The Reagan Revolution: Crash Course US History #43

In which John Green teaches you about what is often called the Reagan Era. Mainly, it covers the eight years during which a former actor who had also been governor of the state of California was president of the United States. John will teach you about Reagan's election victory over the hapless Jimmy Carter, tax cuts, Reagan's Economic Bill of Rights, union-busting, and the Iran-Contra among other things. Learn about Reagan's domestic and foreign policy initiatives, and even a little about Bonzo the Chimp.

Chapters
Introduction: The Reagan Era 00:00
Reagan's Election in 1980 1:00
Reagan's Supporter Base 1:41
Reagan's Vision of "Freedom" 2:21
Lowered Tax Rates 4:00
Mystery Document 4:20
Supply-Side/Trickle-Down Economics 5:31
Government Spending in the Reagan Era 6:36
1980s Wall Street 7:20
Growing Economic Inequality 8:17
Reagan's Moderate Policies 8:59
Reagan & the End of the Cold War 9:49
The Iran Contra Affair 12:22
Credits 13:47

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[cgngmxl]

1:05 "Anyone could have beaten Jimmy Carter."

Except Gerald Ford.

[AlternateHistoryHub]

It isn't American history, without a jab at the French

[skeltonslayer]

Reagan’s best moment is when he is giving a speech and hears gun shots and then goes “missed me”

[trpc]

5:45 look very closely at John Greens forehead. A mark emerges at the same time his voodo doll is stabbed. Genius

[squamish]

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this comment section!

[loltshy]

is it just me who's watching this series for fun not for AP tests? I'm not even American.

[tunclegingercunt]

"Keep your Bureaucratic hands of my thermostat" XD

[sabrinarosario]

"Keep your bureaucratic hands off my thermostat" LMAO

[Gusativo]

the most shocking part of this video was the "carpeted bathroom". WHY AMERICA?

[MrBasedgod]

I feel that an analysis of the War on Drugs and its effects on mass incarceration should have also been included in the video.

[davidl]

"A lot of reagans policy's weren't popular at the time"
*1980 election wins 44 states and 489 electoral votes*
*1984 election wins 49 states and 525 electoral votes*

[lurchingdeath]

anyone else here bc your teacher can't find something better to assign you for online classes during coronacation

[xdearlifex]

John Green is living some sort of Kafka-esque nightmare. He is forced to sit in a white room while lecturing to his younger self about history while occasionally berating him. He is forced to by a mysterious figure named "Stan", who occasionally makes him answer game-show style questions where the only reward is a lack of punishment via this "shock pen". Somebody HELP HIM!

[platosplatoon]

I'm British... but i'm going to become an AP US history teacher very soon so def feeling the pressure.

Thank you John Green.

[TheArtunism]

STOP STOP STOP. STOP SCROLLING DOWN. DON'T DO IT

[SiVlog]

Considering how Reagan was politically in his youth, he did a complete about face. From Democratic leaning, sympathetic to Trades Union and campaigning for people like Harry Truman, to being pro-business, Anti-Union and the darling of Conservatives as Republicans think of him to this day

[mustardsfire]

The breakdown John has in the middle of the episode about why he wants us to learn about our history is one of the best moments of any Crash Course episode ever.

[willzjc]

"It's never about individuals, it's always about collective hivemind"

thanks Comrade

[richardunderwood]

Tax cuts are great but only if you cut spending.

[alonalkalai]

Trump took Reagan's slogan.
"Let's Make America Great Again"