So, if you watched the intro, John mentions a guy named Mr. Fleming. That's Michael Fleming, my APUSH teacher at Jupiter High School in Florida right now. Mr. Fleming actually heard about how he was featured and called up John Green (don't ask me how he called him. I have no idea), and found out that a producer on the show was his old student, and this was an homage to what he taught that student. And yes, he's an old white Southerner and he acts like he's 182 years old. He's retiring this year, and he never had the retirement party he wanted (because of the pandemic), so I'd love it if all you APUSH students could comment something nice from wherever you are!! I'll be sending all the nice comments to him at the end of the year (shh, don't tell him)
thank you mr fleming! i hope you have a nice retirement and thank you for your years teaching one of the most important subjects :) also thinking abt this comment made me realize i have never encountered a bad apush teacher
Not an APUSH student and not even an American. My respects to all teachers world-wide for educating the youth, including my late grandfather a teacher himself. Teachers sadly are not appreciated as much as they should, considering their tremendous work in society. Hope Mr. Fleming has an enjoyable retirement.
It's probably too late, but just in case: You're the best Mr. Fleming! Thank you for teaching so many students and impacting many lives. Enjoy retirement and God bless you! :)
Just because he and his teacher didn't know anything about state's rights doesn't mean they didn't and don't have any. If the state has no rights what was the 10th amendment to the Constitution referring to? A lot. But it was greatly reduced by the civil war. Slavery did need to be abolished and that did happen as a result of the Civil War but we did have a lot of bad effects from the war and the policy resulting from the war. One of those things is the lack of understanding of state's rights, which is only demonstrated by that part in this video(And your response to it).
Paris Ashcroft "he and his teacher didn't know anything about state's rights” I don’t understand. where do you get that from? did you listen to the quote in context?
Paris Ashcroft No, a State's Right to "What?". The Civil War was about Slavery, and if you claim it was about State's Rights I ask you "A state's right to do what, sir"? The answer is of course "A state's right to allow slavery". Thus the civil war was over Slavery and little else.
Lyla Phillips ThoperSought I watched it again, thinking may have missed something and I agree with you that I did. When, in the video he quotes his teacher, he should have written it like you did Lyla. Your "What?" made me understand what the teacher was asking. He was asking about a state's right to have slavery. Though I would say for some individuals the war may have been about something else or more. But in this discussion that's not here nor there. I must have been caught up in my ax-grinding. Thank you for your correction.
***** "The idea that every state is a semi-independent unit free to govern itself with minimal federal, frankly, foreign, laws, was utterly discredited.” (1) foreign how, exactly? (2) “utterly” discredited is carrying it a bit far. certainly states’ rights lost a lot of ground, there, but states still have rights, and a _lot_ of people believe that’s very important. the problem is, states’ rights were a compromise in the first place. the articles of confederation didn’t work, and if you want to _blame_ the erosion of states’ rights on anything, how about blaming it on the failure of the articles of confederation? that’s where it _started._ further, you can’t have it both ways: either the states are sovereign, or the nation as a whole is sovereign. in the long run, one will always gain ground over the other, and when the constitution was first ratified, we chose which it would be.
The way that CC US History is presented, it sometimes (often) presents a narrative in such an engaging way that it reminds me of watching a good TV series where at the end of an episode, I just *can't wait* to watch the next one. Kudos to John and the entire Crash Course team for making me feel that way about... history lessons. (Especially even when I know exactly what is going to happen next.)
he sounds like a man teaching through a azure tinted glasses. it'd be nice is people who taught stuck to what the facts were and allowed their students to form their own opinions on the subject matter.
This account is genuinely what’s getting me through college. I have a final paper due next week and crash cours literally explains everything better than my professor... John green you’re now my professor
This is one of the best videos yet. You covered a lot of ground here and a lot of forgotten points of history. Thank you for the always awesome videos!
It’s honestly overrated as a “cause” of the Civil War. It’s like blaming the rise of Trumpism mostly on Joe Wilson yelling “You lie!” at Obama, or urban crime rates on that one “F tha police” song
@@cate7756 The man was beaten until he was unconscious and bloody on the floor of the Senate, while other senators were held at gun point, powerless to stop it. Brooks broke his cane over Sumner's head and then continued to bludgeon his unconscious body with the broken pieces. It took Sumner four years to recover from the brain damage enough to return to work, but he never completely recovered. And this because he had the audacity to stand up in the senate and call slavery an evil.
River Ó hÁillewill thank you for educating me about this! when i read about it in class it was mentioned so casually it seemed like it wasn’t as serious as it was.
Hm. As somebody who's been thinking and reading a lot about ghe cause of the Civil War, I think John makes a very good point in the beginning of this video. The cause is at the same time more and less complex then one might think in that there were many factors beyond slavery... but all of them ultimately related back to slavery.
I had a Biology final earlier today and before we sat down to take the test I was talking to some people about how we had studied. A few people mentioned how they watched videos on youtube about the topics and how "the guy was so nice and would describe everything and use little animations". It took all I had in me to not start fangirling because I knew exactly what they were talking about.
I have a U.S. history final tomorrow, thanks for giving me an over view on the Civil War and how it started and everything, watching these 15:00 minute videos has given me more knowledge about the Civil War then my teacher has all year.
Thank you for your passion on this issue. Those who deny the paramount importance of slavery in American history and its lingering effects are still vocal. We need more of you and your kindred spirits.
just wanna say thanks to you! I was doing quite bad on my apush tests, but after watching this vids my test grades went up by 25%!!! Thanks again and keep doing what you're doing
That's great to hear, but you should not be dependent upon videos to hold your attention. When it comes time to take the AP exam, the details included on the test may never be discussed in this series.
Perhaps the strongest show in the American history series that I have seen so far. Thank you for sharing this illuminating, revealing video. I wish I had be able to see this series during high school.
Meanwhile in Venezuela, under the dictatorship of the Monagas brothers (1847 - 1858), slavery was abolished in 1855, while the Federal War (our first official Civil War) started at the ends of 1858 (shortly after the coup d'etat against José Tadeo Monagas) and ended in 1863 with a Liberal Victory that not only affirmed the abolishment of slavery, but also abolished the death penalty.
We've covered the Dred Scott decision in many of my history courses before, however I'm wondering why this is the first time I'm hearing about "Slave Power"(a conspiracy that doesn't sound that far fetched), Justice Taney's quote, and how anyone can say the Civil war was not about slavery....
There were a lot of reasons why the civil war occurred. The issue of slavery was just one of them. This man is being myopic to the extreme. Massachusetts almost seceded from the Union in 1835 because of the taxation that was being levied upon their exports the same thing they were getting ready to do to the South just before the beginning of the Civil War. Lincoln at actually ran on the concept of raising the tariffs on Goods leaving the South, mostly agricultural products, by 200%. As Lincoln had said he could care less whether or not slavery continued in the South don't you think that there was some reason why he didn't get not a single vote from the states that seceded from the Union? Slavery was not an issue, Lincoln, until the Gettysburg Address is the first time he ever brought it up. The reason he never brought it up before is because slavery was legal. And you can't kill people because they're doing something that's legal. The other problem is, Lincoln never had the Congress authorized him to make war
+Kylo Ren I should be nervous but ehh, we'll be alright! I've been using this website to study www.apstudynotes.org/us-history/practice-tests/practice-multiple-choice-test-1/
+StarfireIvy27 thank you so much this was useful. Goodluck again! remember guys: this is just a test, the grade doesn't define you. It's not the end of your life!
Thank you, your video was 100 times better than reading 25 pages off my history book and in the end not having a clue on what I had just read, your video had my full attention.
I took a class where we followed a very well documented probable underground railroad route and followed the trek of the raiders from Keep' tryst to Harper's Ferry. It was the best college class I have ever taken in my life.
I have to say that from my perspective (I am Finnish) the Civil War has experienced some massive white-washing from both the north and the south alike. Let's start with the south: Most people attempt to push aside the fact that the state's rights to >decide about slavery< was the main part of the South wanting to become independent. They were openly supporting the >expansion of slavery to any lands fit for large plantationsconsidered propertyforced people in northern states to capture and return escaped slaves to them
As someone named John Brown, and as someone who uses Foner's Give Me Liberty in his US History class, I really appreciate how closely these videos match up with Foner's narrative.
Great job. My students really use this site! But Stephen Douglas did not support the Lecompton Constitution (as you say at 7:11). He voted with the Republicans against it.
@@lgmmrm you are spreading the Daniel Ellison story. There was a viral grandpa email about him filled with false or misleading info. He owned about 65 slaves.
@@lgmmrm So what? He still couldn't vote, and could've been kidnapped and sold into another state by any slave patrol willing to tear up his free papers. His own freedom wasn't worth a tinker's dam.
Lincoln did a great job with keeping the country together but people forget that he never really cared about the slaves... He had a quote that said "if i could keep the country together without freeing the slaves i would do it"
I've read the letter that come's from, not only was it aimed at slave owners who supported the Union but the very next paragraph started "contrary to my *personal beliefs*"
Although that's true throughout most of Lincolns presidency towards the end of the war he had a change of heart and began to slavery as morally wrong. But yes initially he did care more about keeping the union together which honestly I probably would would have too even if I was against slavery (which I am).
Cherno Alpha consider this...just before the war started there was a last minute compromise which would save the Union by enshrining slavery in the constitution forever...Lincoln refused make of that what you will (edit) It was called the 11th hour compromise
It saddens me that defenders of the south/CSA/N. VA battle standard will continue to use the same rhetoric that has been proven false as an argument for the morality of the secession. No matter how many times you trumpet 'state's rights' from the rooftops, it won't be any more true ever. Blacks didn't fight for the CSA, the south seceded because of the 1860 election and the republican party's platform of abolition, and slavery was illegal in the north. These are all as true as the earth is round, and I cannot even wrap my skull around how willfully ignorant southern/CSA apologists are.
I'm agreeing with John Green! It was all about slavery. There were other things going on, but it was all about slavery. States right to do what, indeed.
It's "Tawnee" not "Tainee," but as you have stated repeatedly, "mispronouncing names is my THING!!" Do your thing, John Green! Love the videos. I use them in my history classes and my students love them, too. It keeps them interested and cracks them up. Keep up the good work!
Having been born in Omaha and having frequently visited Council Bluffs (my favorite aunt works at the CB Library) I can tell you they have a relationship with Stephen Douglas that Texas has with Stephen Austin, I.E. they name everything after him. Some of the most famous landmarks in Lincoln/Omaha/CB are just places where he had conversations with Lincoln.
Thank you so much! Whenever that montage comes along, I'm always dazzled by all the lights and sound that I miss out on the libertage! Now thank to you, I will go back to all the episodes and see what each episode's one was. Hahaha, yeah... 'MURICA. Then you have us Aussies who are excited to hear John mention us...along with the Canadians lol
because there is no good reply to arguing for state's rights when it was just a bs argument for slavery much like people flying the confederate flag argue it's about heritage.
+Jonathan Starbuck Even so, if your country wants to keep slavery legal it should be invaded immediately. Regardless of whatever you say, nothing enables you to have the right to own people. It's very simple. The right to what? To have your own laws, do your laws include slavery? If so, you don't have that right.
He was speechless because that rhetorical question completely undoes the logic of the "states rights" argument. The states' right to do what? To own slaves. That's why the secession happened right after the Republican Lincoln won. At the end of the day, slavery was the issue big enough to make Americans start killing each other.
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So, if you watched the intro, John mentions a guy named Mr. Fleming. That's Michael Fleming, my APUSH teacher at Jupiter High School in Florida right now. Mr. Fleming actually heard about how he was featured and called up John Green (don't ask me how he called him. I have no idea), and found out that a producer on the show was his old student, and this was an homage to what he taught that student. And yes, he's an old white Southerner and he acts like he's 182 years old. He's retiring this year, and he never had the retirement party he wanted (because of the pandemic), so I'd love it if all you APUSH students could comment something nice from wherever you are!! I'll be sending all the nice comments to him at the end of the year (shh, don't tell him)
Lol amazing he kept teaching. Hope you get top. Was he really that bad?
thank you mr fleming! i hope you have a nice retirement and thank you for your years teaching one of the most important subjects :) also thinking abt this comment made me realize i have never encountered a bad apush teacher
Not an APUSH student and not even an American. My respects to all teachers world-wide for educating the youth, including my late grandfather a teacher himself. Teachers sadly are not appreciated as much as they should, considering their tremendous work in society. Hope Mr. Fleming has an enjoyable retirement.
The funny part is that thats my last name too :)
It's probably too late, but just in case:
You're the best Mr. Fleming! Thank you for teaching so many students and impacting many lives. Enjoy retirement and God bless you! :)
I love how John Green is talking about John Brown. What a colorful discussion
You are my favorite person for this comment! Lol.
haha, this is probably the funniest comment I have seen while studying online. Anybody else here during 2020 lockdown??
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Heh....John Green talks about John Brown.
😂 I'm done
lol ikr xD
Lol
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hehe
I always forget that John Green went to my high school until he starts referencing the teachers there!
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0:29 "A state's right to what, sir?"
wow, just wow. that's so well put.
Just because he and his teacher didn't know anything about state's rights doesn't mean they didn't and don't have any. If the state has no rights what was the 10th amendment to the Constitution referring to? A lot. But it was greatly reduced by the civil war. Slavery did need to be abolished and that did happen as a result of the Civil War but we did have a lot of bad effects from the war and the policy resulting from the war. One of those things is the lack of understanding of state's rights, which is only demonstrated by that part in this video(And your response to it).
Paris Ashcroft "he and his teacher didn't know anything about state's rights”
I don’t understand. where do you get that from? did you listen to the quote in context?
Paris Ashcroft No, a State's Right to "What?". The Civil War was about Slavery, and if you claim it was about State's Rights I ask you "A state's right to do what, sir"? The answer is of course "A state's right to allow slavery". Thus the civil war was over Slavery and little else.
Lyla Phillips ThoperSought I watched it again, thinking may have missed something and I agree with you that I did. When, in the video he quotes his teacher, he should have written it like you did Lyla. Your "What?" made me understand what the teacher was asking. He was asking about a state's right to have slavery. Though I would say for some individuals the war may have been about something else or more. But in this discussion that's not here nor there. I must have been caught up in my ax-grinding. Thank you for your correction.
***** "The idea that every state is a semi-independent unit free to govern itself with minimal federal, frankly, foreign, laws, was utterly discredited.”
(1) foreign how, exactly?
(2) “utterly” discredited is carrying it a bit far. certainly states’ rights lost a lot of ground, there, but states still have rights, and a _lot_ of people believe that’s very important.
the problem is, states’ rights were a compromise in the first place. the articles of confederation didn’t work, and if you want to _blame_ the erosion of states’ rights on anything, how about blaming it on the failure of the articles of confederation? that’s where it _started._
further, you can’t have it both ways: either the states are sovereign, or the nation as a whole is sovereign. in the long run, one will always gain ground over the other, and when the constitution was first ratified, we chose which it would be.
Who's here in the 2020 pandemic because your history teacher has an aversion to Zoom classes?
Tullock?
yep
Victoria Long yep
yes thATS ME
im home-schooled......
I still use the "a state's rights to what, sir" line and it never fails
Pause the video @ 12:58 If you look in the direction of where the men on horses point their guns, you will see a guy dabbing extraordinary hard! (:
lmao
Im died :)
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Kwon Kee lmfao
"Congress' primary business is to delay." i cant even express how true that is
Abe Lincoln smiles in the bottom left corner right when John Greene slides into the picture at the beginning of the video.
AH IT'S TRUE
I'm gonna do a bunch of edibles and watch a playlist of literally all the crash course videos and come out the other side a better person.
That's the idea!
I hope you didnt have a bad trip about slavery and blue meanies.
I have. 10/10 would recommend
Goodluck to you on this noble quest for learning.
I think you’re my soulmate
2:22
You are absolutely right. My entire monopoly strategy hinges on the railroads, which no one usually wants.
The way that CC US History is presented, it sometimes (often) presents a narrative in such an engaging way that it reminds me of watching a good TV series where at the end of an episode, I just *can't wait* to watch the next one. Kudos to John and the entire Crash Course team for making me feel that way about... history lessons. (Especially even when I know exactly what is going to happen next.)
Mr. Fleming sounds like a badass.
He sounds like me, except older and with a better accent (I assume).
I assure you he is by far the greatest teacher I've had and I bet will the best one ever
he sounds like a man teaching through a azure tinted glasses. it'd be nice is people who taught stuck to what the facts were and allowed their students to form their own opinions on the subject matter.
Sounds like what’s stuck in my throat when I’m sick
John's final statement before "thanks for watching" was perfectly eloquent
John Green sounds like he could rap faster than eminen, looks like he thinks rap is satanic, and writes like a depressed tween.
I’m crying
@@kailey_marler are you a depressed tween?
WHAT!? MY MAIN GOAL IN MONOPOLY IS TO GET ALL 4 RAILROADS!
IKR
Thus the point of the game of monopoly. To teach other how monopolies are bad.
SAAAAAME
thats why they're umderrated
I've done just that, and demolished my family and drained them of money. In the game of course..
O-o
This account is genuinely what’s getting me through college. I have a final paper due next week and crash cours literally explains everything better than my professor... John green you’re now my professor
As a black man...you managed to make this hilarious but educational! 👏🏾 Bravo
love the profile pic 😅😂
Galaxy Gurl lol Ahahahahaha Glad to meet another Fan! Great show!!
I DONT NEED MY APUSH BOOK I JUST NEED THIS
@@Jachra Yeah...what you said
well done...a-push your book away!
You're lucky, you're most likely out of high school right now while I have to do an APUSH test.
Why can't John Green be my History professor?!
Same!
Is he really a professor? He has the excitement and passion of a TA (I mean this in a good way).
My history professor uses his videos semi-regularly, even though he disagrees with several of his points.
You guys are so amazing. I took american history in college and got an A just by watching your videos. I never opened the textbooks Cx
John Green taught me when my real teacher didn't want too. Im looking at you, Mr. Martens.
BRING THIS MAN BACK, CRASH COURSE RUclips SERIES PEOPLE!!!!!!!
7:42 I was expecting the caption to be "I Dred this decision"
+Ava Animates Things If you must learn anything about CrashCourse, you will learn they stick references wherever they can.
+Ava Animates Things #JudgeDredd References
+Ava Animates Things #puns
You should love "I, My name" statements. You might actually get a mystery document right that way.
This is one of the best videos yet. You covered a lot of ground here and a lot of forgotten points of history. Thank you for the always awesome videos!
It's funny, my teacher can't teach... Movies, Do Book Problems, and lack of detail power points... Thanks CrashCourse, for saving my finals
Awww! No Senate floor caning?!
i know!! im currently in ap us history and the caning of senator sumner makes me laugh every single time
It’s honestly overrated as a “cause” of the Civil War. It’s like blaming the rise of Trumpism mostly on Joe Wilson yelling “You lie!” at Obama, or urban crime rates on that one “F tha police” song
sadly,you are correct
@@cate7756 The man was beaten until he was unconscious and bloody on the floor of the Senate, while other senators were held at gun point, powerless to stop it. Brooks broke his cane over Sumner's head and then continued to bludgeon his unconscious body with the broken pieces. It took Sumner four years to recover from the brain damage enough to return to work, but he never completely recovered. And this because he had the audacity to stand up in the senate and call slavery an evil.
River Ó hÁillewill thank you for educating me about this! when i read about it in class it was mentioned so casually it seemed like it wasn’t as serious as it was.
Hm. As somebody who's been thinking and reading a lot about ghe cause of the Civil War, I think John makes a very good point in the beginning of this video. The cause is at the same time more and less complex then one might think in that there were many factors beyond slavery... but all of them ultimately related back to slavery.
Who else is watching for fun and not for a test
California Mapper me
California Mapper me
i actually have a test on this boo hoo!!!
yep
Lucky.
I had a Biology final earlier today and before we sat down to take the test I was talking to some people about how we had studied. A few people mentioned how they watched videos on youtube about the topics and how "the guy was so nice and would describe everything and use little animations". It took all I had in me to not start fangirling because I knew exactly what they were talking about.
am i missing something or did john lose his lower tooth in a fight for slave rights or something when i wasn't looking
LMAO
Usually I skip over the intros when I use these in class but this one is perfect. Mr Fleming is the teacher I want to be when I grow up.
I have a U.S. history final tomorrow, thanks for giving me an over view on the Civil War and how it started and everything, watching these 15:00 minute videos has given me more knowledge about the Civil War then my teacher has all year.
Thank you for your passion on this issue. Those who deny the paramount importance of slavery in American history and its lingering effects are still vocal. We need more of you and your kindred spirits.
I know I won't step foot in America but I love to learn about america
just wanna say thanks to you! I was doing quite bad on my apush tests, but after watching this vids my test grades went up by 25%!!! Thanks again and keep doing what you're doing
That's great to hear, but you should not be dependent upon videos to hold your attention. When it comes time to take the AP exam, the details included on the test may never be discussed in this series.
Perhaps the strongest show in the American history series that I have seen so far. Thank you for sharing this illuminating, revealing video. I wish I had be able to see this series during high school.
Meanwhile in Venezuela, under the dictatorship of the Monagas brothers (1847 - 1858), slavery was abolished in 1855, while the Federal War (our first official Civil War) started at the ends of 1858 (shortly after the coup d'etat against José Tadeo Monagas) and ended in 1863 with a Liberal Victory that not only affirmed the abolishment of slavery, but also abolished the death penalty.
You mean..............there's stuff happening in the green parts of not America?
I'm really hoping I pass the APUSH exam Friday. Prayers to anyone else taking it!
I hope you pass as well!
Thank you so much!
'Let's do this! JOOOOOOOOOOOHN BROOOOOOOOOOOOWN!'
TheFireflyGrave I laughed
Cuckold
We've covered the Dred Scott decision in many of my history courses before, however I'm wondering why this is the first time I'm hearing about "Slave Power"(a conspiracy that doesn't sound that far fetched), Justice Taney's quote, and how anyone can say the Civil war was not about slavery....
There were a lot of reasons why the civil war occurred. The issue of slavery was just one of them. This man is being myopic to the extreme. Massachusetts almost seceded from the Union in 1835 because of the taxation that was being levied upon their exports the same thing they were getting ready to do to the South just before the beginning of the Civil War. Lincoln at actually ran on the concept of raising the tariffs on Goods leaving the South, mostly agricultural products, by 200%.
As Lincoln had said he could care less whether or not slavery continued in the South don't you think that there was some reason why he didn't get not a single vote from the states that seceded from the Union? Slavery was not an issue, Lincoln, until the Gettysburg Address is the first time he ever brought it up. The reason he never brought it up before is because slavery was legal. And you can't kill people because they're doing something that's legal. The other problem is, Lincoln never had the Congress authorized him to make war
to anyone taking the AP this Friday:
GOODLUCK 🍀🍀🍀
+Kylo Ren Good luck to you too.
haha fml
that awkward moment when John green teaches clearer material in 15 minute videos than your teacher does in 90 minute classes...
11:00 I, Giorno Giovanna, take much offense to this comment.
Ay, my name! Neh!
AP Test on Friday, hoping John Green helps me pass D;
SAME I'M SO NERVOUS
+Kylo Ren I should be nervous but ehh, we'll be alright! I've been using this website to study
www.apstudynotes.org/us-history/practice-tests/practice-multiple-choice-test-1/
Same boat! Good luck!
Me too, hope this is helping you! Wishing you luck!!!
+StarfireIvy27 thank you so much this was useful. Goodluck again! remember guys: this is just a test, the grade doesn't define you. It's not the end of your life!
It's Thomas the Tank Engine! 2:52 Look at his hand...My childhood... LOL
2:37 -- "Choo Choo Choose" You reference. Go Ralph!
HES SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS TOPIC AND IT MAKES ME PASSIONATE AND I LOVE JOHN GREEN.
I know right
Passion doesn't equal accuracy.
Thank you, your video was 100 times better than reading 25 pages off my history book and in the end not having a clue on what I had just read, your video had my full attention.
Love the story at the beginning
I took a class where we followed a very well documented probable underground railroad route and followed the trek of the raiders from Keep' tryst to Harper's Ferry. It was the best college class I have ever taken in my life.
"But in general any statement that begins 'I-comma-my-name'"
...
"I, Giorno Giovanna, have a dream."
I giorno Giovanna, have a dream to stop slavery *golden experience mudas all slave owners*
your videos help a lot in apush, thanks!
I have to say that from my perspective (I am Finnish) the Civil War has experienced some massive white-washing from both the north and the south alike.
Let's start with the south: Most people attempt to push aside the fact that the state's rights to >decide about slavery< was the main part of the South wanting to become independent. They were openly supporting the >expansion of slavery to any lands fit for large plantationsconsidered propertyforced people in northern states to capture and return escaped slaves to them
11:00 I, Giorno Giovanna, do not appreciate your judgement of my way of speech
John Brown's unsuccessful raid being the "Leeroy Jenkins effect" will forever make me remember that event.
Concise, to the point and factual. Great video. 👍*_liked_* *_subscribed_*
I have never been a bigger fan of this series than now. Thank you for doing this.
aaand that confetti popper caught me off guard.
+stevensays1 I thought it was a rubber band
Mystery document guess (before watching, obviously): William Lloyd Garrison, publisher of The Liberator.
Yeah, I have finals in 2 days...
Whelp. So much for that.
10:15 "STAAAaaaHHnnnnnNnnn!!"
Best Mystery Document ever xD
John Brown was an American hero who didn't kill anybody that didn't need killing.
Thank you for these videos. I would not pass my American History class without them.
Roger Taney is pronounced (TAW-ney).
As someone named John Brown, and as someone who uses Foner's Give Me Liberty in his US History class, I really appreciate how closely these videos match up with Foner's narrative.
I will never be able to watch Thomas the Tank Engine with my toddler and not think of the Kansas-Nebraska Act again. Thanks Crashcourse!
I may or may not watch these videos just for fun becasue I love John Green and Hank Green... just this whole channel honestly lol.
Great job. My students really use this site! But Stephen Douglas did not support the Lecompton Constitution (as you say at 7:11). He voted with the Republicans against it.
13:19
"Black men ...had held property, including even slaves..."
Well, that little tidbit seems to have been glossed over.
Many free blacks purchase slaves to save them and to reunite their family members that was sold away.
Quality history lesson! Thx
A lot of free blacks also purchased slaves to work on their plantation. One of the worst slave owners in the South was a black man.
@@lgmmrm you are spreading the Daniel Ellison story. There was a viral grandpa email about him filled with false or misleading info. He owned about 65 slaves.
@@lgmmrm So what? He still couldn't vote, and could've been kidnapped and sold into another state by any slave patrol willing to tear up his free papers. His own freedom wasn't worth a tinker's dam.
Lincoln did a great job with keeping the country together but people forget that he never really cared about the slaves... He had a quote that said "if i could keep the country together without freeing the slaves i would do it"
I read it, did you read my reply? Do you understand the context and political feelings of the North?
I've read the letter that come's from, not only was it aimed at slave owners who supported the Union but the very next paragraph started "contrary to my *personal beliefs*"
Although that's true throughout most of Lincolns presidency towards the end of the war he had a change of heart and began to slavery as morally wrong. But yes initially he did care more about keeping the union together which honestly I probably would would have too even if I was against slavery (which I am).
Cherno Alpha consider this...just before the war started there was a last minute compromise which would save the Union by enshrining slavery in the constitution forever...Lincoln refused make of that what you will
(edit) It was called the 11th hour compromise
He only said that because if he didnt he wouldve lost support of the Border States.
John Green, you make me laugh harder than most comedians
I lost it when he freaked out and got the Mystery Doc wrong. "John Brown!" -BUZZER "What!?!? STAN!!!!!!!!" Hahahahahaha. XD
It saddens me that defenders of the south/CSA/N. VA battle standard will continue to use the same rhetoric that has been proven false as an argument for the morality of the secession. No matter how many times you trumpet 'state's rights' from the rooftops, it won't be any more true ever. Blacks didn't fight for the CSA, the south seceded because of the 1860 election and the republican party's platform of abolition, and slavery was illegal in the north. These are all as true as the earth is round, and I cannot even wrap my skull around how willfully ignorant southern/CSA apologists are.
+M3D13V4L I especially hate people who think the Confederate flag isn't a flag of racism and treason.
+M3D13V4L I'm go to school in the deep south and you wouldn't believe how long these people will argue over this point...
+Anthony Serocco In my opinion its now associated with southern trailer trash people. All I can do is laugh at how ignorant they are.
They put this crap in my scool textbooks, so that might be one of the sources people get this idea from.
+Chimo Minccino
Thank goodness I live in South Florida because this is the one place in the "South" where that shit wouldn't fly.
The captions at 1:03 though XD
+Lyba Zia Chicken fart.
I'm agreeing with John Green! It was all about slavery. There were other things going on, but it was all about slavery. States right to do what, indeed.
It's "Tawnee" not "Tainee," but as you have stated repeatedly, "mispronouncing names is my THING!!" Do your thing, John Green! Love the videos. I use them in my history classes and my students love them, too. It keeps them interested and cracks them up. Keep up the good work!
john green is actually my favorite person
Except the Canadians had rebelled against the British in 1836 and were violent quashed with leaders hanged or exiled to Tasmania.
Weren't those French Canadians? I'm not sure.
I'm convinced that if slavery never existed a civil war would've erupted and that'd actually be for states rights.
Ranger doubtful
I thought the mystery document was john brown too
I just want to say thank you for making these videos. I really wouldn't have been able to write my U.S. history paper without them.
Having been born in Omaha and having frequently visited Council Bluffs (my favorite aunt works at the CB Library) I can tell you they have a relationship with Stephen Douglas that Texas has with Stephen Austin, I.E. they name everything after him. Some of the most famous landmarks in Lincoln/Omaha/CB are just places where he had conversations with Lincoln.
Go Kansas! This is the only place we have in US history books, except for Eisenhower
he completely neglected the nullification crisis!
Would have been in an earlier video covering the earlier decades. This is just 1850-1860.
he wrote The Fault In Our Stars...
+Bella Soto Seriously?
+Jovannah Alston yup 😋
+Jovannah Alston and many other books
Bella Soto Wow i've been watching his videos forever, and never really connected the dots hahaha this is so weird but so awesome ^_^
John Brown was a hero, undaunted true and brave.
He was more of a narcissistic murdering religious extremist.
hello people in quarantine watching this because your teacher has to finish the civil war unit
Who’s that random guy the the bottom left?
Said by the people of the U.S. in 1840-1850
Can most of you keep your political opinions to yourself and just enjoy these videos that give me As on my APUSH tests/DBQs? Thanks
Have you ever heard the saying," Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it"?
There is a difference between knowing & learning.
Poor John
Didn't get a reward :(
I use these in my middle school social studies classes, and we love them!! Thank you! :)
Thank you so much! Whenever that montage comes along, I'm always dazzled by all the lights and sound that I miss out on the libertage! Now thank to you, I will go back to all the episodes and see what each episode's one was. Hahaha, yeah... 'MURICA. Then you have us Aussies who are excited to hear John mention us...along with the Canadians lol
Who’s here bc of school?
10:12 GET REKT!!!
*except.. wait for it ... THE MONGOLS*
*_montage plays_*
I have a history final tomorrow. I have been watching so many of these at 2x speed for the past couple of hours. My brain hurts so much.
I am glad he went with his current high school historian than the other guy.
What I don't get though, was why John was speechless when his US teacher asked him a question
mmmmmmm the blind man says "I see"
because there is no good reply to arguing for state's rights when it was just a bs argument for slavery much like people flying the confederate flag argue it's about heritage.
Because the answer to that question is slavery. As in what right, specifically, is being argued over? The 'right' to own slaves.
+Jonathan Starbuck Even so, if your country wants to keep slavery legal it should be invaded immediately. Regardless of whatever you say, nothing enables you to have the right to own people. It's very simple.
The right to what?
To have your own laws, do your laws include slavery?
If so, you don't have that right.
He was speechless because that rhetorical question completely undoes the logic of the "states rights" argument. The states' right to do what? To own slaves. That's why the secession happened right after the Republican Lincoln won. At the end of the day, slavery was the issue big enough to make Americans start killing each other.