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

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In which John Green ACTUALLY teaches about the Civil War. In part one of our two-part look at the US Civil War, John looks into the causes of the war, and the motivations of the individuals who went to war. The overarching causes and the individual motivations were not always the same, you see. John also looks into why the North won, and whether that outcome was inevitable. The North's industrial and population advantages are examined, as are the problems of the Confederacy, including its need to build a nation at the same time it was fighting a war. As usual, John doesn't get much into the actual battle-by-battle breakdown. He does talk a little about the overarching strategy that won the war, and Grant's plan to just overwhelm the South with numbers. Grant took a lot of losses in the latter days of the war, but in the end, it did lead to the surrender of the South.
If you want to learn more about the Civil War, we recommend these books:
Battle Cry of Freedom by James McPherson: bit.ly/3jAtBzo
The Civil War by Shelby Foote: bit.ly/38VXTKZ
Hey teachers and students - Check out CommonLit's free collection of reading passages and curriculum resources to learn more about the events of this episode. There were many causes of the American Civil War and events that led to disunion: www.commonlit.org/texts/cause...
Once the war started, its outcome was determined by the different abilities and resources of the divided North and South: www.commonlit.org/texts/a-nat...
Learn more about Black Americans in the Civil War in episode #18 of Crash Course Black American History: • Black Americans in the...
Chapters:
Introduction 00:00
Basic Facts of the Civil War 1:21
Free and Slave States 1:46
Causes of the Civil War 2:15
Religion and the Civil War 3:19
Union Advantages in the Civil War 4:24
Confederate Advantages in the Civil War 5:11
Was the Union's Victory Inevitable? 5:53
Mystery Document 6:43
Ulysses S. Grant 7:39
Union Weaknesses in the Civil War 8:18
Turning Points in the Civil War 9:20
Lincoln's Reelection 10:47
Credits 11:28
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@shannonchaney6419 7 лет назад

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

@nationalistcanuck2877 6 лет назад

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

@carinafolescu8798 6 лет назад

Nationalist Canuck Ap exam tm lmfaooooooo

@AlexRodriguez-oo9yu 6 лет назад

Carina Folescu In the same boat bro

@carinafolescu8798 6 лет назад

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

@AlexRodriguez-oo9yu 6 лет назад

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

@NT-co1qw 4 года назад

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

@lennywoodman2193 4 года назад

Yes yes YES. I second this.

@fredserrato7173 4 года назад

You are so right

@roryyoust5115 4 года назад

YES

@cluck9692 4 года назад

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

@obalitkhana8694 4 года назад

@@cluck9692 false, black bear

@meyerpeterson7856 5 лет назад

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

@darlin4818 5 лет назад

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

@MrSupernova111 4 года назад

Nope.

@karojen6764 4 года назад

Pretty much like yes

@karmabakescakes 4 года назад

literally me

@karmabakescakes 4 года назад

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

@amandakanaly6643 4 года назад

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

@haeleekim6189 4 года назад

Amanda Kanaly queen

@haeleekim6189 4 года назад

apush me off a cliff

@amandakanaly6643 4 года назад

omg yaaasszzz

@thechosenone3163 4 года назад

Thank you

@dillfeet269 4 года назад

bruh thank you homie

@trapdontaris 5 лет назад

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

@appalachianvolk1958 5 лет назад

*baguette

@frisk4520 5 лет назад

Avocado*

@maximusmedia8412 5 лет назад

Paraguay: AMATEURS

@distorres4521 5 лет назад

Poland(2 World war): Hold my beer!!!!

@believemeimherman4319 5 лет назад

Soviet Union: HOLD VODKA COMRADE CYKA

@abrahamlincoln6789 4 года назад

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

@cringefailtastic 4 года назад

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

@khaoticlol 4 года назад

LINCOL PLS RESPOND TO THIS COMMENT!

@janetracy1399 4 года назад

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

@johnchessant3012 4 года назад

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

@isabellaanderson8174 4 года назад

@@janetracy1399 I so agree.

@kayrao.862 4 года назад

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

@mariotrouncer1794 6 лет назад

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

@LegoJunk128 9 лет назад

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

@MrZattack101 8 лет назад

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

@machination2166 8 лет назад

Cactus*

@Luuuumaaaa 8 лет назад

+Jason Tan Cactuar*

@machination2166 8 лет назад

oh, i never realized cactuar was a real thing

@mdstarfaith706 8 лет назад

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

@youvegot 8 лет назад

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

@JohnBrownsArmory 4 года назад

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

@CFM2 4 года назад

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

@SuperHamsterhuey 9 лет назад

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

@samfam3660 9 лет назад

🆒🆗

@redcoat4348 9 лет назад

***** freakin conservatives.

@EnragedSephiroth 9 лет назад

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

@EnragedSephiroth 9 лет назад

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

@EnragedSephiroth 9 лет назад

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

@bleggsbleggs 9 лет назад

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

@johnc.calhoun7755 9 лет назад

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

@bleggsbleggs 9 лет назад

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

@lorrainecarrillo5210 9 лет назад

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

@PirategamingClan 9 лет назад

Wheres the evidence?

@gingerdavis8071 9 лет назад

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

@lorddetrivore60 7 лет назад

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

@alexaliona 7 лет назад

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

@PlatinumSpoons 7 лет назад

so 4x?

@marcusfillard9578 7 лет назад

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

@stratoleft 7 лет назад

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

@audreylai8168 7 лет назад

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

@saman9291 5 лет назад

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

@NotWithThatAttitude 5 лет назад

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

@AwesomeFroggy 10 лет назад

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

@calamityamity3706 6 лет назад

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

@melanieburciaga8682 7 лет назад

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

@Jennifer-ws2vb 7 лет назад

melanie burciaga same dude

@secondstring 5 лет назад

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

@diddyange2258 4 года назад

Did u do well in the exam from this video?

@hinokochan4358 5 лет назад

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

@socalmatt 8 лет назад

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

@CinemaKnight 8 лет назад

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

@Shaheer4771 4 года назад

Cinema Knight how old are u

@alozzzy1213 6 лет назад

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

@pranzfegidero2558 4 года назад

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

@janelim9496 4 года назад

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

@saramcknz 4 года назад

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

@funnyfosteranimals 4 года назад

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

@jpoplistener5559 4 года назад

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

@melissablake5961 4 года назад

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

@sarahmoosa1172 7 лет назад

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

@charlottelowe9718 Год назад

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

@mikali3461 4 года назад

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

@forrestweintraub9858 8 лет назад

How many people went back to 2:20?

@randomgirl833 8 лет назад

🙍🙋

@NemesisMKIII 8 лет назад

I did, and there was a cactuar there. I was not disappointed.

@catelynsaunders978 6 лет назад

@c0smicc0re 5 лет назад

🙋 👖

@hellasenpai 5 лет назад

I was not disappointed.

@reubenelijah1258 7 лет назад

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

@rezkalla 5 лет назад

I think she should have gone to fight.

@ameyas7726 4 года назад

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

@kaizen5023 4 года назад

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

@GrantsGaming 4 года назад

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

@user-dr5nt2is7f 5 лет назад

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

5 лет назад

You correct. You so wise.

@iamaspaceman8533 4 года назад

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

@syedzaid5771 4 года назад

Thought I was the only Asian watching.

@user-pm9ec7gn4g 4 года назад

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

@GOWIN8109837 4 года назад

Lol

@gracielac6841 9 лет назад

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

@alisonbryan8488 10 лет назад

I'm reading "Looking for Alaska" at the same time as studying the Civil War, I had a lightbulb moment when I realized that John Green was the same John Green that's taught me everything I know about history o.O

@CBeard849 6 лет назад

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

@Noutchka 6 лет назад

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

@reddhawt2378 4 года назад

Happy Juneteenth!!

@Ksb88 4 года назад

🤗🤗

@HorrorMovieReviewGuy 7 лет назад

can you imagine living in those times for a year?

@culturehub2628 7 лет назад

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

@TheLegend-mu6zg 7 лет назад

HorrorMovieReviewGuy Ikr no Panin presses

@miladantoine4566 6 лет назад

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

@jayliherable 5 лет назад

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

@BadgerCheese94 7 лет назад

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

@gamerN77 7 лет назад

What do you mean with "we lost"?

@BadgerCheese94 7 лет назад

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

@IkeOkerekeNews 6 лет назад

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

@tombahma 6 лет назад

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

@plasmoxxie8275 6 лет назад

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

@begood4689 6 лет назад

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

@DaDunge 8 лет назад

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

@Gorlaz34 8 лет назад

It's so refreshing to hear someone accurately explain the reason for the civil war: slavery. Slavery was the driving force that fueled southern economics. So when people like to bicker about how it was actually fought for another reason, it all ties back to slavery. Thanks John Green for your frankness and clarity.

@TigerRifle1 8 лет назад

the south fought to preserve it.

@mrsuns10 6 лет назад

Your stupid if you think slavery was the only reason for war

@btdpro752 6 лет назад

mrsuns10 Nobody in their right mind would think that. Do think that anybody is that stupid. Slavery played a major role in the Civil War as the phrase "Rich man's war, but the poor man's fight"

@toddaustin2198 5 лет назад

Amen!

@quartratic2389 5 лет назад

Zachary Christy Another huge reason is that the South felt left out. The North was industrializing and the South wasn’t that much. They kept to basic farming for instance. The South felt out of place by being in the Union, so they wanted to leave.

@dakshmota3480 6 лет назад

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

@33phi 6 лет назад

I really enjoyed this video, and I love the way that it is quick, but still understandable.

@gingerspice5477 5 лет назад

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

@PiznesPiznes 9 лет назад

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

@krim7 9 лет назад

Cool factoid!

@Vesporeon 9 лет назад

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

@markscott9259 9 лет назад

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

@Vesporeon 9 лет назад

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

@markscott9259 9 лет назад

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

@remyolson3635 6 лет назад

This was an awesome video! It helped me a lot and all the facts were super interesting. Keep up the good work!

@kylecasey9254 5 лет назад

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

@ank52618 10 лет назад

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

@mrsnakesmrnot8499 4 года назад

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

@willmaples4062 4 года назад

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

@majorgunnerducky9273 7 лет назад

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

@karojen6764 4 года назад

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

@coltenhunter2000 5 лет назад

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

@evanmcconnell6764 5 лет назад

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

@darrianweathington1923 5 лет назад

Evan McConnell teacher would've probably got him expelled

@ID-gt8zs 4 года назад

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

@myopic_cyclops 9 лет назад

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

@myopic_cyclops 9 лет назад

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

@markscott9259 9 лет назад

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

@gingerdavis8071 9 лет назад

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

@shamrockrancher7673 9 лет назад

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

@gingerdavis8071 9 лет назад

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

@sydneylai4835 6 лет назад

Wow! This video was very helpful! Also I love the animations in the video!

@tomreed2417 6 лет назад

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

@Mikeyvellii 9 лет назад

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

@Mikeyvellii 9 лет назад

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

@Smithy0013 9 лет назад

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

@Mikeyvellii 9 лет назад

Smithy0013 interesting.

@thekillers1stfan 8 лет назад

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

@CrabCakes4Sale 8 лет назад

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

@benwalker2234 8 лет назад

+TheLonestarWanderer It worked though

@icey5046 6 лет назад

thekillers1stfan a

@cs0345 5 лет назад

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

@jasonite Год назад

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

@PS4ENDERSQUIRREL 6 лет назад

This guy talks so fast but give so much information Its amazing

@pensandshakers 8 лет назад

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

@AstraAnima 8 лет назад

Okay and?

@AstraAnima 8 лет назад

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

@anne7929 8 лет назад

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

@AstraAnima 8 лет назад

Sonia Dean That's what I said.

@anne7929 8 лет назад

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

@yes-jb9et 4 года назад

Imagine having to tell General Lee that you shot Stonewall Jackson

@tulipflower8142 6 лет назад

Very helpful recourse to look back on

@liamcurtis743 4 года назад

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

@joekennedy4093 9 лет назад

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

@BlueHooloovoo 10 лет назад

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

@user-tv4hv7lt9z 10 лет назад

I saw it! I saw It!!

@abcbyuman 7 лет назад

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

@marythewinter 5 лет назад

Thanks! I hope I'll pas my test tomorrow, if so I will give another book by you a chance!

@Robopercy 6 лет назад

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

@bostondowns5293 5 лет назад

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

@nonametyvm 4 года назад

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

@PrinceXVI316 5 лет назад

I love crash course dude keep up the good work

@aashi8316 5 лет назад

@giatran6746 7 лет назад

okay this helped me so much on my World History Exam thx so much

@becketclark9942 7 лет назад

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

@pinez2961 7 лет назад

Becket Clark nope

@Conner06 7 лет назад

nope

@gamershawker5558 7 лет назад

yes i did

@slawdog8 7 лет назад

Doesn't look like anything to me.

@mebreevee1997 7 лет назад

Becket Clark anyone see the profile pic was cloud strife?

@tonyv2373 9 лет назад

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

@vandini8185 4 года назад

This was insanely helpful! Thank youu!

@My_Hope_Will_Never_Die 5 лет назад

This improved my report in school from DISAPPOINTMENT to BRILLIANT

@mollythepotato6522 4 года назад

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

@TabishBish 5 лет назад

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

@reptile2991 5 лет назад

Y'all fought for me THANK YOU

@battlefieldbrogaming9720 6 лет назад

Let’s gooooo apush tomorrow bouta marathon all these thanks

@UhhhhHi2 7 лет назад

Cactus man @2:20 is my hero

@fluffy5649 7 лет назад

lol

@jayanthuppaluri9764 8 лет назад

Yay!!! My home state (missouri) was actually important to a war!!!

@CollinBuckman 8 лет назад

Yeah!

@laughinsohard7888 8 лет назад

Well, you are the "Gateway to the West". All that my home state of North Carolina is known for in the Civil War was shooting Stonewall Jackson because North Carolinians are bad at seeing in the dark...

@wunderbarmutti5221 5 лет назад

It was still a slave state

@lkl3210 4 года назад

Interesting recommendation from YT during these times

@elvisdavis5128 Год назад

Great break down of the civil war

@prodxeviant 6 лет назад

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

@secondstring 5 лет назад

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

@rileyhollister5533 6 лет назад

That was for and extra credit assignment.

@mannyY96 7 лет назад

That FF7 reference was AMAZING!!!!

@andrewnewsome1750 11 месяцев назад

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

@mollsgreys5827 8 лет назад

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

@kudo7821 9 лет назад

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

@kudo7821 9 лет назад

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

@qtree1838 6 лет назад

i saw it too man

@ProsperingMan 6 лет назад

I saw man at school

@bobskripoljr.6470 6 лет назад

No I saw it too

@jahmar23Dontrell 5 лет назад

i saw it my brother thought it was a Pokemon

@flankspeed 6 лет назад

About the best you could do in 12 mins.Thumbs up.

@madkatt333 7 лет назад

Without your past self, you couldn't become yourself today. Embrace your transition and keep improving.

@marybatool9897 7 лет назад

aww u funny ,I really enjoyed u r video. I wish u were my history teacher so that way people WON'T be sleeping in our class

@theeNappy 9 лет назад

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

@thirteenpixelz7365 7 лет назад

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

@theeNappy 7 лет назад

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

@secondstring 5 лет назад

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