Americans Don't Know Their Own History! | Man on the Street

Will Witt took to the National Mall with some American history questions-and even found a history major who was asked what year the Declaration of Independence was signed. Enjoy!
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[@solarmaster3405]

I'm shocked people don't even know who the first president was, holy cow.

[@richardj2125]

So Sad is the future.

[@Traconian2]

They're victims of the public education system.

[@stevehairston9940]

Solar Master: and there in our Nation's Capital to boot. Must be there for a Trump protest. 🙄

[@joseviniciusvicente1730]

Even I knew that and I am Brazilian! lol

[@solarmaster3405]

@@joseviniciusvicente1730 lol!

[@uwotm8]

I'm British and found every question super easy. That history major student should be embarrassed.

[@williamwalkup988]

It's obvious the history major is being taught revisionist history by a leftist professor. Her lessons are all how America oppresses minorities and women.

[@uwotm8]

William Walkup pretty sure people are taught only about how white people did slavery and nothing about how the British Empire were the first to abolish it. Then, sent Royal Navy ships to the Atlantic to intercept slave ships. Didn't just abolish it in the UK then sit back and let it continue worldwide. Now, I'm not sure whether I'm right or wrong here, but that seems like a good thing. It seems like nowadays people are more bothered about things that happened 2 centuries ago when there are estimates of upto 46 million slaves in the world today www.google.com/amp/s/theconversation.com/amp/fact-check-how-many-people-are-enslaved-in-the-world-today-107078

[@williamwalkup988]

@@uwotm8 You are so right. I never here a word about the slave trade across the planet today. Libia comes to mind and our part in contributing to the conditions that allowed it to happen.

[@YouAintGotNoTegridyBoi]

She's most likely been deliberately mislead on a lot of issues discussed in her history class. Much like myself, I've been taught that despite being called nationalist socialism and having almost unilaterally left wing values, that fascism is far right simply because it was racist. Something that leftists seem to ignore with their dirty history of antisemitism.

[@dreamweaver1603]

I’m American and found every question super easy. Why do so many uninformed people take these surveys? I realize the guy is only showing the dumb ones, but there were still several dumb people agreeing to do this thing because a camera was there. I’d have been embarrassed to do something like that on camera.

[@businessgenius1605]

Even the history major doesn't know when WWII ended.... what an embarrassment.

[@scottecooke]

she should get a refund

[@123krompir]

She must have received her degree from the same school where AOC received her Economics degree.

[@Metalhead365]

I guess they have degrees in cereal boxes now.

[@StevenPhD4]

Ehh that is a dumb statement. Just because you are pursuing a degree in a certain field doesn't mean you have to know every thing by memory. It's like asking a chemistry major what all the atomic numbers are. Or asking a physics major to tell you all the physics constants.

[@4lc441]

@David Bahout This kind of thing is part of it. It's more the climate change deniers, anti vaxxers, and conspiracy theorists though.

[@lovedead710]

as a dude who dropped out of high school, I am proud to know I have more common knowledge then a history major..

[@antoniobanda9700]

dude same I quit college and I know way more than these idiots like come on is basic like when u learn this stuff in elementary school and I'm still learning about history

[@jjohnsengraciesmom]

In all fairness, I am glad she is in school.

[@antoniobanda9700]

@@jjohnsengraciesmom thats true

[@forrestgump5959]

then or than

[@HarryGuit]

… but not in spelling. Drop in and learn what you need.

[@thatguybob6088]

"You like Andrew Jackson" "Yeah" "Trail of Tears?" " *YEAH* "

[@EzraMerr]

Jesus christ I'm british and even I know how stupid these people are

[@animebrat76]

Eżra Aydın that's just typical for today's average american

[@EzraMerr]

@@animebrat76 usually the majority of conservative Americans that I've spoken to in China, and Australia are very intelligent individuals compared to these people

[@OgDeezFortniteClips]

Wait 10 years when gen z are adults and I think it’s a bright future

[@xKingofDaNorthx]

@@animebrat76 I'm around these people's age and I can answer all those questions correctly. They'll believe whatever they hear on the news but won't fact check it. Also Yu-Gi-Oh is still one of my favorite shows 😅

[@UpstateGardening]

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.”- George Carlin

[@Vincevdb1]

That's not how averages work...

[@TeodorKubena]

@@Vincevdb1 In terms of IQ it is pretty accurate.

[@raeyadmasu1590]

Teodor Kuběna No it’s not. That is contradictory by nature. It’s literally the average so how could that be described stupid as it is a relative term. The only way that would make sense is if that this statement is in regards to a specific group and thus not the true average.

[@raeyadmasu1590]

Simon Achermann That is not what this quote intells and has nothing to do with my point. When it comes to IQ, It’s fundementally illogical to say the average IQ is low/stupid as it is a relative term based on the curve itself. Exactly like saying ”imagine how ugly the average looking guy is”, then he is not the average! I have no problem with the later part of the quote which you refer to

[@TeodorKubena]

@@raeyadmasu1590 Just because it's the average doesn't mean that its not too low. What the hell are you talking about?

[@skudwoofer]

"He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future" Hitler.

[@kooriookami7646]

skudwoofer After liking this comment, I am going to look this up. See if it further solidifies my belief that america is slowly turning into the most bigotted country based on a standard of labeled “anti-bigotry”

[@skudwoofer]

@@kooriookami7646 the public school system has weaponized our children (with the aid of either lazy or ignorant parents) so that they will collapse the USA back into a socialist shithole....

[@bremCZ]

He who owns the youth has nothing if he can't keep the adults.

[@oldtimefarmboy617]

www.psu.edu/ From the Pennsylvania State University we site. citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.714.3126 "‘He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.’ Adolf Hitler"

[@parksalot7669]

Well im 14 and a republican and on spirit week like 10 people wore a trump 2020 cape

[@Aptezo]

"Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it"

[@gutan6248]

Exactly

[@gutan6248]

Who said that

[@mjsugod1385]

@@gutan6248 Your mom

[@gutan6248]

@@mjsugod1385 shhh go sleep 8 years old,my momd died 5 years ago stfu

[@shadowbane7401]

@@gutan6248 she said it 6 years ago

[@fiorini_mochachino]

"Every single question was wrong." No sweetie, every single ANSWER was wrong. 😆

[@noobFPV]

Ahaha.

[@ismelescarpio8149]

Sorry for her ..she is the definition of stupid person

[@audreylewis56]

My thoughts exactly.

[@notoriousjester]

I think she meant she got every question wrong haha

[@shaulstrait4313]

@@notoriousjester right but thats not what she said

[@jasonwillows5239]

"Who was the first president" "uhhhhhhhhhh, George.... W. Bush?" Is literally standing in front of the Washington monument

[@captainyolowaffle3160]

Jesus THATS THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL

[@MessoverOG]

Captain Yolo Waffle it actually shows him across the Washington monument in a shot of the video as well.

[@captainyolowaffle3160]

Hold on I think I was drunk when I wrote that

[@captainyolowaffle3160]

(Not actually) because um what? I think he edited it and now I look like a fool

[@captainyolowaffle3160]

What ever

[@leoneljoannas]

Jokes aside, this is both sad and alarming.

[@tjones6277]

Sad and alarming that he seemed to specifically choose people who don't have a good grasp of English/probably aren't US citizens.

[@consul6262]

@@tjones6277 I beg to differ, I bet there were all US citizens, most people have very little understanding of history. The one who was taking history should be really ashamed, I'm English and knew the answers.

[@mrsnakesmrnot8499]

This edited video doesn’t show you all of the intelligent folks who knew all the answers. The video only keeps the shots of those who don’t care about history. Don’t worry. These edited videos are the oldest trick in the book, and you fell for it.

[@mrsnakesmrnot8499]

Tristan Jones - no, non-Americans typically are much more knowledgeable about American history than Americans are. In fact, I am guessing that the only thing that the interviewer knows about Bill Clinton is Monica Lewinsky.

[@mrsnakesmrnot8499]

@Zeek Banistor - History isn't being fully taught. typically, it is "men's studies", and it's never about the women, minorities, or even all of the men. Many people aren't even taught about John Brown. The left sees how America can be improved, while the conservatives who fear change call the left names like libtard or commie. no, it was the left who gave women the right to vote by 1920. It was the left who made America great for working towards the abolition of slavery and segregation. The left has made our air much cleaner outside (Go visit a Chinese city burning coal if you want a reminder.) and inside. Smoke filled rooms are more than annoying. The lefty PROGRESSIVES are why we don't have lead in gasoline anymore which poisoned everyone to some degree until the 60's. You can actually catch a fish that you catch in Lake Erie once again. The left actually conserves our natural resources for future generations better than the Right. The left loves America, as it provides as many soldiers as the Right. The left wants the so-called values of America to be a REAL thing: equality and justice (no more lynching) for everyone - not just white dudes. Progressives are why we've progressed, and be honest - you have benefited from progress in more ways than you are willing to admit. Perhaps you should have learned more in school about that.

[@navdeepbansal9464]

Hi from India and a fellow conservative. It's really sad to see so many young Americans unaware of their own rich history. We must not forget our roots. Peace.

[@kamandi1362]

It's not just America; you'd get similar answers to UK-related questions here in Britain. The fact that so many Western kids can spend over a decade in state schooling but still be this lacking in knowledge of their own history makes me wonder whether it's coordinated. People who don't know history are much easier to control.

[@RANDYJR72]

Kamandi, I believe it is coordinated. It seems to have started in America at the end of 90s. Those questions were a Junior High school/Middle school education. In fact I remember those questions in grad school in the 80's. The scary problem is they VOTE!

[@caitgems1]

@@RANDYJR72 Thank the democrats.

[@ConnorNotyerbidness]

A study was done where if you told a 20 somthing democrat the actual definitions of capitalism vs socialism, they were very likely to switch to republican

[@bartoszjaskulski8137]

You are wrong

[@fraserfir19]

There's no doubt the English speaking world is struggling with Globalism, Leftism, and cultural Marxism that's extremely dug in meanwhile in many parts of Europe and other parts of the world like south America etc more and more nations and it's citizens are moving their governments to the populist, nationalist and conservative right while reclaiming their traditional customs, cultures, beliefs in the process.

[@jonnyhergott9651]

The biggest joke is the so called "history major" 😂😂

[@CastleKing13]

It’s the education system. These college kids don’t even know who Stalin was. Wtf are they learning about then.

[@truth2919]

I know right🤣🤣🤣 I was like "Whhhhat"?!

[@iaisosoakoaozoso5453]

Steve castle I seriously hope they’re just picking the stupidest people and this doesn’t represent millions of Americans

[@sblijheid]

@Bitter_Rush Unfortunately, his small sample is representative of a lot of Americans, especially here in NYC. They know nothing about the law, history, or how the society they live in work, but they know everything about Cardi B, Kim Kardashian, and weed.

[@Cris18Martinez]

She might have been joking

[@saltybear8734]

"Every single question is wrong." What she means is, "Every single thing I think I know is wrong."

[@kenelmtonkin7722]

or "Every single one of my answers is wrong"

[@MrTheBigM]

Too bad she wasn’t at school when they learned what the difference between a question and answer are lol

[@frankySinn]

'The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn't so.' -Ronald Reagan, 33rd Governor of California, 40th President of the United States of America

[@blingbling574]

That kid doesn't know left from right.

[@maverick2483]

If she is going to college as a history major, what does that tell you about the people teaching her.

[@mvos858]

"Andrew Jackson?" "Yeah." "Trail of tears." "Yeah..." It's honestly embarrassing what this country is becoming, thank you PragerU you are my favorite channel.

[@VioletMilks]

“whose the first president” “Joseph Stalin”

[@tomkin6539]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@YashSharma-wu7kr]

Whose last and forever president- "Putin"

[@merkavamkivm3373]

@@YashSharma-wu7kr yup. That's a pass from me.

[@mrsnakesmrnot8499]

You don’t know the answer either. ...the first president of the US was NOT G. Washington. Duhhhhh. We had at least seven presidents before him. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eamypoNunsiUhbc

[@captainyolowaffle3160]

Fellow comrade he would be proud

[@johnnylightning6873]

How could somebody not know the first president that's insane

[@josephgaviota]

And, his face is on the One Dollar Bill ... 1st president, $1 bill ... Use your kidneys people!

[@grant8490]

That's not insane.....that is the modern Democratic party. You know, the ones who go through the liberal indoctrination camps known as Universities.

[@josephgaviota]

@@grant8490 Sadly, @insertnamehere is 100% correct. They can tell you the finest details of size of the ice caps, they can detail each of the 35 possible genders, they know the location of the "safe" rooms where they can get a twinkie and hug a teddy. Who was the 1st president? Who freed the slaves? Is this a democracy or a constitutional republic? Not so much.

[@omid25nn_]

Bruh I'm from the UK and I knew who it was 😂😂😂

[@Gia1911Logous]

Can we get an F for ol' G. Bush

[@ethanwheatthin2450]

Will: “When was the Declaration of Independence signed?” “iT wAS 19 soMeTHinG” Will: “ *close* “

[@adambaxter8865]

Dude I'm glad you weren't boiled in oil

[@joshwick77]

Ugh... she thinks the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE was signed give or take 100 years ago?? 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

[@r.achel044]

@@adambaxter8865 same but now we eat uncooked dough

[@LauraKKendrick]

I grew up in Canada, went to public school, and have a high school diploma as my credentials-and I knew every answer to these questions! I’m a proud dual citizen and happily living in the USA for 20 years now.

[@davidransom4476]

Did you know the first President? They got it wrong. It was Hanson.

[@PatrickFrerking-u8r]

Why were you taught history of another country? We don't do that but there is tons of American history. We can't keep up. We have our hand in everything always.

[@captrobmiller6095]

"I am a history major but cannot tell you anything about history." These people are the reason the electoral college exists.

[@Sarah-ky6jm]

Almost as bad as an economics major that doesn't understand economics!

[@sebastionhawk5565]

EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thomaspaine3395]

1stLt Rob Miller 💯

[@DoubleGoon]

Declaring yourself to be a “history major” doesn’t require you to complete any history courses. And no, these people are the reason the EC still exists: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWmTnqaMo9aUfqc

[@andaimhineach4131]

Amen.

[@unplugreplug702]

Who’s your favorite president? oBaMa CUz hEs bLAcK

[@toonlegend4044]

Worst president the USA has had in a long time.

[@fraserfir19]

Many Americans are tribal and make decisions and choices that are racially motivated for example they respect and like people who look like them some people may call that racist but in many respects it's human nature.

[@JV-wi4dz]

We all knew it was Obama before Will even finished asking her the question. 😂 Typical lefties.

[@gianpaulov5353]

@@fraserfir19 it's not human nature. It's just a traditional mind bound by race, culture, beliefs, heredity - hence it is a very limited mind living in a small world of it's likes and dislikes.

[@Lahzing]

Believing that is racist

[@WaltzingAustralia]

And now politicians in Illinois have proposed that we stop teaching history. Though it sounded from this video as if we already have.

[@brianmachado4533]

Blueprint is Orwell's 1984.

[@mr_h831]

We've stopped teaching actual history. Just like orwell wrote. Every day orwell seems like a time traveler more and more. xD

[@labnine3362]

"I'm a history major!" ~ LMAO

[@HUNKMrDeath-lt7kq]

What are they replacing history classes with? Need to know so I can set up a play list for people to be capable of learning something vital and that’ll actually help them?

[@mr_h831]

@@HUNKMrDeath-lt7kq if we're talking a history playlist on KZbin, I'd start with sabaton history, and oversimplified. Both keep it entertaining whilst maintaining (for the most part) historical integrity.

[@jimmybranton822]

And they want me to pay for their college? ROFL.

[@OFFGRIDwithDOUGSTACY]

Thank you public schools, colleges and lazy parents all across America! sheesh!!🤠👍

[@Thebobbyman]

You can’t take any of these kinda videos serious. If they asked 100 people a question and 5 said something stupid. You show just the stupids.

[@gulaagjamun]

Republicans are the ones proposing to defund. public education. Florida governor just got rid of common core

[@danteeightsix9069]

@@gulaagjamun Because common core is useless. Plus half of Florida's education expense is funded by the Florida State Lottery. Florida has even proposed legalizing gambling to help fund the education system.

[@gulaagjamun]

DanteEightSix So just because Florida does it, it’s useless is it? Did you know that teachers in Oklahoma, another republican state are on poverty wages because the previous governor stripped away funding for education. Republicans are kinda dumbing down the country. Facts are right there

[@danteeightsix9069]

@@gulaagjamun Haha. You liked your own comment

[@juliushakala5148]

I'm HiStoRrY mAjOr aNd WWII ENdEd 1952

[@Gia1911Logous]

Decleration of Independence: 1773 DUUUUUH

[@mtlicq]

Declaration of independence: 1904 LOL The interviewer did not ask for which country though!

[@juliushakala5148]

@@shipscook3765 it does

[@ericb8217]

And she'll be teaching our kids.

[@juliushakala5148]

@@ericb8217Gladly I don't live in America

[@andya2665]

"Take away a peoples past and you take away their future outlook." Somebody said it. Its a deliberate dumming down.

[@ilovebutterstuff]

I _believe_ that's a quote from George Orwell... Not sure.

[@andya2665]

@@ilovebutterstuff i have no idea, who said it. i cant take credit for the quote, but it's accurate.

[@robertbeck8670]

Andy A been going on since the 70s

[@klennethk6694]

It's a quote from George Orwells "1984." "Who controls the past controls the future." George Orwell

[@timbragg9684]

@@klennethk6694 - and: Who controls the present controls the past.

[@norsepatriot]

The ignorance of most people is SCARY!😬

[@wisebluehillwarrior6411]

"Who was the first american president"? ---- "Umm, George W. Bush-ington..??" I burst out laughing. How sad is that.

[@allglorytothefather4186]

Wise Bluehillwarrior It was George Washington

[@richardj2125]

So uneducated these kids are, The left wing is robbing their very souls.

[@andrewmurray6646]

How tf do you not know the first president lol. I'm from the UK and I learnt that when I was 10

[@elkhunter8664]

In 1967 in order to graduate 5th grade we were required to know all fifty states and capital cities. The test was simple. We were handed a blank piece of paper and had to list each state in alphabetical order. State, comma, capital. 100% was the only passing grade. Out of order? Misspell one letter? Fail. Then we were handed a blank map of the U.S.A. Had to fill in the state names based only on geography. Again 100% was the only passing grade. I'm guessing standards have slipped a bit since then. As an aside, I'm 63 and could still ace that test today. Something to be said about really challenging young minds.

[@tompilomp3431]

Not knowing when world war 2 ended is even worse.

[@mathcrazyow6646]

@@elkhunter8664 I could pass both, but I can't do it orally. I suck at oral tests period.

[@froggiman1]

North Carolina is trying to pass a bill that makes a 40% a passing grade.

[@insideline2162]

@@elkhunter8664 that must have been fun

[@maestrivedingusson7702]

From the nation that brought you: ''wait, I thought Europe was a country...'' Now comes the thrilling sequel: ''wait, Lincoln was republican?!''

[@captainyolowaffle3160]

And now for “wait, the White House isn’t the place where Lincoln sits?”

[@targettime2708]

Coming up next, we have: “Wait, Poland and Germany were not allies during WW2?”

[@yuormomgaming1246]

Now the trilogy: “wait, math isn’t racist?”

[@garymartin9777]

Or "this is Mexico" as they point to Canada.

[@joelwieland1767]

Followed by an advertisement brought to you by the lovely country of africa

[@juliemorgan3519]

As a Choctaw (a Native American tribe) it was super gratifying to hear that his immediate response to Andrew Jackson was the Trail of Tears! Genuinely made me smile.

[@ryanjones7681]

"Every single question is wrong" No darling, every single answer you gave was wrong

[@angelaguan2387]

I think she meant to say every single question that was asked she got it wrong

[@ferrer65]

Including the last one.

[@angelaguan2387]

@rockster10101 Of course, you're right that she didn't say that. You can't really ask a "wrong question". You can have a "wrong answer" so I just said earlier that she must have worded her response off.

[@saravana4355]

Arctic Donkey i think 20 years, germany, japan, and italy(but they switched sides), 1914, Joseph Stalin, and i learned all that from going through about semester of 9th grade US history 😂

[@Gundamoutlaw]

Lolol I missed it that’s why he started laughing

[@D4nt4lion]

"I'm a history major". Seems like there is not a lot of studying going on in american universities.

[@melovetorun]

For real Dan, these history classes in high school and college focus on gender studies and women’s history.

[@ihategermancars3862]

Dan T. It seems like all the wrong type of studying is going on and being brainwashed in the bargain.

[@DanDomination27]

She probably is not an American History major but I mean if she's an American, she should know at least the most basic things of American history.

[@kathycarroll4383]

My daughter spent last semester at UMSL learning about white privilege!!! And nothing else!

[@KRYPTOS_K5]

Americans! Now I tell you what your present reality makes me feel about your young generation. There is a "star trek left wing" generation prospering and weakening the foundation pillars of your country. It is the same however more intensive or more disruptive and unexpected than what I see in the youth of my own country. We should always remember that it is very difficult to counter that trend by its own definition because when a new zeitgeist is nurtured like a new religion in the young mind you could only harvest what you seeded: that is rupture against your most fundamental and stable national traditions since the beginnings of your country.

[@felipearaujo3937]

Two points: 1- Only the conservative guy knew USA's history. 2- I'm not an American(actually, I never been in USA), but I knew all the answers, except the independence declaration. So, apparently I know more about American history than America's liberals

[@РостиславБачурин]

Lol, I'm from Russia and I know answers. That would be interesting if I asked about the date of October Revolution in US :DDDDDD

[@ea-tr1jh]

I'm an American Republican and I knew all the answers except when WWII ended. I was not really surprised when the only person who knew most of the answers was a conservative. Liberals tend to lean more anti-American, and they frown upon people when they viciously protect the U.S. Constitution (aka Republicans). Their ideas and agenda are often anti-American.

[@oxxford6997]

My friends not ALL liberals are idiot, moron, dumbasses, modern day liberals are. That's why I call myself a Rightminded Liberal! Plus got all ? right...Trump 2020!!!!

[@MajorMlgNoob]

I know American history better than most GoP voters and I'm definitely not Republican

[@MajorMlgNoob]

@@JubilantCharlie have you met conservatives? They think that healthcare is bad and that climate change is a hoax lol

[@marktiller1383]

I'm Australian, and I could answer your questions correctly and knew that the Republicans fought to end slavery during the civil war. Don't they teach history in the US anymore

[@gazizbekmursali6145]

“A nation that forgets its past has no future” (Winston Churchill)

[@SUS_USU]

Yes you are right, as a filipino we preserve our past even the bad ones because that what make us resilient, proud, conversative and happy people.

[@SUS_USU]

@Big Foot cant tell its a lie. but hey people still living here. are we upset? no

[@firstnamelastname1375]

@Big Foot america and western countries are starting to becoming communist countries. Look how they destroyed historical statues. In west germany already erecting a Lenin statue.

[@firstnamelastname1375]

@@Vel_D see all videos of yuri bezmenov, ex kgb warns of socialist subversions in america. Read naked communism. They warn of communism slowly taking over.

[@firstnamelastname1375]

@Big Foot when the communists finally take over usa and censor freedom of speech, then the delusional fools might believed. Lol.

[@AdamH7]

Not to boast but I literally could answer all of these and I'm from Northern Ireland and have never been taught American history.

[@captainyolowaffle3160]

Actually you were taught other wise, you wouldn’t know it at all

[@Tomer_Zaitsev]

@@captainyolowaffle3160 no. Its just stuff you pick up on the way, maybe from tv ect, but not something you learn in school(i am not american, and i knew all the answers as well)

[@apollo6326]

Including the 16th president one?

[@AdamH7]

@@apollo6326 yes because it's Lincoln very famous president so knew the number. Don't really know the order for most of them though.

[@apollo6326]

Adam H7 fair enough!

[@Ken_Leivonen]

As the the saying goes, “Those that forget history, are condemned to repeat it”

[@Bleeglesplotch]

@kevin lawrence liberals are good at manipulating young minds by giving them entirely false information and attempting to rewrite history. It isn't Americans, it is evil disguised as liberalism.

[@Bleeglesplotch]

@kevin lawrence no son, evil is the problem. The host of evil happens to be liberalism.

[@awesomemccoolname7111]

I wish. Repeating the enlightenment would rock. Sadly, the truth is that those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat the worst parts of it.

[@snooks01]

@@Bleeglesplotch leftists*

[@Bleeglesplotch]

@@snooks01 calm down Shapiro, I know you're friends with Dave Rubin and all... but it's actually all liberals. Not just the leftists. They all eventually will become far leftists by the sheer acceptance of liberalism.

[@ashdav9980]

Thomas Sowell has a quote that sums this up, goes something like "We have taught people to have a point of view/opinion, but to not have knowledge in their point of view/opinion". Basically, opinions based on emotions with nothing to back it up, whatever "feels good".

[@antalgergo2699]

"...History major?..." "Yeah." Will in his head: Yeah no

[@nevets2371]

Big Boss “you should probably pick a new major...”

[@aps-c1766]

chill out. maybe he history major in Communist. LUL

[@excessreactant9045]

She's a rated

[@peterbills4129]

History of European Literature. She'll be working in an antiques store in a couple years crying about gender pay gap and her student debt.

[@firefox30570]

"ironic how things changed isnt it?" Nothing has changed.

[@Aqsticgod]

when he said that i laughed at the same time as will

[@setalight7290]

Thank you firefox30570

[@mfanal5916]

The KKK people support trump, who is a republican, so that’s how it changed. That doesn’t make Trump a KKK person though.

[@greedfox7842]

it amazing (not) how many foxes are on the right side of things. (correct side of freedom, not necessarily right wing)

[@joeyelton407]

@CoaCHSNiPeR and......the group was formed by southern democrats......

[@elchepacabra9658]

The history major is a history major in women studies I bet.

[@lettyguerra371]

I thought the very same thing!

[@johnsmithjr5498]

History major = women's history

[@AgentJRock805]

Kind of like AOC is an economics major and somehow a socialist. What the hell were you taught?

[@fraserfir19]

Many Americans simply don't care about history they have no interest in learning about what people did decades or centuries ago their only interested in the here and now.

[@g.hughey7222]

Probably... but she'll still be the one teaching your children.

[@radio655]

And, the most heartbreaking part is: They can all vote with exactly one vote per person regardless of how clueless they are.

[@allenra530]

And that is how Joe Biden won in November of 2020

[@k0rc]

"Every single question is wrong!" No, young lady, every single answer of yours is wrong.

[@toplobster1040]

Pretty sure that's what she meant to say. English doesn't seem to be her first language judging by her accent.

[@summergamer7650]

@@toplobster1040 that's literally an American accent, people like you literally have bricks for brains, you are literally assuming shit without even having evidence.

[@toplobster1040]

@@summergamer7650 Oh I thought the way she said Democrats was strange

[@brofistgamers1404]

When me, a Hungarian knows more about the History of the USA. Jeez

[@iraniangovernment2592]

When I'm a 12 year old Afghanist and I know more history

[@genghiskahn9233]

Most Americans are not like this.

[@Jegenye]

Eladó bojler

[@rdbare4216]

Jacob Layden Damned if it’s not! Dumbed down & cheapened up...

[@iguzman3064]

The same for me but from Ecuador jaja

[@kenlee5015]

The real funny thing is, they will get everything wrong but insist they are right about some fairy tale party switch. Don't like your history, revise - The Democratic Motto

[@brokenmatrix366]

Well the right thing to do would be to revise your opinions, but they got it wrong and tried to rewrite history instead.

[@Roger-ws8rj]

I loved the kids comment "ironic how history changes"🤣🤣🤣

[@kevcom82]

I was thinking the same thing. The same regurgitated lie the left indoctrination speaks of which is not true anymore today than it was then. Today I ask “Which party supports policies responsible for killing more minority children than all US soldiers that have died in active war?” That would be your racist democrat party!

[@mychevysparkevdidntcatchfi1489]

Switching the board is how I win chess games against the computer. It works every single time, and that's why Democrats are going to win.

[@juanitadudley4788]

@@kevcom82 Funny how Dems love Sanger, yet don't talk so much about her eugenicist views or kkk ties.

[@bipolarvortex]

A History major standing at the Lincoln Memorial not knowing that Lincoln was a Republican or that he was the 16th president is utterly disgraceful, but typical of younger American citizens.

[@warrioroflight6872]

"What good fortune for governments that the people do not think." -Adolf Hitler

[@explosivemodesonicmauricet1597]

A few wise words from the evil leader XD

[@xternalz]

Tucson Jim what does this have to do with the comment?

[@warrioroflight6872]

Even a dictator can still be a wise man.

[@russianbear7832]

Explosive Mode Sonic Maurice the Hedgehog A broken clock is right twice a day.

[@alexey8873]

-First president? -Ahh, I think Paul McCartney. -The year when declaration was signed? -Hmm, I would say 3457 B.C. -When did the WW2 end? -Ahh, hmm, maybe 1999. -What do you think about Trump? -I HАТЕ HIM, HE'S A PIG, HE MUST DIЕ, HE'S WORSE THAN HIТLЕЕЕЕR!!1!!!!11

[@netrolancer1061]

Speaks matters over volume about the person's intellect.

[@RDavis-ts4ly]

Looks like they weren't listening in school. As an American I'm so embarrassed by this...

[@rebeldog7220]

the school system is run by leftist socialist Democrats who are brainwashing our young people and turning them into puppets for the democratic party.

[@awesomemccoolname7111]

Weren't listening? Try weren't taught. That level of ignorance is nothing short of deliberate on the part of our schools.

[@allglorytothefather4186]

rebel dog yeah! They’re supposed to be puppets for the Republican Party!

[@rebeldog7220]

@@allglorytothefather4186 only a snowflake would prove the point of the original story, how ignorant do you have to be not to see that.

[@allglorytothefather4186]

rebel dog oy again with the snowflakes. What conservative hailstorms?

[@beingsepia]

I'm Indonesian, and I know all the answer from that questions by just watching some hollywood movies.

[@uncletrick1]

One of these types of people just got elected as a US representative for New York's 14th District.

[@manueluriel2000]

Damn.

[@orestisconstantinou5707]

Robert L is that AOC?

[@cruelchris3099]

@@orestisconstantinou5707 I mean who else could it be?...... other than all of them.

[@kevcom82]

😂 best comment!

[@uncletrick1]

@@orestisconstantinou5707 Bingo!

[@robinduplessis1326]

“Was it the Republicans though? Or was it just like, a general consensus?” Well damn bro idk the democrats threw quite the hissy fit when Lincoln wanted to free their slaves

[@MessoverOG]

Robin du Plessis Yah, they kinda wanted to kill him. I wonder if they succeeded?? 🙄

[@michellewhite9674]

STOP crediting today’s Republicans with Republican Party during Lincoln’s term. THE PARTIES SWITCHED. LOOK IT UP. The Republicans during the Civil War represent the democrats of today.

[@robinduplessis1326]

Michelle White the South was democratic, but people just moved from the south to the north. So their location moved. Not the party’s ideologies

[@kurtruiz7864]

There are two Vox videos, both on how both parties changed, really well informed.

[@claudiaalvarez2600]

Michelle White maybe you should do a little more research and look it up. Nothing has changed from then, the Republican Party has always been anti slavery, and the Democratic Party has always been about division. Malcolm X himself said, that the worse enemy the black culture face is the white liberals(his own words), I’m sure we all know that the liberals are the democrats. Now Malcolm X era isn’t too far back, and those same liberals have only continued the legacy of the liberal party of old times. With all that being said, I don’t care for politics because Jesus is the way, and He is in control, but if I was to vote, I’d always go republican, and shoot, I’m thinking I might just be voting this year.

[@tashaglam4824]

When they all started stuttering on the the George Washington question, I knew we were in for some trouble. I thought knowing Washington was the first President was just baby knowledge. How could you NOT know that?

[@martyharless5097]

To be fair they don't talk much about American history on Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

[@johnjohnon8767]

They have been taught what the unelected officials in the NEA

[@mrsnakesmrnot8499]

I guess you are a baby then. I mean, how could you NOT know that the first president of the US was NOT G. Washington. Duhhhhh. We had at least seven presidents before him. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eamypoNunsiUhbc

[@captainyolowaffle3160]

I know I thought I learned that when I was 6

[@captainyolowaffle3160]

Jeremy Zipay bruh why are spamming that shat

[@sri5086]

Bruh I'm from India and even I know that Abraham Lincoln was a part of Republican party 💀

[@madhusudan]

Give the history major girl a break! She's focusing in the History of Intersectional Genderqueer Basketweaving by POC.

[@presidentwilliamhowardtaft5932]

And lesbian dance theory

[@Blue_Collar_Hunter]

😂👏👏

[@mvargasmoran]

of course, the important stuff.

[@Lishmaa]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Lishmaa]

@@presidentwilliamhowardtaft5932 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@luckyisbored3196]

As an American and a History major, we are not all like this

[@ragnarok422]

@@menacingcar0449 First, the Emancipation Proclamation was issued after Gettysburg, not Antietam. Antietam was at best a Pyrrhic victory for the North. Lincoln needed a pure victory to issue the EP and Gettysburg was all of that. Second, the Civil war was fought to END SLAVERY, not this revisionist idea of "states Rights" which were tacked on around the beginning of the 20th Century. Slavery was the ONLY issue, and Lincoln's election as an abolitionist ignited the war. Be annoyed all you want, but the Republican party was FORMED as an abolitionist party and remained so while the Democratic party formed the KKK, Jim Crow laws, lynched 4,000+ blacks, created the "Separate but Equal" segregation of the South and filibustered the 1964 Civil rights Act for 66 days. Today the greatest racist organization in the country is still the Democratic party with their virtual plantation, anti-white and anti-jewish bigotry, Antifa and on-going destruction of American heritage. Finally, of COURSE the EP was aimed at slavery in the "seceding states," since there was that little annoyance called the "Civil War" going on at the time. The Emancipation Proclamation freed the Confederate slaves built the 13th Amendment was passed by Congress and ratified in December, 1865 freeing ALL slaves. Lincoln would have signed that if Boothe hadn't shot him. May I ask which institution of higher indoctrination taught you your "America sucks and its history is all racism" revision?

[@tesss.9505]

😂🤣😂🤣 ok

[@profedelasmontanas9023]

We all know it was herbie hancock

[@danweaver4304]

Ryan Sawin - You are 100% wrong about the GOP. Prior to being renamed the Republican Party, it was the Anti-Slavery Party. Lincoln was our first duly elected President, a Republican. No Republican owned a slave. Every slave owner - every single one - was a Democrat. After the Civil War, the slaves were freed in every state by the 13th Amendment, which was supported by Republicans, and opposed by a Democrats. Then came Jim Crow laws in Dixie - pure Democrat states, who voted as a block (the Solid South). This continued throughout Reconstruction. Blacks in the Democrat South were technically free, but lived in fear of lynchings and torture for getting out of line. Blacks voted Republican, except in the Deep South where the KKK rose up. The KKK was a Democrat organization all the way into the late 20th century, as represented by Senator Robert Byrd in West Virginia. The Democrats fought against Civil Rights legislation, but a handful joined the Republicans, and the racist President LBJ was forced to sign it into law. It’s so sad you don’t know the real history of your own party. Now, if they Lied to you about history, what makes you think they’d tell you the truth about Republicans?

[@danweaver4304]

Ryan Sawin - also, you’re right about the EP following Antietam, but that was in September 1862. It went into effect on Jan 01, 1863, and it was replaced by the 13th Amendment, approved by the Senate in 1864, defeated in the House by Democrats in 1864, but was ratified by the required number of states in 1865. Democrats were tossed when Lincoln was re-elected in 1864, and incumbent Democrats saw the Republican majorities in both Houses would have no difficulty passing the Amendment. All 86 Republicans voted For the 13th Amendment. Of the 56 votes Against, 50 were Democrats. Only 15 Democrats voted with the Republicans, largely because Lincoln demanded a compromise with Democrats to gain bipartisanship in the passing vote. The compromise allowed Southern Democrats to re-enslave anyone found guilty of a crime, as punishment for the crime. Hence, Jim Crow laws were passed to speed the findings of guilt down South.

[@razztazz1982]

The female claiming she's a History Major needs to return to 5th grade classes, and see how it goes from there.

[@beauregardneville196]

5th grade? My 1st grader could answer some of those.

[@ralphholiman7401]

How would you like to be her parents, and watching what their $100,000 bought?

[@kaield4763]

I'm literally Canadian and learn more about Canada, yet I know the answers to these questions.

[@Rackhark]

I don't belive so. What she does need is real teachers, who teaches her history for real, without bias.

[@shen144]

Declaration of Independence was signed by Mozart in Neptune.

[@bindoe4001]

The man who don't know his own history: "Ironic how things change now" Abe: ...

[@savannahsmith3237]

"Who is your favorite president?" Me: "Don't say Obama, don't say it, don't say it, don-" Her: "Obama..." Me: "Ugh she said it 😩"

[@Nick-uw6yv]

LMAOOOOO ME

[@nicolasg7601]

A much better choice than many other Presidents, at least.

[@anncortez2341]

@@nicolasg7601**sad Abraham ,teddy ,George ,JFK ,FDR ,found father noises**

[@nicolasg7601]

ann cortez There are plenty of criteria where those Presidents don’t do so well. Like being complicit in slavery/Jim Crow, which is basically all those people except JFK. And you could say that Obama got more actually done than JFK, who was only in office for two years. I’m not saying I would use that criteria, but I can see how condoning the slavery of Americans might be a dealbreaker to some.

[@sevensins0]

@@Nick-uw6yv same

[@luissalinas2250]

"Every single question is wrong." I think she meant "Every single ANSWER was wrong"

[@javierlebron1039]

sheesh, she even got that wrong. Lmao

[@democratsaretheDEVIL]

Correcting her grammer is racist.

[@defmensoin]

Hillary4prison grammar*

[@democratsaretheDEVIL]

@@defmensoin your'e correct, how poor of me.

[@defmensoin]

Hillary4prison you’re*

[@MP-qf5gg]

2:58 This guy has the nerve of claiming that the parties have changed ideals, but he didn't even know what they each stood for until he was told? Unbelievable. Gtfo. His opinion is invalid.

[@thediddler4075]

Its also covered up by the lie that there was some great party switch that never took place. But ppl this dumb will believe anything.

[@Sinnbad21]

The Diddler That’s what I always learned. Is that not the case? I thought the parties flip flopped. Or at least the name

[@beefsupreme4671]

Anthony Anderson that is just an excuse by democrats. There was no switch, the principals have not really changed. Democrats just claim republicans are racist because they know the republicans were founded on not being racist

[@thediddler4075]

@@Sinnbad21 No its another lie out of the 263 dixie crats only 2 became republican and they became 2 of the biggest civil rights proponents. If you never fact check anything youll end up like all these brainwashed millennials that know nothing but what the liberal and commie propagandists in the universaties lie to them about.

[@joecook5689]

Sad and embarrassing how ill informed the liberal students are today about their own history.

[@cirodimarzio6238]

Im from Slovakia, former commie/socialits country in Eastern Europe and even i know all answers, they are absolute basic questions about US, and in US is anyone who don't know it ? This is so absurd ...

[@andyroo2334]

“Andrew Jackson?” “Yeah” “Trail of Tears?” “Yeah!”

[@AndroAlien52]

That was the funniest part

[@Nimai_Aquino]

Sad native american noises*

[@umiluv]

He couldn’t stop laughing lol

[@dirkbsilver9260]

@@Nimai_Aquino I wanted to laugh and cry at the same time. I wonder if she thought he was a cousin of the Jackson 5.

[@Nimai_Aquino]

@@dirkbsilver9260 Anyway, why would she say this guys if her favorite? Did he do anything notable besides genociding the indians?

[@SMail_stats]

When you're not an American and you know all the answers to these questions

[@UnchainedEruption]

Mr Sakis Not impressive. This is basic knowledge.

[@ydelysuarez2548]

I’m an immigrant and I knew all of the questions! That says a lot about our failing public schools...

[@Chrissy717]

@@bengoodwin738 yes. ...no. Go to Germany, we have a really good system when it comes to our history lessons (critical thinking instead of just learning by heart)

[@themarc6500]

I knew them all to (I'm German)

[@Chrissy717]

@@bengoodwin738 couldn't agree more with you :) And yes, they have problems... I have lots of friends who really care about history so I may don't notice them as much as maybe an adult does.

[@TheRealDonLayton]

"Every single question was wrong." No, every single question was right. Every single ANSWER was wrong.

[@maxjackson6616]

Your point is?

[@gregw8232]

@@maxjackson6616 Lack of comprehension?

[@maxjackson6616]

@@gregw8232 it feels like more of an in the moment grammatical mistake/ misspeak/ misthink

[@gregw8232]

@@maxjackson6616 People only know what you say, not what you think.

[@maxjackson6616]

@@gregw8232 so no one understands sarcasm?

[@tyler-hp7oq]

If you ever wondered why America has an electoral college this is your answer. What country would leave its future up to these people?

[@akalksander9184]

That history major proves that they're learning falsehoods in universities & that's by design.

[@bukwildman521]

Yes. They are teaching that the doi was signed in 73 vs 76. Liberal propaganda!!!

[@Ch-ew9tm]

I live in Europe and I’m 15 and could awnser 80%+ of these questions correct.

[@akalksander9184]

@@Ch-ew9tm It doesn't surprise me one bit. The dumbing down of America began w/ outcome based education, designed not to hurt students' feelings.

[@aneeshprasobhan]

honest question...What ARE they learning then ?

[@jacobsawyer1383]

Stfu man for all we know shes a first year student.

[@brianduarte947]

Will Witt: Dems were the party of slavery Other guy: ironic how things change isn't it? Will Witt's thoughts: ironic how things haven't changed Edit: execute like 66

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

Will started laughing at that comment -- I loved that. The idiot's standing there like "why is he laughing?"

[@Mrjack-wi8qq]

BigaSs PuMp are you threatening me master Jedi?

[@brianduarte947]

Paladin JN01 I AM THE SENATE

[@brianduarte947]

Paladin JN01 it's treason then... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@Mrjack-wi8qq]

@Paladin JN01 its treason then...

[@aidanbarry3853]

I'm an Irish 12 yr old and i knew the answer to all these questions lol

[@tjm7275]

aidan barry good for you buddy... this is why our education system is laughed at around the world

[@spartanwarrior1]

Aidan, i would grant citizenship to you right away

[@os6552]

@@spartanwarrior1 But what if he doesn't want to live with the commies in your country? They are becoming aggressive these days.

[@Ceabrus74]

Lol, do you think they don't exist in Europe?

[@noahh914]

@@os6552 Still better than nazis on their rise in Europe currently..

[@theblackneon5396]

Weirdly enough, as a non-american, I coudl’ve easily answered these questions.

[@A_nony_mous]

Not so weird. I quit history in year 9 and I could answer all but the 16th President. I'm Australian by the way.

[@jerrys.1910]

Interviewer should have asked them when the "War of 1812" occurred.

[@sgthul21]

or how long the 100 years war was.

[@julianndavis9415]

In 1902? Oh no wait. That’s when the Spanish flu of 1918 was.

[@captainyolowaffle3160]

1814

[@APC-1305]

Confusingly respondes, “We had a war in 1812?” I’m sure no one who was asked those questions would know which country we fought.

[@captainyolowaffle3160]

Actually I think it was in 1569

[@enriqueherrera5073]

“ Trail of Tears” “Uh yeah” if only she knew what she was saying 😂😂😂

[@VIVIKEY1]

enrique herrera this video hurts in me in so many different ways

[@os6552]

I'm not even American and I knew that. What kind of education do you have there?

[@VIVIKEY1]

O S I mean A pretty good one

[@elnicedude559]

@@os6552 they have the best universities in the world and more Nobel prizes than any other country. Will you guys stop with the " what kind of education do you guys have there"?. How do you think the US is ruling the world? Ignorant dumb people are everywhere.

[@os6552]

@@elnicedude559 Not really an argument if the people going to those universities & winning awards are not mostly Americans. They had to be one of the best to make it there already. The achievements of people as a result brain drain doesn't justify the state of general education in America.

[@Mattisttam]

You’re a history major? “Ya” *basic American history* “🤷‍♀️”

[@lga.d3351]

I'm not even American. I've never been in America. I know more than those people

[@mastertry1935]

defund american education

[@betsysmith9385]

If she is a history major, she graduated without the basics.

[@dianademing7038]

Like ya!🤷‍♀️

[@havanascp9602]

History for most here is the Kardashian 😁😁

[@FatManJackson]

"Ironic how things changed" hahahah NOTHING changed, except for the labels and the public perception of things, which never changed.

[@Blimpus]

My God, Lord please help our country.

[@bosse641]

Scary. No wonder America is falling apart.

[@joshuagross3151]

The Lord: No.

[@MajorMlgNoob]

@Tucson Jim also we have one of the highest incarceration rates in the world

[@mrniceguy3660]

Do these people actually not know that Lincoln was the first Republican president?!

[@natalyaakselaleksander4502]

They don't even know that be was a Republican so no they have no idea

[@josephgaviota]

The leftist indoctrination counselors (er, teachers) don't _want_ them to know that Republicans were the party to abolish slavery, and the Democrats are the party of the KKK. It's *DELIBERATE!*

[@a.t.125]

Did you watch the video?

[@aliza6984]

It’s probably because many history professors teach about the “Southern Strategy.” :( Dr. Carol Swain, professor at Vanderbilt University has debunked it and calls it a myth. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5rTo4mOadSmaLs

[@MarcosAntonio-hb5lz]

I'm brazilian and even me knew that Abraham Lincoln belonged to Republican party 😅

[@gilsonpassos1047]

Eu quase chorei de rir quando aquela mina defendeu a trilha das lágrimas kkkkkkkkkkkkkk. O pior que aparentemente ele tem sangue indígena kkkkkkkkkk.

[@София-д3р7д]

@John Ratican Also American students don't know much about the 2 world wars either. Many leftists often talk about crusade to defend and justify islamic aggressions today. but pope called for crusades to liberate Spain from the centuries of islamic oppressions in the 1st place. If crusade didn't happen Europe would have been islamic kingdom today. But I guess these are European history, so they don't learn about them. But how can someone not know about the 1st president or rular of a nation? It's even in the name of their capital city?

[@Belferith]

Same. But Im Chilean.

[@JoaoRenatoBail]

Incrível que o norte americano recebe sobre seu próprio país. Se bem que não podemos falar muita coisa, porque o que nós sabemos deles que eles não sabem nós aprendemos por fora da escola, e nós sabemos daqui só o que é ensinado e o que procuramos saber. O sistema educacional em ambos países só ensina o que lhe convém.

[@vigour6786]

1:34 No way she's a history major and does't know when WW2 ended....

[@brynnemeza]

I think I can make it to college

[@morehn]

"Trail of Tears" "Yeah" He couldn't keep a straight face cuz she had no idea what he's talking about or what she just said yeah to

[@TrumpsEarBandage]

“Yea exactly “

[@petar4209]

Tbf he is genuinely an incredibly interesting president. Dude dueled more people than I've eaten breads in my life. Close second to Teddy, and that's a pretty impressive accomplishment

[@morehn]

@@petar4209 that's a lot of bread

[@petar4209]

@Aaron Zimmerman Depends on your opponent. If it were Hickory, he'd probably eat the bullets you shoot at him and then proceed to shove his cane up your ass until it comes out the other end. If it were me I'd probably die, because I'm nowhere near as competent a duelist as Jackson was

[@Josh-ut4wv]

He did great and bad things but like him or hate him he was a man that stood for America and was vital to its growth

[@SausageWithOranges]

"The Republican Party was pretty much the anti-slavery party. The Democrats were like the party of the KKK things like that." "Ironic how things change isn't it." Things HAVEN'T changed!

[@jimwilliams4088]

Yes they haven't changed. But this is what is being taught in schools, and the democrats have been saying this junk for many years over

[@thelz7909]

@@jimwilliams4088 Which is why a democrat's favorite audience is one filled with low-information voters.

[@markynlangngdhr6049]

Thats the truth

[@andrewmowbray7035]

If you asked a bunch of kkk members what party they supported today what answer do you think they’d give?

[@markynlangngdhr6049]

@@andrewmowbray7035 If you asked whether the party that the kkk support accepts the kkk as a part of their party then their answer will be hell no. In the past the kkk supported the Democrat and the Democrat themselves supported back the kkk.

[@Anthony-ul5gr]

“Im a history major” here at the university of Alabama, academics is our top priority

[@finneganmcgee4248]

UA alumni here. I’ve got to say that I am disturbed that the school has begun removing monuments recognizing it’s role as a military academy during the Civil War, and is now considering renaming building with names belonging to historical “racists.” I think a dangerous precedent has been set.

[@-Retired-]

@@finneganmcgee4248 so much so for teaching history...

[@newsguy5241]

Alabama is a football team with a "university" built around it.

[@finneganmcgee4248]

@Newsguy52 Lol. I do love the athletic culture of the school, but it has a rich history that predates the Civil War by almost thirty years. Why can they not celebrate their history? Why do the current students want to go to attend a university known only for football?

[@seang3019]

Australian here and I got them all, apart from the second president. I did study American history though.

[@pharaoh9588]

I am a Christian egyptian and I got all of these right except the declaration of independence,I thought it was 1780 or something

[@richardhayduk9429]

This is horrifying, this stupidly is overwhelming.

[@julianndavis9415]

And yet these idiots get to vote.

[@wyldeer]

Don't worry. The guy probably filmed for hours just to be able to cherry pick 4 minutes of content. The video would be boring if everyone knew the answers.

[@tanbanman1985]

wyldeer yes, this is definitely so fake. Like Jimmy kimmel does with people like “name a country in Africa” not everybody is stupid. He definitely picked people he knew would make him look amazing when the majority most likely knew more than him

[@genghiskahn9233]

Tanner Wolov lmao this entire channel is built up on lies

[@mrsnakesmrnot8499]

These edited videos don’t show you the people who know the answers to all these questions, as that contradicts the agenda of the video.

[@slip-n-slide4807]

Imagine being a History Major and getting all of the easiest historical questions wrong

[@zeppelinled3967]

yea... I mean, not knowing 16th president is fine... I guess?(though she should know something at least about the only civil war her country had) but WW2? come on, the hell is wrong with you...

[@lutenantsweedpertasa]

zeppelin led Ask an American when WW2 started and they will say 1941.

[@zeppelinled3967]

@@lutenantsweedpertasa I guess ww1 lasted for only a year ?

[@ccbsnyc]

America's participation in it was 1917-1918, it started in 1914 and was far more devastating for Europe.

[@ccbsnyc]

Understandable because US got involved after Pearl Harbor in 1941.

[@cc4517]

Even though he's roasting them I love how nice he is.

[@brandoncook3126]

🤣 he’s letting them do it to themselves honestly

[@toplobster1040]

0:46 Not very nice in my opinion 😬😅

[@Lord_Leech]

@@toplobster1040 he just could'nt believe what she said

[@mohammedashian8094]

Kill them with kindness I always say

[@vladimirlenin665]

He needs to learn history though

[@jscharlie2350]

These are the people who think "the Constitution is kind of trash"

[@mohamedbouga9771]

When you don't live in USA and you answered more questions than them 😂😂

[@006anastazir7]

I am not even surprised.

[@Mushr00mTea]

ANELE Clap

[@ComplexRealityMusic]

Most of the answers didn't surprise me, either. But the amount of people who thought Lincoln was a democrat made my jaw drop for a moment.

[@ComplexRealityMusic]

@@bengoodwin738 You've got a good point. The surprise was more about the fact that they just blurt out that he was a democrat, because they think republicans can't do good things, than about them not knowing the party allegiance.

[@thegreatgatsby8180]

Allahu akbarrrrrrrr.

[@simeonbaumel7293]

@Little Manlet Better than a sleazy & murderous con woman from Arkansas, and then New York.

[@TuddecBMW]

“Funny how things have changed” I don’t think they have

[@ocsspot]

The guy says.."Ironic how things have changed." He's using the "ironic" super wrong without knowing it. ))

[@Acts--wn9zq]

theOC _-. Nothing has changed. Many R don’t think of skin color. Human respect for others is what most republicans stand for.

[@GamerFish99]

In terms of who is voting for them it has. And freeing slaves was not a conservative move. Conservatism means sticking to tradidional institutions, and slavery was a tradidtional institution.

[@SyntheToonz]

Will should have started pointing out how things have changed... like which party opposed desegregation, which party opposed civil rights legislation... because not too much has changed since the 1860s except how much more innovatively covert the Democrats have become at keeping minorities down.

[@Jman1803]

meanwhile, democrats are still demonizing certain races but currently its white people

[@Trad63]

1. Pledge of allegiance 2. Moment of silence (prayer) 3. History 4. Finance 5. Life skills.

[@maureentuohy8672]

This is disgraceful. They didn’t know who the first President was, when the Declaration of Independence was signed???? What kind of job is being done in education!!!!! How are these people able to dress themselves???

[@thomasjames2352]

They don't mommy's get ta help them.

[@maxximal8958]

they are able to vote, isn't that sad?

[@SomethingSomethingg]

You have to remember that the uploader has an agenda and that he's only to feature the worst interviewees as if to say they represent the education system in America. There's millions of college students who could've answered all those questions correctly and I'm sure many he interviewed did answer them correctly too.

[@napa5235]

I'm not even American and I know more about american history than them '-'

[@thotslayer6946]

@@SomethingSomethingg sure. Unlike the video, you provide absolutely zero evidence of what you claim.

[@savannah82005]

And correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe it was a Democrat that shot and killed #16.

[@savannah82005]

Shae Tallent then maybe he prepaid for an indulgence.

[@rab6325]

also the parties switched ideologies in the 1900s, correct me if I'm wrong

[@savannah82005]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZDEaJeHjc6fedE I think if you TRULY understood the ideologies of both then and now you’d see things have remained very consistent.

[@katalbinson6562]

Rabih Siddiqui They switched bases, not ideology. The original ideology of the Democrats was soft left wing economics in a populist style. The Democrats were big-tent, and eventually Southern Democrats left for the Republican Party due to the Northern Democrats strong support for black civil rights. The Republicans of course supported black civil rights, but were more moderate on the issue. Since then segregation and support of left wing economics among these now Republicans has essentially gone extinct. Except the populism, with the Tea Party Movement and the 2016 election.

[@justanotherbaptistjew5659]

@Rabih Siddiqui Actually, they really didn’t. Many Republican Blacks switched over to Democrat to reap the benefits of the New Deal, which actually hurt them more than it helped them.

[@travis3995]

Ha I knew all the answers. Plus I knew the majority of them would say Obama is their favorite president. Although, the girl that said Andrew Jackson really surprised me but she has no idea who he is.

[@FireKnight.]

r/iamverysmart

[@markwilde183]

She got Andrew Jackson mixed up with Jesse Jackson. Yes, in her mind, Jesse Jackson was president because he hosted Saturday night live once.

[@abot4750]

German Vidal She was naming every president she knew, Jackson happened to be one of them

[@michaelphillips7750]

She likes Andrew Jackson and his 4 brothers especially Michael.

[@BunchyPanther42]

Ikr Jackson literally wanted slavery to stay in practice

[@jotaone]

That's embarassing. Even me, an Argentine living in Argentina, could answer to 90% of these questions.

[@lornesouthern4170]

“It isn't so much that liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so many things that aren't so.” Ronald Reagan

[@seeking_answers661]

Both are jew run so there both ignorant ahhahaha funny joke.

[@meettheoutlaw.8278]

That's why he was my favorite president.

[@thepineappleuniverse6285]

Oh the same one that was so ignorant about ecomics? hmmmmmmm

[@morenitomoreno1282]

Lorne Southern oh Reagan, the guy who sold weapons to Iran, the guy who called the Mujahideen "freedom fighters", the guy who changed California gun laws to make it harder for African Americans to get guns legally, the guy who let 200 us soldiers die in Lebanon, the guy who opposed US embargo on the Apartheid government? such a great guy

[@morenitomoreno1282]

Meet the Outlaw so you like amnesty for illegal immigrants?

[@andrewthompson9330]

We need serious reform to our history classes. Of all American studies, history is ranked the worst

[@ktown0173]

I just don't get how these people can be so stupid. I took a single year of US history and it covered all of this.

[@friendlyone2706]

In Jr high and high school I took a hit or class every year. With only 1 exception, history was taught by a coach who barely qualified, at least once did not legally qualif, as a history teacher.,

[@gulaagjamun]

That’s ironic because Republicans are the ones proposing to defund. public education. Florida governor just got rid of common core for example.

[@a.t.125]

@@gulaagjamun that's not ironic at all... wait... would your name happen to be Alanis?

[@frantabor315]

@@gulaagjamun Why support something such as common core with such poor results? I have yet to meet a teacher who likes it. the dedicated teachers I know hate it because it puts the focus on tests, not children.

[@edwardbeeloo8649]

I wish this was surprising

[@readyplayerone5220]

Very well said.

[@jeric0777]

@@bengoodwin738 Maybe you can make your own video where you find Democrats who get these questions right as a counter argument. No telling them beforehand like Hillary though. And no googling. Basically no cheating. If you are a Dem, I know that may seem like a foreign concept. As for editing, the fact that Will finds this many people at all who are this ignorant is a sad testament to not only public education, but the Democratic demographic. Maybe you can also make a video where you find ignorant young conservatives and ask them the same questions. It'll be harder because people usually become conservative after educating themselves, but you can give it a shot. Good luck!

[@jessn1017]

@@bengoodwin738 He did not say he was "filming" for 4 days, he said he was "talking" for 4 days, I believe because he was involved at CPAC (networking, explaining Prager U to those unfamiliar, etc.), as well as filming additional videos for the channel. He didn't take 4 days to film this one video.

[@Atreus21]

@@bengoodwin738 I'm a conservative and I agree with you. It's important that we see our opponents as people, not monsters.

[@svijj_]

Remember the famous joint Polish-German invasion of Vietnam?