Gilded Age Politics: Crash Course US History #26

[@serenaschramm9212]

Ah yes, Late-night cramming the day before the APUSH exam is a most joyous pass time in which sleep eludes you and the feeling of unpreparedness slips away in a bought a euphoria as you listen to the melodious voice of John Green.

[@StormDragon771]

Oh, so hating Congress is traditional.

[@2afault]

Yeah, if you don't hate Congress, you're not a true American.

[@jazzyw69]

John Green is now officially my favorite person. His books have all the feels and because of his videos I got my first A on my APUSH test yesterday🎉

[@stephen.]

Jasmine Washington Lucky you 💀💀

[@bennygoodmanisgod]

Jasmine Washington god bless you

[@macidismuke4326]

... I DEADASS FORGOT HE WROTE BOOKS!! I read all of them a few years ago and then high school hit i I replaced John green fiction with John green crash course

[@claramelb7476]

Maci Dismuke 🤣🤣🤣

[@tjs8433]

This sounds weird but sometimes when I feel overwhelmed I'll go back and watch these old US history videos, John is such a great guy and I originally watched these at a much simpler time in my life

[@catietroy5999]

I'm gonna fail my SAQ on this tomorrow bc I'm reading the comments vs actually watching the video 😔

[@skateboardturtle]

Did you fail?

[@gigantoros]

only 1890's kids will get this video.

[@jaytankson6555]

If there are people still alive from 1890 I applaud them.

[@2afault]

Nah I think the last one died in April of last year.

[@HattieMcDanielonaMoon]

@@2afault :(

[@fatimamagana2686]

Only they can relate

[@xxskyenebulaxx7385]

Maybe my 102 year old uncle would get it...maybe?...

[@BelieberEmilyAnn]

hello fellow APUSH crammers..

[@TheShannon900]

Hi!!!!!

[@AlphaWolf096]

Emily VanDerEems hello! lol My teacher was on maternity leave for the portion on the years of the Gilded Age and Western Expansion, so.....yay for making low-production quality/budget documentaries? Anyway....I really need this video

[@blitzkrieg1785]

+AlphaWolf098 p

[@iTANKuUP]

Surprisingly I had to do this for APWH.

[@bum9125]

+Emily VanDerEems hELLO ME TOOOO

[@a.a.6552]

This is such a great boon as a supplemental educational resource, that is neither dry nor boring. Thanks CC team for creating such an entertaining, informative, and enjoyable series of educational videos for the knowledge-enthusiasts in a manner that enhances our joy of learning !

[@crashcourse]

If only I could grow a beard, I could triple my electoral power. -stan

[@cheerslads]

Less than 12 hours until the APUSH test and here I am

[@andrewsmith3014]

cheers lads lol

[@faithpendergrass9104]

me too man... me too

[@rosiebird2750]

Same here

[@krustykrabpizza7077]

For me it's less than two hours :)

[@nydiabrown4725]

i have the aice test in 27 minutes. and here i am. listening to this at 1.5x speed

[@davidcleary7587]

Watching this series has helped me appreciate how recent all of these events and changes have taken place. The causes and effects feel obviously connected to my life in a way I couldn't appreciate before. All of this makes me incredibly excited and terribly nervous for the not yet written history of our nation and the world.

[@nikko4k]

I've found watching many Crash Course US History episodes in a row is actually really depressing...

[@a2mann]

Nikko Kelaidis Yep. I for the most part agree with the idea of not holding a group responsible for the actions of their forefathers... But if you are white & can watch all of these & not feel any hint of “Well that was WRONG,” then I fully agree with the idea there is something wrong with you.

[@aidananastario9824]

It's that time again ... John Green rakes in a few million dollars cuz of ap cramming

[@Kevbro]

"Suppose you have a US history test, and you only have a day left to study for it. But I repeat myself."

[@markinzhirov1773]

One hour?

[@emilya8414]

I hate that that's literally me rn

[@briannamarzan9026]

2 hours before 😌

[@noahbauer4705]

brianna danae 1 hour remains

[@kleihysaj6920]

brianna danae 1 hour before

[@Shamu-sr4nq]

What? No, my AP test isn't tomorrow and I'm not doing last minute studying!

[@adnandesai657]

+ShamuGamesAndStuff Hell yeah it is. Good Luck though

[@ArushiSharmacr7]

me rn

[@lemanyakubova1]

literally me

[@scorpionbrains]

Bruh i have a huge exam tmrw and nervous

[@nikkitrip2896]

ShamuG don't worry, nothing has changed, I'm not doing the same thing right now

[@Eclipse-ed9ky]

I can attest that APUSH students are still watching these videos the night before the test.

[@cutelilly1000vedios]

Eclipse *3 hours before

[@Eclipse-ed9ky]

anilla_md SAME

[@GAby9793]

1st semester review crammed into 26 videos. thanks john & crash course team, you guys are the best you have no idea how fun & helpful these are!

[@孙明亮-w8z]

I don't live in US, but I LOVE history. And I have one question: what the hell is an AP test?

[@ethanbaker2802]

+孙明亮 It is a test for Advanced Placement classes. They are sponsered by "The College Board" and are considered the highest level of classes in American high schools. At the end of the class you take a test to determine how well you did in the class.

[@simpreadmelora]

You also earn college credit if you score high enough. Essentially you're taking a college class in high school.

[@RustyNinja100]

AP test stands for Armor-Piercing, and if you pay attention to American News you know how well Armor-Piercing ammunition does in the classrooms

[@lymbopurgatum1235]

+孙明亮 Advanced placement. Im in AP everything. Im also homeschooled.

[@jadescott2966]

+Yoko Bongo you have to pay for yours?😤

[@kelseyrebecca]

This is seriously one of my favorite era's of American history. I spent my senior year with my interdisciplinary party hat on discussing the Art, Economics, and Social history (three different seminars!) of this era, so it was great to touch on the politics that I didn't quite get to delve into. Plus I absolutely LOVE political cartoons! Great episode, one of my favorites.

[@bucca2]

NO, I AM NOT STUDYING FOR APUSH!!! I AM WATCHING THIS FOR LEISURE.

[@paul_chandler3082]

Same

[@chikeezebilo6545]

Same and I'm not even an American citizen

[@biggusdickus1792]

+Chike Ezebilo American history is rather chaotic isn't it?

[@chikeezebilo6545]

KingPsychoZ I think the more detailed and untarnished it is, the more chaotic it will be. So it's a rather good thing

[@biggusdickus1792]

Chike Ezebilo it's also Intersting as hell too.

[@crashcourse]

The Lonely Director is Nick, who works on Crash Course Sciences with Hank. -stan

[@ayseguvenilir1805]

"That leaves the Supreme Court untainted, but don't worry, the Dred Scott Decision is worth at least, like, eighty years of tainting."

[@jamesrpascoe]

"80 years of tainting" . . . there are two ways to read that

[@MarvelousSeven]

@@jamesrpascoe mmm... go on...

[@T25de]

thanks for producing these crashcourse videos guys!

[@Roenazarrek]

I vote that the word sombrerro should be replaced by "interdisciplinary party hat"

[@FanKiyoshi]

non

[@elroyscout]

I second the motion

[@ourladypeace3]

Good idea because sombrero literally just means “hat”

[@sweetermeow]

2020 APUSH students are crying rn

[@taisstea7306]

Good luck on this test 😭

[@kayleenewcomer1048]

@@taisstea7306 Let's pray it's a topic we don't all loathe

[@Chloe-xz9ow]

You know it

[@jessicaenn3254]

I like the reference to The Outsiders. "Stay gold Ponyboy... uhhh, I mean America."

[@Malthius]

+Jessica Quinn The Outsiders is an excellent and very saddening book.

[@jessicaenn3254]

That is true. It's probably one of my all time favorite books. But on the note of Crash Course, thanks for refreshing my memory on APUSH for my midterm.

[@jessicaenn3254]

Same. When I first read it with my class, I wasn't too interested. But I went back a while later and was absorbed.

[@jessicaenn3254]

It was very interesting. I feel like the movie adaptation was one of the few book-movie renditions that didn't butcher the book.

[@Malthius]

+Pranav Sukumaran Actually, I read it all the way back in Middle School, ah, good memories.

[@114Freesoul]

Fun fact: In "The Wizard of Oz" the cowardly lion is a representation of a single person - William J. Bryan, as opposed to allusions to whole classes (Scarecrow - farmers, Tin Man - industrial workers and such)

[@Muszy]

I think we currently live in the second gilded age.

[@crashcourse]

It's how I roll. Villainous. -stan

[@daman6618]

CrashCourse hey

[@saman9291]

john green is legit my favorite person rn

[@RM1Sammy]

Tbh thank god for this series... I'm cramming for my APUSH final so much

[@minimooster7258]

What is APUSH? I don't live in America...

[@RM1Sammy]

+minimooster it stands for Advanced Placement U.S. History

[@benpitts7550]

AP US History test tomorrow, let the cram session begin. You're videos help immensely.

[@elizabethhogan1610]

George Plunkett and Boss Tweed are the first people quoted on this show who talk like normal people.

[@ilikemovies22]

We all know why we're here.

[@ItzJustSharp]

Not for apush. I’m here for the knowledge

[@benkoskinen3871]

To learn about US history because the only thing I learned in my country about the US is that it gained independence in 1776... which doesn't tell me ANYTHING about what happened after that.

[@checkpng]

Quarantine

[@arjunbaweja7755]

iLikeMovies so I can be ungrounded

[@slhteacher5852]

I couldn't figure out how to start my own comment, but YOU SIR, are a genius! You fit so much information in to your presentations. I use your videos in my class all the time. Thank you.

[@RubixCubist]

He should've shaved off their hair so he could get in a 4th vote!

[@WanquanLoot]

+stevensays1 then his pubes for vote #5

[@RubixCubist]

Wanquan Loot oh boy

[@jorenvanderark3567]

+Wanquan Loot then put o glasses for vote 6.

[@nathenhutchison6182]

The sad thing is that I could actually do this in the next election, and it would still work.

[@timmij7198]

@@enteal r/woooosh

[@soarinskies1105]

Your videos really help me study for my history college course thank you :)

[@laquishaheart8676]

Watching all the crash course videos the night before the test and still hoping to pass. Lol. I'm an awful student.

[@bennygoodmanisgod]

La Quisha Heart you chose the right guy to learn from

[@scorpionbrains]

Same

[@amandaspeaks5076]

worked for me for ap world 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️😂😂

[@melodies_of_stars]

You and me both

[@scottylilacleona9193]

And now my love for twain has increased. Seriously, the man was awesome.

[@stephanietorres7842]

When you have to write an essay about the Gilden age tomorrow for APUSH 😅🙌🏻

[@stephanietorres7842]

Same I have mine May 6, and im kinda nervous. :T

[@stephanietorres7842]

Luckyy, the test was okay when I took it about a month and a half ago.

[@longliveplanetawesome3223]

More like "When you have to write an essay about the Gilded Age that's due in > 30 minutes (SOMEBODY HELP ME!!!)"

[@margauxh9592]

A BIG THANK YOU FROM FRANCE ! Very instructive videos !

[@cheezeyman0495]

Corruption and 2016. Wow, history repeats itself again!

[@cheezeyman0495]

again, history repeats

[@harlleygurrola8394]

Cheezeyman0 Soros,Rockefeller

[@NashHinton]

The US tends to go through rises and falls of equality. It's well established we're in a second gilded age by most economists like Krugman. The reason why we're in a second gilded age is due to capital accumulation from automation and labor saving technologies, the same thing that happened in the industrial age. Only this time, we're experiencing rising inequality from the computer and AI revolutions. It will likely end in another great depression. Bubbles can't last forever and eventually pop.

[@longstretch]

Yep good ole democratic corruption

[@elizabethhogan1610]

Finally, some quotes from people who actually talk like people!

[@sperkles7254]

i've been up all night watching these. good luck fellow APUSHers

[@Emily-wb5rw]

I feel like at times John’s eyes are staring deep into my soul, judging me on my procrastination in studying

[@crashcourse]

I think this is a terrible idea. -stan

[@daman6618]

CrashCourse hi

[@ForsakenGrevas]

Is it weird that I look forward to this more than just about everything else in my feed?

[@DuckMountainKid]

These videos are really helpful in my history class. Thanks.

[@lleigh1981]

I'm so impressed you guys showed a sketch of WWE's "the undertaker" during the mystery doc script. Cheers to one hello of an obscure reference! Love the show!

[@envynikki711]

My APUSH Summer Assignment was reading a book in the Gilded Age and I was having trouble understanding the last chapter which was basically about free silver and that whole debate. This helped a lot

[@MockingjayEverlarkk]

I have to do a project on the Gilded Age and Civil Rights (not put together) and I just found out there was crash course for US History and I am soooo happy right now

[@GreciasWorld]

His voice is sooooo relaxing it makes me fall asleep >.<

[@bennygoodmanisgod]

Grecia Cuervo PAY ATTENTION!!!

[@J0ELLEx]

John Green helped me pass my history tests. Even though I haven't gotten my grade back yet and given I find history very dry and difficult, I probably failed.

[@kimichan5]

this guys great!! he makes history fun and informative

[@FishCakeIce]

I actually knew the mystery document! this is great!!!!

[@kellenholowicki9008]

So I recently (and by recent I mean, like two days ago) taught my students about Populism and the Gilded Age by analyzing the Wizard of Oz and the ways in which it represents various aspects of this era. In all of my research of this connection, I've never found any evidence that L. Frank Baum actually wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as a metaphor for this period. In fact, I've read that he was asked straight out about it and responded by saying no, it's just a children's story. However, the story is a very close representation. Like, too much to be coincidence. I was wondering what your opinion was, as an author. I know that once everything is said and done, books belong to their readers, but do you 1)subscribe to the interpretation of TWWoO as a metaphor for populism and the Gilded Age, 2)do you believe LFB really did just write it as a children's story or was he simply saying that so as not to attract criticism from his contemporaries, and 3)is it possible to project our own interpretations onto a story to the extent that we could potentially bastardize an author's intention? -Kellen

[@dangarous0162]

thats cool. please tell us more.

[@lindsayclarke4250]

Kellen Holowicki -- I'm in the same camp, Kellen. Here's an article for folks who are interested: www.shsu.edu/his_rtc/2014_FALL/Wizard_of_Oz_Littlefield.pdf

[@svvetlanalana]

Kellen Holowicki I'm writing an Extended Essay on this very topic; in a nutshell, how The Wizard of Oz has allusions to US socioeconomic issues. I'm glad I'm not the only one!

[@MarvelwolfMC]

so to study for finals I've found that watching every episode of crash course us history might be my best chance for a decent grade

[@williecatch9]

Anybody else here during the 2020 recession?

[@JuntoAsnani]

We read Plunkitt of Tammany Hall in my freshman year of college. There are a lot of parallels between their type of politics and our... Citizens United era of political history.

[@taisstea7306]

Binge watching all 48 videos right before the corona APUSH test

[@LosAngelist]

Anyone else get stoned and watch these at 75% speed? Nobody delivers information faster and more efficiently than John Green.

[@meganjones4027]

I too would love it if an economics CC could be made. Love these videos! I use them in class to give students an overview before we dig deeper. Thanks!

[@inkling139]

Love John from the past's t-shirt. "My Patronus is a bookworm" I really don't think you can get any nerdier than that. I may have to go buy one.

[@12323Michelle]

im watching this and the rest of the playlist at 2x speed

[@jesuspro]

I passed my college class with an A+, thanks to this guy :)

[@ThisIsVisser]

Hey John Green! In the title of this video there's no space between Politics: and Crash Course US History. Thanks, Eric

[@DianaBrandt]

I am always so happy when John gets the mystery document right :3

[@valcrum321]

Remember when this used to be history? Now it's the present.

[@harlleygurrola8394]

What's wrong with America today?! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@emilyk.170]

Thank you Crash Course for the Rush reference at 2:22 ... it helped me feel better during my cram studying

[@StephenArgonneProd]

2:22 Epic Rush reference xD

[@josephnydle7020]

I love this approach to teaching history.

[@fogblades6811]

Never thought I'd see a Metal Slug reference here of all places.

[@cydneygehner5774]

John Green is lovely, thanks Crash Course!!!!!

[@Ellie-xv2zz]

I'm not actually here because of apush, I'm here because I have a college us history class, zero energy to finish the chapter, and an entire damn essay due 😭😭

[@kaitlinconnell6315]

Thank you! This video is going to be such a big help on my test today!

[@jogbon]

Tommorow gon be lit

[@akuma862005]

Dammit John, your sarcasm makes my day, every day.

[@bluestripes5874]

APUSH exam tomorrow. Will I survive? Let's see.

[@gabipollard869]

Everyone do great on your AP test! I believe in you!!!

[@Zvwry]

Gabi Pollard aw

[@nvthanael_4325]

And the apush cram continues through the ages

[@Manny-iq4jn]

This test is on Friday. It is Wednesday. I want an A-/A on this Gilded Age/Progressive Era test which would be about 20 points higher than my highest score so I can get a B-/B in this class. Wish me luck. I need it.

[@arjunganga2581]

Boss Tweed and George W. Bush were never in the same place at the same time...coincidence? I think not.

[@kassandratellez5257]

Got my college exam tomorrow and I’ve been using these videos lol

[@18strings_bluegrass]

Who else had to watch this for a history class 👇

[@claudekennedy7855]

Thank you for revolutionizing the way I look at the world.

[@hannahwebster461]

He is in socks.... This man is great!

[@abbinorton5275]

I'm totally not cramming for a apush essay!!! I, a non procrastinating good student, am watching this without stress! :,)

[@typacsk]

Hank's videos: Exxon Mobil ads. John's videos: Maker's Mark ads. Hmm...

[@WhoAteEarth]

i was cleaning my room while i had this video on, i was only listening to it. but at times during the video, i could have swore you stopped talking about the Gilded Age and started talking about today

[@abigailemmett5375]

Am I the only one bothered by the fact that there is no space between the colon and the word Crash in the title?

[@xXBlueSheepXx]

+Abigail Emmett I am too.

[@jameshansen8882]

+Abigail Emmett didn't bother me until you pointed it out. THANKS

[@liamaxon7457]

+Abigail Emmett You are not alone.

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

Whyyyy did you point that out😩

[@salmon-stan]

It's going to bother me forever now. How dare you.

[@Martin_Z555]

History is definately a lot more interesting in this format

[@Richard-od7yd]

The more things change the more they stay the same has never been more broadly explained than this vignette 😢

[@neilpwilliams76]

Keep up the great work Mr. Green. I liked the reference to rush..

[@CybermanKing]

10:07 The Federal Reserve is not part of the government.

[@markicore7628]

oh yes it is, it claims not to be but it is.

[@calin6327]

Its a privately run organization

[@112steinway]

Arthur Sewall, who was William Jennings Bryan's first running mate, is actually my great uncle. He was a business man from Maine who was put on the ticket in order to sway the Northern business vote and he was also a member of a religious movement based off of the writings of a man named Emmanuel Swedenborg.

[@mags7144]

AP test 2k16

[@aaronortiz7456]

same

[@alaynadelrey678]

same

[@nekrataali]

That feeling when you read the comments and realize your AP US History test was over a decade ago... :(

[@beebaw99]

AP test 2k17

[@raniaafaneh9093]

Allison Meadors good luck tomorrow! APUSH 2k17

[@ElGatoPolloLoco]

An Undertaker and Rush reference in the mystery document?!?!? I'm glad you guys don't forget to be awesome when doing these.

[@ooogyman]

I have this mighty urge to reach through the screen & fix John's collar.

[@kalilkash973]

I really hope that whenever you're done with U.S. History that you go back to doing a few more literary courses. I found it very intersting when you went over Catcher In The Rye

[@JuanHernandez-mo3pe]

That moment when you realize this exist before the midterm exams.... and you just want to cry, and cry, and cry for living under a rock for far too long. FML