Andrew Johnson's 'Under Pressure' (Queen Parody) - @MrBettsClass

President Johnson is sure "under pressure" to reconstruct the nation. With the Radical Republicans at his heels, he's bound to make history.

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The Civil War is now over. Let's see what's in store.

Pressure, to rebuild the South,
to unite the nation back as one.
Under pressure, and with Lincoln dead,
It falls on my head: Reconstruction.

With all black folks free,
The South covered in debris,
We must, must act quickly.

(Thaddeus Stevens)
Us Radical Republicans want to punish the South,
Take all of their old leaders and throw 'em out!

But the South has, pledged it's loyalty, and ratified Amendment 13,

So I guess, Reconstruction's done.

(Thaddeus Stevens)
No way!

Black codes all around, it's pretty much the same.
We have to grant, citizenship to former slaves!

That's the states' jobs, I'd say no. You try to pass 'em, I'll veto.

The Civil Rights Act?
I'm a veto, veto.
Reconstruction Acts?
I'm a
veto,
veto,
veto,
veto!

You're a terrible President, for the vetoes you tried,
But Congress has the power to override!

Firing Stanton, exceeds your reach,
And now time for you, to be impeached!

(Edmund Ross)
Well it might have been wrong to can Stanton,
Under the Tenure of Office Act,
But finding Johnson guilty would also be wrong,
I say not guilty!

(Thaddeus Stevens)
Well don't celebrate 'cause you're not reelected,

In 1868, U.S. Grant,
Becomes the 18th President,
But things turn bad, turn bad, turn bad, turn bad, turn bad....

'Cause Grant's friends are selfish scoundrels,
And the North loses interest in
The people newly freed,
And the South holds them down,
With Jim Crow and poverty
And the Klan. And with the Election of,
Rutherford B. Hayes,
This marks the end...
Of Reconstruction,
Of Reconstruction,
Reconstruction,

[iammrbeat]

Ah yes, when wanting to give African Americans equal rights was considered "radical."

[aperturegamerSAC]

My teacher is straight up obsessed with this song and she shows it every day as we walk in, during tests, randomly throughout the period, and she hums it all the time. So it's pretty creepy and weird, but we know reconstruction really well now so thanks?

[LucyGaid]

Also thank u for having the lyrics on screen

[douglascatoe]

This is one of your absolute best, but it would be great if you could revisit the audio. Leaving everything else exactly the same, re-recording the audio with your mad new skills would be a huge win for this video.

[mattrankin]

This deserves so many more than 20K views.

[RadSlayer-]

I had to look this up after social studies class lol 😂

[halo]

This was my American history honors classes favorite song

[austinmiller]

Low key reminded me of Annoying Orange the way he had his mouth with the pictures

[Dat-Doomba]

DANG! This explains it better than a 4 page article XD. Thank you for your hard work!

[bartail]

I watched this in class 6 years ago and I still love it.

[xBendyLover]

My teacher plays these all the time! They're so funny!

[Shanzzzie]

Well.... This video was brought to you by your nightmares xD

[boondoggle]

My life is getting better and better watching your videos

[michellepinckney]

My family and I really enjoy your videos!! Thank you!!

[r.ginarenee-hbhaenglishdep]

You've got a mountain of personality. Your students are luck(ier than mine)y, Mr. Betts!

[katielally]

We watch these in my history class and let me just say you make that class enjoyable for four minutes so thank you

[yafavhaitian]

we was watching this in class today
veto veto veto veto😂😂
teaching is so fun with your videos

[packerfanguy]

this is gonna help me in second semester

[kristynjohnson]

Genius....absolute genius. Thank you for all of your hard work!!!

[dixiemarsters]

Your an amazing teacher for creating this... It's a great way for students to learn and remember the reconstruction acts! It helped me a lot! Thank you for making this video. 😀