcroft "he and his teacher didn't know anything about state's rights”
      I don’t understand. where do you get that from? did you listen to the quote in context?

    • @lyladepaula3291
      @lyladepaula3291 10 ปีที่แล้ว +326

      Paris Ashcroft No, a State's Right to "What?". The Civil War was about Slavery, and if you claim it was about State's Rights I ask you "A state's right to do what, sir"? The answer is of course "A state's right to allow slavery". Thus the civil war was over Slavery and little else.

    • @pwashcroft
      @pwashcroft 10 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Lyla Phillips ThoperSought I watched it again, thinking may have missed something and I agree with you that I did. When, in the video he quotes his teacher, he should have written it like you did Lyla. Your "What?" made me understand what the teacher was asking. He was asking about a state's right to have slavery. Though I would say for some individuals the war may have been about something else or more. But in this discussion that's not here nor there. I must have been caught up in my ax-grinding. Thank you for your correction.

    • @thoperSought
      @thoperSought 10 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      ***** "The idea that every state is a semi-independent unit free to govern itself with minimal federal, frankly, foreign, laws, was utterly discredited.”
      (1) foreign how, exactly?
      (2) “utterly” discredited is carrying it a bit far. certainly states’ rights lost a lot of ground, there, but states still have rights, and a _lot_ of people believe that’s very important.
      the problem is, states’ rights were a compromise in the first place. the articles of confederation didn’t work, and if you want to _blame_ the erosion of states’ rights on anything, how about blaming it on the failure of the articles of confederation? that’s where it _started._
      further, you can’t have it both ways: either the states are sovereign, or the nation as a whole is sovereign. in the long run, one will always gain ground over the other, and when the constitution was first ratified, we chose which it would be.

  • @TJL004
    @TJL004 4 ปีที่แล้ว +931

    Who's here in the 2020 pandemic because your history teacher has an aversion to Zoom classes?

  • @Clapbox1
    @Clapbox1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I still use the "a state's rights to what, sir" line and it never fails

  • @thatoneBMWguy
    @thatoneBMWguy 9 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Abe Lincoln smiles in the bottom left corner right when John Greene slides into the picture at the beginning of the video.

  • @thisbreadisfine
    @thisbreadisfine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +370

    John Green sounds like he could rap faster than eminen, looks like he thinks rap is satanic, and writes like a depressed tween.

    • @kailey_marler
      @kailey_marler 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I’m crying

    • @coltonbates629
      @coltonbates629 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@kailey_marler are you a depressed tween?

  • @reubenelijah1258
    @reubenelijah1258 7 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    "Congress' primary business is to delay." i cant even express how true that is

  • @frodoswaggins3132
    @frodoswaggins3132 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    2:22
    You are absolutely right. My entire monopoly strategy hinges on the railroads, which no one usually wants.

  • @UberMan5000
    @UberMan5000 8 ปีที่แล้ว +302

    Mr. Fleming sounds like a badass.

    • @mrhindin3070
      @mrhindin3070 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He sounds like me, except older and with a better accent (I assume).

    • @johnd1372
      @johnd1372 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I assure you he is by far the greatest teacher I've had and I bet will the best one ever

    • @canadianbacon0
      @canadianbacon0 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      he sounds like a man teaching through a azure tinted glasses. it'd be nice is people who taught stuck to what the facts were and allowed their students to form their own opinions on the subject matter.

    • @Jules-dw7gg
      @Jules-dw7gg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sounds like what’s stuck in my throat when I’m sick

  • @gabubabu7232
    @gabubabu7232 9 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    WHAT!? MY MAIN GOAL IN MONOPOLY IS TO GET ALL 4 RAILROADS!

    • @sidharthakakumanu8785
      @sidharthakakumanu8785 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      IKR

    • @w41duvernay
      @w41duvernay 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thus the point of the game of monopoly. To teach other how monopolies are bad.

    • @briarjett7392
      @briarjett7392 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      SAAAAAME

    • @jamesfinckle8483
      @jamesfinckle8483 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thats why they're umderrated

    • @icringeatmyself2222
      @icringeatmyself2222 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've done just that, and demolished my family and drained them of money. In the game of course..
      O-o

  • @SuperMaddennfl
    @SuperMaddennfl 8 ปีที่แล้ว +366

    Pause the video @ 12:58 If you look in the direction of where the men on horses point their guns, you will see a guy dabbing extraordinary hard! (:

  • @TheBlidget
    @TheBlidget 8 ปีที่แล้ว +535

    I'm gonna do a bunch of edibles and watch a playlist of literally all the crash course videos and come out the other side a better person.

    • @justinkeys2394
      @justinkeys2394 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      That's the idea!

    • @friendlyfire7509
      @friendlyfire7509 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I hope you didnt have a bad trip about slavery and blue meanies.

    • @ALLDAYKPOP
      @ALLDAYKPOP 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I have. 10/10 would recommend

    • @ahmedshaharyarejaz9886
      @ahmedshaharyarejaz9886 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Goodluck to you on this noble quest for learning.

    • @charlottedrake2522
      @charlottedrake2522 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I think you’re my soulmate

  • @stellarfirefly
    @stellarfirefly 11 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    The way that CC US History is presented, it sometimes (often) presents a narrative in such an engaging way that it reminds me of watching a good TV series where at the end of an episode, I just *can't wait* to watch the next one. Kudos to John and the entire Crash Course team for making me feel that way about... history lessons. (Especially even when I know exactly what is going to happen next.)

  • @meganalfajora3991
    @meganalfajora3991 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    John's final statement before "thanks for watching" was perfectly eloquent

  • @NeverDoubtTheWorm
    @NeverDoubtTheWorm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    As a black man...you managed to make this hilarious but educational! 👏🏾 Bravo

    • @cyannleverett3642
      @cyannleverett3642 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      love the profile pic 😅😂

    • @NeverDoubtTheWorm
      @NeverDoubtTheWorm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Galaxy Gurl lol Ahahahahaha Glad to meet another Fan! Great show!!

  • @jessysherif2599
    @jessysherif2599 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This account is genuinely what’s getting me through college. I have a final paper due next week and crash cours literally explains everything better than my professor... John green you’re now my professor

  • @ccpoke8104
    @ccpoke8104 11 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    I DONT NEED MY APUSH BOOK I JUST NEED THIS

    • @ChulumpzP
      @ChulumpzP 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Jachra Yeah...what you said

    • @ameyas7726
      @ameyas7726 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      well done...a-push your book away!

    • @joshuarobinson4225
      @joshuarobinson4225 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You're lucky, you're most likely out of high school right now while I have to do an APUSH test.

  • @lauracorum9775
    @lauracorum9775 8 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    Awww! No Senate floor caning?!

    • @cate7756
      @cate7756 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      i know!! im currently in ap us history and the caning of senator sumner makes me laugh every single time

    • @connerclark3678
      @connerclark3678 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It’s honestly overrated as a “cause” of the Civil War. It’s like blaming the rise of Trumpism mostly on Joe Wilson yelling “You lie!” at Obama, or urban crime rates on that one “F tha police” song

    • @1101huD
      @1101huD 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      sadly,you are correct

    • @niamhohaileagain7748
      @niamhohaileagain7748 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@cate7756 The man was beaten until he was unconscious and bloody on the floor of the Senate, while other senators were held at gun point, powerless to stop it. Brooks broke his cane over Sumner's head and then continued to bludgeon his unconscious body with the broken pieces. It took Sumner four years to recover from the brain damage enough to return to work, but he never completely recovered. And this because he had the audacity to stand up in the senate and call slavery an evil.

    • @cate7756
      @cate7756 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      River Ó hÁillewill thank you for educating me about this! when i read about it in class it was mentioned so casually it seemed like it wasn’t as serious as it was.

  • @ianimatethings7893
    @ianimatethings7893 9 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    7:42 I was expecting the caption to be "I Dred this decision"

    • @stanley1698
      @stanley1698 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Ava Animates Things If you must learn anything about CrashCourse, you will learn they stick references wherever they can.

    • @jaboconthemire
      @jaboconthemire 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Ava Animates Things #JudgeDredd References

    • @kharis3573
      @kharis3573 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Ava Animates Things #puns

  • @m3mphis_chick944
    @m3mphis_chick944 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    BRING THIS MAN BACK, CRASH COURSE TH-cam SERIES PEOPLE!!!!!!!

  • @williamjenkins4913
    @williamjenkins4913 11 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    You should love "I, My name" statements. You might actually get a mystery document right that way.

  • @bonniegirl07
    @bonniegirl07 11 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    Why can't John Green be my History professor?!

    • @isiahjackson3882
      @isiahjackson3882 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same!

    • @Dayvit78
      @Dayvit78 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Is he really a professor? He has the excitement and passion of a TA (I mean this in a good way).

    • @williamgoodwin9242
      @williamgoodwin9242 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My history professor uses his videos semi-regularly, even though he disagrees with several of his points.

  • @abhishekvanenooru2869
    @abhishekvanenooru2869 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I know I won't step foot in America but I love to learn about america

  • @ultimateblisss
    @ultimateblisss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    John Green taught me when my real teacher didn't want too. Im looking at you, Mr. Martens.

  • @Zeyev
    @Zeyev 11 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Thank you for your passion on this issue. Those who deny the paramount importance of slavery in American history and its lingering effects are still vocal. We need more of you and your kindred spirits.

  • @dmitryfalkovich833
    @dmitryfalkovich833 10 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    am i missing something or did john lose his lower tooth in a fight for slave rights or something when i wasn't looking

  • @samleheny1429
    @samleheny1429 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Hm. As somebody who's been thinking and reading a lot about ghe cause of the Civil War, I think John makes a very good point in the beginning of this video. The cause is at the same time more and less complex then one might think in that there were many factors beyond slavery... but all of them ultimately related back to slavery.

  • @247abrowne
    @247abrowne 11 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I had a Biology final earlier today and before we sat down to take the test I was talking to some people about how we had studied. A few people mentioned how they watched videos on youtube about the topics and how "the guy was so nice and would describe everything and use little animations". It took all I had in me to not start fangirling because I knew exactly what they were talking about.

  • @buggybranch2136
    @buggybranch2136 8 ปีที่แล้ว +684

    Who else is watching for fun and not for a test

  • @emilymarieseoane26
    @emilymarieseoane26 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm really hoping I pass the APUSH exam Friday. Prayers to anyone else taking it!

  • @TheFireflyGrave
    @TheFireflyGrave 10 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    'Let's do this! JOOOOOOOOOOOHN BROOOOOOOOOOOOWN!'

  • @sainthunny
    @sainthunny 8 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    to anyone taking the AP this Friday:
    GOODLUCK 🍀🍀🍀

  • @MrNathanShow
    @MrNathanShow 11 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It's funny, my teacher can't teach... Movies, Do Book Problems, and lack of detail power points... Thanks CrashCourse, for saving my finals

  • @Callmeromain2016
    @Callmeromain2016 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    You guys are so amazing. I took american history in college and got an A just by watching your videos. I never opened the textbooks Cx

  • @godxxinferno
    @godxxinferno 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    We've covered the Dred Scott decision in many of my history courses before, however I'm wondering why this is the first time I'm hearing about "Slave Power"(a conspiracy that doesn't sound that far fetched), Justice Taney's quote, and how anyone can say the Civil war was not about slavery....

    • @44hawk28
      @44hawk28 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      There were a lot of reasons why the civil war occurred. The issue of slavery was just one of them. This man is being myopic to the extreme. Massachusetts almost seceded from the Union in 1835 because of the taxation that was being levied upon their exports the same thing they were getting ready to do to the South just before the beginning of the Civil War. Lincoln at actually ran on the concept of raising the tariffs on Goods leaving the South, mostly agricultural products, by 200%.
      As Lincoln had said he could care less whether or not slavery continued in the South don't you think that there was some reason why he didn't get not a single vote from the states that seceded from the Union? Slavery was not an issue, Lincoln, until the Gettysburg Address is the first time he ever brought it up. The reason he never brought it up before is because slavery was legal. And you can't kill people because they're doing something that's legal. The other problem is, Lincoln never had the Congress authorized him to make war

  • @xeylahuinac6622
    @xeylahuinac6622 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    HES SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS TOPIC AND IT MAKES ME PASSIONATE AND I LOVE JOHN GREEN.

  • @mrhindin3070
    @mrhindin3070 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Usually I skip over the intros when I use these in class but this one is perfect. Mr Fleming is the teacher I want to be when I grow up.

  • @LowellMorgan
    @LowellMorgan 11 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    This is one of the best videos yet. You covered a lot of ground here and a lot of forgotten points of history. Thank you for the always awesome videos!

  • @Caarve
    @Caarve 11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    just wanna say thanks to you! I was doing quite bad on my apush tests, but after watching this vids my test grades went up by 25%!!! Thanks again and keep doing what you're doing

    • @michaelcallahan8412
      @michaelcallahan8412 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's great to hear, but you should not be dependent upon videos to hold your attention. When it comes time to take the AP exam, the details included on the test may never be discussed in this series.

  • @llawliet4748
    @llawliet4748 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    11:00 I, Giorno Giovanna, take much offense to this comment.

  • @LuccianoBartolini
    @LuccianoBartolini 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Meanwhile in Venezuela, under the dictatorship of the Monagas brothers (1847 - 1858), slavery was abolished in 1855, while the Federal War (our first official Civil War) started at the ends of 1858 (shortly after the coup d'etat against José Tadeo Monagas) and ended in 1863 with a Liberal Victory that not only affirmed the abolishment of slavery, but also abolished the death penalty.

    • @punishedpokemonfanboy1032
      @punishedpokemonfanboy1032 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You mean..............there's stuff happening in the green parts of not America?

  • @EricELT18
    @EricELT18 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Perhaps the strongest show in the American history series that I have seen so far. Thank you for sharing this illuminating, revealing video. I wish I had be able to see this series during high school.

  • @IsiahGames
    @IsiahGames 11 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Mystery document guess (before watching, obviously): William Lloyd Garrison, publisher of The Liberator.
    Yeah, I have finals in 2 days...

    • @IsiahGames
      @IsiahGames 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Whelp. So much for that.

  • @StarfireIvy27
    @StarfireIvy27 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    AP Test on Friday, hoping John Green helps me pass D;

    • @sainthunny
      @sainthunny 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      SAME I'M SO NERVOUS

    • @StarfireIvy27
      @StarfireIvy27 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Kylo Ren I should be nervous but ehh, we'll be alright! I've been using this website to study
      www.apstudynotes.org/us-history/practice-tests/practice-multiple-choice-test-1/

    • @benlyman7880
      @benlyman7880 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same boat! Good luck!

    • @oliviasargent1325
      @oliviasargent1325 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too, hope this is helping you! Wishing you luck!!!

    • @sainthunny
      @sainthunny 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +StarfireIvy27 thank you so much this was useful. Goodluck again! remember guys: this is just a test, the grade doesn't define you. It's not the end of your life!

  • @DaddyHorne
    @DaddyHorne 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great job. My students really use this site! But Stephen Douglas did not support the Lecompton Constitution (as you say at 7:11). He voted with the Republicans against it.

  • @Eddie-hr3xt
    @Eddie-hr3xt 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    John Brown's unsuccessful raid being the "Leeroy Jenkins effect" will forever make me remember that event.

  • @moseyburns1614
    @moseyburns1614 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    John Brown was an American hero who didn't kill anybody that didn't need killing.

  • @About37Hobos
    @About37Hobos 9 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Love the story at the beginning

  • @adiscipleofjosephstalin7679
    @adiscipleofjosephstalin7679 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "But in general any statement that begins 'I-comma-my-name'"
    ...
    "I, Giorno Giovanna, have a dream."

    • @deltamize
      @deltamize 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I giorno Giovanna, have a dream to stop slavery *golden experience mudas all slave owners*

  • @jennifermurray4181
    @jennifermurray4181 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    john green is actually my favorite person

  • @dugroz
    @dugroz 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    2:37 -- "Choo Choo Choose" You reference. Go Ralph!

  • @RubixCubist
    @RubixCubist 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    aaand that confetti popper caught me off guard.

    • @kharis3573
      @kharis3573 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +stevensays1 I thought it was a rubber band

  • @scaryblackdeath
    @scaryblackdeath 11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I have never been a bigger fan of this series than now. Thank you for doing this.

  • @spiffykitty01
    @spiffykitty01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    that awkward moment when John green teaches clearer material in 15 minute videos than your teacher does in 90 minute classes...

  • @Valmy77
    @Valmy77 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I will never be able to watch Thomas the Tank Engine with my toddler and not think of the Kansas-Nebraska Act again. Thanks Crashcourse!

  • @millewerth18
    @millewerth18 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have a U.S. history final tomorrow, thanks for giving me an over view on the Civil War and how it started and everything, watching these 15:00 minute videos has given me more knowledge about the Civil War then my teacher has all year.

  • @TheMarkusFIN
    @TheMarkusFIN 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I have to say that from my perspective (I am Finnish) the Civil War has experienced some massive white-washing from both the north and the south alike.
    Let's start with the south: Most people attempt to push aside the fact that the state's rights to >decide about slavery< was the main part of the South wanting to become independent. They were openly supporting the >expansion of slavery to any lands fit for large plantationsconsidered propertyforced people in northern states to capture and return escaped slaves to them

  • @josephfried9579
    @josephfried9579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I thought the mystery document was john brown too

  • @senatorlainez
    @senatorlainez 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Roger Taney is pronounced (TAW-ney).

  • @Eddn102
    @Eddn102 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    John Brown was a hero, undaunted true and brave.

    • @Rhythmicons
      @Rhythmicons 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was more of a narcissistic murdering religious extremist.

  • @rachaelhuffman7432
    @rachaelhuffman7432 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    John Green, you make me laugh harder than most comedians

  • @97Thekitkat
    @97Thekitkat 10 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Lincoln did a great job with keeping the country together but people forget that he never really cared about the slaves... He had a quote that said "if i could keep the country together without freeing the slaves i would do it"

    • @mst3k4evur
      @mst3k4evur 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I read it, did you read my reply? Do you understand the context and political feelings of the North?

    • @charlesdewitt8087
      @charlesdewitt8087 10 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I've read the letter that come's from, not only was it aimed at slave owners who supported the Union but the very next paragraph started "contrary to my *personal beliefs*"

    • @7777TheShade
      @7777TheShade 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Although that's true throughout most of Lincolns presidency towards the end of the war he had a change of heart and began to slavery as morally wrong. But yes initially he did care more about keeping the union together which honestly I probably would would have too even if I was against slavery (which I am).

    • @charlesdewitt8087
      @charlesdewitt8087 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cherno Alpha consider this...just before the war started there was a last minute compromise which would save the Union by enshrining slavery in the constitution forever...Lincoln refused make of that what you will
      (edit) It was called the 11th hour compromise

    • @maryaxlove64
      @maryaxlove64 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He only said that because if he didnt he wouldve lost support of the Border States.

  • @ooyoobbangjib
    @ooyoobbangjib 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    your videos help a lot in apush, thanks!

  • @kittycatzed9109
    @kittycatzed9109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    11:00 I, Giorno Giovanna, do not appreciate your judgement of my way of speech

  • @cheyennerenee7236
    @cheyennerenee7236 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I may or may not watch these videos just for fun becasue I love John Green and Hank Green... just this whole channel honestly lol.

  • @fantasticrestoftheday8319
    @fantasticrestoftheday8319 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I took a class where we followed a very well documented probable underground railroad route and followed the trek of the raiders from Keep' tryst to Harper's Ferry. It was the best college class I have ever taken in my life.

  • @edward2084
    @edward2084 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Concise, to the point and factual. Great video. 👍*_liked_* *_subscribed_*

  • @santyattwe
    @santyattwe 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you, your video was 100 times better than reading 25 pages off my history book and in the end not having a clue on what I had just read, your video had my full attention.

  • @brettknoss486
    @brettknoss486 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Except the Canadians had rebelled against the British in 1836 and were violent quashed with leaders hanged or exiled to Tasmania.

    • @mconrad8243
      @mconrad8243 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Weren't those French Canadians? I'm not sure.

  • @davidharnish8416
    @davidharnish8416 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's "Tawnee" not "Tainee," but as you have stated repeatedly, "mispronouncing names is my THING!!" Do your thing, John Green! Love the videos. I use them in my history classes and my students love them, too. It keeps them interested and cracks them up. Keep up the good work!

  • @drewboulais442
    @drewboulais442 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    hello people in quarantine watching this because your teacher has to finish the civil war unit

  • @PrepTopia1
    @PrepTopia1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As someone named John Brown, and as someone who uses Foner's Give Me Liberty in his US History class, I really appreciate how closely these videos match up with Foner's narrative.

  • @ranger6878
    @ranger6878 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm convinced that if slavery never existed a civil war would've erupted and that'd actually be for states rights.

  • @treypeat3453
    @treypeat3453 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Go Kansas! This is the only place we have in US history books, except for Eisenhower

  • @richardross1754
    @richardross1754 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am glad he went with his current high school historian than the other guy.

  • @Dr.MantisTobogganMD
    @Dr.MantisTobogganMD 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who else is bingewatching American history?

  • @brunettebaby98
    @brunettebaby98 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for these videos. I would not pass my American History class without them.

  • @llcoolray3000
    @llcoolray3000 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm agreeing with John Green! It was all about slavery. There were other things going on, but it was all about slavery. States right to do what, indeed.

  • @LybaZia
    @LybaZia 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The captions at 1:03 though XD

  • @ayabenbelkacem7826
    @ayabenbelkacem7826 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    i've learned more about U.S. history in this weekend more than I have learned from over nine teacher.

  • @EmilyMajor
    @EmilyMajor 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I use these in my middle school social studies classes, and we love them!! Thank you! :)

  • @wildfall1966
    @wildfall1966 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Who’s that random guy the the bottom left?
    Said by the people of the U.S. in 1840-1850

  • @S4M4R1T4N
    @S4M4R1T4N 9 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    It saddens me that defenders of the south/CSA/N. VA battle standard will continue to use the same rhetoric that has been proven false as an argument for the morality of the secession. No matter how many times you trumpet 'state's rights' from the rooftops, it won't be any more true ever. Blacks didn't fight for the CSA, the south seceded because of the 1860 election and the republican party's platform of abolition, and slavery was illegal in the north. These are all as true as the earth is round, and I cannot even wrap my skull around how willfully ignorant southern/CSA apologists are.

    • @seroccoprime2774
      @seroccoprime2774 9 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      +M3D13V4L I especially hate people who think the Confederate flag isn't a flag of racism and treason.

    • @MrMusicman456
      @MrMusicman456 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      +M3D13V4L I'm go to school in the deep south and you wouldn't believe how long these people will argue over this point...

    • @libertysounds87
      @libertysounds87 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +Anthony Serocco In my opinion its now associated with southern trailer trash people. All I can do is laugh at how ignorant they are.

    • @Ren-cw7iv
      @Ren-cw7iv 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They put this crap in my scool textbooks, so that might be one of the sources people get this idea from.

    • @stevenchoza6391
      @stevenchoza6391 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +Chimo Minccino
      Thank goodness I live in South Florida because this is the one place in the "South" where that shit wouldn't fly.

  • @CaitlynMellark101
    @CaitlynMellark101 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Poor John
    Didn't get a reward :(

  • @itzelavellaneda-cruz6628
    @itzelavellaneda-cruz6628 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    no one hates past john green as much as john green himself

  • @SesshReincarnated
    @SesshReincarnated 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm a Jew. I'm also a defender of the rights or ANY oppressed minority. I have no delusions that my people are the only ones who have suffered, are suffering, or will suffer.

  • @jacquelineartz4390
    @jacquelineartz4390 10 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Can most of you keep your political opinions to yourself and just enjoy these videos that give me As on my APUSH tests/DBQs? Thanks

    • @epiclysmart
      @epiclysmart 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Have you ever heard the saying," Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it"?
      There is a difference between knowing & learning.

  • @bobsaggat
    @bobsaggat 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    he completely neglected the nullification crisis!

    • @mconrad8243
      @mconrad8243 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Would have been in an earlier video covering the earlier decades. This is just 1850-1860.

  • @justdares845
    @justdares845 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Who’s here bc of school?

  • @kuya.christian
    @kuya.christian 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's Thomas the Tank Engine! 2:52 Look at his hand...My childhood... LOL

  • @briannamyers7471
    @briannamyers7471 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a history final tomorrow. I have been watching so many of these at 2x speed for the past couple of hours. My brain hurts so much.

  • @ultimatestoryteller
    @ultimatestoryteller 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    *except.. wait for it ... THE MONGOLS*
    *_montage plays_*

  • @bellasoto9837
    @bellasoto9837 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    he wrote The Fault In Our Stars...

    • @Asianmusiclover7
      @Asianmusiclover7 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Bella Soto Seriously?

    • @bellasoto9837
      @bellasoto9837 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Jovannah Alston yup 😋

    • @bellasoto9837
      @bellasoto9837 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Jovannah Alston and many other books

    • @Asianmusiclover7
      @Asianmusiclover7 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bella Soto Wow i've been watching his videos forever, and never really connected the dots hahaha this is so weird but so awesome ^_^

  • @deeluve22
    @deeluve22 9 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    13:19
    "Black men ...had held property, including even slaves..."
    Well, that little tidbit seems to have been glossed over.

    • @916FOBS
      @916FOBS 9 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Many free blacks purchase slaves to save them and to reunite their family members that was sold away.

    • @deeluve22
      @deeluve22 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Quality history lesson! Thx

    • @lgmmrm
      @lgmmrm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      A lot of free blacks also purchased slaves to work on their plantation. One of the worst slave owners in the South was a black man.

    • @ericdaniel323
      @ericdaniel323 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@lgmmrm you are spreading the Daniel Ellison story. There was a viral grandpa email about him filled with false or misleading info. He owned about 65 slaves.

    • @nora22000
      @nora22000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@lgmmrm So what? He still couldn't vote, and could've been kidnapped and sold into another state by any slave patrol willing to tear up his free papers. His own freedom wasn't worth a tinker's dam.

  • @TroyBrownTV
    @TroyBrownTV ปีที่แล้ว

    Am I the only one who doesn't like how John talks to John from the past?

  • @angelicalally6350
    @angelicalally6350 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks Mrs.Tomlinson

  • @Videosaurus_Wrex
    @Videosaurus_Wrex 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    so what you`re saying is that video games and twerking caused the civil war