The American Civil War (Part 1) | Oversimplified | History Teacher Reacts

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

Reason why the south lost is because of my fabulous cheek bones.

[@GweAnakJakarta]

Too bad they couldn't stop bullet

[@Rubbergalleon]

Indeed

[@infinitelmao]

agreed, mr. president

[@Mr.Duckman]

You said it

[@bruhno4955]

Wanna have a trip to Whitechapel,London,United Kingdom I’ll have a surprise ready for you(I’m retired for killing I swear).

[@Qardo]

"Be strange if we slaughtered our nation bird." Uh...seen Australia?

[@noahgray543]

@Kyo Rasen arguably, they even lost.

[@udozocklein6023]

@@noahgray543 why did they use machine guns anyways xD

[@noahgray543]

@@udozocklein6023 because emu's are huge birds. They take multiple shots to go down unless you are very accurate, very lucky, or using a rifle that would have been rare for the time. (The British were making what I think could be classified as some of the first anti-material rifles at that time, I've no idea if they could down an emu in one shot though.) So if you want to kill a lot of them, you need heavy machine guns. Or explosives I suppose. Land mines probably would have been incredibly effective, even if it would also have been incredibly stupid.

[@SquooshyCatboy]

“Australia is facken weird, m8!”

[@udozocklein6023]

@@noahgray543 Makes sense. I knew they were sturdy, but don't machine guns use 5mm ammo? Like, i am not a professional on this topic but was there no 7.62 ammo-using guns yet?

[@forgottenfamily]

He was nicknamed "Unconditional Surrender Grant" because it shared his initials...

[@AlejandroLopez-vp4le]

Ulysses S. Grant USG...an old code but it checks out

[@SantomPh]

@@DripSerpent when Grant applied to West Point there was a clerical error where his name "Hiram Ulysses Grant" ended up registered as Ulysses s Grant. He did not want to jeopardize his entry into the academy so he just changed his name with S just being a middle name with one letter. His initials became US Grant . but really lol

[@slytaco07]

@SantomPh Nino was being sarcastic

[@Stark-Raving]

@@SantomPh If I remember correctly the S stood for Simpson, his mother's maiden name.

[@michaelbelcher8805]

forgottenfamily and the US initials too

[@warbacca1017]

A couple of fun facts I remember discovering not too long ago: 1) both the Union and confederacy feared European intervention since it might strengthen European influence. Also the Europeans didn't realize that they couldn't mediate since both civil war factions believed themselves morally and ethically correct. 2) europe watched the american civil war because they thought this would be proof of a "failing" democratic government. 3) Russia was the only big nation to support the Union and offered to send a fleet if European powers got involved

[@BHuang92]

The British Empire was keen on the American Civil War and there was an observer in the CIvil war that was British. The British were officially not intervening but however, some private ventures in England did supply some armaments, materials, and ships to the Confederacy. It all stopped near the end of the war, plus Lincoln's 13th Amendment became a thing.

[@BobPantsSpongeSquare97]

I remember in high school doing research and found that stuff out too. My teacher pointed out #2 as yeah being moment where they thought the US was gonna collapse in on itself and Democrcy was a failed concept

[@BobPantsSpongeSquare97]

@@BHuang92 yeah they unofficially sent military aid to the south but fun fact, after the war they did apologize to the union and apparently paid some reparations for their southern aid

[@Babamonk09]

I remember hearing about the King of Siam offering Lincoln some elephants. The reason for this was because the King of Siam believed that a nation as great as the USA should not be without elephants, sadly Lincoln declined the offer. please note that I only remember hearing about this and would love it if someone would dig deeper.

[@lenny7822]

To be honest 2) is correct, this an actual proof of a failing democratic government. We want monarchies

[@asirnewazkhan4172]

"I'm a simple man. I see a new Oversimplified video, I watch a new Oversimplified video"-Mr. Terry, 2020. This man is mood 24/7 Edit: 1.2k likes. Thanks y'all

[@MiT708]

Yeah, basically I've watched the Oversimplified video now I am watching this for additional information.

[@breg9036]

@@MiT708 That's usually the one thing I watch Mr Terry for. For additional information

[@cornblaster7003]

@@MiT708 same

[@Jakob_Herzog]

This man knows how to live.

[@fluffly3606]

double that now

[@GregInHouston2]

When I first heard about the underground railroad as a child, I thought it was a super cool subway.

[@rosin_eater]

I thought it was just trains underground lol

[@501ststormtrooper9]

Me too

[@theawkwardskeleton6608]

GregInHouston2 it’s like when I was a kid and I thought the black market was just a flea market that sold illegal stuff

[@GregInHouston2]

@@theawkwardskeleton6608 You mean it isn't?

[@naclba]

Only the kool kids klub dont know where it is

[@megamanmarchek8293]

The Cotton Gin was originally supposed to reduce slave demand since it made picking cotton easier. I think it is very funny that it had the complete opposite effect.

[@GiordanDiodato]

unfortunate irony

[@justarandomchannel1319]

succeeding downwards

[@jasons2023]

Same with Maxim and his Machine Gun.

[@tinnguyenanimations522]

@@justarandomchannel1319 task failed successfully

[@joshuaslawson9125]

​@@jasons2023And funnily enough I believe it was his son, made the first suppressor.

[@ShaneWalta]

The KFC references in the Kentucky shack were brilliant. Even included the 11 herbs and spices above the fire!

[@phillip6933]

I didn't even notice the KFC Chickens lol

[@katphish30]

I thought that was so stupid I stopped watching and didn't come back to it for weeks.

[@mcadamsmcadams9162]

I'm from Kentucky and KFC isn't really that big of a deal

[@JmanRox]

S reed’s s CFC’s sexfff fedexc u exact f ruff offered yßff

[@JmanRox]

katphish30 Dee huffy decrees Xd x Edds ugh tau’s

[@sorenkazaren4659]

“Especially if during thanksgiving we slaughtered our national bird” That... actually sounds pretty American

[@maxrichards3881]

Hey, it's not that wierd. Australia's national bird is the Emu, and it's a pest! Also BLOODY DELICIOUS!

[@danishcossack4392]

@@maxrichards3881 I thougt about that too!😂

[@djyownder109]

Out of context: why do Americans celebrate it it wasn’t even them it was the British.

[@SquooshyCatboy]

DJyownder 109 Whatever you say, pal.

[@meganoob12]

@@maxrichards3881ut the Emu is a pest because of human actions 😅 very similar to boars and rabbits

[@Zqppy]

Only mr Terry can turn a 28 minute video into an hour long reaction

[@whisperon]

Yep

[@YellowSkarmory]

And make it interesting, at that.

[@skourpi142]

And make it very interesting.

[@ksj2936]

and makes it better!

[@bruhmomment2999]

@@whisperon if anything is fair use it’s this

[@Maji404]

Imagine how fast the war would've ended if Lee was on the Union side.

[@vin6665]

Lee in the east, Grant on the west with the support of Sherman.

[@DELTAsteeler]

Tbh it would last 1 maybe 2 years mainly because generals like stone wall Jackson

[@pintoffanta2510]

Lee was offered to fight for the union but he said he wouldnt betray his home state or fight against his children

[@kratal122]

He apparently even thought abolition was preferable to secession but his loyalty to his home state won out.

[@pintoffanta2510]

@@kratal122 Lee was a good man for his time but I don't know about that. He despise abolitionists because he thought slavery should be ended by God, not abolitionists. But yes, he was against succession and wasn't necessary opposed to slavery but definitely viewed it more as an evil than other Americans did.

[@ashleypenn7845]

"And nobody seemed to understand quite how destructive this war was going to be" Because they didn't know about warfare's newest plaything: the minie ball. A soft projectile that expands on impact, literally taking people's limbs off and shattering bone into tiny bits. Before this, there were muskets, most of which didn't have much rifling. Musket balls were harder and mostly went in and stayed there, entrance wound, exit wound (maybe) and as long as they don't hit any vital organs, you could usually bind it up and keep going. Minie balls? Freaking forget it. It flattens as soon as it hits, creating exit wounds FAR larger than the entrance wounds. And if they hit any sort of bone mass like a limb or a ribcage... you're done. That once solid bone is now shrapnel tearing through your major blood vessels. If you don't bleed to death first, you can face the amputation surgeon.. where you'll probably bleed to death anyway. Or die of gangrene because field hospitals were filthy, often with medics failing to clean their equipment from patient to patient, or even wash their hands in between. Almost as many soldiers died from complications during and post-amputation as died on the spot from the shot. Thousands who were lucky enough to go home, did so with 1 or more missing limbs. Add to that the advent of photography, and photos of the war became widely available for the first time. Compared to the sketches and block prints of battles that were artistic renditions which often cleaned up the carnage, photographs were the first look at honest-to-God battle aftermath that the majority of people got. And it rocked the nation to the core. For the first time, possibly ever, war wasn't some far away thing that merely brought home tales of glory for the victors. It was hell on earth right in their own back yards.

[@Tmalik21g]

Ashley Penn I didn’t know that. Thanks for the information!

[@fredbarker9201]

Ashley Penn cannons existed before this war tho

[@ashleypenn7845]

@@fredbarker9201 True. But cannons weren't as precise as a rifle. You could aim it generally at a large group but they're really better suited for breaking down fortifications. But rifles made picking off officers and better enemy soldiers much easier. If you could take out the officers, you could scatter the ranks.

[@SantomPh]

there was an understanding that wars were either unbalanced massacres like against the native American wars, or when between white men would be settled in a gentlemanly manner with only a few skirmishes. People did not realize that both sides were bent on winning and recruited all the men they could find, including those who became really good killers, arsonists, assassins, spies and experts on murder.

[@wwoods66]

It combined the rate-of-fire of a musket with the effective range of a rifle.

[@lukec5718]

Thomas Jefferson actually owned 600 slaves, not 200. You may have mixed it up with Washington, who owned 200

[@vepiol2278]

Kurt E. Clothier Thomas Jefferson was actually very close to going bankrupt at all times which is probably why he had so many slaves

[@YorkusPorkus757]

He had 200 at a time, 600 in his lifetime

[@Quandry1]

@@vepiol2278 He also made a point of supplying a lot of things to his slaves that others wouldn't necessarily provide and cared for them quite a bit. Freed some of them at different times. And voted to end slavery. Quite the unique fellow for his time.

[@blaketurpeau1730]

he also had several kids with one of his slave sally hemmings who was also Jefferson's dead wife's half-sister.

[@neielm4649]

Wait seriously ? :0

[@zackscott903]

When he threw the bottles at that general, that killed me lol

[@agenttexas3334]

GIVE HIM MORE WHISKEY

[@f.b.i3209]

@@agenttexas3334 Whiskey

[@agenttexas3334]

F.B.I thank you for telling me that’s wrong

[@justsomeflagwithinternetac9383]

@@f.b.i3209 oh ni- oh no it's the FBI aaaaaaaaa help plz defeat him with counter-espionage technology plz plz plz

[@skyrocks12]

"I'm a simple man. I see a new Oversimplified video, I watch a new Oversimplified video." i guess you could say you're an.. oversimplified man?

[@ninjagirl-ri1pc]

YOU DID NOT JUST-

[@skyrocks12]

@@ninjagirl-ri1pc i did.

[@LillaVya]

I see what you did there

[@SquooshyCatboy]

Dammit who let the villager out of the hole.

[@paladinaeon3834]

A few fun facts for anyone interested: The part of Lincoln being "two-faced" isn't exactly wrong as during a time when he ran against Stephan Douglas he was taking medication that made more bipolar, a medication he stopped taking after losing to him (can't remember if it was for a position for senator or representative). Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd had four children, three of them if I am correct died while he was in office. His surviving son Robert would go on to help his father and give advice to future presidents (though weirdly enough he was near when both Garfield and McKinley were assassinated). Lincoln was also the only member of congress to reject going to war against Mexico to protect Texas, knowing the full well the issues that would be brought due to slavery. Lincoln also wasn't the first Republican nominee as trailblazer (not for social norms but to actually finding roads in America), as John Fremont tried to win against Buchanan and Fillmore (another runner for presidency) but failed. Lastly Lincoln did lead soldiers on the battle field, if I am correct the first time a president to do so in office, and won a battle that McClellan and several of his generals argued was unwinnable. Grant was an alcoholic and had drinking problems before and after the war. However during the war he would stay sober during operations in order to keep focus, though his opponents spread lies that when he suffered a blunder he was drinking then. Grant, if I am correct, was the last slave owning president by once owing a slave for a business venture. However it flopped badly and despite having the chance of making back some of the money he lost, he released his slave without any strings attached. Weird family connections actually have Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee related as Lee was a cousin of Zachery Taylor, a hero of the Mexican War and president, who's daughter had married Davis sometime after the war. While not by blood these two were family by a rather few degrees of separation. Lee wasn't a fan of slavery in general and like some of the Northerners didn't care for it. However he believed he had to support his home state despite them defending something he didn't have too much faith in. Sorry for the long list, and hopefully it is accurate as best I can remember.

[@somenamejs]

Washington led troops in battle while President during the Whiskey Rebellion.

[@paladinaeon3834]

@@somenamejs Ah, I did not know that. At least I guess there was a possible other presidents to do so.

[@coasterhockygamingboy9549]

Only 1 of them di 3 of his 4 sons died before they reached adulthood (only one who did was Robert) His second son Willie died in 1850 at the age of 3. Then in 1862 his other son died at 12 and his (probably most known son) youngest son, Tad Lincoln died several years after Lincoln’s death in 1871

[@memecliparchives2254]

@@paladinaeon3834 Before John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln, his elder brother and as famous stage actor Edwin Booth saved Robert Lincoln's life from being run by a train at one point. And fortunately like many others, Edwin was in shock that his brother would do such a thing and he found solace in life that he was able to save Robert's life that day.

[@estebansantiago2670]

@@somenamejs Washington lead the troops, which was a major division with Americans, as they had just fought a war based heavily on taxation and representation. Washington felt, to my understanding, that the rebellion was out of lines, especially since too little time and effort was given before violence was instilled.

[@MrPeaTearGryfin]

Gotta love Oversimplified. I live less than one hour away from Springfield, IL. The city was literally where Lincoln spent most of his life pre-presidency. I've been to Lincoln's old homestead, his tomb, and the Lincoln Museum several times. I still learned quite a bit about Lincoln just from their video.

[@mcadamsmcadams9162]

I live in ky and have been to his birthplace

[@corvus1374]

The commander at Fort Sumter had actually been at a party the night before the bombardment, partying amongst Southerners. He himself was Kentuckian and a former slave owner, but he remained loyal to the war. The Union Army was, at the very moment the party was going, removing their units from another, smaller, fort in Charleston Harbor, and reinforcing Fort Sumter. Anderson, the commander at Sumter, never let on to his hosts that such maneuvers were going on.

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

5:25 there is a picture of me and my friend George Washington! I can't wait if you to talk about me and how I snuck over on own ship I bought to fight for the Continentals. This is while being the richest orphan in France and after marrying into one of the most powerful families (not including the royalty) that I insulted the king's brother twice. Sabotaging it to go do what I wanted.. fight for the Americans. Paid for everyone in his command making sure They were clothed, fed, etc. He also could have rented the biggest mansion but instead stayed in camp in a barn.

[@ninjagirl-ri1pc]

Hey man!

[@MaskedKingDavid]

Hi General Lafayette!

[@ives6622]

It's so weird looking at the real Lafayette and not Daveed Diggs Lafayette

[@joebobby1412]

Fan of the Revolutions podcast, eh?

[@lindseysquire8417]

Everyone give it up for America's favorite fighting Frenchman!

[@Nooobus_]

The South: fires the first shot Also the South: ThE wAr Of NoRtHeRn AgReSsIoN

[@maxrichards3881]

Supporters of slavery and racial superiority of any kind deserve all the aggression headed their way.

[@kayzeaza]

The south has always been hypocrites. Even today haha

[@SquooshyCatboy]

NOT THROWING AWAY MY SHOT-

[@SquooshyCatboy]

George Washington As a southerner, this offends me. But youre not wrong my dad is a racist hypocrite-

[@kayzeaza]

MozzieIsBetter. Sorry it’s hard not to blanket statement the entire south. I get that younger people mostly arnt like that

[@elizabethhall9334]

Being a border state was rough. People were LITERALLY fighting their own family. Maryland technically stayed with the Union, but there were still many who fought in the Confederacy. There's a Confederate monument in Point Lookout there, too.

[@memecliparchives2254]

The debacle with Missouri in the Civil War was even worse.

[@thekiller7994]

@@memecliparchives2254 what happened in Missouri?

[@ria6202]

Point Lookout is preserved so well (even tho erosion and sea level rise has caused the original POW camp grounds to all but disappear) the park does a great job respecting the dead regardless of whether they were from the union or confederacy

[@bsanchez3563]

An Ok was totally up in at least five Native american indian territories fighting on bith sides all the hwile being totally swept uo into the midst of the war ykwis

[@Syndikris]

I don't usually watch history channels like this, but I love this guy, instead of criticising the jokes he embraces them.

[@drugin6162]

Me: has one hour to finish an essay Mr. Terry History: uploads a hour long video Also me: you son of a b***h, I'm in.

[@blackfox3436]

Slavery: aight, imma head out. Eli Whitney: I'm gonna do whats called a pro-gamer move.

[@orngjce223]

I'm given to understand that Eli Whitney legitimately thought that making cotton production less labor-intensive would improve the slaves' lot. Same way that Richard Gatling, an avowed pacifist, intended the Gatling gun (invented in 1860-1861, and used a couple times during the Civil War) to show the pointlessness of war and "reduce the size of armies". ...Yeah, sometimes things don't work out the way you expect.

[@blackfox3436]

@@orngjce223 ain't that the truth

[@killman369547]

@@orngjce223 The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

[@skourpi142]

Solowarrior1221 Dude that is the truth same with the air plane. Armies used the air plane and said that nobody would want to fight a war now because people with air planes would know where the armies where so it was pointless. This was then disproved by WW1 and WW2.

[@noahgray543]

@@skourpi142 and now we have nukes! Because no one would ever start a war with how deadly nukes are! *crosses fingers that trump doesn't nuke someone*

[@jjef8706]

Love the intro, and love you! Oversimplified is so good and it's great having someone give even more additional info on the videos.

[@77mpickett]

They say in truth grant wasn't really a drunk the man was actually pretty small in stature so it wasn't that he was a drunk he was just such a lightweight that the amount a regular to large man would drink would have him completely wasted and he typically really only would drink out of boredom during times of low activity as well as sadness from being away from his wife and kids

[@macrossMX]

While George McClellan was a terrible General for being indecisive, overly cautions, and so caring of the troops under his command that he does not want to risk them in a massive battle, he was known as a great organizer and played a big role in reorganizing the Army of the Potomac with haste. If only he knew his talent as an organizer and not try to seek glory by taking a command position, history would remember him for his legendary ability to organize armies with great haste without sacrificing effectiveness. Hell, his masterful organization skills would complement Grant's decisive action. For Grant, while he was known by people as a drinker, he was actually a lightweight when it comes to alcohol, and he only drinks during the off-time. Also, for a General known by many Americans as the pioneer of relatively Modern Warfare, he was very squeamish at the sight of blood, and during the Battle of the Wilderness, he actually broke down and cried at the heavy loss of life.

[@maxrichards3881]

I hate people who criticize aggressive tactics in war, just because it causes more casualties. Grant and Sherman did what they had to, losses in war are inevitable.

[@steelbear2063]

Ironic...he could organize others, but not himself

[@bmbunch8825]

Vlogging through history got me to check out your page and I love how similar you guys are, I almost have to remember it's Mr. Terry because yall sound and talk in a very similar cadence and voice, but you both offer great insights! Wish y'all were around when I was a history major.

[@speedfreak1152]

Love the insight and extra tidbits on history, keep it up Terry!

[@Theturtleowl]

I am so glad that you reacted to this. In my history class we skipped most of the historical events outside of Europe, so getting a reaction by a history teacher makes up a bit for that.

[@noahweathers4408]

20:11 The presence of riotous comedy can often dull the impact of true emotion or genuine drama in a story. In this case, however, I believe it makes it more profound. We’ve had our little chuckle moments, but now the narrator of Oversimplified is NOT mincing words about the cruelty and injustice of slavery. I give props for how seriously they handle this topic.

[@Dest2Op]

19:16 we ain’t gonna talk about how the free state representative has a RPG with a ACOG?

[@deadpan904]

Why,it's historicaly accurate.

[@SquooshyCatboy]

Almost better then Jäger with ACOG

[@lindsayschnittger9698]

Thank you for these videos. I’ve been listening to them while I do artwork. Art history was the only college level history I’ve taken though I also enjoy history documentaries. I’ve never been what I would call a history buff but I do enjoy it and listening to these while I work has been wonderful. I like that you fill in some information that they gloss over giving a deeper understanding. Might be turning into a history buff. It’s fascinating stuff.

[@MarioDarnadi]

the "Funny how?" part is from Goodfellas :D

[@theabruun1028]

I didn't even notice that this video was over a hour long. Well done for making your videos interesting enough to keep my attention for so long

[@patrickjames163]

Original video 29 mins Mr Terry 1hr 9 mins. 40 mins of extra knowledge. Thats why he has 152k students on his youtube page. Keep up the awesome content Mr Terry.

[@rhicks1337]

Man, I wish this dude was my history teacher, but I got a monotone dude that shyed away from the gritty periods of history. (i.e. every major war/conflict.)

[@rhicks1337]

@Jake Stockton yeah, and anytime anyone brought em up to him he'd just be all like "That's not history, and it's not getting discussed in my classroom". He literally had half the JROTC in full uniform stand up and block his doorway for like a week straight at one point.

[@lukebomber]

Oh wow they made Frederik Douglass from Epic Rap Battles into a real thing.

[@LauchlinM.]

_facepalm_

[@Star_Commander_Nip_Nup]

I hope you are joking, if not I fear even more for this world

[@lukebomber]

@@Star_Commander_Nip_Nup oh sorry I don't joke, I've never used irony in my life

[@discobroccoli198]

Veldora, The Last Storm Dragon r/wooooosh

[@Star_Commander_Nip_Nup]

@@discobroccoli198 this isn't reddit

[@YAH2121]

CSA had the generals, but the Union had the resources

[@josephstahl9119]

*The Union had there general... he's just over there... drinking...*

[@rhymenoceros3303]

@@josephstahl9119 When you're most competent general is the one who's constantly drunk...then there is something clearly wrong with your military leadership.

[@josephstahl9119]

Ricardo Valdes or he needs more drinks

[@alejandroyepez]

Thats actually not True. The CSA had One Army whit 4 Great Generals, 2 of then very great The USA had Several Army whit multiple good capable General (by the end of the War) Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Tomas. In second level, Hancock, Meade, Reynolds..

[@alejandroyepez]

@@rhymenoceros3303 this is debatable. Was Grant and Alcoholich? No he was not. He was a bad drinker. Only during Vicksburg, he was reported to have drink and even there is debatable

[@Tedizz]

That intro is the most badass history themed intro ever

[@MrTerry]

Thanks!

[@DustyB]

I remember looking up oversimplified on Friday while in your AP class in 5th period and I saw that there was a Civil War Oversimplified, and I was wondering if you wouldn’t make a reaction of it. Guess I was correct XD

[@BobPantsSpongeSquare97]

Has Mr Terry's notoriety gone up around school lol? Cuz damn he got a pretty big KZbin channel out of nowhere

[@fallenhope1]

Not paying attention i see! To the Guillotine!

[@chrisbbacon7750]

Do u guys watch anything he reacts to in class

[@aamj0050]

Lads, we got an inside man

[@beepboop4103]

So you were on your phone?? Ladies and gentlemen, we got him

[@mattmccormack5639]

Just found this channel a week ago... I absolutely love these videos keep it up!!!!

[@陈宜猛]

"Their videos are getting better" Can't deny that

[@Avghistorian77]

Yeah, look all the way back to his video, on WW1, and the difference is mind-blowing. He has come a long way.

[@formulah113]

"Are muffins a cake?" I love this guy.

[@eggmannega6895]

I've often thought of McClellan as the Admiral Ozzel to Abe Lincoln's Darth Vader... mainly because I keep picturing Lincoln telling McClellan that "You have failed me for the last time."

[@massawassa115]

Amazing takes on the video man, thanks for enlightening me a bit on a topic I didn't know much about.

[@derekwillbanks5645]

I grew up around the corner from Wilson creek, I remember getting school trips out there, and being able to find relics and stuff from the battle. It was such a insane battle to hear about.

[@omega1231]

I've no doubt that the death of the khan's family had an effect on the efforts to conquer central Europe, but the reason why they didn't succeed was because: 1. central Europe was comprised of a multitude of warring nations, unlike the Mongols earlier conquests which were large consolidated nations, like China, this makes it very difficult to make large advances fast because before you know it you're fighting an entirely new enemy that may or may not have any allegiance to the place you just went through. Plus Europe was the most warlike continent since the Assyrian empire 3000-4000 years before the Mongol invasions. Europeans were at the forefront of warfare and military technology, whereas the east had spend more time with philosophy and.. well "science". 2. Europe at the time of the Mongol invasions had already had almost 1000 years of experience fighting the Huns, which lead to the invention of castles 3. Castles, also known as area denial; impossible large stone fortifications build in succession so you had to continually conquer castle after castle after castle, build in range of eachother so one castle could support the next, castles functioned as raiding bases for night time guerilla warfare. 4. European armies at this point consisted of crossbowmen, heavily armored cavalry and well armored spearmen - everything you need to take down a cavalry army. 5. The terrain of central Europe was forest and wetlands, mostly impassable by horses, and also made the mongol tactics of horse archery incredible impractical because that was developed for open plains, as that of the European plains and Mongolia. 6. Logistics - without it you are doomed. Europeans had revolutionized logistics with f.ex. castles, which also served as resupply depots, the Mongolians however survived purely on the grounds of fertile soil for their horses to graze on and game to hunt, so much so that they would lay entire regions barren - that would come back to bite them in the ass later - which meant that as they reached the figurative wall of area denial and guerilla warfare in central Europe, their supplies started to dwindle because they couldn't conquer new land fast enough to feed the men and their roughly 10 horses per man, and the fact that they consumed so much food in the previous conquests, there was nothing to go back for and they were months away from being resupplied in any region that they hadn't conquered recently, let alone going all the way back to Mongolia. The mongols, even if the khan's family had lived, had no chance of ever actually making a lot of progress in Bohemia and beyond, it would have been the greatest defeat of the Mongol empire if they had not turned around and started infighting instead.

[@Nyx_2142]

Official records from the Ilkhanate show that the Mongols had retreated from Central Europe months before the news reached them about the death of the Great Khan. Like you said, they were driven out by a range of factors. Castles they couldn't seige, knights and heavy cavalry they couldn't counter (and the Europeans were already adapting to their tactics), and a very important one. Central and Eastern Europe had just come out of a historic drought and then immediately into a historic wet season that effectively turned the plains into swamp and flood plains. Their tactics and weapons were effectively neutered. And their invasion a few short decades later where the entire invading army was nearly completely exterminated by Hungarian border barons (the main army of the King never got involved) was a telling sign. The Khan's death never played a role, just gave the revisionists an excuse.

[@yaktyafiyae]

I love how this guy actually talks about the videos instead of just watching them while eating or something

[@sophiepalmer-doran344]

some amusing quotes by president Licolon “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”― Abraham Lincoln “I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.”― Abraham Lincoln “There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.”― Abraham Lincoln "How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg." --President Abraham Lincoln "Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." --President Abraham Lincoln

[@jacobhogan3208]

​Good old Mcclellan.

[@BobPantsSpongeSquare97]

He pissed me off when I first read about him way back when lol

[@MrMogi-zg2ud]

"Good"

[@HistoryNerd808]

The worst general by far in American history. Thankfully, Lincoln eventually found Grant who was a far better commander

[@wuxiagamescentral]

@@HistoryNerd808 he already had Grant it's just he was tied up on the western front and couldn't move to the eastern theater

[@HistoryNerd808]

@@wuxiagamescentral He came out of nowhere in a lot of ways which is more what I meant. He was not a heralded name until his victories in the Civil War brought him to the attention of Lincoln.

[@jamessummers5946]

the Civil War is often called as the First modern war because several things came together: the minie ball: the first modern bullet that was faster, spun for more accuracy and did more damage than traditional bullets the telegraph: allowed instant communications to the front the train: allowed fast movement of troops and supplies to the front ironclads: made cannon balls worthless and would radically change sea warfare torpedoes: basically mines that would blow up when ships passed by them submarines and prototypes that would later be used for the first aircraft carriers

[@Typanoid]

"Missing" could mean deserted or defected, but it could also mean "having been blown up so badly that there's like nothing left to recover or identify".

[@AndrewTheMandrew531]

I love these long in-depth analysis videos. I know you’re a Civil War buff Terry! Keep up the great work!

[@Mthom95]

My favorite oversimplified video (s) nailed it

[@marvintarlengco1244]

Hi Mr. Terry, love how much information and knowledge you pack into your videos! Minor gripe though: I can hear it through your mic when you hit your table. Not a big deal but I thought you should know.

[@mbdg6810]

"are muffins a cake" me: well , muffins are in the shape of cupcakes

[@royplatt455]

Perhaps... or are cupcakes in the shape of muffins?!

[@pepsidoggo1598]

Muffins are cheapskate cupcakes

[@PaulyT999]

Only a history teacher can turn a 30 minute video into an hour long video. Seriously though keep up the great work Mr. Terry

[@capjacksparrow12]

Actually at the time Great Britain was on a bit of a Crusade against slavery. If you want to learn more about it look up The Slave Trade Act of 1807, and the West Africa Squadron.

[@BennyP1985]

Fell onto this video when I was in a KZbin Black Hole (watching suggested video after suggested video for a few hours), so pleased that I did! I’ve loved the Oversimplified series for a while, but also loved the more in depth anecdotes and insight that you bring to it. Subscribed and worried that there are more Black Holes I’m going to be falling into very soon.....

[@jasonzartman9182]

The only man to say that the war started in his backyard and ended in his front yard!

[@sebastianmateo7956]

I really like ur videos! Awesome that you add extra knowledge in i really enjoy it. Keep it up my man!!!

[@skaterattrash2712]

Fun fact Karl Marx published an article criticizing Britain for relying so much on slave made cotton, he was then fired for the article he’d written. Marx and Lincoln also exchanged letters

[@Keeby.]

marx was actually WAY ahead of his time some of his ideas like communism didnt/dont work right now or when he was around but theres no reason they couldnt work in the near future also he clearly knew about britains gains from slavery which saddly most british people today dont even know about i think we would be in a much better time if shit like the cold war didnt happen so people wasnt so radically against some of his ideas without even knowing them

[@dannyvowles9518]

really good video. Mr terry always does a good job of adding context and not just watching the video and laughing. cant believe I just sat through the whole 1 hour, went by really fast.

[@mikek4025]

Amazing how fast you've grown, i remember the 500 sub days wow

[@lightningbug3704]

Love the new intro! I am just starting your videos then I'm trying to go from oldest to newest and I saw this one just popped up so I started to watch it it is so awesome!

[@stevehi8677]

15:45 the original plan for the train was for it to start in New Orleans (due to the massive port) but was changed due to the possibility of Nebraska territory’s being slave states The reason for this change was political power vs economic

[@afrolovely]

heeeey! you have an intro now! Happy to watch you react and break this down!

[@TheTrainChasingPoet1999]

Oversimplified: **Uploads** Mr. Terry: Allow me to introduce myself.

[@Rosario_Verano]

I'm a man of historical knowledge and taste

[@yesirm1713]

allow me to react myself

[@parisbrat]

'Abe Lincoln, Vampire Hunter' is a movie. Yep. ''Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them.''

[@stijntrietsch4469]

It would be fun if you watched one of the armchair historian's video's

[@honorablechairmanmeow8698]

Stijn Trietsch suggests go on the discord

[@krakenmetzger]

@@honorablechairmanmeow8698 what is discord

@@krakenmetzger imagine Skype and reddit had a baby Its basically that discord servers are where you can talk and discusse things with other people depending on the type of server it is Go into the discrimination there's a link to his discord server just check it out you might like it

[@skizzik121]

@ lol I'm 100% sure you meant description but the fact you edited and left in "...go into descrimination" makes me laugh

@@skizzik121 holy shit 😂 imma leave that as is i didn't notice it corrected to discrimination but that works Yeah i sent description Also the last part was the edit i didn't go back and spell check

[@kilgoretrout3966]

My great, great grandfather fought with John Brown at the Battle of Blackjack southeast of Lawrence, KS. We confirmed it by comparing the serial number on his sidearm with the manifest of a case of Colt 1850 Navys, ordered by Brown. Further, the Battle took place mainly on his property.

[@DeIta.]

Oversimplified: *uploads* Mr. Terry: Speed. I am speed.

[@GeneralsGentlemen]

Regarding using a Turkey as the national emblem which would be weird since you slaughter it for Thanksgiving: Our national emblems in Australia are Emus and Kangaroos. Kangaroos are pests which people hunt and eat. (You can find Kangaroo meat in supermarkets.) And Emus which Western Australia had a war with. (The Emu War).

[@Avghistorian77]

Yep, Oversimplified did a video on that war as well! Pretty funny, but we all had hilarious parts in history.

[@ilyaswahbi4119]

wish my teachers were this cool when i was studying

[@nt3753]

missing in that scenario meant that they either deserted or more likely were killed but not recovered . this happens for example if u attack gain ground then get pulled back and get killed while u retreat, they had no dog tags in the beginning of the war and only after some manufacturers realizes a market started producing those. At the beginning of the war most soldiers only used papers with their name written on it- neither mud not blood proof...

[@iakkire9854]

We did it, boys! 1 hour video! We are truely blessed!

[@PsychOsmosis]

27:40 *"If those people had unified into, maybe, one candidate [...]"* *Bell, Douglas & Breckinridge:* "By our powers combined, we are *CAPTAIN CANDIDATE!"* **Merge into each other**

[@coryleopold9075]

The second I saw the video was out, I told myself I had to wait to watch it with you!

[@carsonbrinkman2582]

i was waiting for this, amazing video as always

[@bangscutter]

I'm not American, so I only had a vague knowledge of the American Civil War. But OverSimplified's video and your excellent explanations here made me learn so much. In particular, I had no idea the two capitals, Washington DC and Richmond, were so close to each other in the war, and especially DC is so close to the border. It reminded me of the Korean War, with Seoul and Pyongyang, with Seoul being very close to the DMZ. Oversimplying, it seems that the Union had more manpower, resources, and naval power. While the Confederate had better generals.

[@defaulter264]

Well the union has U. S. Grant

[@meganoob12]

by the end if the war the union also had the better generals. Lee was a good tactics wise, but his strategy was lacking. He was constantly fighting in an agressive manner to win large glorious victories, which didn’t fit the limited resources he had. What he should’ve done was to copy the strategy of the independance war. Lure the union to the south, choose your battlefield and inflict huge losses to break morale in the north. He also singlehandedly lost the battle of Gettysburg. Stonewall Jackson is often glorified for his valley campaign, but his style was too aggressive too. Shortly after the valley campaign he performed really poorly in some desasterous defeats. He is only glorified due to the way he died. U S S Grant was the best General of the war and the Union also had guys like Sherman or Meade. This notion that „the south had great generals and the north only won thanks to it‘s resources“ mostly stems from the lost cause myth. Btw. why would it make Grant a bad general if he realizes that he gas more resources and uses this advantage? That is what I expect a good general to do… realize your strengh and weakness and play to the former.

[@Historyteacheraz]

Good perspective on an overview of the Civil War. A Teenager’s Guide to the Civil War: A History Book for Teens is a good resource for those who want to learn more.

[@carmenmercedes9903]

I'm from Texas,and I can vouch for Oversimplified saying we're loud. I'm the only quiet person in the state.

[@loonboy1996]

In military terms. Missing is more likely "mutilated beyond recognition". especially during the civil war, dog tags and other identification information were not common.

[@NomNomGohan]

Me: (sees an over an hour of Mr. Terry on one video) Me: *This one’s gonna be a doozy*

[@andrewnewsome5319]

Mr terry is the only teacher who doesn’t make us take notes during these videos

[@carmenmercedes9903]

31:03 why does he look that guy from Hamilton who went "I'm a General! WHEE!"

[@imartimus]

Oversimplified videos are like 2 for 1. Get their video then the Mr. Terry reacts. Feels like I'm watching the video again with the director's cut commentary. Love the videos Mr. Terry.

[@mgunter]

Ben Franklin wanted the Turkey as the national bird.

[@whodat879]

There is a KZbin channel called alternate history hub that explores what would happen if there was a southern victory

[@steelbear2063]

It's shit tho

[@Andrewflynn16]

who dat gammer well there’d be a lot more people saying nigger. And far less rap singers at the very least

[@12sleep34]

@@Andrewflynn16 uhhhh wtf

[@Andrewflynn16]

@@12sleep34 follow the logic guy

[@Q_z_]

I really appreciated your comment at 43:20 regarding why Lincoln was so hesitant to bring slavery into the war. Oversimplified made it seem like a really obvious choice to make while you explained why it was a bigger political dilemma than it was described in the video. These types of insights really make the hour long watch worth it

[@CocoTaveras8975]

Qzhuo Agreed! 👍👍

[@rapha5105]

Hey greetings from Germany, i like your Channel and ur reactions to Oversimplified. Continue doing this good Videos :-) When i was in school, i wish i had such a modern Teacher.

[@Playernotfound-404]

The Emancipation Proclamation was one of the most political papers ever as far as I'm concerned. It literally did absolutely nothing but it had more influence than anything else. The exact wording basically only released all southern slaves, however not the northern ones. You know, the ones he had no control over. Slave states in the union weren't affected and so they couldn't rightfully oppose it. The big reason why Europe couldn't aid the Confederacy was because they had recently outlawed slavery in Britain, France, etc. so once the war became about slavery they suddenly would look like hippocrates. But it literally didnt do anything. It freed people that weren't technically a part of his country.

[@TheAngryXenite]

Except that the Union did not recognize the legitimacy of the Confederacy, nor did anyone else, and there were tons of Union soldiers marching through the South at this time. The Union issuing the Emancipation Proclamation told slaves that all they had to do was reach an advancing Northern army, or escape into territory occupied by the North, and the government would recognize their freedom outright rather than what it had been doing before, which was officially confiscation of property crucial to the enemy war effort.

[@klauserji]

oversimplified video lengths : 29 minutes Mr. Terry : let me double that.

[@takeurpills6024]

Not a bad thing

[@ninjawork111]

yknow what I like about you Terry, you don't have the show in a tiny box. You can watch both you and the video equally.

[@oshaiyatome628]

I love your attitude and appreciate your comentary

[@wootawoota65]

The Channel this is Oversimplified *When I watch Mr. Terry, it's Undersimplified*

[@davidfernandez1992]

I liked Lincoln's reply to Washington as "Yeah, we'll see about that, Dingus!" 😄😄

[@generaljeanmoreau6853]

This is one hour of blessing

[@arnomadatyan4743]

Love watching you enjoy the videos!