I was born and raised in Kansas. There is a large mural in the state capitol that features John Brown very prominently and there is a statue of him in the town square of Osawatamie, Kansas. As a general rule, Kansas tends to view him as a hero of the free soil movement.
@@samurai215 Black folks on the left call black folks on the right Uncle Toms as a negative thing meaning they are on the side of the white man or whatever but in the story Uncle Tom was the hero who helped the slaves escape and didn't rat them out.
@@samurai215 uncle Tom was a character who was part of the underground railroad along the Ohio River who helped slaves get to freedom and the use of uncle Tom towards someone is considered a insult when in reality the black character in the book who its referred to was fighting to free slaves so its really a uneducated insult. Democrats hated the book and convinced the black community that being a uncle Tom is being a sellout to your people when in reality the sellout to their people was Sambo who worked for the slave master and was like Samuel l Jackson in Django helping keep the slaves in line. The calling someone a Sambo died out and was taken over by uncle Tom
@@cbogolo so Uncle Tom was kinda like Harriet Tubman except instead of being a hero he is considered to be a black sheep or a villain to his people? Never read the book but maybe I should. & yeah I’m white so it’s definitely not my place to speak on it but if I was a slave & saw somebody like samuel L Jackson in Django I’d hate his guts, a sambo ig is the term for it, not much worse than actually selling out your own ppl & slavery in general
If you look at how people talked about the United States BEFORE the Civil War, they talked about it plurally, as in, "The United States ARE a great place to live", with most people thinking of their state identity as primary, and their national identity as secondary. But interestingly enough, that changed AFTER the Civil War, people started talking about it singularly, as in, "The United States IS a great place to live" and was the first time that people started to identify moreso with the country as a whole rather than the state they lived in. Civil War historian Shelby Foote says that's what the Civil War did, it made us an "is".
Yep.. Rageaholic has a great video that explains it, with his recent Abraham Lincoln video that he uploaded. Tons of information in there that will blow people's minds.
15:33 Basically each state gets a specific number of electors based on the census taken prior to that election. When the popular vote is taken the electors promise to vote for that candidate, although they’re not legally required to do so in most states. They vote December 13th
@@trl2828 not on topic, but you’re technically not wrong. That idea was tested, and failed, during the Civil War. Tbh only a handful of states could be independent from the US and be fine, but most are reliant on government aid.
And just to add some info to this, the reason we have this system instead of just a straight majority vote is because at the time the country was formed, the state of Virginia absolutely dwarfed all the other states in terms of population. The founding fathers came up with this system to ensure that Virginia didn't get to simply dictate terms for the whole country because even smaller states had enough electoral power so that if most of them were united on an issue they could overrule Virginia. The system is still relevant to this day because even though Virginia is no longer huge in terms of population, California and New York are, and the electoral college continues to ensure that a couple of states don't get to simply enforce their will on the entire country.
@@chriswhinery925 i feel like the system would be better if there were proportional votes in the electoral college. I’m not the biggest fan of the winner takes all rule most states have. I feel like so many electors should pledge to the percentage of votes that actually goes towards their party
Lincoln's comment about Grant was to find out what brand of whiskey he drank and send barrels of it to Lincoln's other generals. Grant was not a constant drunk. He drank when there was nothing going on, ie. boredom. When a campaign was ongoing he was sober. Whenever he was able to have the company of his wife, he did not drink. He loved her deeply and missed her terribly. He was considered a rock, but his wife, was HIS rock.
Underrated president to be sure, especially considering his efforts to crush the Klan in his first term. His cabinet was corrupt because he was a political novice and was too trusting to the weasels of DC
And speaking of GLORY since Asia hasn't seen it that would be a great choice for a reaction video. I love that movie and I love re-experiencing it through the eyes of first time reactors like yourselves. It is one of about ten movies I never get tired seeing first time reactions to. And another historical 19th century anti-slavery biopic on that list of ten that has never been reacted to as I have seen is Steven Speilberg's AMISTAD (also starring Morgan Freeman). If you haven't seen it you should. It is very powerful and right up your alley.
The man in charge of the Artillery that fired on Fort Sumter was Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard, the man in charge of Fort Sumter Major Robert Anderson had been Beauregard's teacher in the use of Artillery at Westpoint. Beauregard was so good at it that Anderson kept him on for a couple of years to help with teaching other students, then later at Fort Sumter they ended up in conflict with each other and due to Beauregard's skill the Fort along with his old teacher had to surrender.
I love seeing people react to these channels, Oversimplified and Extra History are some great ways to learn about some of the less well known parts of history.
It's w-washed just like everything else they teach us. Go watch Rageaholic's recent video on Abe if you really want to learn about some of the less known parts of this era in history.
What probably happened with those battle plans was that Lee had his staff write out copies to be delivered to his corps commanders. Remember this was a time when paper was much more expensive and people saved and reused it AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE even if it was just to light the fire or wipe themselves lol. So after it was delivered, some underling used this waste paper to wrap his cigars not thinking anything of it, and later lost it. Lee would never have known it was missing.
Part 2 is very good too. Looking forward to your reaction to it. As to McClellan I think you were mistaken in identfying him with the general in GLORY. Two places also pertaining to the civil war that I highly recommend you visit if you ever get the chance. The Gettysburg Memorial Battlefield and the one room cabin in Kentucky Abe Lincoln was born in. And I am sure there are many other sites like it, but these are the two I have seen and they both just overwhelmed me with their history.
The Emancipation Proclamation didn't free a single slave. It said that the slaves in the Confederate states were free, but since the Confederate states didn't consider themselves a part of the US anymore, the slaves only became free after the Union would win in those areas
The little girl telling Lincoln to grow a beard and calling him ugly was a real thing that happened. One child who did not hold her opinions back shaped the image we have of him today.
Some Generals are really good at organization and training but few of those are really good at the strategy and tactics necessary to win battles. McClellan was the first type and Grant was the second type.
Simplistic, absolutely. Yet for those who know little about this vital period in U.S. history, genius! Asia, as for Gen. McClellan, one of the hardest things to do for a general is to place his army into a place where it can be destroyed. It is actually the rarity to find a man who can not only do that very thing but actually attack even though he has inferior numbers.
The electoral college has been part of the system of constitutional republic from the beginning. It is the mechanism that prevents a state of huge population to dictate or bully other smaller populations. The states size is insignificant just the population.
The American Civil War is the only official conflict in American history. HOWEVER, some have argued that the fighting between Loyalists and Continental forces during the American Revolution was actually a civil war, within another war. There were battles in the South during the Revolution that involved a few or no British soldiers. It was Americans fighting each other, some wanted independence and some wanted to remain British subjects. Additionally, Bleeding Kansas was also a civil war in the state of Kansas that ran parallel to The Civil War, lasted from 1854 to 1865.
I am a white guy and my family has lived in the US since around the1850s. I am so proud my great great Great grandfather fought in the Civil War for the Union. He is buried about 5 miles from where I live now.
Uncle Tom's has been widely used a slur to say someone is a sellout. However Uncle Tom was the HERO of the story, not the villain. Read the book, Uncle Tom helped other slaves escaped, and died for it. The villain was Sambo who was depicted in Django Unchained. And the mention of Queen Victoria in England, and child labor. Yeah, it still went on for a while, but England was inspired to get rid of slaves in ALL of its territories, in fact they were at war with the Arab slave trade that went on well into the 20th century.
There’s a statue of General McClellon in Washington D.C It’s him on his horse but the statue is facing north, so he’s riding north not south. A clever nod to the way he conducted himself during the war.
The little girl story was surprisingly- something that actually happened. Her name was grace beddell. I laugh so hard every time I hear that story like lmao she actually said that to the president and went "still ugly" afterwards.
Glad you guys picked this Oversimplified, I hadn't watched it yet, I'm learning with you guys! Can't wait for part 2. From some of your earlier reactions I decided to do some research on Uncle Tom's cabin, it was quite incredible. Amazing how a book can have so much influence, I also found out Uncle Tom's cabin is only about a 2 hour drive from my house (in Toronto), I plan on taking a trip to see it this summer. Great reaction!
You should both watch 'Ken Burns: The Civil War'! It's completely non biased on both sides, 'North' Union and 'South' Confederacy. It tells the whole story of America's bloodiest war and how it changed our history forever! Plus, Ken Burns IS the greatest documentarian director to've ever live!
Even if there never was a Civil War, slavery would have had to go within the next fifty years. Which begs the question, would there have been the animosity towards black men and women in the south, had it died out naturally. Would that have been better or worse? I don't have the answer, but if you look at the concept of race and racism, the more advanced we become socially, the less racism we begin to find. Most of the racism you find today, is less about being a racist and more about knowing what is racist. Sure, you will find the racist comments from time to time, but that is really more about trying to piss someone off and less of a belief that skin color determines superiority. I look forward to part 2.
The electoral college is a very necessary part of our election process. Because America is so large and diverse. With its population spread out. If America went by the popular vote. The cities of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and San Francisco would decide who was president. Thus everyone in the rest of the country would have no voice. So to offset this. Each state is give a number of electoral votes based upon the population of that state. Which means anyone running for president cannot ignore smaller states and their interests. Because any state can become the swing state to winning or losing an election.
Abolitionists HATED slavery. They were not after economic advantage. John Brown and his fellow abolitionists wanted to free the slaves and criticized anyone not supporting them, including Lincoln.
Queen Victoria caught criticism about child labour and the poor, including the tragedy of the potato famine in Ireland. Her concern about the slavery issue in the former Colonies was a deflection of the poverty in the UK.
This channel's "Revolutionary War" and "WW2" videos are awesome too, this is my favorite because Lincoln is my favorite president but it lead me to check those out. Washington's journey is an incredible story too.
@@Gutslinger you need to watch vlogging thru history an actual historian debunking of rageaholics video there is a lot he leaves out or just down right lies about
You guys need to react to the movie Mississippi Burning. It's setting takes place 100 years after the American Civil War. Gene Hackman stars in this masterpiece of a film
An excellent video. There were multiple times when the balance of the war hung on a thread and the confederacy came very close to tipping the balance. Sometimes when you look at the series of events that happened it's almost as if some divine force was intervening, the cigar plans are just one example.
This video omits a lot of information to make it look that way. Go watch Rageaholic's video on Abraham Lincoln. That's an excellent video filled with a lot of information that they scrub from history.
General Harker, was the General portraid in the movie Glory. He was, in actuallity, thirty years younger than portraid in the film, not corupt, and not in the area at the time Shaw, and the 54th Massachusetts were there. The corrupt colonel leading the "contraband coloured soldiers" was colonel Montgomery. The reason Harker was portraid as corrupt was because they needed a person of higher rank to keep Shaw from letting him men fight in battle.
Fun fact: Uncle Tom's Cabin was such an influential book against slavery that when Abraham Lincoln met the author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, he was quoted as jokingly saying......"So you're the little lady who caused this big war"
Lincoln before the war denounced slavery, he wanted to end the expansion of slavery to the new states (believing slavery would end on its own). During the war Lincoln was afraid of making it about slavery but was a huge proponent for the 13th amendment bc the Emancipation Proclamation wouldn't last after the war ended. Douglass was absolutely important for convincing Lincoln to make it about slavery.
A very prolific science fiction author named Harry Turtledove wrote an Alternate History novel called How Few Remain, which talks about the strained international relations between the United States of America & the Confederate States of America during the 1880s Indian Wars. The altered history traces back to those lost orders wrapped around the cigars! It's a fascinating novel that acknowledges real historical events, but against a different political backdrop: Custer's war against Native Americans continually being stymied simply by the warriors riding across the Texas border, for example. Also, Lincoln was never assassinated since he'd lost the war, so he never ran for a second term, & lived out his life in disgrace. It's worth a read, if anyone here is interested; & Turtledove used that stand-alone novel as a jumping off point for a series taking the two nations thru WWII. If you like the first novel & enjoy Alternate History, "The Great War" novels & subsequent two series are worth reading. They raise a lot of questions about why *we* made the decisions we made as a nation: why is the United States singular (is) & not plural (are)? Why is baseball & not football the "national passtime?" Really thought-provoking.
The Electoral College is basically so that hugely populated states don't get to dictate how a state across the country runs its things. People should get to live as they want in the areas they are in and decide locally. Also I should note America is NOT a democracy, it is actually a Constitutional Republic. So we elect officials to represent us and choose who represents us above that, based on our elections.
Absolutely! Keep in mind that the South was Democrats since today people think otherwise, you have to appreciate John Brown. He seemed like a mad man but probably was.
It's neither "Democratic Republic" nor a "Representative Democracy (republic) but a Constitutional Republic. Our founders knew every democracy in history failed. That's why they made a new experiment. And Asia and BJ, the electoral college is laid out in the US Constitution. It is to prevent concentration of popular vote in urban centers and more equally balance power.
There is an old movie called Gettysburg and it's sequel Gods and Generals that do a pretty good job of showing off the war. No, that was not the same Guy in Glory. That dude was only like a Captain I think. this guy is the head of the whole Northern army.
You have to remember that all of these military generals all went to west point together and know each other and in some cases are friends. I believe Robert e Lee was at the top of his class and grant didn't want to be there and was average
Asia BJ Eddy from Myrtle Beach sc 90 miles from fort sumpter , been there many times ! I sit there and just think ‘ about thank God for people who know we are all created equal ! Love y’all and channel
Also, it's important to keep in mind, just because someone was opposed to slavery didn't mean they wanted civil rights or equality for African Americans, slave or free. A lot of them were rabid racists because they didn't want black people around them, or lose their wage paying jobs to slaves. During the Civil War itself, blacks were subject to violent racist attacks even in the North. Blacks in the North were also mistreated and segregated as well. There were a number of abolitionists who were also pro civil rights, but not all or probably the majority were. Of course blacks, especially escaped slaves, preferred a racist North to being slaves in the South, but it was not easy for them anywhere really.
Absolutely there where racist in the North but I don't think it was how we think of it today. A fair portion of pure racism in the North most likely was rooted in propaganda spread by the South for decades. The build up to the Civil War and the War years America was very different. The first real wave of immigrants came starting in the 1840's. They where Irish, coming to America because of the potato famine. The Jews and Slavic started to come by time of the Civil War. Until the Irish got here America was predominantly a nation with English and German heritage. The new immigrants where not well received and treated very poorly. There are examples in literature that show the Irish where treated worse and considered lower then free black men in many situations and areas. Every immigrant group settled together in neighborhoods of cities or regions like Appalachia. These examples still exist today in a scaled down version. China Town, Korea Town, Little Italy etc... So my point is that at this point in history the melting pot hadn't really had many outsiders to melt. All non native people where treated differently and kept out of established society whenever possible. In my view the North had more of restricted community view of all newcomers and less of a targeted racism of people of color. Now move forward 60 years after the Civil War and all the upheaval that caused, during the great migration of the children and grandchildren of those freed slaves from the South move North... well you undeniably see the spread of 20th century racism and discrimination. To sum it up, most of the North disliked anyone not a native with English/German heritage in mid 19th century
@Anti-NIGHTBOT ` There was an interesting contrast in racism of the North and the South. In the South, blacks were hated as a race, but liked as individuals, as evidenced by occasional cordiality and familial portrayals of relationship between masters and slaves. In the North they were liked as a race, and many professed their humanity and evils of slavery, but were hated individually, no one wanted black people in their town, at their jobs, or in their church. So in the South racism was terror and resulting Stockholm syndrome, while in the North, it was a poorly masked hypocrisy interrupted by violent outbursts against a group everyone claimed they were freeing. Similar hatreds were directed initially at German immigrants, later Irish immigrants, then Italians, Russians, Greeks, and Jews. These European migrants had to defend against attacks on their own grounds, but also engaged in racism because of their desperate competition for jobs as well as acceptance by the white majority of American born. It's a real tragedy that quite a bit of racism against Chinese, blacks, Hispanics, and other non- Europeans came from recently arrived immigrants who were treated just as badly when they first came. Really sad more American people don't remember their history.
My my great great-grandparents in Pomeroy Ohio used their home as part of the Underground Railroad. If you go up the back staircase and turn around there is a room built into the ceiling. It’s almost invisible if you don’t know it’s there.
He kinda missed to point out, how clsoe McClellan came to mess up Antietam. What should have been a crushing defeat thanks to the plans was just about a draw. He managed to waste literal days, at which point the plans had become much less useful.
It all goes back to tactic and strategy, also McClellan’s disposition. He seems to have had more solid tactics than strategy (something like he could see the trees but not the forest.) He didn’t quite seem to prioritize the big picture. Rather he tried to put tactics over strategy and he had quite a few tactical victories (the battle losses were bigger on the Confederate side BUT the Union had failed to meet the goals they’d set out to meet.) during this time, McClellan also believed that Lee had WAY more numbers along with a whole bunch of other intelligence errors. He failed to achieve a DECISIVE victory (ie a tactical and strategic victory which is what we all tend to think of when we hear “win/victory’. He had the numbers but couldn’t figure out the right way to go about penetrate the enemy lines enough to ever get an advantage. And again, part of this was, as shown in the video, McClellan’s nature. He wasn’t one to really risk things and didn’t seem to want any critique, to the end he held that his decisions were all correct on the field. (Oh, in WWII Germany sent 3 MILLION troops to fight on the Eastern Front, mostly in Russia, but still lost … As usual, the Russian winter came and did them in. Adolf didn’t keep Napoleon’s defeat in mind at all, it seems.) 27:27 i remember ‘Glory’. We watched it in history class and then i bought it for myself. The music was wonderful, too.
Many of the slave states were Lincoln’s name wasn’t on the ballet back then had roughly only 3-10 electoral votes and many northern states had more than 10. At the time Ohio had 23, New York had 35 and Pennsylvania had 27. Some of the slave states that voted for Lincoln in 1860 which happened to the the largest slave states were Virginia which had 15 electoral votes, Kentucky and Tennessee which both had 12. Which explains the 1860 landslide.
Lincoln viewed Douglass as a superior man among men. Lincoln had the capacity to change, which very few adults his age do. He could learn from experiences. After his second inaugural speech, Lincoln came back to the White House to greet visitors. He brushed past the people at the door and said, "Where is Douglass? I want to know what HE thought of the speech." Mr. Douglass summed it up: ' I said: 'Mr. Lincoln, it was a sacred effort,' and then I walked off. 'I am glad you liked it,' he said. That was the last time I saw him to speak with him.'
The popular vote in the state grants the politician a certain number of points based off population size of said state. Some states might even split the vote, but the majority gives all the points to the popular vote within the state.
Each state, depending on population size gets a certain amount of electoral votes, when the votes are counted in each state then whoever wins the majority of votes in the state receives that states electoral votes.
Uncle Tom's Cabin was based on a real person Josiah Henson,who escaped into Canada and settled in Dawn Township in the small village of Dresden ,Ontario...He was Harriet Beecher Stowes inspiration for the Book....
BTW... Just for history buffs...Abe Lincoln being born in Kentucky because his grandfather help settle the area with no other than Daniel Boone. AND... Boone had become disenchanted with the politics in the territory after the American Revolution > left Kentucky for Illinois < where Abe's grandfather/family followed and ole' Abe was raised to be the man he was. The Boones and the Lincolns made a great team.
I know alot of people are saying watch this version. but i highly, highllyyyyyy suggest watching epic history tv 1914 at some point. Its just a phenomenal series.
There’s 50 individual elections with the popular vote winner getting the states electoral votes. The the winner that gets what 270 or so electoral. votes. So our federal elections are a hybrid election.
Everyone should watch Rageaholic's recent video on Abraham Lincoln. Very eye opening, and teaches you a lot of what Oversimplified and school scrubs from history.
I appreciate this reaction! It’s way too easy for people to get caught up in emotions to the point that the scholarly education is lost. Sure there is plenty of moral lessons to be learned, but I grew up fascinated in the military history-the strategies and tactics, and the human successes and errors that shaped the direction of the conflicts…all the “what ifs”-what if those cigars hadn’t been discovered…what if AP Hill hadn’t arrived in time to save Lee at Antietam. Sheer luck has won as many battles as superior generalship-doesn’t matter which war. Anyway, as a former teacher, I’m just really glad to see your scholarly approach to learning about this!
38:35 exactly, those are the details that you miss in school because they don't give them too much importance for some reason... but that's just in my experience
I've read one of Frederick Douglass bio and he wasn't as influential to lincoln as y'all think, he was famous but that was mostly due to what he was than what he actually did. Lots of people learned to read, but he was black and learned to read. Pretty sure he even hated Lincoln, but Lincoln still treated him with respect and gave him time, even with backlash he received for it. Although it is understandable why he would be so hateful and anger prone given his childhood, but he took it out on all the people that were on his side. Like black kids hating on the white teachers that want to help them, saying shit like why aren't you doing more comes off as ungrateful hate towards the wrong people.
What was fought for in the Civil War was what Jefferson's excluded ideas in the Declaration of Independence was all about. The idea of slavery in the US was controversial for the start. There was a certain sect that was persistent. Yes he owned slaves, pretty much anyone in power did, and it was inherited. Abolishishment had to start somewhere.
Individual votes are to elect "electors" in each state. That is their only function. Each state legislature decides how this election of "electors" works in their state. Those "electors"are the ones whose votes elect the president.
15:15 The Electoral college is simply based Federal representation. Each state has two Senators and the House Representatives are based on population. The electors for each party are voted on in a caucus for each party.
If you haven't seen it, watch Lincoln, the movie from 2012. It is all about the end of the civil war and how slavery was abolished for good. it is very well done and instructive.
If you haven't seen it, watch Rageaholic's recent video on Abraham Lincoln. Mind blowing information.. It'll make you realize how much they have scrubbed from the history books, and how we are taught a false perception about him.
"NEVER SEEN GLORY!?!" FIX THAT!!! I actually had a class on "Glory" at the Marine Corps Educational Center, in Quantico, from the Colonel who was the Marine Corps historian at the time. Great officer. Gave classes at MCDEC Quantico and H.Q.M.C. Arlington. As Shelby Foote put it, "The North fought most of the war with one hand tied behind it's back." Black Troops were the other hand comin' round.
You guys should check out more Oversimplified videos. There's another channel called Vlogging through History, where he gives more context to the historical situations. Because its hard for us to realize that some ideas where a product of the times.
As thankful as we are that the Civil War ended slavery, it was a horrible conflict. And how ironic is it that the last states to FINALLY do away with slavery was Delaware and New Jersey from the North. Crazy.
They don't cover every engagement of the civil war. Some battles were inconclusive or didn't have a significant result to sway the war one way or the other.
My paternal 2nd-Great-Grandfather was hit by a piece of exploded fence rail at the Battle of Antietam. He was too injured to do his job after the war, which caused generational poverty for my family.
No one seemed to say exactly what the college is or how electors are sent to Washington. There are 535 electors. 1 for each senator (100) and 1 for each representative (435). These are the CURRENT numbers. Each state, by popular election, decides the electoral votes. Then each state's winning party (some states split votes by nominee) sends those electors to Washington. THEN Congress ratifies that vote to formally appoint the President. It was this last part that the January 6th resurrectionists tried to stop.
I keep hoping that one day Oversimplified will cover the Texas Revolution because we overcame such overwhelming odds to become independent ourselves. Anyway, I don't know if ya'll learned this in Texas history when it came to the Civil War, but I did learn this (hi I am from the San Antonio area). Not every Texan wanted to leave the Union, even our current Governor at the time. When learning about my own family history, my German ancestors ended up joining the Union Army because they were anti-slavery. There's an actual Civil War Uniform in the Museum that was built in honor of our ancestors (and a Historical Society too).
For an incredible look at the last few months of Lincoln life and the last months of the war watch Lincoln. It's a great movie and various historian all swear by the accuracy of the times
My great great grandfather fought in the civil war from Ohio. His grandson, my uncle, told me the things that he shared with him about the men he fought with. We were much more of a Christian nation at that time, the majority of the men who enlisted did so to stop slavery. I'm a huge history buff and knowing what I do about the history of the democratic party and republican party I have never been able to understand why any black American could be a Democrat. Democrats fought against freeing the slaves, against allowing blacks to vote, Confederate general Albert Pike started the kkk to stop republican blacks from running for office and voting in the south, Republicans fought to get Dredd overturned, democrats fought against the civil rights laws in the 1960's, they the party that put segregation into affect in the south...to this day I am baffled by any Black American being a Democrat.
The American Civil War was an interesting time that spawned many a wargame. BJ, you'd like playing paper and chit war games. You'd have to leave Asia at home because chicks don't like strategy.
They didn't find lee's plans wrapped around a cigar. He had a messenger that was taking them to another general so he would know what to do. The messenger was captured. This guy is so inaccurate about so many things.
Hey guys---first off, howdy from a fellow Texan, and if you're interested in this topic, Ken Burns's Civil War is still an amazing series, and far more comprehensive. It's an excellent watch and very powerful.
The reason France and Britain were so willing to support the Confederacy was due to one simple thing: cotton. Compared to the cotton coming out of India and Russia, Southern cotton was vastly cheaper to import and manufacture, and was of a better quality. When the Civil War began in 1861, and the United States' Navy initiated their Anaconda Plan to blockade the south and constrict them financially, the European powers had to begin to look elsewhere to maintain their cotton manufacturing. In the case of the British, they looked to Egypt, and through diplomacy and financial pressure, were able to dislodge it from the Ottoman sphere of influence. This began a long-term Anglo-Egpyptian connection almost to the point of colonialism that lasted until 1956.
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I was born and raised in Kansas. There is a large mural in the state capitol that features John Brown very prominently and there is a statue of him in the town square of Osawatamie, Kansas. As a general rule, Kansas tends to view him as a hero of the free soil movement.
Ignorant people who havent read "Uncle Tom's Cabin" still use Uncle Tom as an insult lmao. Great reaction like always.
What is the significance of uncle tom?
@@samurai215 Black folks on the left call black folks on the right Uncle Toms as a negative thing meaning they are on the side of the white man or whatever but in the story Uncle Tom was the hero who helped the slaves escape and didn't rat them out.
@@samurai215 uncle Tom was a character who was part of the underground railroad along the Ohio River who helped slaves get to freedom and the use of uncle Tom towards someone is considered a insult when in reality the black character in the book who its referred to was fighting to free slaves so its really a uneducated insult. Democrats hated the book and convinced the black community that being a uncle Tom is being a sellout to your people when in reality the sellout to their people was Sambo who worked for the slave master and was like Samuel l Jackson in Django helping keep the slaves in line. The calling someone a Sambo died out and was taken over by uncle Tom
@@cbogolo so Uncle Tom was kinda like Harriet Tubman except instead of being a hero he is considered to be a black sheep or a villain to his people? Never read the book but maybe I should. & yeah I’m white so it’s definitely not my place to speak on it but if I was a slave & saw somebody like samuel L Jackson in Django I’d hate his guts, a sambo ig is the term for it, not much worse than actually selling out your own ppl & slavery in general
Same with republicans are evil racist. Which isn't all true.
That Goodfellas line, I’m funny? How am I funny? Like a clown? That was the best! Lol
It was the best? Better how? I mean, better than other lines? Is it arrogant? It makes other lines feel inferior?
If you look at how people talked about the United States BEFORE the Civil War, they talked about it plurally, as in, "The United States ARE a great place to live", with most people thinking of their state identity as primary, and their national identity as secondary. But interestingly enough, that changed AFTER the Civil War, people started talking about it singularly, as in, "The United States IS a great place to live" and was the first time that people started to identify moreso with the country as a whole rather than the state they lived in. Civil War historian Shelby Foote says that's what the Civil War did, it made us an "is".
Yep.. Rageaholic has a great video that explains it, with his recent Abraham Lincoln video that he uploaded.
Tons of information in there that will blow people's minds.
That's overblown. People still identify with the state they were born and raised in first.
@@p3x1967 only in a few outlier states, especially california and texas.
15:33 Basically each state gets a specific number of electors based on the census taken prior to that election. When the popular vote is taken the electors promise to vote for that candidate, although they’re not legally required to do so in most states. They vote December 13th
Each State is technically independent but apart of a Union with the other States.
@@trl2828 not on topic, but you’re technically not wrong. That idea was tested, and failed, during the Civil War. Tbh only a handful of states could be independent from the US and be fine, but most are reliant on government aid.
And just to add some info to this, the reason we have this system instead of just a straight majority vote is because at the time the country was formed, the state of Virginia absolutely dwarfed all the other states in terms of population. The founding fathers came up with this system to ensure that Virginia didn't get to simply dictate terms for the whole country because even smaller states had enough electoral power so that if most of them were united on an issue they could overrule Virginia.
The system is still relevant to this day because even though Virginia is no longer huge in terms of population, California and New York are, and the electoral college continues to ensure that a couple of states don't get to simply enforce their will on the entire country.
@@chriswhinery925 i feel like the system would be better if there were proportional votes in the electoral college. I’m not the biggest fan of the winner takes all rule most states have. I feel like so many electors should pledge to the percentage of votes that actually goes towards their party
@@JamosisKlyde Most would not be reliant on "government aide" if the government would get out of the way.
Lincoln's comment about Grant was to find out what brand of whiskey he drank and send barrels of it to Lincoln's other generals. Grant was not a constant drunk. He drank when there was nothing going on, ie. boredom. When a campaign was ongoing he was sober. Whenever he was able to have the company of his wife, he did not drink. He loved her deeply and missed her terribly. He was considered a rock, but his wife, was HIS rock.
got to love president U.S.A
You are historical correct sir!! Grant was brilliant man, you must see his home in Galena, Illinois.
Underrated president to be sure, especially considering his efforts to crush the Klan in his first term. His cabinet was corrupt because he was a political novice and was too trusting to the weasels of DC
@@ryanboggs5919 Sounds familiar.
And there's a good chance that he was just a lightweight when it came to alcohol
And speaking of GLORY since Asia hasn't seen it that would be a great choice for a reaction video. I love that movie and I love re-experiencing it through the eyes of first time reactors like yourselves. It is one of about ten movies I never get tired seeing first time reactions to.
And another historical 19th century anti-slavery biopic on that list of ten that has never been reacted to as I have seen is Steven Speilberg's AMISTAD (also starring Morgan Freeman). If you haven't seen it you should. It is very powerful and right up your alley.
Please add Glory to the list.
@@jostrich21 I second that! Glory is such a great movie!
It's not just powerful; it's important. Came here just to say what you already have. 'Glory' /signed
I'd like to see more people react to Amistad!
The man in charge of the Artillery that fired on Fort Sumter was Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard, the man in charge of Fort Sumter Major Robert Anderson had been Beauregard's teacher in the use of Artillery at Westpoint. Beauregard was so good at it that Anderson kept him on for a couple of years to help with teaching other students, then later at Fort Sumter they ended up in conflict with each other and due to Beauregard's skill the Fort along with his old teacher had to surrender.
Beauregard served at the fort in St Augustine, the last time I was there they had a location marked as his residence.
I love seeing people react to these channels, Oversimplified and Extra History are some great ways to learn about some of the less well known parts of history.
It's w-washed just like everything else they teach us.
Go watch Rageaholic's recent video on Abe if you really want to learn about some of the less known parts of this era in history.
@@Gutslingerbe quiet 🤦🏾♂️
What probably happened with those battle plans was that Lee had his staff write out copies to be delivered to his corps commanders. Remember this was a time when paper was much more expensive and people saved and reused it AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE even if it was just to light the fire or wipe themselves lol. So after it was delivered, some underling used this waste paper to wrap his cigars not thinking anything of it, and later lost it. Lee would never have known it was missing.
Part 2 is very good too. Looking forward to your reaction to it. As to McClellan I think you were mistaken in identfying him with the general in GLORY.
Two places also pertaining to the civil war that I highly recommend you visit if you ever get the chance. The Gettysburg Memorial Battlefield and the one room cabin in Kentucky Abe Lincoln was born in. And I am sure there are many other sites like it, but these are the two I have seen and they both just overwhelmed me with their history.
That would be Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. They do look surprisingly similar though now that I look at it lol
The Emancipation Proclamation didn't free a single slave. It said that the slaves in the Confederate states were free, but since the Confederate states didn't consider themselves a part of the US anymore, the slaves only became free after the Union would win in those areas
The little girl telling Lincoln to grow a beard and calling him ugly was a real thing that happened. One child who did not hold her opinions back shaped the image we have of him today.
Sounds like a lot of small children lol. They can be such savages without even knowing it
Some Generals are really good at organization and training but few of those are really good at the strategy and tactics necessary to win battles. McClellan was the first type and Grant was the second type.
Simplistic, absolutely. Yet for those who know little about this vital period in U.S. history, genius! Asia, as for Gen. McClellan, one of the hardest things to do for a general is to place his army into a place where it can be destroyed. It is actually the rarity to find a man who can not only do that very thing but actually attack even though he has inferior numbers.
2 Civil War movie's 1.Glory starring Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman. 2. Gettysburg starring Martin Sheen, Tom Berenger and Stephen Lang.
The electoral college has been part of the system of constitutional republic from the beginning. It is the mechanism that prevents a state of huge population to dictate or bully other smaller populations. The states size is insignificant just the population.
Yea but thats not democracy... its dumb its also used make some areas on tje state to count more like the white areas
The American Civil War is the only official conflict in American history. HOWEVER, some have argued that the fighting between Loyalists and Continental forces during the American Revolution was actually a civil war, within another war. There were battles in the South during the Revolution that involved a few or no British soldiers. It was Americans fighting each other, some wanted independence and some wanted to remain British subjects. Additionally, Bleeding Kansas was also a civil war in the state of Kansas that ran parallel to The Civil War, lasted from 1854 to 1865.
Excellent points.
I am a white guy and my family has lived in the US since around the1850s. I am so proud my great great Great grandfather fought in the Civil War for the Union. He is buried about 5 miles from where I live now.
Uncle Tom's has been widely used a slur to say someone is a sellout. However Uncle Tom was the HERO of the story, not the villain. Read the book, Uncle Tom helped other slaves escaped, and died for it. The villain was Sambo who was depicted in Django Unchained. And the mention of Queen Victoria in England, and child labor. Yeah, it still went on for a while, but England was inspired to get rid of slaves in ALL of its territories, in fact they were at war with the Arab slave trade that went on well into the 20th century.
I love Oversimplified. Watch it all the time. Love the humor combined with the history.
There’s a statue of General McClellon in Washington D.C
It’s him on his horse but the statue is facing north, so he’s riding north not south.
A clever nod to the way he conducted himself during the war.
i love it
The little girl story was surprisingly- something that actually happened. Her name was grace beddell. I laugh so hard every time I hear that story like lmao she actually said that to the president and went "still ugly" afterwards.
Glad you guys picked this Oversimplified, I hadn't watched it yet, I'm learning with you guys! Can't wait for part 2. From some of your earlier reactions I decided to do some research on Uncle Tom's cabin, it was quite incredible. Amazing how a book can have so much influence, I also found out Uncle Tom's cabin is only about a 2 hour drive from my house (in Toronto), I plan on taking a trip to see it this summer. Great reaction!
Canadians have much bigger problems in the present.
@@jackasswhiskyandpintobeans9344 if you heard it on the internet it must be true
I don't think you guys have done part 2 of this because I can't find your video of it.
You should both watch 'Ken Burns: The Civil War'! It's completely non biased on both sides, 'North' Union and 'South' Confederacy. It tells the whole story of America's bloodiest war and how it changed our history forever! Plus, Ken Burns IS the greatest documentarian director to've ever live!
It's good to see people learn about history watching it like this help me learn as much as you guys did or if not more thanks for sharing
Even if there never was a Civil War, slavery would have had to go within the next fifty years. Which begs the question, would there have been the animosity towards black men and women in the south, had it died out naturally. Would that have been better or worse?
I don't have the answer, but if you look at the concept of race and racism, the more advanced we become socially, the less racism we begin to find.
Most of the racism you find today, is less about being a racist and more about knowing what is racist. Sure, you will find the racist comments from time to time, but that is really more about trying to piss someone off and less of a belief that skin color determines superiority.
I look forward to part 2.
The electoral college is a very necessary part of our election process. Because America is so large and diverse. With its population spread out. If America went by the popular vote. The cities of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and San Francisco would decide who was president. Thus everyone in the rest of the country would have no voice. So to offset this. Each state is give a number of electoral votes based upon the population of that state. Which means anyone running for president cannot ignore smaller states and their interests. Because any state can become the swing state to winning or losing an election.
Abolitionists HATED slavery. They were not after economic advantage. John Brown and his fellow abolitionists wanted to free the slaves and criticized anyone not supporting them, including Lincoln.
Antietem wasn't a Union victory. It was more of a stalemate, but Lincoln took what he could get.
Harry Turtledove writes an alternate history where the US is split. Also Guns of the South is a good alternate history.
read that series thru WWII awesome concept and writing
Queen Victoria caught criticism about child labour and the poor, including the tragedy of the potato famine in Ireland. Her concern about the slavery issue in the former Colonies was a deflection of the poverty in the UK.
This channel's "Revolutionary War" and "WW2" videos are awesome too, this is my favorite because Lincoln is my favorite president but it lead me to check those out. Washington's journey is an incredible story too.
If Lincoln is your favorite president, I HIGHLY recommend you watching Rageaholic's recent video about it.
The info in that video will blow your mind.
@@Gutslinger you need to watch vlogging thru history an actual historian debunking of rageaholics video there is a lot he leaves out or just down right lies about
Abraham Lincoln also was a wrestler. In his 12 year career he lost one match. This guy is funny.
You guys need to react to the movie Mississippi Burning. It's setting takes place 100 years after the American Civil War. Gene Hackman stars in this masterpiece of a film
They said they were reluctant for black men to join the war because of fear of recap;ture by the Sojuth and put back into slavery.
An excellent video. There were multiple times when the balance of the war hung on a thread and the confederacy came very close to tipping the balance. Sometimes when you look at the series of events that happened it's almost as if some divine force was intervening, the cigar plans are just one example.
This video omits a lot of information to make it look that way.
Go watch Rageaholic's video on Abraham Lincoln. That's an excellent video filled with a lot of information that they scrub from history.
General Harker, was the General portraid in the movie Glory. He was, in actuallity, thirty years younger than portraid in the film, not corupt, and not in the area at the time Shaw, and the 54th Massachusetts were there. The corrupt colonel leading the "contraband coloured soldiers" was colonel Montgomery. The reason Harker was portraid as corrupt was because they needed a person of higher rank to keep Shaw from letting him men fight in battle.
Fun fact: Uncle Tom's Cabin was such an influential book against slavery that when Abraham Lincoln met the author, Harriet Beecher Stowe, he was quoted as jokingly saying......"So you're the little lady who caused this big war"
Lincoln before the war denounced slavery, he wanted to end the expansion of slavery to the new states (believing slavery would end on its own). During the war Lincoln was afraid of making it about slavery but was a huge proponent for the 13th amendment bc the Emancipation Proclamation wouldn't last after the war ended. Douglass was absolutely important for convincing Lincoln to make it about slavery.
A very prolific science fiction author named Harry Turtledove wrote an Alternate History novel called How Few Remain, which talks about the strained international relations between the United States of America & the Confederate States of America during the 1880s Indian Wars. The altered history traces back to those lost orders wrapped around the cigars!
It's a fascinating novel that acknowledges real historical events, but against a different political backdrop: Custer's war against Native Americans continually being stymied simply by the warriors riding across the Texas border, for example.
Also, Lincoln was never assassinated since he'd lost the war, so he never ran for a second term, & lived out his life in disgrace.
It's worth a read, if anyone here is interested; & Turtledove used that stand-alone novel as a jumping off point for a series taking the two nations thru WWII. If you like the first novel & enjoy Alternate History, "The Great War" novels & subsequent two series are worth reading. They raise a lot of questions about why *we* made the decisions we made as a nation: why is the United States singular (is) & not plural (are)? Why is baseball & not football the "national passtime?"
Really thought-provoking.
The Electoral College is basically so that hugely populated states don't get to dictate how a state across the country runs its things. People should get to live as they want in the areas they are in and decide locally. Also I should note America is NOT a democracy, it is actually a Constitutional Republic. So we elect officials to represent us and choose who represents us above that, based on our elections.
Absolutely!
Keep in mind that the South was Democrats since today people think otherwise, you have to appreciate John Brown. He seemed like a mad man but probably was.
Also - Thomas Sowell today is a great speaker on this subject. Check him out.
@@rg20322 Thomas Sowell YES
A Representative Democracy (Republic) is still a democracy. What you said is the equivalent of saying "my pet is not an animal, he's a dog!"
It's neither "Democratic Republic" nor a "Representative Democracy (republic) but a Constitutional Republic. Our founders knew every democracy in history failed. That's why they made a new experiment.
And Asia and BJ, the electoral college is laid out in the US Constitution. It is to prevent concentration of popular vote in urban centers and more equally balance power.
There is an old movie called Gettysburg and it's sequel Gods and Generals that do a pretty good job of showing off the war. No, that was not the same Guy in Glory. That dude was only like a Captain I think. this guy is the head of the whole Northern army.
You have to remember that all of these military generals all went to west point together and know each other and in some cases are friends. I believe Robert e Lee was at the top of his class and grant didn't want to be there and was average
Asia BJ Eddy from Myrtle Beach sc 90 miles from fort sumpter , been there many times ! I sit there and just think ‘ about thank God for people who know we are all created equal ! Love y’all and channel
Also, it's important to keep in mind, just because someone was opposed to slavery didn't mean they wanted civil rights or equality for African Americans, slave or free. A lot of them were rabid racists because they didn't want black people around them, or lose their wage paying jobs to slaves. During the Civil War itself, blacks were subject to violent racist attacks even in the North. Blacks in the North were also mistreated and segregated as well. There were a number of abolitionists who were also pro civil rights, but not all or probably the majority were. Of course blacks, especially escaped slaves, preferred a racist North to being slaves in the South, but it was not easy for them anywhere really.
Absolutely there where racist in the North but I don't think it was how we think of it today. A fair portion of pure racism in the North most likely was rooted in propaganda spread by the South for decades. The build up to the Civil War and the War years America was very different. The first real wave of immigrants came starting in the 1840's. They where Irish, coming to America because of the potato famine. The Jews and Slavic started to come by time of the Civil War. Until the Irish got here America was predominantly a nation with English and German heritage. The new immigrants where not well received and treated very poorly. There are examples in literature that show the Irish where treated worse and considered lower then free black men in many situations and areas. Every immigrant group settled together in neighborhoods of cities or regions like Appalachia. These examples still exist today in a scaled down version. China Town, Korea Town, Little Italy etc... So my point is that at this point in history the melting pot hadn't really had many outsiders to melt. All non native people where treated differently and kept out of established society whenever possible. In my view the North had more of restricted community view of all newcomers and less of a targeted racism of people of color. Now move forward 60 years after the Civil War and all the upheaval that caused, during the great migration of the children and grandchildren of those freed slaves from the South move North... well you undeniably see the spread of 20th century racism and discrimination. To sum it up, most of the North disliked anyone not a native with English/German heritage in mid 19th century
@Anti-NIGHTBOT ` There was an interesting contrast in racism of the North and the South. In the South, blacks were hated as a race, but liked as individuals, as evidenced by occasional cordiality and familial portrayals of relationship between masters and slaves. In the North they were liked as a race, and many professed their humanity and evils of slavery, but were hated individually, no one wanted black people in their town, at their jobs, or in their church. So in the South racism was terror and resulting Stockholm syndrome, while in the North, it was a poorly masked hypocrisy interrupted by violent outbursts against a group everyone claimed they were freeing. Similar hatreds were directed initially at German immigrants, later Irish immigrants, then Italians, Russians, Greeks, and Jews. These European migrants had to defend against attacks on their own grounds, but also engaged in racism because of their desperate competition for jobs as well as acceptance by the white majority of American born. It's a real tragedy that quite a bit of racism against Chinese, blacks, Hispanics, and other non- Europeans came from recently arrived immigrants who were treated just as badly when they first came. Really sad more American people don't remember their history.
My my great great-grandparents in Pomeroy Ohio used their home as part of the Underground Railroad. If you go up the back staircase and turn around there is a room built into the ceiling. It’s almost invisible if you don’t know it’s there.
He kinda missed to point out, how clsoe McClellan came to mess up Antietam. What should have been a crushing defeat thanks to the plans was just about a draw.
He managed to waste literal days, at which point the plans had become much less useful.
John Brown: "Bet. Come get these hands."
It all goes back to tactic and strategy, also McClellan’s disposition. He seems to have had more solid tactics than strategy (something like he could see the trees but not the forest.) He didn’t quite seem to prioritize the big picture. Rather he tried to put tactics over strategy and he had quite a few tactical victories (the battle losses were bigger on the Confederate side BUT the Union had failed to meet the goals they’d set out to meet.) during this time, McClellan also believed that Lee had WAY more numbers along with a whole bunch of other intelligence errors. He failed to achieve a DECISIVE victory (ie a tactical and strategic victory which is what we all tend to think of when we hear “win/victory’. He had the numbers but couldn’t figure out the right way to go about penetrate the enemy lines enough to ever get an advantage. And again, part of this was, as shown in the video, McClellan’s nature. He wasn’t one to really risk things and didn’t seem to want any critique, to the end he held that his decisions were all correct on the field. (Oh, in WWII Germany sent 3 MILLION troops to fight on the Eastern Front, mostly in Russia, but still lost … As usual, the Russian winter came and did them in. Adolf didn’t keep Napoleon’s defeat in mind at all, it seems.)
27:27 i remember ‘Glory’. We watched it in history class and then i bought it for myself. The music was wonderful, too.
Many of the slave states were Lincoln’s name wasn’t on the ballet back then had roughly only 3-10 electoral votes and many northern states had more than 10. At the time Ohio had 23, New York had 35 and Pennsylvania had 27. Some of the slave states that voted for Lincoln in 1860 which happened to the the largest slave states were Virginia which had 15 electoral votes, Kentucky and Tennessee which both had 12. Which explains the 1860 landslide.
Taxes. As with all our wars, from the Revolution through ww2, it was primarily taxes.
Lincoln viewed Douglass as a superior man among men. Lincoln had the capacity to change, which very few adults his age do. He could learn from experiences. After his second inaugural speech, Lincoln came back to the White House to greet visitors. He brushed past the people at the door and said, "Where is Douglass? I want to know what HE thought of the speech." Mr. Douglass summed it up: ' I said: 'Mr. Lincoln, it was a sacred effort,' and then I walked off. 'I am glad you liked it,' he said. That was the last time I saw him to speak with him.'
Realllly need part 2 y'all
The popular vote in the state grants the politician a certain number of points based off population size of said state. Some states might even split the vote, but the majority gives all the points to the popular vote within the state.
The man who led the soldiers in Glory was named Robert Shaw
It wasn’t McCellan
Each state, depending on population size gets a certain amount of electoral votes, when the votes are counted in each state then whoever wins the majority of votes in the state receives that states electoral votes.
Did a part 2 reaction ever happen? Can’t find it.
Uncle Tom's Cabin was based on a real person Josiah Henson,who escaped into Canada and settled in Dawn Township in the small village of Dresden ,Ontario...He was Harriet Beecher Stowes inspiration for the Book....
Where is part 2?
No, that was not Mclellan. He was a a short lived footnote to history. I think the guy you're talking about (Glory) was named Shaw.👍
BTW... Just for history buffs...Abe Lincoln being born in Kentucky because his grandfather help settle the area with no other than Daniel Boone. AND... Boone had become disenchanted with the politics in the territory after the American Revolution > left Kentucky for Illinois < where Abe's grandfather/family followed and ole' Abe was raised to be the man he was. The Boones and the Lincolns made a great team.
McClellan was not the guy commanding the Massachusetts regiment depicted in Glory. That was Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
I know alot of people are saying watch this version. but i highly, highllyyyyyy suggest watching epic history tv 1914 at some point. Its just a phenomenal series.
Wheres part 2?
There’s 50 individual elections with the popular vote winner getting the states electoral votes. The the winner that gets what 270 or so electoral. votes. So our federal elections are a hybrid election.
It was about many things, but the primary reason? Same as revolutionary war...taxes.
Ken Burns Civil War is very informative and entertaining and well worth a watch. It is long, but everyone should see it. It is very well made.
Everyone should watch Rageaholic's recent video on Abraham Lincoln.
Very eye opening, and teaches you a lot of what Oversimplified and school scrubs from history.
Let’s go more Asia and bj
23:05 War is always destructive.
I appreciate this reaction! It’s way too easy for people to get caught up in emotions to the point that the scholarly education is lost. Sure there is plenty of moral lessons to be learned, but I grew up fascinated in the military history-the strategies and tactics, and the human successes and errors that shaped the direction of the conflicts…all the “what ifs”-what if those cigars hadn’t been discovered…what if AP Hill hadn’t arrived in time to save Lee at Antietam. Sheer luck has won as many battles as superior generalship-doesn’t matter which war. Anyway, as a former teacher, I’m just really glad to see your scholarly approach to learning about this!
38:35 exactly, those are the details that you miss in school because they don't give them too much importance for some reason... but that's just in my experience
General McClellan was not the man who lead the soldiers in GLORY.
If Asia hasn’t seen Glory… you have review it on Reelin channel!!!
I've read one of Frederick Douglass bio and he wasn't as influential to lincoln as y'all think, he was famous but that was mostly due to what he was than what he actually did. Lots of people learned to read, but he was black and learned to read. Pretty sure he even hated Lincoln, but Lincoln still treated him with respect and gave him time, even with backlash he received for it. Although it is understandable why he would be so hateful and anger prone given his childhood, but he took it out on all the people that were on his side. Like black kids hating on the white teachers that want to help them, saying shit like why aren't you doing more comes off as ungrateful hate towards the wrong people.
I'm learning! 👨🎓Thanks, kids!
Checkmate Lincolnites is a good series about the civil war
What was fought for in the Civil War was what Jefferson's excluded ideas in the Declaration of Independence was all about. The idea of slavery in the US was controversial for the start. There was a certain sect that was persistent. Yes he owned slaves, pretty much anyone in power did, and it was inherited. Abolishishment had to start somewhere.
Individual votes are to elect "electors" in each state. That is their only function. Each state legislature decides how this election of "electors" works in their state. Those "electors"are the ones whose votes elect the president.
15:15 The Electoral college is simply based Federal representation. Each state has two Senators and the House Representatives
are based on population. The electors for each party are voted on in a caucus for each party.
If you haven't seen it, watch Lincoln, the movie from 2012. It is all about the end of the civil war and how slavery was abolished for good. it is very well done and instructive.
If you haven't seen it, watch Rageaholic's recent video on Abraham Lincoln.
Mind blowing information.. It'll make you realize how much they have scrubbed from the history books, and how we are taught a false perception about him.
"NEVER SEEN GLORY!?!" FIX THAT!!! I actually had a class on "Glory" at the Marine Corps Educational Center, in Quantico, from the Colonel who was the Marine Corps historian at the time. Great officer. Gave classes at MCDEC Quantico and H.Q.M.C. Arlington. As Shelby Foote put it, "The North fought most of the war with one hand tied behind it's back." Black Troops were the other hand comin' round.
You guys should check out more Oversimplified videos. There's another channel called Vlogging through History, where he gives more context to the historical situations. Because its hard for us to realize that some ideas where a product of the times.
As thankful as we are that the Civil War ended slavery, it was a horrible conflict. And how ironic is it that the last states to FINALLY do away with slavery was Delaware and New Jersey from the North. Crazy.
They don't cover every engagement of the civil war. Some battles were inconclusive or didn't have a significant result to sway the war one way or the other.
My paternal 2nd-Great-Grandfather was hit by a piece of exploded fence rail at the Battle of Antietam. He was too injured to do his job after the war, which caused generational poverty for my family.
No one seemed to say exactly what the college is or how electors are sent to Washington. There are 535 electors. 1 for each senator (100) and 1 for each representative (435). These are the CURRENT numbers. Each state, by popular election, decides the electoral votes. Then each state's winning party (some states split votes by nominee) sends those electors to Washington. THEN Congress ratifies that vote to formally appoint the President. It was this last part that the January 6th resurrectionists tried to stop.
I keep hoping that one day Oversimplified will cover the Texas Revolution because we overcame such overwhelming odds to become independent ourselves.
Anyway, I don't know if ya'll learned this in Texas history when it came to the Civil War, but I did learn this (hi I am from the San Antonio area). Not every Texan wanted to leave the Union, even our current Governor at the time. When learning about my own family history, my German ancestors ended up joining the Union Army because they were anti-slavery. There's an actual Civil War Uniform in the Museum that was built in honor of our ancestors (and a Historical Society too).
For an incredible look at the last few months of Lincoln life and the last months of the war watch Lincoln. It's a great movie and various historian all swear by the accuracy of the times
I was/am a Plankowner of USS Harpers Ferry (LSD49).
Whatever happened to part 2?? 🤔
♥ Part 2?
My great great grandfather fought in the civil war from Ohio. His grandson, my uncle, told me the things that he shared with him about the men he fought with. We were much more of a Christian nation at that time, the majority of the men who enlisted did so to stop slavery. I'm a huge history buff and knowing what I do about the history of the democratic party and republican party I have never been able to understand why any black American could be a Democrat. Democrats fought against freeing the slaves, against allowing blacks to vote, Confederate general Albert Pike started the kkk to stop republican blacks from running for office and voting in the south, Republicans fought to get Dredd overturned, democrats fought against the civil rights laws in the 1960's, they the party that put segregation into affect in the south...to this day I am baffled by any Black American being a Democrat.
The American Civil War was an interesting time that spawned many a wargame. BJ, you'd like playing paper and chit war games. You'd have to leave Asia at home because chicks don't like strategy.
They didn't find lee's plans wrapped around a cigar. He had a messenger that was taking them to another general so he would know what to do. The messenger was captured. This guy is so inaccurate about so many things.
The electoral college keeps a state with more population not having as much more say as they would have if it would have been just by population
Hey guys---first off, howdy from a fellow Texan, and if you're interested in this topic, Ken Burns's Civil War is still an amazing series, and far more comprehensive. It's an excellent watch and very powerful.
Should listen to H.K. Edgerton
The reason France and Britain were so willing to support the Confederacy was due to one simple thing: cotton. Compared to the cotton coming out of India and Russia, Southern cotton was vastly cheaper to import and manufacture, and was of a better quality. When the Civil War began in 1861, and the United States' Navy initiated their Anaconda Plan to blockade the south and constrict them financially, the European powers had to begin to look elsewhere to maintain their cotton manufacturing. In the case of the British, they looked to Egypt, and through diplomacy and financial pressure, were able to dislodge it from the Ottoman sphere of influence. This began a long-term Anglo-Egpyptian connection almost to the point of colonialism that lasted until 1956.