The Free Soil Party Explained

[@iammrbeat]

Here is EmperorTigerstar's video about the Greenback Party: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gn-2iHyafsetopo&a= What's your favorite political party?

[@notbadsince97]

Populist Party>

[@EPluribusUnumYT]

TOO MANY TO DECIDE!!!!!!

[@j-man8546]

Mr. Beat you should make a joint video on Furman v Georgia and Georgia v Gregg

[@benselectionforcasting4172]

@@j-man8546 huh, coincidence that I know someone who is teaching a class on US government that is reviewing those cases?

[@Maddog844]

The republicans because my family switched after 1964

[@EmperorTigerstar]

I too support the issue of giving free dirt to gardeners. Wait...am I at the wrong party?

[@iammrbeat]

It may be the wrong party, but it feels so right.

[@matthewbrady9667]

Do Libertarianism Part 2!

[@joshkusiak7613]

EmperorTigerstar I am running for the free dirt party in 2020

[@johnjones3813]

As Moe Szyslak said "I'm better than dirt. Well, except for that store bought dirt, that stuff loaded with nutrients. I can't compete with that."

[@ezandman6804]

So van Buren kind of created democratic AND republican party?

[@iammrbeat]

By golly you're right. Martin Van Buren- the most important person in the history of American politics!

[@ezandman6804]

Thank you for reply Mr. Beat! I am from the Netherlands and interested in US history. Have a nice day sir. And thank you for making this video.

[@macmacreynolds8712]

How did Van Buren create the Republican Party?

[@grantonrigney9208]

@@iammrbeat LIES where would we be without henry clay America's first king. KIng of Compromise!

[@edsova5089]

To answer your question MacMarcyReynolds, Martin Van Beuren created the Free Soil Party - which eventually turned into the Republican party; as well as directly creating the democratic party

[@edsova5089]

Martin Van Beuren created both the Democratic party and the free soil party, and the free soil party became the Republican party. Martin Van Beuren created both major political parties we know today and is the most important man in American politics.

[@Jbdhbc]

Now I've got 'Compromise of 1850' stuck in my head. Very interesting window into a segment of American history for a non-American!

[@iammrbeat]

haha nice, yeah that's a jingle I came up with back in the day to remember something that is boring to most people. :D

[@GenoGeno]

I can't get enough of all your videos! They're so much more entertaining and teach me better and faster than schoolr!

[@iammrbeat]

That means a lot.

[@excelisfun]

Thank you for yet another amazing video! I had no idea about the Free Soil Party! Thanks, Mr Beat : )

[@iammrbeat]

Thank you! Yeah, they were Republican before Republicans were even a thing.

[@shirtless6934]

At 2:47 you ask, “what about women?” I am reminded of our high school history class in Daytona Beach (1973-1974). Our teacher, a refined Southern gentlelady, originally from North Carolina, taught us about the Fifteenth Amendment as follows: TEACHER: Who can tell us what the Fifteenth Amendment did? STUDENT: It allowed black people to vote. TEACHER: Did it now? Did it allow black women to vote? STUDENT: No, ma’am. TEACHER: Did it allow white women to vote? STUDENT: No, ma’am. TEACHER: There you have it, class. This fine country of ours gave black men the right to vote while denying it to white women. Her lesson is historically accurate, but I imagine that, nowadays, her teaching method would test tenure and academic freedom to its limit.

[@johnjones3813]

Florida, of course. Sorry.

[@benselectionforcasting4172]

Free Land, Free Soil, Fremont

[@rockstarsharma53]

Hi Benjamin

[@benselectionforcasting4172]

@@rockstarsharma53 fancy seeing you here

[@johnjones3813]

And victory! Not.

[@blueseanomad7435]

Welcome back Mr. Beat! Hope you had a good rest!

[@iammrbeat]

I did. Did you miss my video last week though?

[@blueseanomad7435]

I believe I did... This will not do.

[@RichardBaran]

Thanks for your quality work! I didn't know all of this.

[@iammrbeat]

Glad I introduced it and thank you so much for the kind comment. :D

[@ricky99la]

That long pause at the end. hahaha Great video

[@iammrbeat]

I was trying to be...... dramatic. Thank you :)

[@MrEzman99]

Wow Mr. Beat, I was just about to message you requesting a video about this very topic!!! Fun Fact: Not too many historians noticed this, but Martin Van Buren actually spoiled the 1848 presidential election for the Democrats. What do I mean? While he did not win any electoral votes, Van Buren actually finished second in his home state of New York, behind the Whig nominee Zachary Taylor and ahead of the Democratic nominee Lewis Cass. Taylor received 47.9% of the popular vote. In an amazingly strong performance for a third-party candidate, Van Buren received 26.4% of the popular vote, beating out Cass who received 25.1% of the popular vote. Van Buren's candidacy massively split the Democratic vote, seeing as he took a whole 26% of voters who would have otherwise probably voted for Cass. But his second place finish in New York is very important because, if Cass had won the state over Taylor (which very well could have been the case had Van Buren not taken such a large portion of the Democratic vote), it would have been Lewis Cass who was elected our 12th President, not Zachary Taylor.

[@iammrbeat]

Martin Van Buren had such a huge impact. Thanks for sharing all that, and glad you wanted this video without me even knowing it. :D

[@MrEzman99]

@@iammrbeat Honestly, Martin Van Buren and Theodore Roosevelt are the only third party candidates in U.S. history to have seriously spoiled an election for a major political party.

[@mathieuleader8601]

its amazing how something so small has influence on the future

[@iammrbeat]

True true, and also how something so forgotten can have so much influence on the future.

[@mathieuleader8601]

they say the winner takes it all

[@CosmiaNebula]

So America has a first party, a second party, 37 third parties... I shudder to imagine how many fourth parties there will be.

[@adeelhussain2304]

How crazy would it be if the US ever changed Congress to more of a parliamentary system - Now before you call me crazy I know there are drawbacks to this but also positives such as the inclusion of multiple party sets and more diverse opinions - often allowing congress to then form collaboration sets for majorities. I know this won't happen but it would be interesting thought experiment.

[@iammrbeat]

I think a lot of people agree with you, actually. It's not that crazy.

[@HorrorMetalDnD]

Do you mean parliamentary system or just proportional representation? You can have proportional representation in a presidential system.

[@fly5ivefly]

Aye man never say it can't happen. With the proper compiling of the right info, presented to the right people with righteous intent, the universe will help you and the idea manifest .. never know, you could end up meeting people who've already started on this and be able to merge powers to move forward! Peace Love Light Protection and Progress fam

[@matheuspenteado8174]

What is that the Marijuana Party wants to legalize, Mr. Beat? I did not get it...

[@iammrbeat]

Cocaine.

[@matheuspenteado8174]

Oh, I see...

[@emeyeenaych]

meth

[@lukedetering4490]

4:40 🎵Compromise of 1850🎵

[@iammrbeat]

Everybody sing along!

[@Nonam-g2y]

It is the song that never ends.

[@macmacreynolds8712]

5:36 In my opinion, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, passed by Congress in 1854, was THE leading cause of the Civil War, with the Dred Scott decision in March, 1857 coming in a close second. An honorable, or dishonorable, mention would also go to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

[@pikminlord343]

Another great video

[@niko2950]

i really like this video! Keep up the great work buddy! Looking forward to the next video! Love you Mr. Beast!!!!!!

[@sharonsloan]

New sub (from EmperorTigerstar).

[@iammrbeat]

Welcome!!

[@johnjones3813]

"The beautiful Lewis Cass." - Mr. Beat

[@aryotec]

How art thy Mr.Beast.

[@iammrbeat]

Just because I make beastly videos...

[@j-man8546]

You should make a joint video on Georgia v Gregg and Furman v georgia

[@iammrbeat]

That's a great suggestion.

[@rt6692]

I’m still a Greenback!

[@iammrbeat]

You Greenbacker, you.

[@MarcBienenfeld]

i love your compromise of 1850 song

[@leonidverevkin4927]

Without the Free Soil party we wouldn't have Trump in office, probably.

[@iammrbeat]

That's certainly one way of looking at it.

[@johnjones3813]

Wth are you talking about?

[@alexmorris6954]

What's your favorite band Mr Beat (Electric Neadle Room excluded)?

[@iammrbeat]

Probably Radiohead

[@alexmorris6954]

@@iammrbeat for me, it's the Eagles

[@iammrbeat]

My parents LOVE the Eagles, so I am very familiar with their catalog.

[@alexmorris6954]

Mr. Beat would you collaborate with Alternative History Hub? Or his other channel Knowledge Hub?

[@CaesinSylviir]

Here from Emperor Tigerstar's channel. Looks like I just found a ton of new content to watch. 😁

[@iammrbeat]

Awesome! Welcome to my channel.

[@nielcarpnava]

I think you should create a song about Compromise of 1850. That would be cool.

[@MayoFilms83]

It’s called Dixie created by a man from up North lol😂

[@davidgareau2319]

I had no idea the free soil party had the first convention in my city

[@Leonhavenify]

Can you compare the Netherlands and Belgium?

[@iammrbeat]

That's a fantastic suggestion

[@abrahamlincoln937]

4:46 That was your very first video, Mr. Beat.

[@HelloWorld-xf2ks]

Free soil Free speech Free... _Labor?_

[@iammrbeat]

Free workers

[@HelloWorld-xf2ks]

Mr. Beat Oh, THAT makes a lot more sense !

[@stalkinghorse883]

I have wifi in my bathroom specifically for KZbin watching marathons. Now for that pre-marathon shopping list: Energy drink Coffee Beef Jerkey Potato Chips Chicken Tendies Hot Pockets Pizza delivery phone number as back up. I think I got everything covered.

[@iammrbeat]

Glad you remembered the Hot Pockets.

[@fly5ivefly]

Wifi in the bathroom for hour and a half pre-shower shits . Aha

[@SavingCommunitiesDS]

They were not a single-issue party. They proposed that no more land be sold to corporations, and that all land should be set aside for homesteaders. They also proposed to separate banking institutions from our monetary system. Because the Republican Party was swamped with corporate interests, those two planks did not survive the shift into the Republican Party platform.

[@josestarks8892]

What about Fremont?

[@athletesxculture2657]

3:27 BINGO!!!! The REAL reason why the civil war was fought.

[@nicholashopkins3525]

Yea we know 🙄

[@STho205]

The United States federation of states is NOT and NEVER HAS BEEN a two party system in constitutional law. The Constitution does not mention parties AT ALL. Parties are a creation of newspapers that gained traction inside states. They are private corporations. Being often created by regional newspapers and branded by media coverage of politics, we often get the illusion that they are a constitutional foundation. They are NOT. In fact parties are quite contrary to the desired working of Congress which was to bring regional Representatives together TO COMPROMISE inside this union. Parties produce the opposite of compromise, they produce team sport winner take all, drive your opponent into the dirt situations. You, as citizens of this Republic, are not bound to parties. We should reject them out of hand and simply vote our conscious, not jump on a bandwagon and follow would-be rulers

[@iammrbeat]

Well said.

[@HorrorMetalDnD]

I see parties as being inevitable. Likeminded people will always want to come together in pursuit of common goals. Plus, we’re a social species, so it’s only natural to desire group identities. My main issue I have with the anti-party approach is that the prohibition of party labels only masks our innate partisanship, instead of eradicating it. Politicians will still cling to their group identities, only now voters will be far less aware of those group identities. At least with parties, this innate partisanship is more transparent, and in a multiparty system, it would be far more transparent, as they wouldn’t have to form factions in two large parties. In the end, I’d say the solution to the current hyper-partisan culture isn’t less political parties, it’s more political parties that represent more diversity of thought.

[@K.C.-Games]

Van Buren just left the Democratic Party but he made the Democratic Party

[@scrapyarddragon]

you mean they aren't a party for making land use free of charge? darn.

[@siamiam]

the Soil was spoiled

[@iammrbeat]

BY SLAVERY.

[@matthewkopp2391]

F. Douglas became secretary in 1852 on its decline. so it did become a marginal radical liberal party for a short period which included reparations.

[@WatchmansArchive]

Google is a search engine. Google doesn't give you any answers. Google links you to other websites which gives you the answers.

[@iammrbeat]

Yeah. I know. Another fun fact: I was trying to be silly.

[@shannonbeat]

So technically it gives you answers. Technically. Otherwise you wouldn't have answers.

[@fly5ivefly]

Furthermore, the answers to the info we seek aren't always on Googles search results. A lot of the MOST IMPORTANT information, LIFE, policy, WORLD changing info, is in libraries, more importantly, PRIVATE libraries, as well as first hand holders of historical documentation passed down from ancestors and luckily saved.

[@Seal423]

thank you for singing lol

[@craigharrison1274]

39? More like 39 thousand.

[@samsunil3186]

Do American Independent Party

[@roughcollies1811]

Do a video on the civil rights movement

[@aaronbradley3232]

I thought this was going to be about oh my God my memory is not what it used to be but I remember how you described it you know was cotton farmers in the south and wheat farmers in the Midwest and some Factory workers in the north and they made up the political party and then they were going to go with William Jennings Bryan and they when they split into you know what I'm talkin about I don't like this era in American history so but I would love to see a video on that political party

[@davidharing6475]

Sal-mon not like the fish, the L is not silent.

[@MayoFilms83]

Now watch Gods and Generals and Gettysburg and then Glory after this lol😂

[@tannerwilson4843]

Didn’t Homer Simpson curse out Walt Whitman in an episode!

[@iammrbeat]

Probably. That sounds about right.

[@HVACSoldier]

IF only the Whig Party and the Democratic Party thought of creating ballot access laws, in 1848.

[@CommanderVideo4]

Martin van ruin

[@iammrbeat]

Oh snap. Fartin Van Buren.

[@TheOtherCaleb]

Free soil or no soil!

[@alexanderengstrom8284]

gnarly

[@daniels7568]

I like your cute slavery jingle

[@iammrbeat]

hey, it's a compromise jingle, but thanks

[@anniethieves714]

Make American Great Again

[@houstonburnside8985]

Why are you doing so many colabs

[@iammrbeat]

I can't stop. I'm addicted to collaborating. It's a sickness.

[@joshkusiak7613]

I want free soil

[@TheStickCollector]

A

[@BloodRider1914]

Anti-masonic party?

[@ElectricChaplain]

2:43 suddenly gay

[@havehope646]

Jesus loves you and he wants you to repent and to spread the gospel

[@joefrew1614]

TARRIFS, what are they good for. Absolutely nothing!!

[@joefrew1614]

Thanks, by the way, why do you dislike tarrifs so much? I was trying to parody that song "War, What is it Good For".

[@bigwilly528]

Republican Party is a single issue party at this point

[@weareallone8442]

How

[@ADEehrh]

An exsample;... the anti "choice" people!

[@koukkoufos2000]

+Mr. Beat Protectionism (tariffs) does work sometimes, Just look at Scandinavia lol www.justicedemocrats.com

[@iammrbeat]

You and Scandanavia 😆

[@koukkoufos2000]

+Mr. Beat lol, It’s true though, please watch this video Mr. Beat on a more detailed explanation kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmPJdKZseaurjpI

[@koukkoufos2000]

+ger du You’re Norwegian and you didn’t know that Storting does Protectionism? Lol that’s because you’re used to it, basically I’m sure Storting imposes import tariffs on imported products in your country so you have more manufacturing Jobs and so corporations don’t outsource your jobs to poor countries unlike here in the U.S, also you have beautiful women lol Just watch the video again I linked.

[@HorrorMetalDnD]

Protectionism hurts low income consumers the most.

[@joshuacoleman8000]

I don't approve of 5:48 at all! Trump doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath, let alone hold pictures of 2 of our greatest Presidents! Trump you are the worst President this country ever had! Otherwise great video, man!

[@hephaestus511]

How is he the worst president?

[@HorrorMetalDnD]

Objectively speaking, it would be really hard to be worse than Warren G. Harding or Richard Nixon. Not saying Trump will or won’t surpass that level of corruption, but he does have some competition.

[@Daniel-ty1tf]

Hey there, person?! You are so flippin PC you can't say hey, GUYS! 🤦‍♂️