Obamanation: Crash Course US History #47

In which John Green teaches you about recent history. By which we mean VERY recent history. John covers the end of George W. Bush's administration presidency of Barack Obama (so far). Some people would say, "It's too soon to try to interpret the historical importance of such recent events!" To those people, we answer, "You're right." Nonetheless, it's worthwhile to take a look at the America we live in right now as a way of looking back at how far we've come. Anyway, John will teach you about Obama's election, some of his policies like the Affordable Care Act, the 2009 stimulus, and the continuation of the war on terror. If you still can't reconcile a history course teaching such recent stuff, just think of this one as a current events episode.
Hey teachers and students - Check out CommonLit's free collection of reading passages and curriculum resources to learn more about the events of this episode. President Barack Obama leaned into discussions on race in his 2013 remarks on the Trayvon Martin ruling: www.commonlit.org/texts/presi...
President Obama responded to economic inequality and partisanship in his 2015 State of the Union Address: www.commonlit.org/en/texts/pr...
Chapters:
Introduction 00:00
The 2008 Financial Crash 0:42
The Housing Bubble 1:37
The Stock Market Crash 3:30
Rising Unemployment 3:50
Big Bank Bailouts 4:21
The End of the Bush Years 5:09
Barack Obama 5:28
Mystery Document 6:22
Obama's Campaign Promises 7:38
Economic Recovery 9:36
The Affordable Care Act/"Obamacare" 10:38
Backlash Against Obama & The Tea Party 11:47
Obama's Second Term 12:50
Ideological Questions 13:27
Credits 14:51
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[@hannayaklin4163]

John: "We aren't going to cover the astonishing results of the 2016 presidential election." Me: *checks video publication date* Me: *ponders the plausibility of time travel*

[@luciabaradaran-bybee186]

he knew it would be astonishing either way

[@BeaverChainsaw]

As much as i dislike trump, no one else was a viable option either

[@beamerball666]

Prophetic much

[@TheMattTrakker]

@M. Talk TDS is a more dangerous than Cornoa.

[@meganwalters7745]

Me from 2020 saying that John Green couldn't have predicted the depth of how much we love Harry Styles in 2020

[@dibbidydoo4318]

"Astonishing results of the 2016 presidential election" how did he know?!?!?!?!

[@UltimateGamer3D]

Damien Green What the?

[@dibbidydoo4318]

FatalVirus What?

[@UltimateGamer3D]

Damien Green that's weird.

[@dibbidydoo4318]

FatalVirus What's weird?

[@UltimateGamer3D]

Damien Green This was uploaded in 2014.

[@cenn8315]

Looking back at this in 2020 is actually mind-blowing

[@vozercozer]

I know, right? How did he ever-so accurately predict Harry Styles running for president?

[@aliciajoy7473]

0:12-"Astonishing results of the 2016 election." Oh John, if only you knew then...

[@stormerkai5739]

Alicia Joy

[@ericpopcorn6607]

Alicia Joy that's sad but true

[@k80_]

Alicia Joy "2020 election is won by harry styles" well you're close

[@Kokozaftran]

my god john how did you know?! baffling results in 2016

[@absurdantiquity5240]

foreshadowing is so strange

[@jes2850]

from the real 2020, I wish harry styles was a candidate.

[@minniedoesmath]

He'd change the national anthem to "watermelon sugar" or something lol

[@eoghan.5003]

Yeah, for starters he can string together a coherent sentence

[@samclay950]

I'll be honest it wouldn't surprise me given what else has happened so far in 2020

[@wagieworld627]

When John said 2m unemployment was bad... Well ummm, it's 2020 now and those are rookie numbers.

[@kalebsasser4740]

"This isn't even my final form," American Recessions, 2020.

[@MrHistory269]

*Sad 40 million unemployed* 😞

[@nothingatall3432]

Yeah we should reopen state by state.

[@MrHistory269]

2 million unemployed in 2008 *2020 allow me to introduce myself* Sad 40 million unemployed

[@MrJonyish]

Yep that it is it guys we go from Trump 2016 to Harry Styles 2020 but what we didn't expect was the election of Cookie Monster in 2024

[@LegoStax]

+Rafael Lopez Or what if it's Cookie Monster dressed up as the Easter Bunny?

[@pepsiguzzeler375]

Cookie Monster 2024! Make American cookies great again!

[@morganstephens321]

He wants revenge for being replaced by the vegetable monster.

[@nicomartin289]

Green parts of non america aprove this message

[@johnchessant3012]

Cookie Monster already won in 2016.

[@fellowdude7295]

Can't wait for 2020: Kanye West vs Harry Styles

[@lucaso9508]

Joseph G LOL

[@tuckertechnolord6126]

Joseph G don't forget MaximilianMus, the fortnite party candidate. My edits were correcting the spelling of Max's name.

[@generaljuandeldiablo4178]

And Oprah haha

[@cult_of_odin]

You will be waiting until 2024 because the same reason Trump doesn't wear glasses. He's already got 2020.

[@c.harlotte]

If only you knew

[@thespritewithin]

As someone re-watching this series in 2019 it's mind bending how relevant it is to the current state of affairs. This is a testimony to a well designed educational program but also to our inability to learn from the past and further driving the point home that many of us are stuck in cycles and ideologies that haven't evolved or changed since like the civil war. :::Slams head on desk:::

[@semaj_5022]

It's honestly mind-blowing how well you can follow the thread to how we got where we are today just from this selection of US history. This narrative has been developing for 100's of years. And it really seems like it's coming to it's climax now, except for the fact that it's almost always seemed like it's coming to a climax. All I can say for sure is that the US is and always has been the strangest country in the world.

[@nathanseper8738]

Hit the nail on the head.

[@emilyd1316]

surprisingly we love Harry Styles even more in 2020

[@TheYouDiscover]

May we PLEASE have an updated 2020 video. Even just brief coverage. These videos are wonderful.

[@mdstarfaith706]

I did it... I watched all of Crash Course US History throughout all this year with APUSH... You've helped me, Crash Course crew. All of you. From John to Stan to Raoul Meyer to Thought Bubble to every artist and editor of these videos and to those that put every single video game reference in these videos. DFTBA.

[@pandaberryheart]

Good luck Friday!!

[@Thep_Erson]

BOY WE GOT THIS LET'S GO APUSH TESTERS WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@TextJoe]

+MormonDude Starfaith I second that! Btw, GOOD LUCK TO ALL!

[@jakeb2339]

I have a similar, but sadder story. I also am taking the apush test, but I have watched these in 2 days. I'm coming for that 3

[@ZelaFlow]

+MormonDude Starfaith Yeah, I had to take the Ap Calc test today (5/5/16) and am now binging the last twelve of these. I am looking forward to the 20 continuous hours of sleep I hope to get tomorrow night.

[@shivangitomar7110]

Oh please please please come back to talk about Trump era

[@spidef]

did... did future John Green just say that in 2020 people will be obsessed with Harry Styles... as someone from 2020, im scared at how accurate this is.

[@AlternateHistoryHub]

Oh for the sweet love of Jesus I am not going to look at the comment section. OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD NO.

[@Slayer_Jesse]

Yeah, that's probably the best course of action...

It's spelled Abomination which is synonymous with Obamanation! :)

[@ObeyGibbs]

FACTvsEVOLUTION You can also look at Obamanation as Obama nation.

[@thehorseloverful]

Smart person.

[@JoCronje129]

FACTvsEVOLUTION Man looking at your profile, you have watched a lot of very messed up videos....

[@darksuperganon]

"We aren't gonna cover the astonishing results of the 2016 election." And then everyone watching in 2016+ gets trolled. Curse you John Green from the past!

[@detectivebrownmai]

Kellosian +

[@lonotalonota5779]

Can confirm

[@crystalsnow8431]

We are,t gonna cover the astonishing

[@crystalsnow8431]

🎓🎓🎓😍😍😍

[@gusringo4638]

I got so confused for a sec

[@VortexxFX]

"The astonishing results of the 2016 election" He was right

[@TheCancer]

I know I freaked out then when I heard that

[@NiceQuip]

I rewound this 3 times to make sure that's what he said. He is a genius!

[@ArtGirl82]

On the bright side, his next installment in this series is gonna be fairly entertaining and might even involve an anecdote about the SDNY punching Don Jr in the coin purse

[@kareyonnadavidson6661]

Even though he couldn't do as much as wanted to he was actually a good president I miss him officr

[@dkmarzipan]

This series was a great overview of the first 400 years of American history. I'm excited for the next series that covers the subsequent 400 years we've all lived through since.

[@Eli-cq8th]

-To be fair, he did end partisan squabbling... it became full blown yelling lol

[@GeorgeReid81]

+Eli Abood And the evidence is right here, in this comment section!

[@ShivamSharma-zd8lw]

all the 2 year olds should listen because this is going to be on their AP US History test when they're in high school lol

[@altpersonas]

Shivam Sharma that is where you're wrong, for I don't have APUSH at my school

[@vision6955]

ethanc02 I have it and its hell

[@moirasogor4428]

It depends on the district. Some school districts have it, others don't.

[@zacharyzamora3049]

Shivam Sharma im going to school to become a history teacher and yeah, im definitely going to use Crash Course in my classes and answers to tests will be found in these videos lol

[@maxf.3973]

Professor Zoom stfu you commie

[@miroslav_g]

I am from Bulgaria and I just passed my test for USA cultural studies, thank you so much Mr Green 💚.

[@ellalorettaludwig]

"Astonishing results of the 2016 election" -John Greene, 2014. Also they should make another one of these videos after the 2020 election

[@jake_marugg]

"So...yay?" The single best summation of recent American history I have every heard. Thank you John Green.

[@davidsharp6675]

I'm prepping for the AP US test tomorrow. I have binge watched crash course this whole week.

[@jarebear658]

+David Sharp AP US history test was soooo easy!

[@davidsharp6675]

+Jared R indeed

[@seobinbaeg410]

Really? Oh god, I missed it because I heard it was difficult and it was my first.

[@seobinbaeg410]

I don't take classes. I studied on my own

[@davidsharp6675]

+Prolet Kult perhaps I did and I wanted supplemental study material. i think it would be fairly difficult to keep my grade without paying attention.

[@StormCougarTypeZero]

And the results were stunning weren't they?

[@gFamWeb]

Pixy what's more stunning is that this was uploaded in 2014

[@ellalorettaludwig]

theyre gonna have to create a new series just for 2020

[@samuelandrychowski1769]

In 2014, the US economy grew by roughly 2.6% while inflation was at -0.1%. Additionally, unemployment dropped below 6% for the first time since before the 2008 Recession. The federal deficit is currently experiencing a significant decline and is predicted to continue this decline for this year and the next year. Both the military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan have officially ended and we haven't gotten into any other large scale conflicts since 2008. We are currently engaging in official diplomatic meetings with Iran and Cuba for the first time since the Carter and Kennedy Administrations respectively. To top it all off, in 2011, US Special Forces managed to finally kill the most notorious terrorist in history, Osama Bin Laden. All this took place during the Obama Administration. This is a Republicans idea of "destroying the country".

[@samuelandrychowski1769]

***** you mean the figure including underemployment? Is that what you're taking about? As far as I know, it's so me where around 11-12%. But that's not the figure I'm taking about. I'm taking about the basic unemployment rate.

[@kingjonstarkgeryan8573]

Pulling out of Iraqi caused Isis to rise, the reason the economy grew because Obama's anti-gun rhetoric scared gm owners causing them to buy more guns and ammo. Gun groups joke about Obama being the best gun salesman of all time because when people are afraid of losing they buy more of it. It was Bush who set the op to kill Osma.

[@fahs]

Where are you getting these numbers from? We are in a deflationary economic crises? These would be counter to every bit of literature on the economy out there. Have you been to a grocery store lately? As far as unemployment, you are referring to the U3 number, which is manipulated by the person giving the statistic. If you want to know what the REAL unemployment number is, look at the U6, which the bureau of labor statistics recently said was just over 19%. You really think the fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq have ended? HA HA HA HA HA!!! You cannot be serious. Diplomatic relations with Iran? Yes we are doing that and allowing them to build a nuke while we are at it. You must be on the payroll of MSNBC.

[@samuelandrychowski1769]

fahs I got my statistics from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis. I'm assuming you're referencing the underemployment rate. I already addressed this in a previous response but your were obviously too ignorant to read through the previous comments to realize that. The underemployment rate isn't the "real" unemployment rate. It's a different statistic measuring a different economic phenomenon. If I wanted to use underemployment I would've used it, not just the base unemployment rate. And I understand the fighting in Southwest Asia isn't over, but large scale American ground campaigns where hundreds and thousands of our soldiers get killed and wounded are, which is a good thing as far as I'm concerned. And we're not allowing Iran to make a nuclear weapon. It would be worse to isolate Iran like we were doing before because then we would be pushing them to acquire the materials to create a nuclear weapon. By maintaining diplomatic relations with them and trying to strike a deal, rather than just antagonizing them, we are making real progress to reduce the threat they pose. Diplomacy can go a long way. The point I'm trying to make that seems to be sailing right over your fetal alcohol syndrome riddled mind is that the United States isn't as bad as people think it is. It's not doing amazing and it's certainly seen better days, but it's doing okay and making a slow but steady recovery from the 2000's. Not that you would admit that. All you seem interested in is convincing other people how shit the United States is and how much fast it's going down the shitter just to stir up panic and fear. If I'm on the payroll of MSNBC, then you're on the payroll of Fox News.

[@taz069]

Samuel Andrychowski While diplomatic meetings are been hosted with Iran, today at 6pm EST we will hear the results. I predict, they are going to ask for an extension until June maybe July. At the same time, the government in Iran keeps on slaughtering homosexuals and killing women who they believe are unworthy. Cuba said they are not doing anything until the entire embargo is lifted and the US returns Guantanamo back to Cuba... and Obama promised closing Guantanamo back in 2008 as part of his presidential campaign and he has done nothing but releasing prisoners recaptured or killed again in the battle field. Just this week the US said is going to start drone bombing Iraq again to try to get rid of ISIS and just today the US was accused of killing Iraqi civilians in drone strike. news.yahoo.com/iran-says-us-drone-kills-2-advisers-iraq-110438594.html If the economy was in such a good shape, why did the US lost their credit rating from a AAA all the way to an -A since 2011? www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-09-14/egan-jones-cuts-u-s-rating-to-aa-after-fed-adds-to-stimulus www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/17/idUSL3N0I71YW20131017 www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mo-fitch-credit-rating-debt-limit-20140321-story.html#ixzz2xUxU5Xpr Only when the republicans regain control of congress and put a stop to increasing the debt ceiling the nation credit rating begin to improve. For the government unemployment drops when people stop collecting unemployment, not when they get a new job. Obama took care of doubling our national debt from 8 Trillion dollars when Bush left office and collected from almost the birth of our nation to a whopping 17 Trillion and counting... and all by himself with the help of the Democratic (Progressive) party.

[@crashcourse]

In the latest episode of CrashCourse US History, John Green looks at some very recent history including Obama's election, some of his policies like the Affordable Care Act, the 2009 stimulus, and the continuation of the war on terror. If you still can't reconcile a history course teaching such recent stuff, just think of this one as a current events episode. Obamanation: Crash Course US History #47

[@ChristopherAndersen]

Crash course world history covered a lot of ancient history.

[@death5244]

more videos about history would be nice

[@hiphughes]

Another home run John. Thanks for setting the bar so high for other content creators.

[@bigwin2010]

Crash course is right...this Obama Propaganda crashed alright...just like the stock market in the next 6-12 months.

[@TonyStark-bq4tm]

Just to let you know, a few neo-nazis are invading this video to spread their message of hatred.

[@AIKsupporter]

US History #48 about the Trump precidency

[@AIKsupporter]

Arakhion against Obama yes

[@AIKsupporter]

Arakhion The next president is Donald Trump, get over it, he'll reverse Obamas legacy :D

[@joem3082]

aiksupporter... Yay reversing banking legislations. Yay reversing gay marriage . Yay reversing 20 million people having health care they never had access to before. Yay discriminating on people based on their religion. But it's so funny though right ":D" You must really not have watched the videos on this channel.

[@jacksonreid4824]

AIKsupporter Oh dear God.

[@ethanventer3047]

Putaque Pariu he's not reversing gay marriage idk why you would think this because he said he wasn't, he also couldn't legally, and he's the first republican presidential nominee to openly hold a gay pride flag on stage at a rally

[@dorkmax7073]

John wasn't off. We call it the Recession of 2008. I like its other name. The Great Recession

[@aSongScout]

It's amazing to me watching this video to realize that we are already most of the way through the Obama administration.

[@fikrenega7777]

wow he really predicted harry styles' presidential campaign this man is too smart

[@threeeyes7469]

Omg he predicted the Harry styles comeback

[@DaveJoria]

I would love to see a semi-fake US History Video #48, starring Future-John. Half of it would be serious predictions on problems to come, and half would be comedic reports about far-out events, like the robot wars of 2025.

[@DaveJoria]

Alternatively, would work just as well (or better) with World History. Examples: Population trends, The Singularity, SETI's claims to find aliens by 2040. Hoverboard by 2015 (stupid Back to the Future, getting our hopes up). More at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2050 Or, go by the decades: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Decades_in_the_future

[@DaveJoria]

Oooh, how about as a New Years special?

[@stevemcstevensonson4804]

Shhh. noone tell him hes talking to himself

[@DaveJoria]

Wait, were you talking about me, John Green, or both?

[@chefkendranguyen]

I really, really enjoyed Crash Course US History, John. Thank you sir. :)

[@zahids786]

I think this series needs a part two in the same way that World History got one. Something that delves a little more deeply into the American Era. Reasons people thought and are thinking the way they did and do.

[@jadenbaltzer]

"To be fair he did end the squabbling... it became full-blown yelling." 😂

[@WarriorCatHell]

I really love John Green because while covering current events he remains unbiased. This video gives facts and points out the legitimate criticism of both Liberals and Conservatives about what is going on in our nation.

[@uselessspectator9427]

There's no such thing as no bias.

[@Tobias-fe2hm]

@@uselessspectator9427 facts have no bias, the facts presented, known and those which you pay attention to make bias

[@uselessspectator9427]

How did you select those facts, though? For example, let's say there's some form of war won. When recounting we can report how much the war costs in terms of dollars, we can recount how many lives lost, we can report how many lives saved. There's many, many objective facts. That doesn't mean there's no bias. I can focus on all the negatives or the positives to create a bias. Even if I show facts from 'all sides' I'm still discriminating between that I see as 'important information' and 'not important'. That is why bias will always exist. Saying something has no bias generally just indicates you agree or don't know enough context to realise what's left out etc. In relation to the creation of texts bias will always exist.

[@spaceinbetween6591]

I wouldn't say he's unbiased. You can tell in some episodes he leans Democrat especially with regards to social issues, like in the 60s/70s where he really shows his agreement with Roe v. Wade and other Civil Rights legislations.

[@joshualevan]

The Green brothers lean left for sure. It's obvious.

[@AlaskanTrain21]

I'm sorry Obama, but to curb the "squabbling" one has to be neutral. Neutral does not reside on the left hand side of the room. And for all of you that say Mitt Romney would've done a better job, probably not and/or the same quality as Obama.

[@mysterioace2544]

I think the "squabbling" will not stop even if the president was to be of neither party and only playing the role of referee in congress and senate. A multiparty system might work better with at least three major parties. That is what we have had in Finland for a while until it became four major parties with four minor parties making for a total of eight parties. With this system we have always had at least 3 parties forming a coalition, and at the moment have 5 parties in government (one of them left this spring). The reason I think it might help is that having so many parties in the Finnish parliament has deradicalized the parties to an extent that at best we have had the far right and the far left in the same coalition with the centrist parties in the opposition. Furthermore, the parties play ball to get things done because they know that if they don't compromise from time to time, alliances can be made against them and their voters may switch parties. After all, they have a lot of options to choose from.

[@AlaskanTrain21]

mysterioACE The way things run in Finland sure do sound a lot better than in America, and I certainly bet they are. Let's just hope our government can from others like your country.

[@coolgy67]

mysterioACE Believe me, the multiparty system does not work. There is so much vote splitting it's crazy. Here in Canada, the conservative party (our version of the US republicans) won a majority of seats with less than 40% of the popular vote and now they have absolute power over all of Canada even though most Canadians hate them and their policies. I'd much prefer the two party system.

[@mysterioace2544]

coolgy67 I believe the problem there is with the voting system, and I would assume the system in place is the one known as "winner takes all", which causes serious distortion in multiparty systems. In Finland however we have a system whereby the country is split into several geographical areas with each area receiving seats in accordance to the area's population. For example the city of Helsinki has 24 seats, and each party is allowed to run up to 24 candidates for the seats in Helsinki. When voting happens, we also have a counting system where each vote is not only a vote for a candidate, but a vote for his or her party. How it works is that the most voted person in each party gets the full amount of votes the party received, the 2nd person gets half, 3rd gets a third and so on. While this system has issues with charismatic vote-magnets being able to pull idiots along with them into parliament, it still secures a parliament which roughly follows the actual voting patterns of the voters. Indeed, only the Pirate Party gained the threshold 0.5% you theoretically would need for a seat without gaining one in the last elections.

[@Pinklewilly]

coolgy67 That is a fault of the first past the post policy. A two-party system is definitely not better.

[@MrMook9000]

"Astonishing results of the 2016 election" Oh John of 2014, you sweet summer child

[@avalonsueiro9089]

Yup. It's 2020 and we still love Harry Styles.

[@larrybidboi]

I love how you said he inherited the financial problems. No. He campaigned for it, spent millions to acquire it, and promised to fix it.

[@alidittmar]

Agree!

[@petyaatanasova6476]

I wanna personally thank the whole crew of people working on this course, because you earned me an Excellent mark in American Studies

[@johnmyster]

Thanks so much John Green (and all other CC people) for this awesome course! Would love to see it updated periodically as history happens.

[@athenemathews783]

Watching this in 2020 makes the past 12 years look surreal

[@SpectacularName]

"You must buy Obamacare." Finally, it has been said. A music teacher of mine who is self-employed doesn't have or want health insurance. He and his family are all in excellent health and he sees no reason to pay for something he won't use. As of May of this year, it will be more expensive for him to *not* pay for it, as the fines are going to pile up. If a private company were to threaten you with financial ruin for not buying their service, they would be breaking the law. When the government does it, it's fine?

[@captaintimcurry1713]

yea, I don't have health insurance either. i don't want it. i'm just wondering how much that'll set me back when i do my taxes this year :(

[@whydidyoudothatkarl]

so your teacher doesnt want affordable healthcare incase for example he gets cancer, hell a broken hip could ruin your whole life in america as in most countries its a few weeks off work followed by a year of rehab all for free. just to be clear you realise most countries in the world have national healthcare which is free to everyone in the country which is paid for by tax. the fact americans dont want universal healthcare is just plain retarded.

[@SpectacularName]

I never said that there wasn't any danger in what he was doing, I was just saying that it's wrong for the government to force him to pay for something that he won't use. Given his limited income, Obamacare isn't particularly affordable either. I take some issue with your perception that because that's the way it is done in many other countries, that we should do it too, as if America has no economic or social differences when compared to Canada. Don't get me wrong though, I think that it makes sense for us to go the route of universal healthcare, but forcing people to pay for it isn't something I think America is ready or willing to put up with yet.

[@sc2starkey]

whydidyoudothatkarl although affordable is the title of the bill it does not exactly mean it will be as such. I dont see how it can be cheaper by adding more middleman. Choosing to be apart of a expansive national healthcare system should be just that, a choice. If it is so great why is there a fine for not doing it? If it is so wonderful why do we have to punish people who don't join it? I'm not saying being forced into something means its always bad but when you don't have a choice you should always question why.

[@SpectacularName]

whydidyoudothatkarl I have no idea where you live, but I have a good deal of American family currently living abroad. The locals tend to consider Americans rude or curt, but I've never heard retarded. I'm sure it varies largely, but not all countries hate us, just as not all of us are idiotic. That said, America has a ton of idiots. Very vocal idiots.

[@DuranmanX]

"Astonishing results of the 2016 election" How did he know Trump would win?

[@QueenMoontime]

+Adrian Duran lol implying he will

[@Jason-tx3go]

+PacifistKraut zozzle implying he wont

[@Telamon8]

>Implying implications

[@alec8182]

LOOOL. Con man Donald can never win and won't

[@SilverFeet]

Who knew the change in law that would allow Harry Styles to win is that a jackass would destroy America.

[@MisterCynic18]

"he always loved to drone on about change" I see what you did there

[@connorleeson7229]

Mr. Green, I've successfully binged watched your entire US history series in three days. If this doesn't get me an A on my APUSH final tomorrow, I don't know what will

[@CuteFuzzyWeasel]

Give us Europe history

[@rowanmann7512]

i would be the most confusing mess ever but still fun and interesting

[@Xagraniatko]

That will be like a 1000 episodes....

[@devifoxe]

Xagraniatko for b.c. only...

[@TheSilentFool]

He already said in one episode that if he did Crash Course Euro History it would quickly turn into Crash Course "John is Bored" History

[@tudorsike736]

***** i think he was jokingly referring to his effort of avoiding euro-centrism. in cc world-history he tried to talk as little about europe as possible, since everybody's been beating that horse to death

[@Viljai]

Thank you for this interesting and informative series. This made me thankful of living in Finland: as we are not that afraid of taxes, we have free health care, free education even in universities and paid maternity leave for about nine months etc...

[@Navesblue]

.........Shut it. BI

[@justensykes6615]

And how many people are in your country? A lot easier to have a centralized government with a fraction of the population..

[@ryanjennings3284]

Justen Sykes our economy is also WAY bigger than theirs. If we had little to no debt, we’d be very able to support the kinda system they have. But alas, stupid and just plain bad budgeting has us in the position we are currently in

[@porky8278]

Mai eh you guys are not"responsible" for keeping the world from blowing up

[@marialuisacardenas6071]

Guess I'm moving

[@rachelrichie421]

I watched all of these to study for the AP test and I ended up with a 5. Thank you so much for all the help throughout the year. Crash course is a true MVP.

[@laishanavarro4901]

The way John Green predicted how much everyone was gonna love Harry Styles their power.....

[@BrandonSchleifer]

I'd love to see Crash Course Canadian History.

[@jcsv12345]

I couldn't help but chuckle with that one.

[@HisCarlnessI]

jcsv12345 You know, like when we failed to invade their country.

[@HisCarlnessI]

jcsv12345 And how a large portion of the forces at D-Day were Canadian.

[@OthEdden]

Crash Course Canadian Chronicle...

[@ingaman]

HisRoyalCarlness Good points, but the rest of Canadian history has to do with marginalizing Aboriginal peoples and a general strike that gave us a national police force....oh and there's FLQ. Yup, it'd be a short series.

[@Edit-nk6nb]

Wow , As a British person , I've learnt so much about America both past and present and I've had fun at the same time. Nice work CrashCourse !

[@yashkhaleque2095]

Yeah, but I just hope that we're still cool about that whole revolution thing. ok?

[@Edit-nk6nb]

We'll forgive you for the Revolution, But never forgive your country for stopping the export of Lucky Charms to England. For that is ... unforgivable !

[@yashkhaleque2095]

Edit That is because we are trying to prevent World War III. Can you imagine what would happen if the world's Lucky Charms supply ran out? We're denying it to you because the rest of us want more.

[@bsgtrekfan88]

Heck I'm American and I have also learned so much about American um...History lol Hello from across the pond.

[@ayoutuber3360]

Thank you for this US history series. I had no knowledge of American history, it was so easy to get an overview and general idea. Love, From the green part of the non-US

[@pauldavidson6088]

"He always love to drone on about change!" too good!

[@Ashadow700]

So now that US history is done, can we have a Crash course South-east Asia history next time? =) We are taught so little about that region in school, but with the rise of the massive economies in those nations we really should to learn more about them.

[@Ashadow700]

Chad Manning Idiot

[@TeamTurnover]

Why just S.E. Asia? Why not all of Asia? But, yes, I agree with your point. Most western textbooks are written with a European bias and as a result, they never cover Asian history to an extent that is respectable to its sheer size. Just China alone is a massive undertaking to learn about, with respects to India. I currently live in S.E. Asia, Singapore, and have learned an incredible amount since then that isn't in any western textbook. I've learned about the Siamese empire (maybe once or twice) of Thailand, the Cham people of Vietnam, Gajah Mada of Indonesia, and Naresuan. All of whom have impacted the world to an extent that I deem important to learn about. So, a lesson on Asia would be great.

[@Ashadow700]

I was limiting myself to S.E Asia just because all of Asia is so huge, I don't think it would be possible to cover it all properly in one series. I mean, they could probably make a whole series about the Middle East or Russia alone, so talking about them, as well as India and China in one go just doesn't really seem possible.

[@TeamTurnover]

Ashadow Reviews I guess so.

[@olivia4087]

oh if 2014 john could see us now

[@neji-blm6579]

iF hE CoUlD sEe Us NoW (2019)

[@speedychicken831]

@@neji-blm6579 its 2020 btch

[@Smaed]

I LOVE these videos and have been watching them religiously to supplement CLEP study material. I had to slow down the video speed so I could read the little intro details. I appreciate the lessons you've provided and in a way that helps me retain the information. I actually like history now!

[@Trussemaze]

Man was that intense ! Just finished watching the whole series and preparing to get a 20/20 on my American Culture exam next week. Thanks a lot !

[@WitchBoltTavern]

Honestly at this point Harry Styles sounds like a great President

[@DJVM95]

Instead we got someone with a different kind of hair style...

[@savitapurohit9565]

that's why the founding fathers fought the britsh ryt?

[@rosecastro2008]

2 years later & having harry styles as president still sounds better than anything

[@TJ-oo5mx]

3 months later and Trump has been amazing - TRUMP 2020

[@mr.master2469]

@@TJ-oo5mx Ok"TJ"

[@PrincipledSprite]

I was really hoping for the clip of Obama saying "not to forget to be awesome" at the end of this video, haha

[@broomlord8557]

Why is the Harry styles comment very very accurate

[@dawsonperkins3483]

Insane that John green wrote the fault in our stars, which is crazy deep, and is so entertaining here... what a well rounded dude my gosh

[@kalimbatuna6462]

What's wrong with socialism? I see do many anti socialist comments. It's not communism guys, it's completely different. I live in a socialist country and it works great, it's not perfect, but it's something?

[@ihatetheworld90]

The American public is still shocked by the whole cold war shit. Look at what all that propaganda has done to us. It made us ignorant and way less progressive.

[@JinwooYoon1217]

I have quite a few socialist views myself, but as an American, I can say with confidence that our country has wavering faith in it's government. Having said that, I'm sure that said faith varies by region and individual, but I have rarely meet anyone who is satisfied with our current government (For those that I meet that care). As far as socialism is concerned, it goes against the ingrained principle of american "independence". Also, we still have a bit of a phobia towards non-democratic views, despite being a republic. We also care quite a bit about our own opinion's and view's, which are often fueled by the two things I just mentioned. What's wrong with socialism? Nothing out of the ordinary, it's just not popular in the US.

[@kalimbatuna6462]

Socialism and democracy go hand in hand.

[@reaperkira2675]

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude. ~Alexis de Tocqueville

[@JinwooYoon1217]

Reaper Kira Actually, democracy has quite a lot to do with socialism, depending on your country. Let's say you and a handful of people are working the same job from the same company. In this job, you do the hardest work or perhaps you simply work longer. Socialism would say you deserve to be paid more since you worked longer and/or harder (This is based on Marxist theory, by the way). Just that mentality alone would prove that socialism is not about "restraint and servitude". Of course, working for a wage in and of itself would probably be considered a socialist way of life based off Tocqueville's definition of socialism (Restraint and servitude). In fact, if you honestly believe socialism is so different, the idea of living off a wage (Which a HUGE majority of people do) should disgust you immensely, and you should be taking active steps into seeing to it's end. This is also true to any government based program for the sick or the poor, as that too is socialist (A program/industry ran and controlled by the government). Your free to not like socialism as much as you want, and I'm not arguing the pro's and con's of socialism vs democracy. However, saying "democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality" is simply incorrect. In fact, as pointed out by the comment above, they have the tendency to go hand and hand.

[@irregularrex4004]

I like the fact that this video isn't one sided. It's such a relief to hear someone talk about politics how it actually happened and not with partisanship. We need the government to stay more to the center for everyone, work for the people. We need an even amount of freedom and help from the government for people in bad situations. I lean more right because of my belief in gun rights and less government but everyone has their own beliefs and we all need to come together to keep our country for the people by the people.

[@ellalorettaludwig]

2.5 million jobs lost sounds really nice in 2020

[@jacobwilkins8761]

"Astonishing results of the 2016 election" JOHN THIS IS YOUR FAULT

[@zachyoung6537]

This comment section has shown me that Americans truly don't know the definitions of communism and socialism.

[@chrisa4800]

not everyone, just the know it alls that dont know it all.

[@antigravtoast2]

It proves that people who make political opinions normally have limited background concerning politics.

[@Commandelicious]

Word Zach Young

[@GraysonMckernan]

Socialism always leads to Communism or Fascism. That's what I know.

[@Commandelicious]

Then you don't know much.

[@GameTesterBootCamp]

I really wish they would do episodes on current events and their potential causes. Like what happened in Egypt a few years back, or like what's happening in the Ukraine now.

[@smokeyeyes__]

I've been on a Crash Course US History binge and... it would appear that we have run out of US History. Think enough time has passed for a US History episode 48? :D

[@Chewiebakke]

Just finished watching this series and may I say, it's excellent! Thank you for making dry old History a little bit wetter, haha. Being a Brit, I have a mere spattering of US History knowledge but your writing & delivery has entertained, informed and often surprised me. Subscribed, and now off to see what else is available on the Crash Course channel. BTW, that's surely not a real shock pen.

[@briancosier4195]

Finished the US history series and I must say, great job keeping to the facts and as unbiased as possible. Thank you for all of your efforts.

[@GerryMcAveety]

'Things that Congress used to be able to hash out back when their business was governing not ideological rigidity' He's hit the nail on the head there. I'm from Scotland and I spent the last two summers in the US and what struck me is most people support what their party say BECAUSE it's their party (particularly Republicans). Rather than analysing the policies first THEN choosing what party to support they blindly accept whatever their party say - which seems intrinsic to their identity. It's an irrational way to think and it holds America back. I found it shocking, but it explained a lot.

[@zainabriaz8778]

John Green, Is there any possibility that you will continue these lessons after this. I WISH!

[@ellennoir5065]

Thank you guys so much for all the hard work you put into this series! I just binged the entire thing in less than 2 weeks and it was great to have such a succinct, entertaining, and rapifire refresher. You've re-awakened my interest in sociology and political science. ✌

[@MrVelociraptor3000]

actually it has and had a name then: The Great Recession

[@halithegreat3240]

+MrVelociraptor3000 Wow cool graphics

[@JmariolinkJ]

+MrVelociraptor3000 I like calling it World Recession II

[@user-em1sf3js9u]

Credit Crisis.

[@lf8198]

The Financial Crisis, the Market Crash, the Wall St Recession.

[@MrVelociraptor3000]

Lil Frey the market didn't crash

[@oljo0527]

Everyone in the comment section: You're all wrong.

[@RyanMcIntyre]

No, I'm wrong.

[@oljo0527]

Ryan McIntyre Right, where are you?

[@yugiohmoto7756]

I DISAGREE that we DISAGREE!!

[@RyanMcIntyre]

I don't agree with that at all.

[@oljo0527]

***** Yes. You most of all.

[@adfsgbsafesgv6097]

Thankyou for all of these video series. They have helped me pass several clep and dsst tests for credit saving me a decent lot on college tuition.

[@AndrewWang.]

we did not get a harry styles in 2020, we got quarantine

[@TheWulf899]

I would absolutely love a crash course of British history after the literature one.

[@spinningsheeps]

sadly john has already described this as 'crash course, John is bored'

[@matthewgoodman7588]

spinningsheeps does he plan on doing any other history?

[@MrJerajera]

Matthew Goodman I think there will be more World History

[@neolynxer]

Thank you for history courses, John.) I'll pass on literature though...

[@In_TheMoonlight]

The introduction to this video is absolutly hilarious in the year of our lord 2022

[@zeeyawaani8431]

im going to miss the intro song and John greens sarcasm. thank you to the entire team at crash course and thought cafe. this is of huge huge help. all my love from asia!

[@garysanders6091]

The outcry from the comment section only comes to show how most people have no open mind whatsoever when it comes to current events. People refuse to see things that don't align with what they've heard on their favorite media channel and that is terrifying.

[@Lmeylan]

Yes, Hank did a video about that called "Perception". LOL!

[@SLagonia]

To be fair, the video is kinda guilty of this too - Praising the stimulus alone makes this kinda hard take seriously. Saying the economy is doing well just seals it. It's pretty clear that CrashCourse is going by their own prism of history at this point.

[@SLagonia]

***** I can understand him not going over every issue, especially the ones that will probably be drowned out in the history books (no one remembers that it was Wilson who segregated the military and set civil rights back 50 years, after all, so there's no reason to cover it) - My complaint was more that instead of going over the negatives, he just sorta glossed over them and said he was doing a heck of a job, which by all available metrics is just one big cover up for a failing administration. After he covered both the good and bad for President Bush rather fairly, I thought we'd see the same for President Obama, but I guess not.

[@ColonialFungus]

I find it funny, when I saw this video come out my first thought was "It will be entertaining to see the comment section go into a state of Total War." I find it annoying and amusing that my prediction was correct.

[@SLagonia]

Not really. You have a number of people disagreeing, but from what I've seen it all appears to be very peaceful and idea-based. I haven't seen too many "Obama is a Muslim" posts or anything. It's mostly been "I dislike this policy of his" or "this policy he had isn't working" or "the combination of his policies is making hard for X demographic."

[@JoeStaehle]

The US military budget should be cut substantially. Its ridiculous that making tanks and starting wars is more important than social programs and infrastructure.

[@Lotusflowerful]

Regardless of the subject, when making a claim it's stronger if you substantiate it with evidence and reasoning. Your claim implies all sorts of smaller ideas. A smaller budget means a smaller military, therefore the US military should be reduced. The US military budget causes the US start wars, and starting wars is bad. Money cut from the defense budget should be put towards undefined social programs and infrastructure. Social programs and infrastructure are a better investment that making tanks because... Do you begin to see why no one is going to take such a comment seriously unless they blindly agree with it?

[@JoeStaehle]

Tastier Sorry if I was unclear. The priority is the military when there are issues within the united states that shouldn't take a back seat to military spending. :)

[@ILikePi31415926535]

Tastier I think it's pretty obvious that a country that spends more on a standing military than the rest of the world combined while not having a functioning Universal Healthcare System, like every other industrialized nation, is doing something wrong.

[@Mrjesse451]

Tastier Hmm, here is a thought for you. Our government spends more than the top 26 spend on their defense combined and 25 of those 26 are our allies. Cutting the defense budget to be spent on ANYTHING improving our country would be a better spending of that money.

[@MrMahtyb]

True but entitlements DWARF military spending. We need to downsize the government. www.ntu.org/governmentbytes/spending/unfunded-liabilities.html

[@andrewkwon2000]

I'm confused af, he mentioned the 2016 elections but this was published in 2014

[@nepic01]

I just noticed that. Im scared

[@EmperorFool]

"So we aren't going to cover the astonishing results of the 2016 U.S. presidential election." How did he predict there would be a presidential election in 2016? This guy is amazing!

[@moebands]

u can say that about any election

[@ts4697]

In the US there's an election every four years.

[@LuisSierra42]

Iluminati confirmed

[@edwindano]

FINALLY I DID IT! I WATCHED ALL 47 EPISODES, I LOVE THIS CHANNEL CANT WAIT TO WATCH ANOTHER COURSE. THANK YOU TO ALL THE CREW FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

[@archivedandnoted]

i love this channel so much, and I'm ecstatic you're doing a literature course again!

[@TheKatieLily]

From an Australian's perspective, Obama is one of the best things to happen to your country.

[@garymalise162]

fuck you lilly

[@zacharylucas5101]

+Gary Malise If you have nothing of substance to say, don't say anything at all.

[@garymalise162]

The substance is the shit stains ruining your lovely smile

[@zacharylucas5101]

Gary Malise Have you ever heard of an "ad hominem" attack?

[@sedrickalcantara9588]

+Gary Malise *grabs looking glass* What dick?

[@TASmith10]

Mr. Green, you should keep making more of these films at the end of every president's term, extending this series up till the day you die. It would make an amazing series, showing not only the history but your changing views and outlook over time, as you get older and wiser.

[@joshuacarpinelli1201]

Thank you for this video. It was so helpful and the history videos in general were amazing. My favorite channel forever.

[@blub232324]

Give us "Crash Course Asian History"! I mean, we learned near to nothing about asia in school (germany)...

[@sclair2854]

Agreed! So little is taught about the east, those were my favorite parts of World History since it was entirely new to me

[@phrilser]

Definitely. I'd like to see Canada covered, but Southeast Asia is such a hotbed right now that its Westernly undertaught history would be extremely valuable.

[@HorzaPanda]

Or African or South American, somewhere we in the west really don't learn much about normally. Asian history is probably a good place to start though.

[@sclair2854]

Incroheraint I think due to the massive lack of Canada so far we should at least get a single episode dedicated just to Canada.

[@Voyhkah]

0:26 Hi! I'm writing this from 2016, and your prediction was substantially less insane than what somehow IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING.

[@drumpfbad5258]

very funny

[@hashmihomes]

Love you John Green! Though literature is not my course but I will surely watch that because of you.

[@denissherry9163]

Loved the series John, thank you very much. I'm from Ireland by the way and am very interested about US history. Thanks again to you and the team for your great work.

[@kjreese9433]

lol economists literally call it "the Recession of 2008"

[@alec8182]

Well it's much more commonly called the Great Recession

[@willnedderman5620]

+Kate Reese u r an ignurint humin bean pleaze shut, nd kepe ur opinyun 2 urself. thnx

[@uselessspectator9427]

Everyone else calls it the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).

[@jpbroussard1553]

KJ Reese well we’re not in bread lines yet so what would you call it jackass?