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How did the American Civil War Actually Happen? (Part 1) - From 1819 to 1861
How did the American Civil War Actually Happen? - American Civil War - Part 1
1819. The newly-born United States of America sat in a state of delicate balance. 11 free states, and 11 slave states. From the outside looking in, it appeared to be perfect harmony. Equal states, equal representation, and equal influence in federal affairs.
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By the way, your map wrong West Virginia, split off from Virginia to become part of the North
You missed the part about Mexico renting us Texas and when they wanted it back we stole it ...with force. Stop warping history with your ignorance or agendas.
Oh my goodness !!!!!! How has this not shown up for me.
dude this is such a lie. You are rewriting history. The north had already profited MASSIVELY from slavery. The southern states succeeded from the union and the north invaded.
Unbearable: how that background music and form of speech dramatizes the in itself interesting history! There must be something seriously wrong with it as an honest historian would stick to facts and not trying to manipulate viewers 😢 What about telling about the indigenous population living in those captured territories before since ages btw?
The years leading up to the civil war really quite honestly is more important to learn about than the actual war itself.
Well we didn't learn anything. Look at the divide in the country now.
I’ve been saying this for months now, I honestly think we’re heading towards the same thing today
@@treeherder2201 I think that is mostly due to the confederates and their families pushing alternative history pretending that the civil war had nothing to do with slavery. Even now they teach that sort of thing in southern schools. Racism is still entrenched deep within southern states. The two parties had a huge change in their platform and positions as one democratic president signed into law the civil rights for black people. This angered the racists so they shifted over to the republican party, it took a while because people tend not to switch party that much later in life, it was just the younger racists who easily moved to the republican party. That is why the KKK, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists organizations are all have members almost exclusively in the republican party. They were recently rallied together to support trump during his presidential term. Currently Qanon is following "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" a Nazi propaganda article that was plagiarized by an old satire piece.
@@VodShod More of both sides pushing false history but ok, Don't forget that Kamala Harris is a descendent of a black slave owner. It's either the republicans going "I don't see color while being a brute of a human that no one supports me" then democrats going "Color is the only thing i see to the point I ignore any facts in front of me, while thinking only white people can be bad". To this day there's still no way to support a middle ground that focuses on the labor of the country because America abolished its forming of a labor party through the final blow into American understanding was the "red scare" that's still fairly around today especially with the older generation because the average American can't tell the difference between a regime and general socialism that helps everyone at the cost of a few percent extra in tax that doesn't hurt anyone. Especially if you look at the cost of private health insurance per an individual could possibly save many people hundreds to thousands per year.
The party’s did not switch, that’s a lie. The democrats are the party of slavery and the kkk. Dinesh disouza already proved this. 2 dixicrats switched to the republican side . The rest lived and died and were celebrated in the Democratic Party. Go watch his videos so you stop spreading democrat propaganda.
As the bearer of a degree in American History and the beneficiary of a classic American education, I can say that your Civil War series is quite accurate. It is sad that modern American education has deprecated the teaching of _actual_ American History. Your well researched and produced American Civil War series should be required viewing in every American classroom. +1
....except that this video needs to add specifics that bear on events TODAY ! While slavery was the obvious cause of anger between the states, it was the act of secession that triggered an actual war itself ! Lincoln was told by Supreme Court justice Salmon P. Chase that the states had the RIGHT to secede, based especially on Connecticut wishing to leave the Union during the War of 1812. Lincoln DISREGARDED this advice and declared that FORCE would be used against any seceding state. Robert E. Lee then decided that to lead such an attack against Americans would be DISHONORABLE, and he refused Lincoln's offer to command the Union Army. Lee, and many others held no affection for slavery, but, felt DEEPLY that they must defend their homes from the violence and destruction to come. Jubal Early had voted REPEATEDLY as a delegate for Virginia to STAY in the Union,but, became one of Lee's top generals. These were honorable soldiers and hence were respected by General U. S. Grant. Most rebels fought bravely to defend their homes, and NOT to defend slavery....yet, TODAY, ignorant miscreants tear down statues and memorials to brave Americans who perished just as tragically as the Yankees did. In 1858, Lincoln made disturbing statements in an effort to equal Stephen Douglass's white supremacy position. Lincoln said : " I will always say that whites are superior to the negro, and I'll always be on the side of the whites in that argument". Lincoln further stated : "...if the whites mate with the negroes, a new and violent race will emerge, which will THREATEN the very existence of white people ! " You won't see THOSE quotes carved into the marble of the Lincoln Memorial, will you ???
Except, he leaves out how the 1828 tariff of abominations sparked talks of seccession 50+ years earlier. He then ignores the corwin amendment to the constitution. Drafted under President Buchanan, it was a way to prevent war, by protecting slavery in the constitution.
@@johnfoster535 So in fairness to your first point, states do have a right to secede. However, the only form of succession permitted under the constitution is one of mutual consent between the Federal Government and the State Government, as established in Texas v White (1868). Funnily enough, Chase voted with the majority in Texas v White, so he clearly agreed that while succession is possible, all of the Confederate states did so illegally. Despite this, the Civil War probably wouldn't have actually led to outright conflict and could have eventually led to legal succession, except the new Confederate States couldn't resist constantly seizing federal property, which culminated in their assault on Fort Sumter in 1861 and forced the escalation that led to fighting. As to your second series of points, Lincoln was no doubt racist by modern standards, as was essentially every other white official on both sides of the conflict civilian and military. However, since sucession was illegal, the fact that confederate generals violated their oaths and joined a force in rebellion is a massive mark against their character in addition to their almost certainly more intense racist beliefs (Lee saw slavery as a 'neccesary evil' that hurt white people more than blacks, Jubal Early was very much pro-slavery even if he was anti-sucession). Combined with the political officials (aka the people who actually caused the civil war) all being slave owning scumbags that explicitly seceded to keep their political power and preserve the rubbish social order where owning people was permissible, I think the thoughts of the average Confederate can be neglected, especially since they were under no obligation to side with the rebel army that put their homes in danger to begin with (see West Virginia, who left Virginia due to their opposition to the war, and the four slave states that did not join in with the illegal actions of the confederates.
President Lincoln put a blockage of cotton for guns & ammo with England. All shipping ports were blocked,causing tons of cotton to sit & rot on shore. With no resolvement in sight, the students of Citadel University Took action on Fort Sumpter.
This series leaves out SO MUCH, and is extremely inaccurate in many ways, Yet the victor's always write history
Finally a format in which I could digest it all in one sitting instead of splashes of history, never a beginning to end. Thanks!
Best video i have ever seen in 10+ years! Should be shown in every classroom. Its amazing how many people in the US don't understand Gettysburg. Totally enjoyed video!!!! I love history.
I learned more from this short video than a year of high school US history.
that's because you chose to watch this rather than being held captive in a classroom
you should fact check everything in this video still..
i learned more in 1 year of 7th grade history that this author omitted and that there were world powers involved in the entire history of the usa even still. take a guess which top 5 were involved the whole way and still are playing us like a violin
School, public or otherwise are still wrapped around curriculum made by the industrial machine, to make good employees. Even universities tailor their academics for the market place, except for a few research scholars they keep behind to get grants for the University.
Probably cuz you actually want to learn it now where as back in high school, we learned far less than what we were taught because of the mentality that most teenagers hold when it comes to learning. "Do as little as you need to do to make the grade." At this point, you are likely truly curious which makes people learn far more and retain far more information than when they have an emotional block to learning the info and they're just learning it to make the grade they want to make for that test or class. I made mostly A's but I had no real interest in learning. I especially hated studying history and now it's one of my favorite things because I'm actually curious about what has made the world the way it is today. Back in high school, I only had interest in being seen by my peers and parents as a student who is successful.
As an ex-pat Brit living in New Zealand, most of this was a revelation for me. It was not a subject covered in UK schools when I was a lad. Incredibly interesting.
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If it wasn’t for UK navel interference we wouldn’t have our state taxes when your king or queen were mad they couldn’t impose their taxes on us in the revolutionary war In the initial vote states were 12/13 were confederate states Maine I believe was the odd ball out which happens to be the bordering state of canada which your king/queen stole from us for trying to make our own country thats the only reason we aren’t 💀 thats what caused the revolutionary war to end we’re allies by force technically then you helped the underdog in the civil war making us sorta in debt now all of us in America get taxed “heavy” while politicians sit on stacks and our country feeds yall $$ of course this was all then when the UK was one of the biggest trading spots not now, although we still have the tax issue we just booming trade making the government richer and us poorer
Expat?
@@Sun-gs6hq It means you emigrated to another country. NZ is a different country than the UK, though still in the Commonwealth.
Brit history is really confusing to we Yanks.
this by far the best historical video I have ever watched. so many things between the lines that you could make this video 3 hours long. and I would watch it. my hat is off to you.
Excellent video! Definitely looking forward to part 2
As a Brit who's lived in the US for over 40 years this presentation is the first time I've ever understood the contextual circumstances that caused the Civil War (other than the American Revolution and its connection to the Somerset Case in 1771), much appreciated 👍.
Search 'Checkmate Lincolnites'. Also a really good series.
@@kayvan9057 you've added some needed nuance to the north's racist problems, but you've got a few facts a bit skewed. 1. It is true that cotton was the USA's biggest export, but tariffs are not paid on exports. Tariffs are paid on imports, and over 60% of imports came through New York City. When the south seceded, tariffs dropped 25%, a significant blow to be sure but an obvious indication that the south was paying less in taxes than the north. 2. It's true that about 12,000 freed blacks owned slaves...out of nearly 400,000 slave owners in the USA. And 94% of them owned less than 10 slaves, with about 50% owning only one. We aren't sure, but the best theory is that an enormous majority of black slave owners were men who purchased their wives and never bothered to manumit them. Besides...what's the point of mentioning that blacks owned slaves? 3. Considering that the Cherokee sued the state of Georgia in a famous case that went all the way to the supreme court, it seems a bit disingenuous to suggest that Georgia was somehow innocent in the Trail of Tears. The Cherokee obviously didn't think so! 4. Northern visitors to the South were also appalled by the inhumane treatment of slaves. Many observers also noted that, considering the Southern view of blacks as sub-human and the pervasive fear of miscegenation, there were an alarming number of mixed-race folk. I am familiar with the Abbeville Institute. Some of their material is very interesting and even helpful. Some of it is the regurgitation of the same lame talking points the secessionists were using in 1860 and the same bilge the Lost Causers started using in 1866. Handle with care.
@@GM_Steelhaven Lolololol iTs PrOpAgAnDa I suppose next you are gonna say The Lost Cause Myth is 100% legit
@@kayvan9057 the larger point is that cotton planters were still making huge profits on cotton. And the cotton planters dominated Confederate politics...for example, over half of Mississippi's secession delegates owned at least 10 slaves. So the whole "tariffs are making us poor" doesn't fly any way you cut it.
@@kayvan9057 Why was there a Cherokee Confederate general? Well, as you rightly note, issues are never as cut and dried as we might like to think. The Cherokee sued Georgia in 1832 and were removed to Indian Territory by 1838. The Civil War didn't start for another 22 years, Georgia wasn't the sum whole of the Confederacy, and of course the Cherokee rightly had grievances with the Federal government as well as Georgia. The Cherokee DID sue Georgia for failing to protect them. And they won. And then Jackson went ahead and drove them out anyway. So plenty of blame to go around.
As an American myself I never knew just how deep the history of the civil war ran. Thank you for providing this and other videos that teaches us, in amazing detail of our countries' past.
As a fellow American I feel the same. In school, they never showed the connection between the Civil War and Mexican-American War.
The conservatives want to erase history and defund the education system and have been for some time now (decades). I'm not surprised you don't know.
Yes they did. It’s just easier for people to watch videos about it, than read it in books.
@@Batony not all school districts teach the same thing
@@AR-qk3mg If you have children, you are abusing them if you send them to any liberal city's schools.
It is also important to remember that southerners didn’t just oppose abolition of slavery for economic reasons but also because they were racist towards African Americans refusing to even consider treating them as equals and refusing to acknowledge them as fellow human beings and didn’t see enslaved African Americans as fellow human beings which in turn helped most enslavers and overseers justify not only enslaving them but also brutally mistreating innocent people such as by beating them or raping them or separating them from their families or hunting down people who ran away from slavery and even outright killing them as since they were racist or believed in racist stereotypes such as the racist lie that African Americans didn’t suffer through the same pain as other people they didn’t see them as human beings which made it easy for enslavers and overseers to justify the horrible things that they were doing to those innocent people including seperating families from each other. Also surprisingly for many people Religious Christian enslavers were among the worst as they often used their religious beliefs to justify slavery and the mistreatment of African Americans . One famous example of this was through the story of famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass who was formerly enslaved himself and experienced the horrors of slavery first hand. Two of Fredericks former enslavers named Thomas Auld and Edward Covey were devout Christians but yet were cruel towards the people that they enslaved including Frederick with Edward Covey often brutally beating enslaved people including Frederick. Of course racism while being a major factor was not the only factor in that. Other factors included greed and wanting to gain power sometimes played a factor as well as many enslavers used the system of slavery to get rich by buying and selling innocent people even when all too often it separated families from each other and also by raping women who were enslaved as since children born to a mother who was enslaved were enslaved as well even if their father was cacuasian it increased the enslavers wealth and also enslavers and overseers likely used the system of slavery to gain power as since they had near complete control over people who were enslaved they could do whatever they wanted to them and exercise their power over them. Even poor southerners who didn’t enslave anyone were pro slavery and racist themselves and used slavery as a way to become wealthy and gain power. Still racism and the dehumanization of African Americans by enslavers and overseers was a major factor in why southerners supported slavery. I personally don’t know how many enslavers aside from Delphine La Laurie and Edward Covey were sadists or psychopaths but there were probably many of them. The racism and dehumanization and greed and power even made some people who initially had morals abandon their initial qualms and morals which later justified them mistreating innocent people despite any previous morals and qualms that they might have had. Even Thomas Jefferson the man who wrote in the Declaration of Independence that all people were created equal and knew that slavery was contrary to those ideas later abandoned his initial qualms against slavery and refused to free most of the people he enslaved and allowed them to be beaten and separated from their families and hunted down most people who attempted to escape from slavery and almost certainly raped Sally Hemings and was a neglectful father towards their children with the only good thing that he did for them other than treating them more leniently than he did with others being allowing his two oldest children with Sally to run away from slavery and not hunting them down and freeing his youngest children with Sally named Madison and Easton Hemings in his will. Slavery and racism were horrible things that allowed one human being to enslave another human being and didn’t see African Americans and other minorities as fellow human beings and denied them their rights and caused the suffering of millions of innocent people and I am glad that they were mostly ended through most of the world including in the United States although we still have a lot more work to do too end slavery and racism once and for all.
U said the same thing 10 times most of it sounds made up, BTW
Sure, there were racists in the South AND North. Read Abraham Lincoln’s Autobiography(Diary?). I cant remember the exact name, but you will be able to find it easily. It is the only one with a comparable name. Anyway, he stated himself that he viewed the black people as inferior and didnt believe them capable of self-restraint and/or self-sufficiency. He followed that by saying he was NOT in opposition to slavery and he would not interfere with it if he could find a way to do so while simultaneously preserving the Union. This being said, I am only several minutes into the video and it is giving the textbook stuff as the events that led to the Civil War. I am not saying that the arguments over free/slave states was not a factor. However, I AM saying that slavery itself was NOT what the war was over. It has been used as a cover-all explanation. The slavery argument was only a manifestation of the underlying REAL reason for the war. It was over states rights vs federal government power. The argument goes all the way back to the Articles of Confederation. Now, there were opportunities on both sides to prevent the war. When the Federal Government assumed the right to prohibit secession, which is a right reserved to the states(see the Bill of Rights “10th Amendment”). The federal government displayed one of the first openly visible signs of their disregard for the bounds set to it by the Constitution. At that time, to maintain not only the illusion of legitimacy, but also the functions of it. The display was the attack on the fort in South Carolin. The federal government wanted to centralize power to the federal government and the insistence of the Southern states that their rights be protected prompted the federal government to reject alternative options to war. As far as slavery goes, the slave trade had been outlawed many years by that time, and other options were available to resolve the issue. They could have bought the slaves(under imminent domain, or something similar) and free them upon purchase. That is not an original idea of mine. That is how Great Britain did it. That being said, as is typical, the other manifestations of the real reason for the war previously mentioned, are glaringly absent. This is how I know that either the level of ignorance is too great to overcome or the same is true for corruption, if that is the reason for the omissions. Do a little research, it is a very interesting and rewarding, though frustrating process of discovery. I will point you in the right direction. Research the cotton trade. The most important aspects will be prices for the North(supply/demand), foreign competition for the business of the textile companies in the North, and the federal government’s direct manipulation/bribery/threats(?) executed to control the industry. including cooperation and collusion with foreign governments up to the point of force. Look into what countries were using military equipment(boats, etc). Finally, the involvement of international banking in the processes that led to the war and their efforts to fund both sides. Believe it or not, it didn’t happen in a bubble. The whole free world was concerned with it and many countries influenced the actions of both sides. Lincoln, to his credit, refused funding from international banks by inventing the “green back”. Thats right. The initial version of the US dollar bill(s) of all denominations were initiated to fund the war, instead of relying on debt to a foreign financial institution. That is why he chose Russia to enforce the blockades of supplies and to protect the coast from attacks. Russia was the only first world/viable country that was not under the grips of a financial lending institution, much less a foreign one. That is the real explanation for the purchase of Alaska from Russia. It was the repayment for Russia’s efforts during the war. Alaska was seen as a useless wasteland by both countries. So Russia agreed to sell it to legitimize/legalize the fiduciary transaction between the countries. We seemingly overpayed for it by an astronomical margin. The purchase was considered a huge mistake because the real reason for the purchase was not included. This was very on brand for the time. It would not be surprising now either. The point is, there were interests(business) that were at stake. Many countries held on to colonial aspirations at that time, and openly. Isolationism was seen as erroneous, one reason and not the least significant was the state of China/coastal Asia when British naval and trade vessels arrived not very long before. The citizenry of the Union was becoming insular and more isolationist even then, while the Federal government was, in most regards, expansionist. I hope the point is coming across. There were business interests(foreign and domestic, friendly and antagonistic) that were influential in the war happening. Check it out! In this case as with any case, this quote by Audie Murphy(the most decorated soldier in US history) is the most accurate and eloquent explanation of the nature of war and it applies to the Civil War just as much as any other war, American war at least. He said, “War is a racket”. That should tell you the actual underlying reason that the war happened. It is interesting when people keep insisting that it was over Slavery and they leave it at that, as if that is a sufficient answer, because no other country IN THE WORLD needed a war to end slavery in their jurisdiction. As you research, you will see that the leaders of many other countries were jealous of the US and its unique circumstances and they were either actively engaged in trying to profit from it or sabotage it at the time of the war. There were banks willing to fund endeavors of both natures.
This was an absolute masterpiece of a video. Subscribed
l love the way he speaks in such a way l can understand as being a non native English speaker and also being very dramatic in tone, wish more KZheadrs were like this.
So you do understand how meaningful abolishing slavery was and is.
@@christopherdibble5872 Yeah? Where do you wanna go with that?
@@yuukiyoshizawa7007 yeah.just like slavery was wrong so what we did to the American Indian was just wrong and unconcivable.
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@christopherdibble5872 you’re really giving racist undertones xoxo
An interesting side note. During the war some prisoners were given the option of changing sides. One of my ancestors joined the Union. Was captured by the Confederates and chose to fight for them instead of a POW camp. He was then recaptured by the Union and fought for them until the end of the war.
My 2nd great grandfather was captured at Little Round Top, Gettysburg, sent to Rock Island POW camp where he signed onto a Union frontier unit. His widow received a Union pension, but was rejected for a Confederate, being classified as a deserter.
Sounds like a bunch of traitors to me
@@thekingflea2199 Well, and if we think about how the US waged wars, fighting only weaker enemys or joing wars only after years of fighting, we are getting a total different picture of this "brave Nation".
@@stas-peterschmitz3200 the brave nation that was 13 little colonies that held their own against the far superior UK who was preying on the weak because America had no millitary 😂😂😂
@@stas-peterschmitz3200 the US wages war with everyone because we are the superpower whatever side we join is winning
I haven't even looked at your other videos but if they are a half as good as this, you have won me over. Instant subscribe just based on this video. Thanks for all your hard work and research. Well done mate.
Excellent video. I wish i could have seen this in 1962 when in USA grade school we studdied the Civil War. I do not recall them discussing what led to the cause of this terrible war. ALSO, THE bACKGROUND MUSIC TO THIS VIDEO IS AMAZING AND COMPLIMENTED THE NARRATION. YOU DESERVE AN AWARD FOR THAT!
Despite what they say, this is what we were taught prior to desegregation and bussing.
This is such a better to tool to use for classrooms rather than words on a textbook. I loved history in high school, but having a video like this would have made it so much more fun for me and others as well.
Some people learn better visually, some learn better audibly. It aint right or wrong; it's diff strokescfor diff folks. The only wrong way is not learning.
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Well it's extremely inaccurate, so it's not
@@mrrooster4876 I'm know history buff so please tell how this was inaccurate.
@@mrrooster4876 It is not inaccurate.
This was incredible. Way better than any boring textbook I read in school. You brought history to life. Bravo 👏🏼
Why do you believe it?
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Book doesn't turn you on like a cartoon does..
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Its all bullshit
I don't recall being taught much about American history here in Slovakia, this was very informative and I finally have at least an idea on what civil war really was. Will there be part two ?
@@1noduncledude what the fuck?
No offence but why do u care as a slovakian
@@zbt62 US media dominates the world, most of the music, podcasts, tv shows, movies, video games, etc. are either made in or centered around America sometimes the civil war was mentioned in said media, yet I had very little idea about what was really going on at the time (and it is not THAT distant past either). I felt like I should really educate myself about the events, and this video was very helpful.
@@zbt62it’s called intelligence. Knowledge is power.
@@zbt62 we Europeans care as much as you Americans care about world domination and spreading democracy 😂
This was excellent, I recently visited the Civil War Museum (renamed from the Confederate Civil War museum) in New Orleans. This video cleared up a lot of what I may have missed while walking through the museum. I also have read a few book s on the Civil War but this brought it home, great video.
We need a Part 2!!! Aussie here, I've been learning about the civil war and found this very informative.
Its a Northern narrative - no real mention of Tariffs or the "American Plan" = a national bank, high protective tariff and "internal improvements" (the federal government spending the money it raised by the tariff which is collected in the South (80%) to pick winners and losers - hint: North wins Canals etc; South loses)
I'm American and from NC (North Carolina) and this is one of the best and most succinct explanations i've seen. A part II would be great if it focused on the effects of the civil war on slavery and manifest destiny on Native Americans- there's aa lot of wicked history there wrapped up in Greed.
Technically it was not a "civil war", but rather a war of Northern agression.
Slavery was only 1 reason for the war but not the main reason. The NUMBER 1 reason for the war was to preserve the union that and nothing else. NOTICE this version omits the letters to Jefferson Davis where Lincoln said he could agree to free and slave state system as long as the south did not leave the UNION. 2. the southern state was afraid of the growing power of the federal government over states.
@@johngalt-Princeton The South tried to leave the union to keep their slaves. Then the South attacked Fort Sumter. The South started it and the North won.
One of the least covered topics is the Corwin Amendment. The fact that it failed even when Lincoln said he'd first support it suggests that this wasn't just about slavery. Slavery was an issue, but there were many other factors underlying that are far too easily overlooked.
the Corwin Amendment is not covered very much because it was largely irrelevant. The Confederacy already thought of itself as an independent nation and saw Corwin as yet another sign of weakness from the north. The secessionists were building an army had pushed Buchanan around at will...why would they rejoin the Union where slavery would continue to be challenged despite Corwin which, by the way, would still have to be ratified by 75% of the states, not at all a foregone conclusion.
@@aaronfleming9426 I bring up the Cowin Amendment because at first, Lincoln himself made it publically known that he would not be in opposition to it. His stated goal to keep the union together might well have caused the necessary amount of free states to ratify it, and it's not like other states haven't been pushed politically to ratify amendments (think the 18th Amendment on prohibition, for example.) Of course, this just proves my point that it went beyond slavery - because they had indeed seen issues beyond slavery. Rather than seeing it as a sole cause, I see it more as a very visible symptom. Much of the distrust had come from the tariffs when it came to foreign trade with Europe. Since cotton and tobacco were largely in demand and it would be cheaper to trade directly, you have a civil war that was strongly about the economy. While slavery certainly fed into that, it just goes to show that history deserves to be researched to see beyond the assumptions we tend to carry.
@@godaistudios but you continue to ignore that fact that the secessionists already considered their independence a fait accompli, and you haven't explain why they would have been tempted to rejoin the union when they had what they wanted - freedom to keep their slaves. The 18th Amendment actually weakens your position. It hadn't happened yet, of course, but the slave states knew full well that Corwin could be repealed...IF it was ratified in the first place. In terms of ratification, if they came crawling back to the Union before Corwin was ratified, what guarantee would they have that the free states would ratify it? And if they waited for ratification, that would have taken years, during which time the Confederacy would be functioning as an independent nation...and why would they want to come back? Again, Corwin isn't often discussed because the secessionists saw it for exactly what it was: a desperate attempt to avoid war. And that desperation emboldened the rebels, who already believed that one southern man could whip ten Yankees. Of course there was bickering about tariffs, but the fact is that the tariff of 1857 was written by a Virginian, approved across the south, and set taxes at a 50-year low. It was a very minor factor, which is why it's barely discussed in the Declarations of Causes. When I was growing up, most history texts were still peddling a conciliatory version of the Lost Cause, so I grew up thinking that it was a bunch of equal factors. My views are the result of much study and the reexamination of assumptions.
I’m pretty sure that the confederate vp had a good understanding of why the south was in rebellion. 👉🏿 Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite 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.
Thank you for the great video. This is perfect😊
Good video. Accurate information. Bring on more.
Rarely do I ever go to the comments to applaud a video, but this was phenomenal. Extremely engaging, the effects, the music, the tone of the narrator and all the history well put together and flowed perfectly. Great video. Earned a subscriber, please do a part 2 if you haven't, I'ma go check if you do or not
Damn it
very impressive... if it was true... It is amazing how children in 2022 explain how the things were happening in 1822 just as little as 400 (four hundred) years ago... Great... Keep going. I believe that these children would have created much better Constitution of the USA and free all the slaves back in 1774 and avoid this Civil War altogether... and we will pay retribution to all the slaves anyway... just for the hack of it... 400 years later...
That all sounds good…. If the story is true
@@Mrjasinek1 Abraham Lincoln was a "good ol' man"......... good ol' honest Abe didn't GAF about the freedom of slaves......... just see what Louis Farrikhan said about President Lincoln.........
NYC had a slave market & Northern Generals even owned slaves
How can people hate history? It's fascinating. I see it repeating itself.
Most people aren't very smart.
It's repeating itself because a the wealthy keep doing the same shit over and over to maintain their status quo.
@@SecondPlaceSince1865 yes, indeed, let the truth be known! "Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery-- the greatest material interest of the world. Its labor supplies the product which constitutes by far the largest and most important portions of commerce of the earth. These products are peculiar to the climate verging on the tropical regions, and by an imperious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun. These products have become necessities of the world, and a blow at slavery is a blow at commerce and civilization. That blow has been long aimed at the institution, and was at the point of reaching its consummation. There was no choice left us but submission to the mandates of abolition, or a dissolution of the Union"
Repeating itself? Perhaps - when the communists come for our guns.
History does repeat its self. Look at today's democrats want your guns, control the media, education system of brainwashing , use federal govt to go after political opponents hmm sounds like nazism
Wow. This was thorough. Respect.
An insurrection started when confederate militia fired on federal troops at fort sumpter. That is what a real insurrection looks like.
To me as a black man John Brown is the baddest white man that ever walked the Earth for his belief his integrity Morris principles and values it was amazing
That famous mural of him is my spirit animal.
John Brown did nothing wrong
A badass yes. But this man was completely off his rocker lol.
he took two sons on that raid and he watched them die in the aftermath. he shouldve detoured them to stay away but on the other hand john a total of having 20 kids you can still trace the bloodline ;)
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As a Black man, this is THE most thorough and engaging review of the history of the pinnacle war of Am. History. I feel relieved and upset at the same time, to have reached my age with so much lack of information and understanding of MY country. Thanks so much to the producers for the level of quality in all the effects and sound, map and audio. If any support is needed for this to be followed up, every citizen should give to this effort to stamp out ignorance and misunderstanding. In the day of discussing justice and reparations this is an invaluable tool. It would be great to go into further details of the acts and court cases touched on here; there impacts are still felt today. Bravo!
Well let me change your whole world in 1 minute. No one gave a F about black people. The Union invaded the independent Confederate States of America for the resources, they would actually be stupid not to.. You're probably still not convinced, no problem, take another minute to think how lovely and "equal" it was for black people after a hundred years in 1960s in yankee Michigan or New York. All of this of this tutti frutti nonsense about slavery is just a justification for an invasion and political glory, and to make you vote a certain way. Don't fall for it, it's 2023, we're all equal, we're all human, let's make up our own mind on every subject, not become a puppet to either of the 2 political parties, and enjoy life.
“If you dont vote democrat, you aint black!”
You deserve nothing..
Concise and superbly presented! Pt 2 please!🇬🇧
Exceptional video. I wish all videos that attempt to explain things were as well done as this one
How refreshing it is to see/hear a documentary in which the narrator DOES NOT mumble his words. Well done.
or used a robo voice... gawd I hate those robovoice videos
He has an annoying sigh sound at the end of some sentences though.
What sort of documentaries do you watch where they mumble their words?
The ones where I say that are the ones where people do. Most young narrators swallow the last parts of sentences and never listen to what they produce. Many are good writers; I am spoiled, I was taught to over-pronounce everything in radio training in College. And, I am in a different generation. Thanks for commenting. So few take the time to say anything. Dennis
All I can say is WOW! This was so well done. This page should be the new way we teach history. Great job people.
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Awesome video, flows very well and connects the dots.
This is fascinating. I need to watch it again, because it contains a lot of information
that Dred Scott case would make one HELL of a movie. like, a racial historical period courtroom drama
Yes it would make a great movie! Dred Scott changed everything. The Democrats argued that only white people could be protected by constitution. Chief Justice Roger Taney conspired with presidents and senators to nationalize negro slavery through the Supreme Court.
This definitely needs a part 2. Extremely engaging and worth translating in as many other languages as possible as the world needs to understand the history of one of the strongest nations and how it came to be. Good job.
I would offer to do it in Spanish, without a problem
@@victorherreraguzman5014 I am not sure how well it will come out but I can help with the Bengali and Hindi. 2 of the major language of the Indian subcontinent. If it helps.
Part 2 ~ rough timeline of the release date?
Maybe in part 2 he could stop talking bullshit lost cause myth.....
@@skillcoiler Where does he mention anything relating to the lost cause myth?
Wow. So much to learn at my late age. Ill have to watch this again. Excellent presentation.
Good teachers are the ones that can tell an interesting story about a tragedy or a boring event like...history. This, is a very interesting story about history. I wish all history classes were so interesting, so you can better remember the facts that no one should even attempt to reproduce.
I'm British and found this exceptionally interesting and informative. I'm motivated to find out much more of American history!
Regardless now the Mexicans are the slaves working all the fields of the US
The US schools teach that Abe Lincoln was a great president and that the Civil War was about slavery. What a shame that our US schools are such a scam. Lincoln imprisoned thousands of journalists and slavery didn't enter into the fray until way after the war had kicked off. The US schools teach white guilt. And that every minority is a victim. What a shame that American students aren't taught the truth.
@Mandie Shumway There is a lot of shit In history that is pathetic too. How many Jews did Hitler kill like 10 million
@Mandie Shumway totally. America was the only place w a history of slavery
@Mandie Shumway Most people’s countries have a sordid history
I spent months in school learning this. Being a visual learner, i felt more clear learning from this than all the reading in school.
Well you probably made the correct decision. All they teach in school now is how to argue over what gender you are.
Learning styles aren't real
@@jamescook6564 .... get back to your street corner with your cardboard sign yelling about how the world is ending
@@whatthetech7647 I can see you're part of the problem.
@@whatthetech7647 I beg to differ, may I have your source, please? Do you also believe the earth is flat and not round? (Yes, I am questioning your intelligence.)
That was really well done! Thank you!
Thank you for this refresher summary. It's been 60 years since I studied this in school
I just finished a class that covered all of these topics, and honestly this is a really great summary. The only mistake I saw was the Mexican Cession also included the later Gadsden Purchase, but everything else seemed really well done. I would also mention that the South’s 9 million inhabitants included millions of enslaved people, from whom they could not recruit. By the end of the conflict, the percentage of white men who were forced into the confederate army was 80%… mind blowingly high
Towards the end of the war, black slaves actually did fight on the side of south. Sure, very few, but woke history doesn't like that idea, instead insisting that any new Viking movie must have black actors in them, like History's Vikings last season (their worst of course) where they put not only a woman but a black women as chief of Viking Kattegut fort/town. Needless to say, this idiocy put an end to an othewise good series. Next we'll see shows where blacks were really great chiefs of most of the plains indian tribes...
@@motomike3475 the only black slaves I know of who "served" in the confederate army were laborers, cooks, musicians, and so on. They were not armed or given uniforms, and very very few of them were paid. The Confederates wouldn't even allow the Louisiana native guard to fight in the war, even in the very end they only allowed slaves to enlist and "earn" their freedom if their masters would allow it.
And after so many deaths, General Lee and President Davis weren't executed for their crimes against the nation. And the Democrat party wasn't immediately abolished. They managed to spend the next 100 years trying to keep black people (and women of all colors) from voting. And then suddenly overnight, apparently in the 60s, they became the party of women and colored?
@@motomike3475 No black man ever formally served as a Confederate soldier on the battlefield. If you believe otherwise, please provide the man's rank, name, and unit.
@@motomike3475 I don't know why people bother arguing over this. It was illegal for blacks to serve as soldiers in the Confederate army until out of desperation they changed the law in the last 3 weeks of the war, too late to have any impact. But let's say for the sake of argument they had recruited them from the very beginning. Sure, they would have found some dupes to sign up. So what? People fight for causes against their own best interests all the time. It's happened in every recent US election, on both sides. You drag some poor soul off a plantation who was never even taught to read, convince him that firing a rifle is more fun than picking cotton, and now suddenly the South's cause is validated? It's ridiculous.
Finally a piece done without two hours of modern demonetization but the facts as they were then and from their perspectives.
Repent to Jesus Christ “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” Matthew 6:33 NIV T
This was so informative. I learned more from this video than I did in High school. Please make a part 2
I hv many books on the Civil War and many topics have been written on it especially on why it came about. But somehow your video was very clear and makes me fully understood why it happened. Kudos!!
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Just a couple of quick corrections: Robert E. Lee was not a general until 1861. At the outbreak of the Mexican-American War, he held the rank of Captain and was a Lieutenant Colonel at Harpers Ferry. Same thing with Grant. Grant was not a general at the time of the Mexican-American War, he was a Second Lieutenant at the outbreak of the conflict.
who gives a shit
Also, the south was not dependent on free labor. There were just a few Plantation owners who wanted to be rich and had pocketed politicians. There were many independent farmers making an honest living.
And Grant was disgusted by this unjust war.
@@JustLikeHeaven77please do more research. Whataboutism never looks good in any way. Here is the truth Slavery was so profitable, it sprouted more millionaires per capita in the Mississippi River valley than anywhere in the nation. With cash crops of tobacco, cotton and sugar cane, America's southern states became the economic engine of the burgeoning nation. Their fuel of choice? Human slavery.Mar 6, 2018
This guy doesn't care about actual facts...😂😂
Very wonderful episode! Well done looking now for part 2. Those troublesome Canadians sure have to be considered carefully!
Blame Canada 🍁
As a Brit who's lived in the US for over 40 years this presentation is the first time I've ever understood the contextual circumstances that caused the Civil War (other than the American Revolution and its connection to the Somerset Case in 1771), much appreciated .
Many things in current times are explained by events of the past. American history is fascinating and looking forward to learn more on their civil war. It seems the war was inevitable and even necessary but it also caused a lot of damage to the unity of its people.
America the third largest nation on earth.
And if you read Colin Woodard‘s American nations and American character, he bluntly stated in an interview “We’ve always been this way!”
As terrible as it was, it was necessary. I think we have again reached that same crossroads with the Republicans turning into a fascist cult bent on overthrow of democracy.
@@shock_n_Aweful largely brought in part by the southern strategy for the past half century, neoliberalism or Reaganomics, the rise of Trump, and many other issues indeed.
at the time of the outbreak of the civil war, Only 3% of the white men in the Southern Usa owned slaves that means 97% (rest of the white male pop) were piss poor farmers there was not much manufacturing, not much tourism, or service sector in the South. Any time two economic Masters bump into the Present of a Day and date, then they learn how little they know about business models. the majority of the white in the South were enslaved to the whims of a few white men. slavers do not allow their slaves to use tools, much. for the tools might end the enslavement / Note: the Hebrews of the Bible, out of Egypt with moses in charge, had slaves the Hs were not known as slaves of Egypt, rather 'paid laborers'. slavery is not banned, rather used to push the leftovers from 'bad economic zones where overbreeding occurs'. or where wars happen and the leftovers prefer to be a slave, over being dead their choice Jesus was dark skinned, so enslaving blacks might seem stupid. God spoke thru the blacks before speaking thru Joan of Arc. not one white man has HEARD (not an amber alert) the words except in C Heston's voice. lol so enslaving the skin tone of JC might piss off God, u think? the economic model of owning a human is too High vs the setting them free to work for other shareholders shareholders have learned to allow the slaves to move from Job 3:14, to another and another all the while the wages remain lower than the actual cost of enslaving, housing, hiring men to wipe them, rape them and keep them in line. too much cost so the Southern States now use low wages to enslave their slaves and it works the few shareholders r well maintained, just like in the Pre Civil war days myop dumb asses should not be Bloodlined into wealth they should have to pass a business model test and learn the proper methods of making more Profits // slavery is not banned by the Bible, but only a dumb white man would enslave a Black Fellow (kkknowing Jesus, Son of God, was in deed not a white bread)! better to enslave the white skinned humans JUST Like Rome did than waste time playing small g god and pissing off the 1 God // the atheists will always hate Jesus for Commanding all toe RENDER on to Caesar as per the Constitution's Article 1 S 8 P1, words written by white men. He whom be a dumb white of the inability to read, shall be called Kiffur. and shall be read into the words of the White Founder! Dumb whites are never going to unify under the white Founder's words, because the dumb white men do not read the words, and if they did, they would admit to hating the white Founder's words! they r the Kiffurs, by their low wage acceptance it has not a THING to do with their skn tone.
The one thing that I very much dislike about the video is that it paints all the southern states at joining around the same time which is not true, 4 states joined the south after the Union declared war on south, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas, with Missouri and Kentucky being added later as members. To add to that the Union was so scared that Maryland was going to leave because they declared war on the south that they arrested 31 members of the Maryland legislature were arrested along with the mayor of Baltimore George W. Brown, as well as other prominent citizens. Including Francis Scott Key’s grandson Frank Key Howard, a newspaper editor. This video more or less paints the civil war as black and white and no grey areas, but if you look deeper into the civil war it was a lot more grey than black and white.
Kentucky & Missouri never left the union. Kentucky in particular was critically important to not leave. One of Lincoln's most famous quotes of the war was, "I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky."
@@TheNinjaDC I didn’t say they left I said they were added as members to the CSA. They recognized the pro-south government in Kentucky and Missouri that were government-in-exile. Missouri was admitted on November 28th, 1861, and Kentucky was admitted on December 10, 1861.
If Maryland did join then Dc would literally have to fight it’s creator and also it would be 100% surrounded by the enemies
@@dsavx1528you smell of cheese.
the visual representation on this is excellent
Great video man
Excellent video. Quality is very nice and the topic is well explained! 👍 Best one so far, can't wait for the rest!
This has to be the most amazing work you made so far. Please keep it up.
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This was great history thanks for sharing this should be taught at schools a lot to learn
Please do part 2. I love the way you cover this topic, I read so much of the civil war in the past and your video definitely makes it more fun to learn about it.
I’ll add that, prior to the Civil War, each State was a lot more like a separate country. Also, People’s dedication and loyalties were ‘Their own State first, and then the entire country.’
Don't think that has disappeared. More and more people are sick of the Federal Government.
As it was meant to be. And I believe the south had every right to a divorce from it’s agreement to be part of the union.
@@someonethatwatchesyoutube2953 you think slavery was okay?
@@someonethatwatchesyoutube2953 ??? 😭
"State first, then country" George Thomas: "Hold my beer."
Absolutely amazing explanation
An engaging and informative presentation. Well done! New subscriber here! ☮
Also a slight nitpick the Confederate State's didn't fail to industrialize once they shifted their economy into a war time one they became one of the largest industrial powers in the world right behind the United States, Britain, and France. They were cranking out cannons and ironclad warships without much issue not to mention Atlanta was known as the workshop of the Confederacy.
I read your comment and thought, "No, that's not right," but I googled some stats on Confederate cannon production and lo and behold, it was much higher than I imagined. Thanks for the comment! I would note that although the Confederacy did produce a number of iron clads, it was never enough in the same place at the same time, and thus never made a substantive difference. They probably would have been much better off producing locomotives instead. Hindsight is 20/20 though.
@Sam Doe first of all , without Spain and Germany and France the South would not have been able to do this - Thankfully Lincoln put Grant in charge or english may not be our first language - having said this , a few very wealthy people used propaganda and pushed a false narrative in order to garner support - the average Reb wasn't defending slavery - they didn't have the resources to even think about the concept - they were fighting for their home + again , this was because of the false narrative - sound familiar ? It was a different time - impossible to judge those unless you are a narcisstic piece of shit who doesn't have a clue about our true history -
@Sam Doe well, war does change things
@@aaronfleming9426 you're welcome ya you're right about the ironclads it's still pretty impressive though considering not that long ago they were entirely an agricultural society.
@Sam Doe what do you mean your forced labour away? My family all fought for the Union and I'm a Sons of Union Veterans member.
Great job! Definitely looking forward to part 2!
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Please make a part 2
I appreciate the careful wording. Well done.
Great unbiased synopsis of what transpired antebellum and the start of secession. Remember, we must learn from history here and not to repeat it.
unfortunately, due to certain situations, the current climate is leading to a divide nation.
Those who study history are doomed to watch history be repeated by those who are ignorant to history. We can see a lot of the division in today's society mimic the divisions that tore apart past societies. The issues may not be the same but the effects of division may well end up being the same if we cannot reunite society.
The biggest obstacle to that, is that the Confederates went in to damage limitation after the war and tried to sanitize their reasons for fighting in the first place. "Oh no it wasn't about slavery, it was about "states rights". These idiots in the south today who glorify the slave owners rebellion have swallowed The Lost Cause Myth hook line and sinker. Once these falsehoods are finally buried, we can all move on
@@mr.patriotjol agreed!
@@TimDyck The issues are of the fallout of the civil war, sparked by capitalist coporations who get off on the partisan conflict. I'm worried for my southern neighbour.
Can't wait for part 2. Great video! Thank you.
Good information!
To even hear the words free states and slave states is such a wild thing.
awesome job storytelling! cant wait for the future parts. hope you post em soon bud!
This was a very excellent summary. Nice job. :)
Excellent documentary
It was very interesting to know . Thanks
Very helpful and to the point.
i like how the video ends with “the civil war had begun” chilling
Is there are Part 2 😅 was getting very interesting. I personally didn't know a lot of this.
Fabulous video! Is there a part 2?
Bravo! Very good Knowledgia. Well described, and documented. A lot was covered in a short summary. Keep up the great work. (hat tipped)
This presentation would easily defeat the cumbersome reading of history books and will be retained much better due to audio-video graphics. Thanks so so much! Eagerly awaiting the Concluding Part 2.
What makes you think "this presentation" is entirely true and not without bias?
@jds6206 I don't care. As long as i got the basic idea that's what's important. Any argument about it, I won't pay much attention. Why? Coz it's history as in HISTORY not only in terms of time but in terms of RELEVANCE. If you want to get to the nitty gritty of things, that's your call and not my concern. The general idea & concept of the events is what's important as far as I'm concerned.
it did not mention all the constitutional abuses that Lincoln committed. He first used the Patriot Act, had people arrested and never charged. G W Bush is the one who put IT into law. Just ask the J6 people. history repeats itself
@knowledgiagiveaway Hehe... Cool. How do I get to you in Telegram, sir.
@knowledgiagiveaway Thanks!
it's actually nice to see an accurate accounting. I wish you would of delved into 1830s maybe a bit as it explains the states rights issue and how the civil war almost started then until Jackson went forward with Indian removal. all in all, nice historical work
Came back to say I used this to study for my AP US History Class unit exam and essay and I ended up getting a 6/7 with “excellent analysis”
In high school, I learned as much as I could about our Civil War. This short video explained alot, filling in the missing pieces such as the Dred Scott case. Well done on this video as I'm adding you to my subscriber list!
Lol maybe read a few books instead, especially ones about who the southern elites were and the view of slavery by the common people.
@@whiteyonthemoon1193 well they didn't teach us about XXXX in school is a common and totally lame excuse. go to library, check out book, read, learn.
@@whiteyonthemoon1193 yeah are you kidding they don't want to teach this in school
Your high school didn't teach the Dred Scott case ? I think I see the problem here ...
Not hearing about dredd Scott makes me assume you were educated in the south. Is this correct? Not trying to be rude or anything but I learned that name in grade school (by age 14not sure how early I heard about it but I believe 7th grade history so 13 years old) Also may I ask ur age as well? I think being educated in 96-04 for grade school (think that’s the correct number lol I hate math but not history) but yes older eras of education may have been more effected by what was out there and honestly if u were in the south…. The historical feelings if educated older folks that were closer to the civil war then it could have effected the education due to how some southerners still feel a certain way bout the war which is wild to me
One of the best videos out there on the civil war. To the point and well edited. I subscribed !
NYC had a slave market
@@redskywalker3374 I think NY still does I live and work here and trust me.. most of us feel like we are
I subscribed because of this video and check weekly for Part 2
Can't wait for part 2 !
This is pure masterpiece. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
It's a pure masterpiece because every ingredient taught about SLAVERY makes it that.
I with my social studies class in Canada had videos like this. I would’ve actually paid attention. Great job.
This is Propeganda, The US Schools have been taken over by Communist that are stirring up Racism. Read a History Book if they havent burnt them all . Not a BS text book.
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We in the U. S. never had them either. Just boring textbooks with a few maps. And I'll bet the textbooks in the South may be different than the textbooks in the North. The conflict continues to this day.
Fantastic video. I wish my kids had to watch this in school. I downloaded it for them to watch as homework. Thank you.
Wow, thank you!
Excellent video. I enjoyed this very much. Just want to point out a small detail in the narrative @19:50 ...Robert E. Lee was a Colonel of the U.S. Army when he led the militia force to stop the raid on Harpers Ferry. He would go on to resign the U.S. Army when Secession began to take place and become a General for the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
Hold on a minute…yes Polk was looking for any excuse to declare war on Mexico however the Mexican American war was inevitable since Mexico never recognized Texan independence. Under practices at the time, it was against the “rules of war” to make a foreign leader sign any treaty under duress, which was exactly what Mexico considered Santa Anna to be under when he surrendered in San Jacinto. The proper formal delegations of both countries (Texas and Mexico) never met to discuss terms of surrender and instead forced Santa Anna to make promises he didn’t have the authority to make. Later when USA annexed Texas (which Mexico still claimed similar to China and Taiwan today) it angered Mexico and the political ambience was tense to say the least. It was inevitable for Mexico to try and reclaim Texas. So yes, Polk did look for the excuse however, it wasn’t just the US that looked for the fight. Mexico wanted it too. I’m a Mexican born in Mexico and has lived in Texas since 2002. I’ve studied both sides of history here and this is what seems to be the most complete picture.
Do you think Mexico would have eventually declared war on the United States to try to reclaim Texas? I think Guatemala/Belize might be a better analogy than China/Taiwan. Guatemala knows they'll never get Belize back, though it remains a convenient political red herring. Santa Anna and others might have talked tough about Texas, but surely they would have known they weren't getting it back???
@@aaronfleming9426 To answer your question: Absolutely! It’s kind of difficult to imagine a country with the military prowess that Mexico has declaring war on the most powerful nation. However this wasn’t the case back then. The USA was not the global superpower that it is today. They were a powerful nation in the midst of industrialization but compared to European powers, it’s military lacked in strength. In fact, it wasn’t until the civil war where the American military was competitive in terms of strength. The only reason why big stick diplomacy worked was because of the logistics involved for the European powers to wage war across the ocean. It wasn’t until WW1 and WW2 where the US militarized and got up on the global stage as the super power of the world. We also have to remember that Texas’ territorial claims were so big that even Mexico (who was a larger country than the US at the time) had difficulty controlling and taming the land and it’s inhabitants. So to sum it all up, the Mexican government didn’t view the American government as powerful and they thought the USA would not be able to defend the newly annexed Texas and her territorial claims. For the longest time the viewpoint in Mexico was that we would take back Texas eventually (internal disputes kept kicking the can down the road) however as the US kept industrializing and growing as en economic prowess, the belief that we would retake Texas was slowly waning. It was however still popular opinion that Mexico would call forth her sons to defend itself to what was viewed as American expansionism.
@@lalochivafan I certainly agree that Mexicans were right to be concerned about American aggression. We have rarely treated our southern neighbor fairly. I can't agree that retaking Texas was ever a rational goal, though...the war of 1846-48 was lopsided and decisive even though it was well before the USA's emergence as a super power.
I would not consider the U.S. and Mexico historically to be like China and Taiwan. Very different situations. As for Santa Anna, he was given mercy when many would have hanged him on the spot.
Nice!! Can't wait to see who wins when part 2 comes out !!
Honestly I feel cheated by the US education system we learned some history but definitely not enough and we barely scratched the surface. I love watching documentaries about history. I did an ancestry test and found out one of my family members came here on the mayflower and was one of the signatories ❤
Remember please thank your parents, teachers and any others who taught you to read, think creatively and critically and maintain a seeking mind/spirit...
I understand that the ancestry stuff involves you selling the rights to your dna to the company? Mormon owned as well. Not that that means anything but I’m concerned about the fine print
Have already read about how the first one started, but can tell you how the second one is about to begin!
Nothing has changed. The saying that it was a rich mans war but a poor man's fight is still true. In fact, if in the South you owned 20 or more slaves you were exempt from having to fight. In the North if you had enough money as did Teddy Roosevelt's daddy. You simply paid some poor guy to go fight for you. Teddy Roosevelt never forgave his dad for this. Also at the time you basically had two groups of people running the country:. the rich planters in the South and the rich industrialist in the North. The North had the political power lever at the time and imposed import taxes on goods coming to the South from abroad pissing the South of more. Goods coming into the country mainly came through New York harbor at this time. With expansion to the West going on, someone in the South figured that if they onened up New Orleans harbor and used the Mississippi River, then goods could be more economically shipped and thus eliminating New York harbor. This was a major threat to the Northerners purse and had to be eliminated. The civil war was means to this end. Slavery was just the moral justification on the Northern industrialists part. In fact, the North had tried to use slaves but they were better exploited in the Southern economy. Gen. Robert E. Lee freed his slaves before Gen. US Grant. Nothing has changed look at National Cemeteries, you will very quickly see who has fought and died for this country. The elitist use all of the poorer classes to do their bidding irregardless of race. Their greatest fear is that we collectively will wake up and realize that we are all in the same boat. If we as a group start to get wise to this, then the elitist drive a wedge between us and pit us against each other.
I agree 💯
Right, Vietnam a case in point. The majority who were drafted were poor and uneducated, some with marginal intelligence.
Man blacks in this country is poor and it has always been that way. I agree the rich don't care about the poor, but blacks are treated more harshly then poor whites. If the poor whites and blacks ever unite we can overthrow the rich f*cks but I don't see it ever happening The black panthers came close when they got whites and other races on their side and we know the story.
most slaves were owned by plantation owners from other countries and rich north plantation owners. i read somewhere the north didn't like the south having fre.e labor and they had to pay to run their factories .
Spot on. A lot of what led to the war was left out of the documentary. At least from what I learned about it.
excited to see part 2 (:
Next Civil War video Pt.2 soon please!!!
Absolutely informative!!
Fascinating.