Every President's Worst Mistake - Reaction (Part 1)

[@iammrbeat]

Thanks for reacting to my video Chris! Unbelievably, the video is now age-restricted. Hopefully your reaction to it won't get age-restricted, too. :(

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

I saw you mentioned that. That’s crazy! Great video as always.

[@professorwhat2704]

Sometimes, I hate KZbin. Good job on the content, Mr. Beat!

[@0boro]

The KZbin sedition act in action.

[@thefluffyyeti677]

Why on earth would this get age restricted

[@eagle_spangled_tricolor2073]

@@thefluffyyeti677 probably because it starts making people feel bad after Chester Arthur. Mr. Beat even said that we would lose faith in humanity.

[@abrahamlincoln937]

My worst mistake as president was allowing Andrew Johnson to be my running mate in 1864 instead of pushing for Hannibal Hamlin to be re-nominated as my running mate in 1864. Hannibal Hamlin would have been a much better president than Andrew Johnson.

[@zainmudassir2964]

You are a great President sir. Is it true you were planning to visit the Holy Land after retirement?

[@rogerroger9960]

I mean, his reasoning for Johnson was sound. In an effort to preserve the union. I don't think that actual choice of Johnson was bad. Sucks he became president though.

[@drewluczynski9609]

I’d say your real worst mistake was going out of the 14th

[@mkhedart0mt0avari]

It's a testament to why every President, when selecting their VP, should above all ask the question, "Is this the best person to carry out my vision and lead the country if I die?" I can understand why a candidate for President wouldn't want to consider that possibility, but if Lincoln had known he wasn't going to live through the rest of his term, would he still have gone with Johnson?

[@neuf1720]

It wasn’t committing treason by invading States that were still in the USA? Interesting.

[@ericbadertscher6978]

I love that while he and Mr. beat are friends, he’s not afraid to say that he disagrees with him.

[@theawesomeman9821]

well true friends are honest with each other but remain friends despite their differences.

[@person3538]

That's true friendship innit

[@demonslayer5122]

That's true friendship. Friends should be honest with each other about what they agree and don't agree on.

[@rickybrians5235]

I love how you and Matt’s friendship started from a reaction where you disagreed with a lot of what he said. Shows you don’t have to share the same beliefs to be friends.

[@painvillegaming4119]

You better have friends that disagree with you then yes man

[@rickybrians5235]

@@painvillegaming4119 Hope you have friends in general, bud. Go back to your little WWE game. I remember when I was nine. 😉

[@painvillegaming4119]

@@rickybrians5235 the ? Why you going after me because I play the game ? What the problem with playing a video game in 2022 Also what up with your response it more childish then mine

[@rickybrians5235]

@@painvillegaming4119 I mean you called me a yes man. Sorry lil dude I didn’t know that would touch one of your soft spots.

[@VideoMask93]

@@rickybrians5235 I don’t think that’s what he intended to say at all-spelling is important, though.

[@JoanieAdamms]

I cannot express enough what a reasonable haven this channel is. I returned back to you after a minor respite and my goodness, How much I respect and appreciate your Goodness and Reason Chris!

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Appreciate that, Joanie. And I always enjoy reading your comments.

[@jackmessick2869]

In a speech, Lincoln demanded Polk show the "spot where Mexico shed American blood on American soil." After that speech, Lincoln's nickname in the House was "Spot."

[@mattm7798]

The thing I don't understand is why it's sometimes ok for America to expand but not others. Throughout history, the strong country conquers the weaker one. Why is it only sometimes ok?

[@geenkaas6380]

@@mattm7798 It is ok if you do it it is bad if somebody else does that

[@corsojames]

​@@mattm7798 it's kinda contradictory, but in the age of imperialism it was perfectly fine to buy land from other countries, like the Louisiana Purchase and the US buying Alaska. It was also generally okay to annex foreign colonies from other strong (or stronger) countries after you defeat them in a war, like the Dutch stealing the East Indies (now Indonesia) from the Portuguese, or the US taking Cuba and the Philippines from Spain. Asia and Africa were seen as free real estate, nobody cared. It was much more controversial and frowned upon worldwide to declare war on your neighbors and annex their territory, like the Mexican-American war, the Franco-German War with Alsace-Lorraine, what the Japanese were doing leading up to World War 2, and what the Soviets were doing before, during, and after World War 2

[@bbrathizza2075]

The problem with reaction channels is their lack of “add on” to the actual video.. you actually provide information, that makes it worth watching… that’s why I love VTH

[@StevelyBruckShut]

Definitely. Reaction videos are the lowest form of content creation. This man elevated it, definitely set the new standard for it

[@nathan9901]

@@StevelyBruckShut definitely. This man's video lengths are nearly double that of the original's. That's how you know it's good!

[@theraven268]

@@nathan9901 Those "reactions" are quite literally not reactions and should be relabeled as leech-actions. Reactions should be transformative, it is actually in copyright law even.

[@lampcrow5453]

Name a more iconic pair of enemies than Mr. Beat and tariffs

[@Avatar1977]

Chris and He Who Must Not Be Named

[@insightfulhistorian1861]

Goku and Vegeta

[@painvillegaming4119]

@@Avatar1977 Sherman and Atlanta Jackson and the bank

[@orwellboy1958]

Glad you're home safe and sound, mate. Thanks for teaching this English man so much about American history.

[@samthesuspect]

I love You guys, videos with both of you are really great, proving that smart people on both sides of the aisle can not only get along but capable of collaborating.

[@SocialCreditScore]

So which one is on which side of the aisle? I'm not too familiar with Vlogging Through History and Mr Beat isn't too far either way

[@samthesuspect]

@@SocialCreditScore I would consider Mr. Beat Democrat, not center left, nor far left but a vocal traditional Democrat, and then of course we have Vlogging through history who is center right. Though both of them do keep it professional, but Mr. B is obviously a Democrat, I think someone would find it much more difficult to make that distinction about Chris and being a republican.

[@professorwhat2704]

Glad you got to this one quickly. I've been looking forward to this reaction since the original dropped.

[@person3538]

I just had a really bad couple of hours. As bad as it might sound, I was very close to smacking someone to sovngarde. I've had some issues with anxiety, stress and even anger recently and you and your channel have helped me more than anything. Thank you ♥️

[@rich355]

22:00 If I had to guess, I think Mr. Beat is hypothesising that the era of Monroe was still early enough to prevent a big enough divide to prevent the civil war hence his issue with Monroe and the Missouri compromise, whereas Zachary Taylor made his anti slavery stance at the point where the civil war was almost inevitable and made tensions even higher. In short, too little too late. I wouldn't necessarily agree with that premise but I think it makes rational sense.

[@wally2gen]

yes . also already backtracking on a settle compromise must’ve heightened tensions as they weren’t upholding their end of the bargain

[@Xalvadore505]

I think the two most to blame are Madison and, to a lesser extent, Washington. In the early 1800's, Madison, when he was secretary, convinced Washington to basically stay neutral on slavery and Madison later got the international slave trade ended while motioning for the federal government to stop talking about slavery, which was too little to actually affect slavery in the States, establishing a precedent that the federal government wouldn't try to mess with slavery for a long time, and ensured that slavery could never end before it became worth fighting a war over to the South

[@SamWinchester000]

Very interesting comment from you! This was really nice to learn about.

[@malboyqt]

VTH is like the history teacher I always wanted.

[@CocoCece08]

Right? (sits with notebook in lap and pen in hand) Ready to go!

[@tamiwatchesstuff]

I absolutely agree. Most history teachers were so dry in their teaching style in school. They need to be more like both of these vloggers.

[@Briosification]

This is one of your best videos. Its really interesting to see two people having reasonable disagreements discussing american history.

[@boopdino8053]

Exactly! What i love about this channel and its community is how thoughtful,respectful and reasonable everything is.

[@brianhobaugh]

Very refreshing to see!

[@demonslayer5122]

I mean... Hey. They're friends after all. True friends are honest with each other about what they agree and don't agree on.

[@juggs5816]

Been watching you for a long time now. I always enjoyed history in school and whatnot, but you sir over the years has made me a history fanatic. I work in computers, but I am going back to school to get a history degree as well just because of you. Thanks man you inspired me!

[@theYT_moderator]

I have been hooked on your videos lately. Excellent work mate! 👏

[@topoisomerace]

You do a great job with your reactions, providing the right amount of commentary and respecting the creator's content.

[@aegan9798]

An interesting fact i just found out was that Ulysses S Grant met up with Otto von Bismarck in 1878 in Berlin during Grant’s world tour. They talked about the civil war. Fascinating to discover how these two influential figures crossed paths.

[@everburn]

That's hella interesting.

[@petarpoljak6918]

@@everburn He was also the first president to have met the English monarch a.k.a Queen Victoria on June 26 1877.

[@painvillegaming4119]

2 forces of nature meeting damn

[@Seabass1214]

What a perfect time for a break at work, nothing better than watching your videos, they're always stellar. I do not know if you still welcome comment suggestions for series, but if so The Animated History of Poland by Suibhne is excellent, especially since it covers in decent depth an under appreciated country's history.

[@forgottenfamily]

One of the big problems with hanging the slavery around Washington's neck was they had just ended a round of debates on slavery when they negotiated the Constitution. It is entirely understandable that you'd move on to other problems next. The country needs to be formed, still.

[@danielmacdonald9287]

I kinda like how Garfield's biggest mistake was essentially dying. Says a lot about how good of a guy he was and how great he could've been as a president if he had stayed in longer.

[@stephenparker6362]

Hi, Chris, its good to have you back. Looking forward to your European content, I hope there is a lot. I've learned so much about US history since I've been subscribed , although thinking about it I've learned a fair amount about British history as well.

[@justinbrutchen3811]

Great to see you're back! Love your work!

[@steveclarke6257]

Chris, did you film more of your visit to the British Museum, it may interest people if you did a video on your opinion of more of the artefacts like Rosetta stone, Parthenon Marbles and the Sutton Hoo helmet.

[@breannaculler9259]

5:14 and here we are, 226 years later, and the Aliens Enemies Act has made its return 🙃

[@voyeur4youtubers264]

Why shy away from hypotheticals in history? 'What could have been' is one of my favorite things about history!

[@TrekBeatTK]

I often wonder about if the Kennedy Nixon debates weren’t televised. Actually, similar issues happened with Trump and Clinton. Maybe we should just stick to radio.

[@samhunt9361]

This is going to be fun. I couldn't imagine you doing this a year ago, but I guess after the shaprio reaction, the sky's the limit. Edit: I get what you're saying on Washington, but there isn't much to nail him on, honestly.

[@robertsears8323]

To bad this list is backwards on a lot of things. Like how they try and say the Alien abd Sedition act is bad when in fact it is the best law ever.

[@historywithaugust]

@@robertsears8323 the Alien and Sedition Act is one of the worst and most damaging laws passed in the history of our country. It was an attack on the 1st Amendment.

[@robertsears8323]

@@historywithaugust No it was and still is absolutely perfect. The only way it could be better is if it had a LOT more power. And NO it in no way went against the first Amendment. The law was made to protect the nation from people that have no right being in America. I just wish the law had way more power so we could get rid of all the evil thugs like you. Things like you have NO right being in the only good country on earth.

[@samhunt9361]

@@robertsears8323 What? How?

[@TrekBeatTK]

@@robertsears8323 i actually don’t hate the alien acts. The sedition act does directly contradict the constitution so it has to go, but It should be noted that Adams did it because his own VP was talking trash about him. Doesn’t justify it, but does make you wonder could or should something be done about that?

[@TheSlayerking666]

The idea of grant writing his book in the amount of pain he was in is a inspiration and the amount of Will and strength it took it's just inspiring to me improves that if you have the strength you can do

[@wade_says]

Love the content keep it coming! One of the best YT channels period

[@jackmessick2869]

Garfield: Is this where "Ignorance is Bliss" comes from? 😂

[@David-fm6go]

14:00 I agree with your point here. And it's my biggest pet peeve with Mr. Beat. It's fine to be for free trade. The problem is the reflexive dogmatism and also when people make this free trade = educated, protectionist = stupid dynamic. A lot of smart Presidents were diehard protectionists. Yes their are negatives to protectionism and it's less efficient but even so their are negatives to free trade and these are more perilous when a country is relatively weak. I think you can look at a given situation and your country's needs and make a cost-benefit calculation based on the context and if happens that protectionism is appropriate then I don't have a problem with it.

[@barno2]

I was hoping you’d react to this one while I watched, always love you and Mr beat together two of my favorites! Welcome back

[@HateTheGameTX]

My 8th great grandfather was a Cherokee from northern Georgia that survived the Trail of Tears and fought with the Union during the Civil War. His name was Peacheater Eagle. The Peace family in Tahlequah, originally from original Cherokee lands, are also kin.

[@denk2250]

Awesome name

[@CodyChepa88]

Watching. Part 2 after I finish this one . Keep up the great work 👍

[@kJD3.14]

Just blurted out Alec Baldwin for Fillmore and now I’ll never be able to unsee that lol

[@DerekWitt]

And Andrew Johnson looks like Tommy Lee Jones. :)

[@robin_nohood2515]

21:55 i think mr beat maybe means that even tho the law was bad, at that time it would have been better to follow the bad law instead of rising tensions by trying to get rid of it (i do not know a lot about this part of history so i could be wrong with my interpretation)

[@noahhamel6689]

Lincoln’s worst mistake should have been making Andrew Johnson his VP

[@Zachattack1212]

Good to see you back Chris

[@zzzkoszzz]

George Washingtons biggest mistake should have been something he actually did or would have even bothered with. He could have at least attempted to play up something on the Whiskey Rebellion.

[@emberfist8347]

And if I remember right, the Constitution had a end date for the slave trade so that should have been the end of slavery once it hit that date.

[@ryanhodgetts]

Hearing at 31:05 how there was little change in the lives of slaves honestly almost makes me cry cause thats terrifying and I guess I never really knew that

[@liamreilley7986]

Another great reaction Chris

[@ronswinford4952]

Welcome back hope you had a good trip.

[@wearewick7267]

Again great commentary really interesting.

[@boas7742]

If you count anything then Woodrow Wilson’s worst mistake was running for president

[@emberfist8347]

No his worst mistake would have been trying to put the League of Nations as part of the Treaty of Versailles and having Congress need to require both to be passed as one. If America joined the League, it would have been his biggest accomplishment as it was a concept that could work and have avoided World War II if he got America to join. But the isolationist didn’t like it was a rider onto a peace treaty which is why it failed.

[@TheFedGuy]

24:50 Ironic that a Southern President fought alongside Northern interests while a Northern President fought alongside Southern interests on the issue of slavery.

[@akidnamedtroy]

You just provided the best analysis of why the civil war happened in your explanation with Franklin pierce than I have ever received in any school. Thank you sir

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

For Rutherford B. Hayes This is one reason that I find Democracy being a double-edged sword Giving the people a voice in government decisions is fine & dandy. But half of the time, we civilians do more harm than good It's 50/50 Sometimes, we citizens know what's best for ourselves But when it comes to making laws, enforcing them & making sure things happen. We should leave it to the Government in most cases Why were the American people against reconstruction? I haven't done much research on that. But when today's people talk about Hayes (for those who even remember that he was President) sacrificing the blacks in the south for a compromise. They need to understand something Like you pointed out Weather it was Hayes or Samuel, Reconstruction was going to end The American people of the time wanted it to end When in reality, we should've continued to occupy the South until black people were fully integrated into society. It's this stuff & the stuff that happens in the early to mid-20th century that leads to today's activists bitching about racism still. Even though, I'm 1,000% sure. That the black population of 1877 would be praising God for the progress they had made if they saw the progress we've made today. Yes, you have your current race hustlers who want to keep slavery & racism on everyone's minds. But let's be honest here The black community of today are privileged in many aspects, that the black communities of the 19th & 20th centuries could only DREAM of Had we stayed in the South, yes there was a scare about a second Civil War, but come on guys. What the hell was the South going to fight with? They had nothing left in 1865, what would the difference be only 12 years later? It might've been rough but we definitely could've surpressed a second southern rebellion if that happened Democracy doesn't always work in the case of the 1877 Compromise. And if I'm correct, the USA is not a Democracy, we are a Constitutional Republic

[@curtiswfranks]

I am in full agreement with you on Garfield. Us northeastern Ohioans need to rep our home boy.

[@CABRALFAN27]

If you're ever in the mood for more alternate history content, one very good but fairly obscure creator that's recently gotten into that sort of thing is Fredda. In particular, I think you'd like his "What If Korea Was Left Alone?" video.

[@serafine666]

35:15 I might be remembering incorrectly, but wasn't there an incident around Hayes' election where it came down to a razor-thin vote margin and Southern commissioners deciding who should get the votes offered to fix the totals in return for an agreement to end Reconstruction?

[@CreepingHistory]

I’ve been looking forward to this!

[@salamangreatscarlett1434]

I'm gonna be honest when you were talking about presidents who were in the CSA. I knew john Tyler. Pretty much everyone who studied CSA history knew that. When you said "he-who-must-not-be-named" I was like "who is that?????????? Like what other president was in the CSA". Then you showed your wilson shirt and I was like "OH that bad dude. I forgot he saw Jefferson Davis on the run and stuff. I kinda forget Woodrow Wilson exists" can you blame me on forgetting that he exists?

[@DerekWitt]

24:00 The mural, Tragic Prelude, vividly portrays the results of the infamous Kansas-Nebraska Act. In fact, it took Kansas 4 attempts at a constitution. LeCompton is billed as being where slavery began to die. Ironically, the LeCompton Constitution (2nd attempt) would have allowed slavery. The Leavenworth Constitution (3rd attempt) was much worse. Thankfully we ended up with the Wyandotte Constitution, which is still in effect today.

[@KinsellaHistory]

American history is short compared to the history of countries in Europe but still its so fascinating.

[@AnthonyRizzuti]

It’s hard for me to consider the Mexican-American war as a mistake, at least through the lense of American politics in the 1800’s. Adding territory roughly 1/3 the size of your current land area, winning a military campaign against a large adversary, achieving the goal of manifest destiny and establishing firm holds on the pacific coast. I know that nowadays if fashionable to say that all wars of conquest are inherently bad, but if Polk hadn’t instigated a war the United States would be significantly smaller, less influential, and would ultimately be a radically different country then it is today, and I think the inclusion of all that new territory is one of the most beneficial events in US history next to the Louisiana Purchase and the Alaskan Purchase.

[@painvillegaming4119]

If people talk about conquest nowadays I understand but back in the day like get off the n Hight horse the world 100 years ago completely and utterly different than today

[@emberfist8347]

@@painvillegaming4119 The issue of course with hating on conquest is that it is called presentism. A historian shouldn’t be assigning modern day values to people or actions from before their time. I feel the same way about the War of 1812 being Madison’s mistake as it was ultimately a US win as we got impressment to end despite the official ending being status quo antebellum

[@painvillegaming4119]

@@emberfist8347 of course there is a line That even by there times standard was viewed badly

[@brianlampert5797]

19:17 Wilson was elected to the confederate Congress? Wasn’t he only 6 years old when the civil war broke out?

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Listen again. That isn’t what I said. I was talking about John Tyler.

[@brianlampert5797]

@@VloggingThroughHistory my mistake, I thought the “one of two presidents” comment was directed toward election, but I see you directed that at being citizens of the confederate states of America. Dumb mistake on my part, but at least comments are good for the KZbin algorithm. Always enjoy your insights in your videos

[@cggc9510]

The back and forth of slavery in the early constitution days has always fascinated me. The slave states wanted to own people and consider them property. They were for states rights, but were upset when their property ran away and another state didn't want to automatically send them back, which was the second state's right not to do so. They also considered slaves property but also people for population counting. I can understand the logic of owning slaves and considering them property, but not the logic of owning slaves and considering them people too. They can't be both. If they are, then all of the horses and cows in the north should have been counted on the census. It was like all logic left their brains and they were stuck in a never ending paradoxical loop. So, I would have loved to be a fly on the wall back then during some of these discussions. It would be even better than Supreme Court popcorn.

[@Longshanks1690]

I think Matt’s point is that during the Missouri Compromise, it was still possible for the issue of slavery to have been pushed back on without necessarily leading to civil war but by the 1850 Compromise, it was too late to take a hard stance so if Monroe had taken decisive action then, the civil war could have been prevented. I don’t agree and, in hindsight, it seems an armed conflict over the matter was the only solution. And while understandable, no President was capable of doing anything more than kicking the can down the road. It was either take a hard stance and face southern rebellion or placate them so a future president has to make that choice, I don’t see any realistic circumstance where someone could have masterminded the genius compromise that ends slavery without sparking war.

[@emberfist8347]

I doubt that it could have avoided a war. Even gradual emancipation would likely lead to the Civil War.

[@TopJackomatic]

Love these vids

[@binyominsilverman1592]

29:03 I would have also suggested General Order No. 22 as one of those things that people under Lincoln did, but Lincoln corrected as soon as he found out about it.

[@insightfulhistorian1861]

He also suspended habeas corpus. That's a pretty big vice

[@Press1ForSummon]

After learning about the civil war my entire life, I never thought about the expansion of slavery through the eyes of the south like you explained it around 25:10. Great stuff.

[@scottwill19]

Wasn’t the deportation oversaw but Van Buren during the year without a summer due to that Indonesian volcano that exploded? Someone correct me if I’m wrong but I’m pretty sure it happened during Van Buren’s tenure.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

You mean Krakatoa? That was in 1883 during Arthur’s administration.

[@austinnpruneda3629]

Who can say, Indonesian volcanoes are always going off. The one what caused the "Year without Summer" was mt Tambora, in 1815-16 I believe, so about twenty years before can buren's term

[@scottwill19]

@@VloggingThroughHistory just looked it up, it was actually Mount Tambora. But that happened in 1815. So well before Van Buren.

[@fenrirofink8039]

I love all the content. But i cant wait for that serie about napoleons marshalls

[@One_vile_gt]

Crazy fact here John Tyler’s grandson is still alive…

[@doc_adams8506]

Van Buren, known in Florida as Van Broken, spent over thirty million dollars to remove the Seminoles from the Everglades, which he never accomplished, when the national budget was only four million dollars. Ouch!

[@bloonstowerdefender]

I will say, generally speaking, I don't really like reaction content. Even history reaction content is all like w000ooww. But I like you because you have things to add in. So props to that

[@MikeyBAmazing]

I would like to see Mr. Beat and V.T. History have some friendly debates on historical topics. Would make for great viewing.

[@PinkNinjaKick]

If Lincoln did indeed arrest someone for singing a confederate song, that’d be inexcusably hypocritical. Lincoln often had the Dixie anthem player at the White House because he enjoyed it so much.

[@chrisj.9882]

Lincoln's worst mistake? Naming Andrew Johnson his running mate in 1864. I get why he did it, but wow did that ever work out poorly.

[@nwj03a]

I think a lot of the ones you objected to come down to “gotta pick something”. If you have to pick your worst decision in any given period of time, one of them has to get picked… even if it wasn’t a bad decision at all (or at least ambiguous).

[@aidans3888]

I love that reveal of your Woodrow Wilson shirt 😂😂

[@garyfrancis7692]

Please do more of Mr Beats vids because I can’t listen to him exclusively. Mr Beats is an ideologue and ignores reality. I tried but it is hard. Your grounded assessment of events makes these videos enjoyable. Thanks

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

Same. I'm not a fan of judging historical figures by today's standards and Mr Beat doing it, especially when slavery was legal, irks the schmidt out of me.

[@seanjoness9311]

Shall we all refer to Wilson as ‘he who shall not be named’

[@samrevlej9331]

"The Dark Lord" works too.

[@wwciii]

After the videos on the Congress of Vienna, I have been reading Vienna 1814 by David King. I can highly reccommend it for seeing far more than short video's can possibly do.

[@big8dog887]

When Mr. Beat's original came up a couple days ago, I thought, "There's VTH's next reaction." Called that one.

[@nicbahtin4774]

Polk decision to provoke a war would be a mistake only if he had lost.

[@DW7139]

Great video!

[@ShelleyJaneK]

you know someone is a Good Historian and when they can openly and humbly say “I don’t have enough knowledge on this topic to express an opinion on it”

[@DovahFett]

I'd say that in retrospect Lincoln's worst mistake was taking on Johnson as his VP. He would have been better off choosing someone who's views were more closely aligned with his own. Johnson's unexpected presidency ruined the momentum of Reconstruction efforts, and if someone like Grant had instead taken the reigns immediately after Lincoln's death, that momentum would have been preserved. Who's to say how _long_ it would have lasted, but I think it would have probably lasted longer than it historically did.

[@spuckler2965]

This is objectively true - but Lincoln had no idea he was going to be assassinated. Otherwise it’s a smart move to put such a man in an almost purely symbolic position - in retrospect it’s easy to say he went too far trying to appeal to the south but I think in another timeline where Lincoln wasn’t assasinated we’d be saying its admirable

[@jamesearly8518]

Did Grant really talk about his actions during Reconstruction in his memoirs? I seem to recall that the memoirs end after his narration of the Civil War. I don't recall him talking much, if at all, about his presidency.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Yeah, you are right, I read his memoirs and Chernow’s biography at around the same time and I was confusing the two

[@dennist.8210]

J Quincy was too smart for that time era. His ideas regarding advanced infrastructure were thought to be fantasy and unachievable.

[@Slimshaggy__]

16:45 I didn’t know that he continued the trail of tears after Andrew Jackson left. I only thought Jackson did it

[@darvish2012]

25:13 Pierce.

[@aznluvr7]

Mexican American war, even if it was wrong-headed, was no mistake. It worked out great, as did the Spanish American war.

[@emberfist8347]

The Mexican American was wrong headed because of presentist outlooks.

[@kerraptregolls4929]

did not work well for the dead, tortured and those who lost everything.

[@aznluvr7]

@@kerraptregolls4929 World War II didn't work out great for the dead, tortured and those who lost everything, but I'm sure glad we stopped the Nazis and Japan.

[@RDA000]

The Mexican American war can't be called a mistake when it so greatly increased American power at little cost

[@emberfist8347]

It is a case of presentism. It is seen as bad now because it is seen as wrong to take enemy territory but back then it was common and accepted.

[@JumpinJack14]

4:47 And you thought Abraham Lincoln was close to being a dictator.

[@riane3100]

Will we get a reaction on The Operations Room's (semi)new series on Iwo Jima and Battle of the Bulge?

[@robertocortes1386]

i am a great fan of your videos, the history of the world is someting i love to study, if you someday make a video about history of México my country it would be great

[@Slamming163]

Would love to see you react to some videos regarding the post war treatment of African Americans in the south

[@darthcalanil5333]

I think with the Missouri Compromise he meant the part about drawing a line on a map to say where future slave/non slave is allowed, and not about admitting the two states themselves. This is because later with the 1850 one, the south was arguing that under the Missouri line they were entitled to expand there, but them getting denied that which was previously agreed on pushed the south closer to breaking away.

[@mikehunt368]

you should make a whole video on #45 🤣 it’d be an hour long but i’d watch and laugh, sadly.

[@David-fm6go]

7:34 The Embargo act was very devastating to the economy as it was constituted and decimated trade. However, a nationalist counter argument can be made that by blocking off British imports for a number of years gave American textile startups the breathing space to get started without being drowned by the great mills of Manchester and Liverpool.

[@Ghostkilla773]

Laughing at the president's biggest mistake was dying so short in office

[@kevinnaber790]

John Adams was stuck in a difficult situation with Britain still having strong forces in Canada and French nationals actively recruiting forces and encouraging militias to attack Canada as Britain was attacking the young French Republic and supplying pro-monarchy revolts and many viewed France as the saviors in the American Revolution and as partners in the ideas of self governance. America was not ready for a war, and Britain would likely consider attacks by American citizens as a direct act of war regardless of denials or condemnation by the American government.

[@walker68175]

Henry Harrison's biggest mistake was drinking water 💀💀💀

[@krispiebacon1937]

Good to see someone else know he most likely died of the drinking water and not the coat myth.

[@Ghostkilla773]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Zuthica]

I wonder if Washington freeing his slaves would have been as divisive before the cotton gin gets invented.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Interesting point

[@johnmcmanus2447]

Probably would've still been fairly divisive. I mean, tobacco plantations were still a thing, right? Weren't they more in Virginia?

[@Zuthica]

@@johnmcmanus2447Yeah that's a good point. The country was also building a ton of railroads at the time as well and I'm sure a lot of the guys doing that work might not have been properly compensated for their work shall we say.

[@arubberduckey3984]

Literally as soon as he started talking about Washington and how he should have supported freeing the slave. I literally thought the exact same as you did.

[@emberfist8347]

I was thinking that the Founders already had set an end date for the slave trade and believed slavery would end soon after they were no longer being imported. They were wrong, but they didn’t know that.

[@airborneofficer2640]

One problem with the Dawes roll, was a lot of people didn’t want to register themselves, which is something one of my ancestors did. She didn’t want anyone to know her past and changed her name, I wish I knew more about her

[@Madeline_Mahoney_25]

for the Washington one i think our country was still very young to get something like that passed so I'm not surprised that George washington did not do anything about it also 2 fun fact about andrew jackson 1. he was pretty cheap when it came to his house he made his house fancy in the front entrence but not on the back (also im talking about the outside not the inside) 2. he had a pet parrot and at his funeral the parrot just started cursing so they had to bring it back inside the house