John: "We aren't going to cover the astonishing results of the 2016 presidential election." Me: *checks video publication date* Me: *ponders the plausibility of time travel*
As someone re-watching this series in 2019 it's mind bending how relevant it is to the current state of affairs. This is a testimony to a well designed educational program but also to our inability to learn from the past and further driving the point home that many of us are stuck in cycles and ideologies that haven't evolved or changed since like the civil war. :::Slams head on desk:::
It's honestly mind-blowing how well you can follow the thread to how we got where we are today just from this selection of US history. This narrative has been developing for 100's of years. And it really seems like it's coming to it's climax now, except for the fact that it's almost always seemed like it's coming to a climax. All I can say for sure is that the US is and always has been the strangest country in the world.
did... did future John Green just say that in 2020 people will be obsessed with Harry Styles... as someone from 2020, im scared at how accurate this is.
This series was a great overview of the first 400 years of American history. I'm excited for the next series that covers the subsequent 400 years we've all lived through since.
"We aren't gonna cover the astonishing results of the 2016 election." And then everyone watching in 2016+ gets trolled. Curse you John Green from the past!
I did it... I watched all of Crash Course US History throughout all this year with APUSH... You've helped me, Crash Course crew. All of you. From John to Stan to Raoul Meyer to Thought Bubble to every artist and editor of these videos and to those that put every single video game reference in these videos. DFTBA.
+MormonDude Starfaith Yeah, I had to take the Ap Calc test today (5/5/16) and am now binging the last twelve of these. I am looking forward to the 20 continuous hours of sleep I hope to get tomorrow night.
In the latest episode of CrashCourse US History, John Green looks at some very recent history including Obama's election, some of his policies like the Affordable Care Act, the 2009 stimulus, and the continuation of the war on terror. If you still can't reconcile a history course teaching such recent stuff, just think of this one as a current events episode. Obamanation: Crash Course US History #47
On the bright side, his next installment in this series is gonna be fairly entertaining and might even involve an anecdote about the SDNY punching Don Jr in the coin purse
aiksupporter... Yay reversing banking legislations. Yay reversing gay marriage . Yay reversing 20 million people having health care they never had access to before. Yay discriminating on people based on their religion. But it's so funny though right ":D" You must really not have watched the videos on this channel.
Putaque Pariu he's not reversing gay marriage idk why you would think this because he said he wasn't, he also couldn't legally, and he's the first republican presidential nominee to openly hold a gay pride flag on stage at a rally
Shivam Sharma im going to school to become a history teacher and yeah, im definitely going to use Crash Course in my classes and answers to tests will be found in these videos lol
I really love John Green because while covering current events he remains unbiased. This video gives facts and points out the legitimate criticism of both Liberals and Conservatives about what is going on in our nation.
How did you select those facts, though? For example, let's say there's some form of war won. When recounting we can report how much the war costs in terms of dollars, we can recount how many lives lost, we can report how many lives saved. There's many, many objective facts. That doesn't mean there's no bias. I can focus on all the negatives or the positives to create a bias. Even if I show facts from 'all sides' I'm still discriminating between that I see as 'important information' and 'not important'. That is why bias will always exist. Saying something has no bias generally just indicates you agree or don't know enough context to realise what's left out etc. In relation to the creation of texts bias will always exist.
I wouldn't say he's unbiased. You can tell in some episodes he leans Democrat especially with regards to social issues, like in the 60s/70s where he really shows his agreement with Roe v. Wade and other Civil Rights legislations.
I LOVE these videos and have been watching them religiously to supplement CLEP study material. I had to slow down the video speed so I could read the little intro details. I appreciate the lessons you've provided and in a way that helps me retain the information. I actually like history now!
I think this series needs a part two in the same way that World History got one. Something that delves a little more deeply into the American Era. Reasons people thought and are thinking the way they did and do.
Mr. Green, I've successfully binged watched your entire US history series in three days. If this doesn't get me an A on my APUSH final tomorrow, I don't know what will
I like the fact that this video isn't one sided. It's such a relief to hear someone talk about politics how it actually happened and not with partisanship. We need the government to stay more to the center for everyone, work for the people. We need an even amount of freedom and help from the government for people in bad situations. I lean more right because of my belief in gun rights and less government but everyone has their own beliefs and we all need to come together to keep our country for the people by the people.
We'll forgive you for the Revolution, But never forgive your country for stopping the export of Lucky Charms to England. For that is ... unforgivable !
Edit That is because we are trying to prevent World War III. Can you imagine what would happen if the world's Lucky Charms supply ran out? We're denying it to you because the rest of us want more.
I watched all of these to study for the AP test and I ended up with a 5. Thank you so much for all the help throughout the year. Crash course is a true MVP.
I would love to see a semi-fake US History Video #48, starring Future-John. Half of it would be serious predictions on problems to come, and half would be comedic reports about far-out events, like the robot wars of 2025.
Alternatively, would work just as well (or better) with World History. Examples: Population trends, The Singularity, SETI's claims to find aliens by 2040. Hoverboard by 2015 (stupid Back to the Future, getting our hopes up). More at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2050 Or, go by the decades: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Decades_in_the_future
Thank you for this interesting and informative series. This made me thankful of living in Finland: as we are not that afraid of taxes, we have free health care, free education even in universities and paid maternity leave for about nine months etc...
Justen Sykes our economy is also WAY bigger than theirs. If we had little to no debt, we’d be very able to support the kinda system they have. But alas, stupid and just plain bad budgeting has us in the position we are currently in
Thank you for this US history series. I had no knowledge of American history, it was so easy to get an overview and general idea. Love, From the green part of the non-US
HisRoyalCarlness Good points, but the rest of Canadian history has to do with marginalizing Aboriginal peoples and a general strike that gave us a national police force....oh and there's FLQ. Yup, it'd be a short series.
I really wish they would do episodes on current events and their potential causes. Like what happened in Egypt a few years back, or like what's happening in the Ukraine now.
***** i think he was jokingly referring to his effort of avoiding euro-centrism. in cc world-history he tried to talk as little about europe as possible, since everybody's been beating that horse to death
So now that US history is done, can we have a Crash course South-east Asia history next time? =) We are taught so little about that region in school, but with the rise of the massive economies in those nations we really should to learn more about them.
Why just S.E. Asia? Why not all of Asia? But, yes, I agree with your point. Most western textbooks are written with a European bias and as a result, they never cover Asian history to an extent that is respectable to its sheer size. Just China alone is a massive undertaking to learn about, with respects to India. I currently live in S.E. Asia, Singapore, and have learned an incredible amount since then that isn't in any western textbook. I've learned about the Siamese empire (maybe once or twice) of Thailand, the Cham people of Vietnam, Gajah Mada of Indonesia, and Naresuan. All of whom have impacted the world to an extent that I deem important to learn about. So, a lesson on Asia would be great.
I was limiting myself to S.E Asia just because all of Asia is so huge, I don't think it would be possible to cover it all properly in one series. I mean, they could probably make a whole series about the Middle East or Russia alone, so talking about them, as well as India and China in one go just doesn't really seem possible.
I might actually consider that. I mean, it’s not really clear what he believes, because he does a fantastic job of staying unbiased, but if he’d tell us a little bit about his policy, I’d consider throwing my vote his way
Mr. Green, you should keep making more of these films at the end of every president's term, extending this series up till the day you die. It would make an amazing series, showing not only the history but your changing views and outlook over time, as you get older and wiser.
DW42536387384 Like their statement that the bailouts were probably necessary, and then their apparent admiration for Obamacare. Also failing to mention the executive orders that Obama has passed making changes to the Affordable Care Act which totally bypasses congress. May I ask your opinion on these matters? I see a dangerous trend being continued with the executive branch of government overstepping its bounds reaching into the realms of a corporatist/ fascist dictatorship.
Loved the series John, thank you very much. I'm from Ireland by the way and am very interested about US history. Thanks again to you and the team for your great work.
"So we aren't going to cover the astonishing results of the 2016 U.S. presidential election." How did he predict there would be a presidential election in 2016? This guy is amazing!
'Things that Congress used to be able to hash out back when their business was governing not ideological rigidity' He's hit the nail on the head there. I'm from Scotland and I spent the last two summers in the US and what struck me is most people support what their party say BECAUSE it's their party (particularly Republicans). Rather than analysing the policies first THEN choosing what party to support they blindly accept whatever their party say - which seems intrinsic to their identity. It's an irrational way to think and it holds America back. I found it shocking, but it explained a lot.
Without even looking, I know the comment section is just a cesspool of right- and left- bashing. In any event. THANK YOU John Greene and others for this fantastic series.
im going to miss the intro song and John greens sarcasm. thank you to the entire team at crash course and thought cafe. this is of huge huge help. all my love from asia!
I've been on a Crash Course US History binge and... it would appear that we have run out of US History. Think enough time has passed for a US History episode 48? :D
I'm sorry Obama, but to curb the "squabbling" one has to be neutral. Neutral does not reside on the left hand side of the room. And for all of you that say Mitt Romney would've done a better job, probably not and/or the same quality as Obama.
I think the "squabbling" will not stop even if the president was to be of neither party and only playing the role of referee in congress and senate. A multiparty system might work better with at least three major parties. That is what we have had in Finland for a while until it became four major parties with four minor parties making for a total of eight parties. With this system we have always had at least 3 parties forming a coalition, and at the moment have 5 parties in government (one of them left this spring). The reason I think it might help is that having so many parties in the Finnish parliament has deradicalized the parties to an extent that at best we have had the far right and the far left in the same coalition with the centrist parties in the opposition. Furthermore, the parties play ball to get things done because they know that if they don't compromise from time to time, alliances can be made against them and their voters may switch parties. After all, they have a lot of options to choose from.
mysterioACE The way things run in Finland sure do sound a lot better than in America, and I certainly bet they are. Let's just hope our government can from others like your country.
mysterioACE Believe me, the multiparty system does not work. There is so much vote splitting it's crazy. Here in Canada, the conservative party (our version of the US republicans) won a majority of seats with less than 40% of the popular vote and now they have absolute power over all of Canada even though most Canadians hate them and their policies. I'd much prefer the two party system.
coolgy67 I believe the problem there is with the voting system, and I would assume the system in place is the one known as "winner takes all", which causes serious distortion in multiparty systems. In Finland however we have a system whereby the country is split into several geographical areas with each area receiving seats in accordance to the area's population. For example the city of Helsinki has 24 seats, and each party is allowed to run up to 24 candidates for the seats in Helsinki. When voting happens, we also have a counting system where each vote is not only a vote for a candidate, but a vote for his or her party. How it works is that the most voted person in each party gets the full amount of votes the party received, the 2nd person gets half, 3rd gets a third and so on. While this system has issues with charismatic vote-magnets being able to pull idiots along with them into parliament, it still secures a parliament which roughly follows the actual voting patterns of the voters. Indeed, only the Pirate Party gained the threshold 0.5% you theoretically would need for a seat without gaining one in the last elections.
Just finished watching this series and may I say, it's excellent! Thank you for making dry old History a little bit wetter, haha. Being a Brit, I have a mere spattering of US History knowledge but your writing & delivery has entertained, informed and often surprised me. Subscribed, and now off to see what else is available on the Crash Course channel. BTW, that's surely not a real shock pen.
This is like binge-watching a TV show, only to catch up and have to wait for new episodes. Can you give us a hint, maybe a spoiler on what happens next?
I feel bad for not liking every video, fantastic content. They make it too easy to get to the next video, although I'm certain I will watch each one at least 80 more times. A++
"You must buy Obamacare." Finally, it has been said. A music teacher of mine who is self-employed doesn't have or want health insurance. He and his family are all in excellent health and he sees no reason to pay for something he won't use. As of May of this year, it will be more expensive for him to *not* pay for it, as the fines are going to pile up. If a private company were to threaten you with financial ruin for not buying their service, they would be breaking the law. When the government does it, it's fine?
so your teacher doesnt want affordable healthcare incase for example he gets cancer, hell a broken hip could ruin your whole life in america as in most countries its a few weeks off work followed by a year of rehab all for free. just to be clear you realise most countries in the world have national healthcare which is free to everyone in the country which is paid for by tax. the fact americans dont want universal healthcare is just plain retarded.
I never said that there wasn't any danger in what he was doing, I was just saying that it's wrong for the government to force him to pay for something that he won't use. Given his limited income, Obamacare isn't particularly affordable either. I take some issue with your perception that because that's the way it is done in many other countries, that we should do it too, as if America has no economic or social differences when compared to Canada. Don't get me wrong though, I think that it makes sense for us to go the route of universal healthcare, but forcing people to pay for it isn't something I think America is ready or willing to put up with yet.
whydidyoudothatkarl although affordable is the title of the bill it does not exactly mean it will be as such. I dont see how it can be cheaper by adding more middleman. Choosing to be apart of a expansive national healthcare system should be just that, a choice. If it is so great why is there a fine for not doing it? If it is so wonderful why do we have to punish people who don't join it? I'm not saying being forced into something means its always bad but when you don't have a choice you should always question why.
whydidyoudothatkarl I have no idea where you live, but I have a good deal of American family currently living abroad. The locals tend to consider Americans rude or curt, but I've never heard retarded. I'm sure it varies largely, but not all countries hate us, just as not all of us are idiotic. That said, America has a ton of idiots. Very vocal idiots.
I think people tend to forget just how short American history is and how young the country is compared with others. I mean, it's only really existed as a distinct entity for a little over 200 years. I feel like we've developed pretty swiftly given the time frame.
yes, but other empires did this before. the Islamic khalifates went from India to Spain, the mongols from Korea to Austria. don't forget how quickly they fell either
ShadowRevya9 You could also consider that we are closer to falling then ever before, I mean, Rome, Jerusalem, Muslim Empires, Dynasties, The Mongols, Soviets, Egyptians, They all fell. Their empires, some greater than us in terms of living conditions. But they all fell. We can't count on the fact that we are a "Super Power" or #1, Sooner or later, if things like this keep up. We won't be a super power, or #1, Worst case scenario is, We will fall.
***** you can't count age like that. the oldest current European countries are over a millennium old. this means that there is a type of tradition and historical backdrop in their politics. the USA doesn't have that balance, this means it can very easily falter
that reminds me of a quote form some dead guy he said that the difference between england and america is that one thinks that 100 miles is a long distance the other that 100 years is a long time
***** The one truth that governs everything in the universe is that nothing lasts forever. The end is inevitable, but what is most important is what we do now that determines when and how we fall.
we still love harry styles in 2020 and just think there’s gonna be crash course videos about corona and everything that’s happened before and after.. woah
John and all the Crash Course team, a thousand thanks !!! though I'm not American, I've always been interested in American history and thanks to you guys I could get an even closer approach of what it means to be an American and the foundation, development and current status of the USA itself... I am well aware that there were many things that were not told or taken into account through these 48 videos, however whether you hate or love the USA, whether you are or not american and whether you do or do not you agree on the many things and actions that have occurred and happened through their history you gotta humbly acknowledge in the last 300 years of modern history the United States has influenced those inside and outside its territory ! To you Americans that have been divided lately because of the recent events (yeah Trump presidency and so) I encourage you to be brave and fight on, for you have always since the creation of your nation struggled and overcome nearly the impossible against all the odds... again thank you John and your team for the knowledge you share to everyone craving to know a little more of the world !
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Me from 2020 saying that John Green couldn't have predicted the depth of how much we love Harry Styles in 2020
Looking back at this in 2020 is actually mind-blowing
I know, right? How did he ever-so accurately predict Harry Styles running for president?
"Astonishing results of the 2016 presidential election" how did he know?!?!?!?!
Damien Green What the?
FatalVirus What?
Damien Green that's weird.
FatalVirus What's weird?
Damien Green This was uploaded in 2014.
John: "We aren't going to cover the astonishing results of the 2016 presidential election."
Me: *checks video publication date*
Me: *ponders the plausibility of time travel*
he knew it would be astonishing either way
As much as i dislike trump, no one else was a viable option either
Prophetic much
@M. Talk TDS is a more dangerous than Cornoa.
0:12-"Astonishing results of the 2016 election."
Oh John, if only you knew then...
Alicia Joy
Alicia Joy that's sad but true
Alicia Joy "2020 election is won by harry styles" well you're close
my god john how did you know?! baffling results in 2016
foreshadowing is so strange
from the real 2020, I wish harry styles was a candidate.
He'd change the national anthem to "watermelon sugar" or something lol
Yeah, for starters he can string together a coherent sentence
I'll be honest it wouldn't surprise me given what else has happened so far in 2020
When John said 2m unemployment was bad... Well ummm, it's 2020 now and those are rookie numbers.
*Sad 40 million unemployed* 😞
Yeah we should reopen state by state.
As someone re-watching this series in 2019 it's mind bending how relevant it is to the current state of affairs. This is a testimony to a well designed educational program but also to our inability to learn from the past and further driving the point home that many of us are stuck in cycles and ideologies that haven't evolved or changed since like the civil war. :::Slams head on desk:::
It's honestly mind-blowing how well you can follow the thread to how we got where we are today just from this selection of US history. This narrative has been developing for 100's of years. And it really seems like it's coming to it's climax now, except for the fact that it's almost always seemed like it's coming to a climax. All I can say for sure is that the US is and always has been the strangest country in the world.
Hit the nail on the head.
Oh please please please come back to talk about Trump era
Yep that it is it guys we go from Trump 2016 to Harry Styles 2020 but what we didn't expect was the election of Cookie Monster in 2024
+Rafael Lopez Or what if it's Cookie Monster dressed up as the Easter Bunny?
Cookie Monster 2024! Make American cookies great again!
He wants revenge for being replaced by the vegetable monster.
Green parts of non america aprove this message
Cookie Monster already won in 2016.
May we PLEASE have an updated 2020 video. Even just brief coverage. These videos are wonderful.
did... did future John Green just say that in 2020 people will be obsessed with Harry Styles... as someone from 2020, im scared at how accurate this is.
Oh for the sweet love of Jesus I am not going to look at the comment section. OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD NO.
Yeah, that's probably the best course of action...
It's spelled Abomination which is synonymous with Obamanation! :)
FACTvsEVOLUTION You can also look at Obamanation as Obama nation.
Smart person.
FACTvsEVOLUTION Man looking at your profile, you have watched a lot of very messed up videos....
2 million unemployed in 2008
*2020 allow me to introduce myself*
Sad 40 million unemployed
surprisingly we love Harry Styles even more in 2020
This series was a great overview of the first 400 years of American history. I'm excited for the next series that covers the subsequent 400 years we've all lived through since.
Can't wait for 2020: Kanye West vs Harry Styles
Joseph G LOL
Joseph G don't forget MaximilianMus, the fortnite party candidate.
My edits were correcting the spelling of Max's name.
And Oprah haha
You will be waiting until 2024 because the same reason Trump doesn't wear glasses. He's already got 2020.
If only you knew
"We aren't gonna cover the astonishing results of the 2016 election."
And then everyone watching in 2016+ gets trolled. Curse you John Green from the past!
Kellosian +
Can confirm
We are,t gonna cover the astonishing
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I got so confused for a sec
I did it... I watched all of Crash Course US History throughout all this year with APUSH...
You've helped me, Crash Course crew. All of you. From John to Stan to Raoul Meyer to Thought Bubble to every artist and editor of these videos and to those that put every single video game reference in these videos.
DFTBA.
Good luck Friday!!
BOY WE GOT THIS LET'S GO APUSH TESTERS WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
+MormonDude Starfaith I second that! Btw, GOOD LUCK TO ALL!
I have a similar, but sadder story. I also am taking the apush test, but I have watched these in 2 days. I'm coming for that 3
+MormonDude Starfaith Yeah, I had to take the Ap Calc test today (5/5/16) and am now binging the last twelve of these. I am looking forward to the 20 continuous hours of sleep I hope to get tomorrow night.
I am from Bulgaria and I just passed my test for USA cultural studies, thank you so much Mr Green 💚.
In the latest episode of CrashCourse US History, John Green looks at some very recent history including Obama's election, some of his policies like the Affordable Care Act, the 2009 stimulus, and the continuation of the war on terror. If you still can't reconcile a history course teaching such recent stuff, just think of this one as a current events episode.
Obamanation: Crash Course US History #47
Crash course world history covered a lot of ancient history.
more videos about history would be nice
Another home run John. Thanks for setting the bar so high for other content creators.
Crash course is right...this Obama Propaganda crashed alright...just like the stock market in the next 6-12 months.
Just to let you know, a few neo-nazis are invading this video to spread their message of hatred.
"The astonishing results of the 2016 election" He was right
I know I freaked out then when I heard that
I rewound this 3 times to make sure that's what he said. He is a genius!
On the bright side, his next installment in this series is gonna be fairly entertaining and might even involve an anecdote about the SDNY punching Don Jr in the coin purse
Even though he couldn't do as much as wanted to he was actually a good president I miss him officr
"So...yay?" The single best summation of recent American history I have every heard. Thank you John Green.
US History #48 about the Trump precidency
Arakhion against Obama yes
Arakhion The next president is Donald Trump, get over it, he'll reverse Obamas legacy :D
aiksupporter... Yay reversing banking legislations. Yay reversing gay marriage . Yay reversing 20 million people having health care they never had access to before. Yay discriminating on people based on their religion.
But it's so funny though right ":D"
You must really not have watched the videos on this channel.
AIKsupporter Oh dear God.
Putaque Pariu he's not reversing gay marriage idk why you would think this because he said he wasn't, he also couldn't legally, and he's the first republican presidential nominee to openly hold a gay pride flag on stage at a rally
I'm prepping for the AP US test tomorrow. I have binge watched crash course this whole week.
+David Sharp AP US history test was soooo easy!
+Jared R indeed
Really? Oh god, I missed it because I heard it was difficult and it was my first.
I don't take classes. I studied on my own
+Prolet Kult perhaps I did and I wanted supplemental study material. i think it would be fairly difficult to keep my grade without paying attention.
all the 2 year olds should listen because this is going to be on their AP US History test when they're in high school lol
Shivam Sharma that is where you're wrong, for I don't have APUSH at my school
ethanc02 I have it and its hell
It depends on the district. Some school districts have it, others don't.
Shivam Sharma im going to school to become a history teacher and yeah, im definitely going to use Crash Course in my classes and answers to tests will be found in these videos lol
Professor Zoom stfu you commie
"Astonishing results of the 2016 election" -John Greene, 2014. Also they should make another one of these videos after the 2020 election
John wasn't off. We call it the Recession of 2008. I like its other name. The Great Recession
I wanna personally thank the whole crew of people working on this course, because you earned me an Excellent mark in American Studies
It's amazing to me watching this video to realize that we are already most of the way through the Obama administration.
Thanks so much John Green (and all other CC people) for this awesome course! Would love to see it updated periodically as history happens.
theyre gonna have to create a new series just for 2020
And the results were stunning weren't they?
Pixy what's more stunning is that this was uploaded in 2014
I really love John Green because while covering current events he remains unbiased. This video gives facts and points out the legitimate criticism of both Liberals and Conservatives about what is going on in our nation.
There's no such thing as no bias.
@@uselessspectator9427 facts have no bias, the facts presented, known and those which you pay attention to make bias
How did you select those facts, though?
For example, let's say there's some form of war won. When recounting we can report how much the war costs in terms of dollars, we can recount how many lives lost, we can report how many lives saved. There's many, many objective facts. That doesn't mean there's no bias. I can focus on all the negatives or the positives to create a bias.
Even if I show facts from 'all sides' I'm still discriminating between that I see as 'important information' and 'not important'. That is why bias will always exist. Saying something has no bias generally just indicates you agree or don't know enough context to realise what's left out etc.
In relation to the creation of texts bias will always exist.
I wouldn't say he's unbiased. You can tell in some episodes he leans Democrat especially with regards to social issues, like in the 60s/70s where he really shows his agreement with Roe v. Wade and other Civil Rights legislations.
@Josh Levan Most of academia leans left for obvious reasons
wow he really predicted harry styles' presidential campaign this man is too smart
I LOVE these videos and have been watching them religiously to supplement CLEP study material. I had to slow down the video speed so I could read the little intro details. I appreciate the lessons you've provided and in a way that helps me retain the information. I actually like history now!
I think this series needs a part two in the same way that World History got one. Something that delves a little more deeply into the American Era. Reasons people thought and are thinking the way they did and do.
-To be fair, he did end partisan squabbling... it became full blown yelling
lol
+Eli Abood And the evidence is right here, in this comment section!
"We aren't going to cover the results of the astonishing 2016 election" .......... damn.
Mr. Green, I've successfully binged watched your entire US history series in three days. If this doesn't get me an A on my APUSH final tomorrow, I don't know what will
I like the fact that this video isn't one sided. It's such a relief to hear someone talk about politics how it actually happened and not with partisanship. We need the government to stay more to the center for everyone, work for the people. We need an even amount of freedom and help from the government for people in bad situations. I lean more right because of my belief in gun rights and less government but everyone has their own beliefs and we all need to come together to keep our country for the people by the people.
Wow , As a British person , I've learnt so much about America both past and present and I've had fun at the same time. Nice work CrashCourse !
Yeah, but I just hope that we're still cool about that whole revolution thing.
ok?
We'll forgive you for the Revolution, But never forgive your country for stopping the export of Lucky Charms to England.
For that is ... unforgivable !
Edit That is because we are trying to prevent World War III. Can you imagine what would happen if the world's Lucky Charms supply ran out? We're denying it to you because the rest of us want more.
Heck I'm American and I have also learned so much about American um...History lol
Hello from across the pond.
Finished the US history series and I must say, great job keeping to the facts and as unbiased as possible. Thank you for all of your efforts.
I watched all of these to study for the AP test and I ended up with a 5. Thank you so much for all the help throughout the year. Crash course is a true MVP.
"Astonishing results of the 2016 election"
How did he know Trump would win?
+Adrian Duran
lol implying he will
+PacifistKraut zozzle implying he wont
>Implying implications
LOOOL. Con man Donald can never win and won't
Who knew the change in law that would allow Harry Styles to win is that a jackass would destroy America.
I really, really enjoyed Crash Course US History, John. Thank you sir. :)
I would love to see a semi-fake US History Video #48, starring Future-John. Half of it would be serious predictions on problems to come, and half would be comedic reports about far-out events, like the robot wars of 2025.
Alternatively, would work just as well (or better) with World History. Examples: Population trends, The Singularity, SETI's claims to find aliens by 2040. Hoverboard by 2015 (stupid Back to the Future, getting our hopes up). More at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2050
Or, go by the decades: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Decades_in_the_future
Oooh, how about as a New Years special?
Shhh. noone tell him hes talking to himself
Wait, were you talking about me, John Green, or both?
Thankyou for all of these video series. They have helped me pass several clep and dsst tests for credit saving me a decent lot on college tuition.
Thank you for this interesting and informative series. This made me thankful of living in Finland: as we are not that afraid of taxes, we have free health care, free education even in universities and paid maternity leave for about nine months etc...
.........Shut it. BI
And how many people are in your country? A lot easier to have a centralized government with a fraction of the population..
Justen Sykes our economy is also WAY bigger than theirs. If we had little to no debt, we’d be very able to support the kinda system they have. But alas, stupid and just plain bad budgeting has us in the position we are currently in
Mai eh you guys are not"responsible" for keeping the world from blowing up
Guess I'm moving
Yup. It's 2020 and we still love Harry Styles.
2.5 million jobs lost sounds really nice in 2020
I love how you said he inherited the financial problems. No. He campaigned for it, spent millions to acquire it, and promised to fix it.
Agree!
"he always loved to drone on about change"
I see what you did there
Watching this in 2020 makes the past 12 years look surreal
Thank you for this US history series. I had no knowledge of American history, it was so easy to get an overview and general idea.
Love,
From the green part of the non-US
I'd love to see Crash Course Canadian History.
I couldn't help but chuckle with that one.
jcsv12345 You know, like when we failed to invade their country.
jcsv12345 And how a large portion of the forces at D-Day were Canadian.
Crash Course Canadian Chronicle...
HisRoyalCarlness Good points, but the rest of Canadian history has to do with marginalizing Aboriginal peoples and a general strike that gave us a national police force....oh and there's FLQ. Yup, it'd be a short series.
I really wish they would do episodes on current events and their potential causes. Like what happened in Egypt a few years back, or like what's happening in the Ukraine now.
Give us Europe history
i would be the most confusing mess ever but still fun and interesting
That will be like a 1000 episodes....
Xagraniatko
for b.c. only...
He already said in one episode that if he did Crash Course Euro History it would quickly turn into Crash Course "John is Bored" History
***** i think he was jokingly referring to his effort of avoiding euro-centrism. in cc world-history he tried to talk as little about europe as possible, since everybody's been beating that horse to death
"Astonishing results of the 2016 election"
Oh John of 2014, you sweet summer child
i love this channel so much, and I'm ecstatic you're doing a literature course again!
Man was that intense ! Just finished watching the whole series and preparing to get a 20/20 on my American Culture exam next week. Thanks a lot !
oh if 2014 john could see us now
iF hE CoUlD sEe Us NoW (2019)
@@neji-blm6579 its 2020 btch
Insane that John green wrote the fault in our stars, which is crazy deep, and is so entertaining here... what a well rounded dude my gosh
So now that US history is done, can we have a Crash course South-east Asia history next time? =)
We are taught so little about that region in school, but with the rise of the massive economies in those nations we really should to learn more about them.
Chad Manning Idiot
Why just S.E. Asia? Why not all of Asia? But, yes, I agree with your point. Most western textbooks are written with a European bias and as a result, they never cover Asian history to an extent that is respectable to its sheer size. Just China alone is a massive undertaking to learn about, with respects to India. I currently live in S.E. Asia, Singapore, and have learned an incredible amount since then that isn't in any western textbook. I've learned about the Siamese empire (maybe once or twice) of Thailand, the Cham people of Vietnam, Gajah Mada of Indonesia, and Naresuan. All of whom have impacted the world to an extent that I deem important to learn about. So, a lesson on Asia would be great.
I was limiting myself to S.E Asia just because all of Asia is so huge, I don't think it would be possible to cover it all properly in one series. I mean, they could probably make a whole series about the Middle East or Russia alone, so talking about them, as well as India and China in one go just doesn't really seem possible.
Ashadow Reviews I guess so.
John Green for president!
Who tf is that? Js
No, He'll kill our favorite characters.
I would soooo vote him
I might actually consider that. I mean, it’s not really clear what he believes, because he does a fantastic job of staying unbiased, but if he’d tell us a little bit about his policy, I’d consider throwing my vote his way
He's a great educator and he is astonishingly unbiased but I know nothing about his qualifications to be president.
Honestly at this point Harry Styles sounds like a great President
Instead we got someone with a different kind of hair style...
that's why the founding fathers fought the britsh ryt?
2 years later & having harry styles as president still sounds better than anything
3 months later and Trump has been amazing - TRUMP 2020
@@TJ-oo5mx Ok"TJ"
Mr. Green, you should keep making more of these films at the end of every president's term, extending this series up till the day you die. It would make an amazing series, showing not only the history but your changing views and outlook over time, as you get older and wiser.
Congratulations, balanced, nuance, and well - made. John and your team: fantastic!
I feel the video tried to have the appearance of being balanced but there are some key points where they showed their bias.
Like what?
DW42536387384 Like their statement that the bailouts were probably necessary, and then their apparent admiration for Obamacare. Also failing to mention the executive orders that Obama has passed making changes to the Affordable Care Act which totally bypasses congress. May I ask your opinion on these matters? I see a dangerous trend being continued with the executive branch of government overstepping its bounds reaching into the realms of a corporatist/ fascist dictatorship.
Thank you for history courses, John.)
I'll pass on literature though...
The way John Green predicted how much everyone was gonna love Harry Styles their power.....
Loved the series John, thank you very much. I'm from Ireland by the way and am very interested about US history. Thanks again to you and the team for your great work.
I'm confused af, he mentioned the 2016 elections but this was published in 2014
I just noticed that. Im scared
"So we aren't going to cover the astonishing results of the 2016 U.S. presidential election." How did he predict there would be a presidential election in 2016? This guy is amazing!
In the US there's an election every four years.
Iluminati confirmed
David Harkness Just wait til this guy sees the 2032 election!
'Things that Congress used to be able to hash out back when their business was governing not ideological rigidity'
He's hit the nail on the head there. I'm from Scotland and I spent the last two summers in the US and what struck me is most people support what their party say BECAUSE it's their party (particularly Republicans). Rather than analysing the policies first THEN choosing what party to support they blindly accept whatever their party say - which seems intrinsic to their identity. It's an irrational way to think and it holds America back. I found it shocking, but it explained a lot.
Without even looking, I know the comment section is just a cesspool of right- and left- bashing.
In any event. THANK YOU John Greene and others for this fantastic series.
im going to miss the intro song and John greens sarcasm. thank you to the entire team at crash course and thought cafe. this is of huge huge help. all my love from asia!
I've been on a Crash Course US History binge and... it would appear that we have run out of US History. Think enough time has passed for a US History episode 48? :D
"To be fair he did end the squabbling... it became full-blown yelling." 😂
"He always love to drone on about change!" too good!
This is one of the best channels in RUclips! Thank you guys. From a non "American" human
I was really hoping for the clip of Obama saying "not to forget to be awesome" at the end of this video, haha
I'm sorry Obama, but to curb the "squabbling" one has to be neutral. Neutral does not reside on the left hand side of the room.
And for all of you that say Mitt Romney would've done a better job, probably not and/or the same quality as Obama.
I think the "squabbling" will not stop even if the president was to be of neither party and only playing the role of referee in congress and senate. A multiparty system might work better with at least three major parties.
That is what we have had in Finland for a while until it became four major parties with four minor parties making for a total of eight parties. With this system we have always had at least 3 parties forming a coalition, and at the moment have 5 parties in government (one of them left this spring).
The reason I think it might help is that having so many parties in the Finnish parliament has deradicalized the parties to an extent that at best we have had the far right and the far left in the same coalition with the centrist parties in the opposition. Furthermore, the parties play ball to get things done because they know that if they don't compromise from time to time, alliances can be made against them and their voters may switch parties. After all, they have a lot of options to choose from.
mysterioACE The way things run in Finland sure do sound a lot better than in America, and I certainly bet they are. Let's just hope our government can from others like your country.
mysterioACE
Believe me, the multiparty system does not work. There is so much vote splitting it's crazy. Here in Canada, the conservative party (our version of the US republicans) won a majority of seats with less than 40% of the popular vote and now they have absolute power over all of Canada even though most Canadians hate them and their policies. I'd much prefer the two party system.
coolgy67 I believe the problem there is with the voting system, and I would assume the system in place is the one known as "winner takes all", which causes serious distortion in multiparty systems.
In Finland however we have a system whereby the country is split into several geographical areas with each area receiving seats in accordance to the area's population. For example the city of Helsinki has 24 seats, and each party is allowed to run up to 24 candidates for the seats in Helsinki.
When voting happens, we also have a counting system where each vote is not only a vote for a candidate, but a vote for his or her party. How it works is that the most voted person in each party gets the full amount of votes the party received, the 2nd person gets half, 3rd gets a third and so on. While this system has issues with charismatic vote-magnets being able to pull idiots along with them into parliament, it still secures a parliament which roughly follows the actual voting patterns of the voters. Indeed, only the Pirate Party gained the threshold 0.5% you theoretically would need for a seat without gaining one in the last elections.
coolgy67 That is a fault of the first past the post policy. A two-party system is definitely not better.
actually it has and had a name then:
The Great Recession
+MrVelociraptor3000 Wow cool graphics
+MrVelociraptor3000 I like calling it World Recession II
Credit Crisis.
The Financial Crisis, the Market Crash, the Wall St Recession.
Lil Frey
the market didn't crash
Just finished watching this series and may I say, it's excellent!
Thank you for making dry old History a little bit wetter, haha.
Being a Brit, I have a mere spattering of US History knowledge but your writing & delivery has entertained, informed and often surprised me.
Subscribed, and now off to see what else is available on the Crash Course channel.
BTW, that's surely not a real shock pen.
I'm holding you to your word, Future John Green.
the financial fartstorm has a better ring to it
I would absolutely love a crash course of British history after the literature one.
sadly john has already described this as 'crash course, John is bored'
spinningsheeps does he plan on doing any other history?
Matthew Goodman I think there will be more World History
This is like binge-watching a TV show, only to catch up and have to wait for new episodes. Can you give us a hint, maybe a spoiler on what happens next?
@5:52 stop I'm already crying. What did we do. Why can't we find anyone else like him.
Can you add George Orwell, 1984 or animal farm?
lol economists literally call it "the Recession of 2008"
Well it's much more commonly called the Great Recession
+Kate Reese u r an ignurint humin bean pleaze shut, nd kepe ur opinyun 2 urself.
thnx
Everyone else calls it the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).
KJ Reese well we’re not in bread lines yet so what would you call it jackass?
0:26 Hi! I'm writing this from 2016, and your prediction was substantially less insane than what somehow IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
very funny
I feel bad for not liking every video, fantastic content. They make it too easy to get to the next video, although I'm certain I will watch each one at least 80 more times. A++
How about another quick couple US History episodes to get us back up to date with John Green of today??
^_^ Thank you, senpai
"You must buy Obamacare." Finally, it has been said. A music teacher of mine who is self-employed doesn't have or want health insurance. He and his family are all in excellent health and he sees no reason to pay for something he won't use. As of May of this year, it will be more expensive for him to *not* pay for it, as the fines are going to pile up. If a private company were to threaten you with financial ruin for not buying their service, they would be breaking the law. When the government does it, it's fine?
yea, I don't have health insurance either. i don't want it. i'm just wondering how much that'll set me back when i do my taxes this year :(
so your teacher doesnt want affordable healthcare incase for example he gets cancer, hell a broken hip could ruin your whole life in america as in most countries its a few weeks off work followed by a year of rehab all for free. just to be clear you realise most countries in the world have national healthcare which is free to everyone in the country which is paid for by tax. the fact americans dont want universal healthcare is just plain retarded.
I never said that there wasn't any danger in what he was doing, I was just saying that it's wrong for the government to force him to pay for something that he won't use. Given his limited income, Obamacare isn't particularly affordable either. I take some issue with your perception that because that's the way it is done in many other countries, that we should do it too, as if America has no economic or social differences when compared to Canada. Don't get me wrong though, I think that it makes sense for us to go the route of universal healthcare, but forcing people to pay for it isn't something I think America is ready or willing to put up with yet.
whydidyoudothatkarl although affordable is the title of the bill it does not exactly mean it will be as such. I dont see how it can be cheaper by adding more middleman. Choosing to be apart of a expansive national healthcare system should be just that, a choice. If it is so great why is there a fine for not doing it? If it is so wonderful why do we have to punish people who don't join it? I'm not saying being forced into something means its always bad but when you don't have a choice you should always question why.
whydidyoudothatkarl
I have no idea where you live, but I have a good deal of American family currently living abroad. The locals tend to consider Americans rude or curt, but I've never heard retarded. I'm sure it varies largely, but not all countries hate us, just as not all of us are idiotic. That said, America has a ton of idiots. Very vocal idiots.
Everyone in the comment section: You're all wrong.
No, I'm wrong.
Ryan McIntyre Right, where are you?
I DISAGREE that we DISAGREE!!
I don't agree with that at all.
***** Yes. You most of all.
John Green, Is there any possibility that you will continue these lessons after this. I WISH!
I can;t wait for Crash Course Literature.
I think people tend to forget just how short American history is and how young the country is compared with others.
I mean, it's only really existed as a distinct entity for a little over 200 years. I feel like we've developed pretty swiftly given the time frame.
yes, but other empires did this before. the Islamic khalifates went from India to Spain, the mongols from Korea to Austria. don't forget how quickly they fell either
ShadowRevya9 You could also consider that we are closer to falling then ever before, I mean, Rome, Jerusalem, Muslim Empires, Dynasties, The Mongols, Soviets, Egyptians, They all fell. Their empires, some greater than us in terms of living conditions. But they all fell. We can't count on the fact that we are a "Super Power" or #1, Sooner or later, if things like this keep up. We won't be a super power, or #1, Worst case scenario is, We will fall.
***** you can't count age like that. the oldest current European countries are over a millennium old. this means that there is a type of tradition and historical backdrop in their politics. the USA doesn't have that balance, this means it can very easily falter
that reminds me of a quote form some dead guy he said that the difference between england and america is that one thinks that 100 miles is a long distance the other that 100 years is a long time
***** The one truth that governs everything in the universe is that nothing lasts forever. The end is inevitable, but what is most important is what we do now that determines when and how we fall.
we still love harry styles in 2020 and just think there’s gonna be crash course videos about corona and everything that’s happened before and after.. woah
John and all the Crash Course team, a thousand thanks !!! though I'm not American, I've always been interested in American history and thanks to you guys I could get an even closer approach of what it means to be an American and the foundation, development and current status of the USA itself... I am well aware that there were many things that were not told or taken into account through these 48 videos, however whether you hate or love the USA, whether you are or not american and whether you do or do not you agree on the many things and actions that have occurred and happened through their history you gotta humbly acknowledge in the last 300 years of modern history the United States has influenced those inside and outside its territory ! To you Americans that have been divided lately because of the recent events (yeah Trump presidency and so) I encourage you to be brave and fight on, for you have always since the creation of your nation struggled and overcome nearly the impossible against all the odds... again thank you John and your team for the knowledge you share to everyone craving to know a little more of the world !
"Astonishing results of the 2016 election"
JOHN THIS IS YOUR FAULT