The Election of 1860 & the Road to Disunion: Crash Course US History #18

In which John Green teaches you about the election of 1860. As you may remember from last week, things were not great at this time in US history. The tensions between the North and South were rising, ultimately due to the single issue of slavery. The North wanted to abolish slavery, and the South wanted to continue with it. It seemed like a war was inevitable, and it turns out that it was. But first, the nation had to get through this election. You'll learn how the bloodshed in Kansas and the truly awful Kansas-Nebraska Act led directly to the decrease in popularity of Stephen Douglas, the splitting of the Democratic party, and the unlikely victory of a relatively inexperienced politician from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln's election would lead directly to the secession of several southern states, and thus to the Civil War. John will teach you about all this, plus Dred Scott, Roger Taney, and John Brown.

Chapters:
Introduction: The Civil War 00:00
The Fugitive Slave Law 0:45
Railroads 2:26
The Kansas-Nebraska Act 3:04
How the Republican Party Formed 3:54
Public Opinion on Free vs. Slave States 4:22
The New Republican Party Gains Traction 5:45
How Kansas Became a State 6:31
The Dred Scott Decision 7:32
Mystery Document 9:14
John Brown & Harpers Ferry 10:25
The Election of 1860 11:13
The Start of the Civil War 12:14
Credits 13:40

[wodar]

So, if you watched the intro, John mentions a guy named Mr. Fleming. That's Michael Fleming, my APUSH teacher at Jupiter High School in Florida right now. Mr. Fleming actually heard about how he was featured and called up John Green (don't ask me how he called him. I have no idea), and found out that a producer on the show was his old student, and this was an homage to what he taught that student. And yes, he's an old white Southerner and he acts like he's 182 years old. He's retiring this year, and he never had the retirement party he wanted (because of the pandemic), so I'd love it if all you APUSH students could comment something nice from wherever you are!! I'll be sending all the nice comments to him at the end of the year (shh, don't tell him)

[jackrussel]

I love how John Green is talking about John Brown.  What a colorful discussion

[Drellistenstomusic]

Heh....John Green talks about John Brown.

[thoperSought]

0:29 "A state's right to what, sir?"

wow, just wow.  that's so well put.

[TheLexieFTW]

I always forget that John Green went to my high school until he starts referencing the teachers there!

[TJL]

Who's here in the 2020 pandemic because your history teacher has an aversion to Zoom classes?

[Clapbox]

I still use the "a state's rights to what, sir" line and it never fails

[reubenelijah]

"Congress' primary business is to delay." i cant even express how true that is

[thatoneBMWguy]

Abe Lincoln smiles in the bottom left corner right when John Greene slides into the picture at the beginning of the video.

[frodoswaggins]

2:22
You are absolutely right. My entire monopoly strategy hinges on the railroads, which no one usually wants.

[TheBlidget]

I'm gonna do a bunch of edibles and watch a playlist of literally all the crash course videos and come out the other side a better person.

[stellarfirefly]

The way that CC US History is presented, it sometimes (often) presents a narrative in such an engaging way that it reminds me of watching a good TV series where at the end of an episode, I just *can't wait* to watch the next one. Kudos to John and the entire Crash Course team for making me feel that way about... history lessons. (Especially even when I know exactly what is going to happen next.)

[SuperMaddennfl]

Pause the video @ 12:58 If you look in the direction of where the men on horses point their guns, you will see a guy dabbing extraordinary hard! (:

[gabubabu]

WHAT!? MY MAIN GOAL IN MONOPOLY IS TO GET ALL 4 RAILROADS!

[thisbreadisfine]

John Green sounds like he could rap faster than eminen, looks like he thinks rap is satanic, and writes like a depressed tween.

[ccpoke]

I DONT NEED MY APUSH BOOK I JUST NEED THIS

[NeverDoubtTheWorm]

As a black man...you managed to make this hilarious but educational! 👏🏾 Bravo

[meganalfajora]

John's final statement before "thanks for watching" was perfectly eloquent

[jessysherif]

This account is genuinely what’s getting me through college. I have a final paper due next week and crash cours literally explains everything better than my professor... John green you’re now my professor

[LowellMorgan]

This is one of the best videos yet. You covered a lot of ground here and a lot of forgotten points of history. Thank you for the always awesome videos!