Progressive Presidents: Crash Course US History #29

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In which John Green teaches you about the Progressive Presidents, who are not a super-group of former presidents who create complicated, symphonic, rock soundscapes that transport you into a fantasy fugue state. Although that would be awesome. The presidents most associated with the Progressive Era are Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. During the times these guys held office, trusts were busted, national parks were founded, social programs were enacted, and tariffs were lowered. It wasn't all positive though, as their collective tenure also saw Latin America invaded A LOT, a split in the Republican party that resulted in a Bull Moose, all kinds of other international intervention, and the end of the Progressive Era saw the United States involved in World War. If all this isn't enough to entice, I will point out that two people get shot in this video. Violence sells, they say.

Chapters:
Introduction: Progressive Presidents 00:00
Nationalization 0:47
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt 1:42
Square Deal 2:16
National Parks 3:12
William Howard Taft 3:33
The 16th and 18th Amendments 4:00
The Election of 1912 4:31
New Freedom vs New Nationalism 5:26
The Bull Moose Party 5:56
Woodrow Wilson's Election 6:40
Mystery Document 6:52
Woodrow Wilson's Policies 8:06
Progressivism & International Affairs 9:14
The Panama Canal 10:21
The Roosevelt Corollary 10:53
Taft's Dollar Diplomacy 11:38
Wilson's Foreign Policy 12:03
Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson's Legacies 13:37
Credits 14:34

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You gotta love how John says "Hamilton vs Jefferson" and flashes a picture of Hamilton and Burr having a duel.

alexanderl

I had two strokes and LOVE THESE CRASH COURSES! Have forgotten a lot but the ENERGY in these helps restore bits and pieces! These never get old!!!!

TheGuinever

John, how could you omit Teddy's amazing speech opener?
"Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose."

TheKraut

Wooww!!!! John Green mentioned Botswana. Made my day.

mkvl

4 Non-Great Presidents (Left to Right)
1. James Buchanan
2. Andrew Johnson
3. Herbert Hoover
4. Franklin Pierce

huntercrowton

when you gotta watch the whole series because your test is tomorrow

MegaJTEA

Even more impressive about Eugene Debs, he won six percent of the popular vote while running his campaign from prison.

ClaytonHurdle

The 4 Presidents in silhouette at 0:27 from left to right are James Buchanan (1857- 1861), Andrew Johnson (1865 - 1869), Warren G. Harding (1921 - 1923), and Franklin Pierce (1853 - 1857). While these 4 were terrible Presidents, I would also put John Tyler in that group. Tyler was a back-stabbing bastard who abandoned his party's agenda once he became President, and even sided with the Confederates when the Civil War broke out. He is both the only President whose death was never acknowledged by Washington D.C. (because of his affiliation to the Confederacy at the time he died in January 1862) and the only President who's coffin is not wrapped with an American flag (Tyler's coffin is wrapped in a Confederate flag).

MrEzman

I think I speak for all CrashCourse fans when I say I would rather hear about this senior prank than anything in history. Though the history stuff is pretty great too.

Derekivery

Theodore Roosevelt was without a doubt my favorite United States president of all time.

IulianusTabernarius

10:44 Fantastic Van Halen reference to the song Panama. I do commend you, good sir.

EmperorTigerstar

Ah, Roosevelt, my favorite president. I mean, apart from the American imperialism thing, I agreed with almost everything he did.

Of course, 'the imperialism thing' is kind of a big deal, but that just goes to show that no leader is perfect.

welcometomylives

GAWD! Teddy Roosevelt is one of my favorite presidents! he started the conservations and he was one of the first pro labor presidents! its really great being in a union when you know the president won't send troops to make you work again when you're on strike!

brettanderson

He says "Jefferson verse Hamilton, " but the image is actually of Hamilton's duel with Aaron Burr

nerdcredcosplay

Teddy Roosevelt is one of my favorite presidents. No, he wasn't perfect, and I don't agree with everything he did- such as his taking control of Panama Canal- but I do love a lot of his policies, from conservation to the safe food and drug laws to at least attempting to regulate big business without taking it down completely.

SkywalkerAni