How Did the World React to the American Civil War? by History Matters | A History Teacher Reacts

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[MrTerry]

Were these the foreign reactions you were expecting?

[Nebulasecura]

Fun fact: there was around 3 certified American Revolutionary War veterans that were still alive when the war began and when it ended.

[dkc]

The Confederacy is blockaded
The Ottoman Empire :business is booming

[staffan-]

Personally, I was surprised to find out that France tried to invade Mexico. Then I researched it and realized this was the _second_ French invasion.

[cammiehalliday]

I know that the workers of the cotton mills organised a meeting in Free Trade Hall, Manchester in 1862 to support the Union’s cause to defeat slavery. This was despite their own poverty caused by the Federal Navy’s blockade on southern ports, preventing cotton exports. Lincoln was so grateful he wrote a letter to the working men of Manchester to express his thanks and is the reason why there is a statue of Lincoln in Manchester

[ValueNetwork]

Summary:

Italy and Denmark: a bit preoccupied

Mexico: dying to the French and Austria

Britain: A bit unsure so supported both sides

France and Austria: killing Mexico

Germany: “slavery is lame, how do you do fellow Germans”

Russia: Lincoln is really cool. let’s do the exact same things he did, including the assassination part!

Ottomans: MONEY!

[agathoklesmartinios]

Britain being willing to benefit from slavery in the South through the cotton trade despite being opposed to slavery as an institution is kind of the same thing as oil today. Western nations gladly buy the oil from Saudi-Arabia and other nations with oil reserves, while denouncing any human rights violations and such going on there. Economics comes before morals, regrettably.

[ValueNetwork]

One of the rare good reaction channels because unlike other reaction channels you actually provide context and additional Knowledge to what you are reacting to

[ProjectFlashlight]

I know Tonga was shocked and dismayed by the carnage of the US Civil War when the people of that island kingdom found out. In 1901.

[middler]

The Irish reaction was to go and get involved in the fight. Standard irish response.

[inciaradible]

It is interesting to see that Lincoln's strategy was actually having the desired effect; one major reason he did eventually give in, and make the war about slavery, was to avoid intervention of European powers.

[MegaMerlin]

Strangely, while we had our civil war, countries in Asia were having their own internal wars as well. In China you had the Taiping Rebellion (the Chinese guy that claimed to be the bro of Jesus). In Japan, you saw the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate as Japan moved into a more modern world from the past.

[kevincordoba-llanos]

He’s not lying, I didn’t know anything about Prussia until I stumbled upon the history matters video and did research myself. We do live in a bubble when it comes to global events

[Nostripe]

The "Not even Austria, " just kills me. I don't know why but its been stuck in my head since I first show this video a while ago. Also is it just me or is Austria cross-eyed?

[highwalker]

The king of Siam offered to send war elephants to the Union, but Lincoln rejected the offer.

[LemonAiden]

They wanted to react but world tension was only at 5% so they couldn't.

[mcmahon]

Canada reacting to the American civil war.
Canada: what's going on over there?

[victortrevino]

3:41 I think this is one of the flaws in our history classes, in addition to the failure to really get the general class engaged beyond just those who are interested in history to begin with.

[qaze]

Did any one notice that at the beginning of the vid the newspaper said

" 'Amateurs' " - Chineese ambassador

[redstitching]

This reminds me of a video by Voices of the Past called "First Japanese Visitor to USA Describes American Life // 1860 Tokugawa Embassy // Primary Source" I would highly recommend watching this. It doesn't talk about any major conflicts, but it gives a different perspective to American culture in the past.