The Roaring 20's: Crash Course US History #32

[@evans.7501]

Welcome to the new Roaring ‘20s guys we made it

[@DMGAMBLE]

Lynimated ! Boomin' 20s.

[@rightfulfuture4]

and it sucks balls

[@Jrookus]

Lynimated ! Guessing you didn’t know what would happen literally days after crossing into 2020

[@TarekMadridista]

Banging twenties lol.

[@ChrisS-wy3im]

little did y’all know it only keeps gettin worse :/

[@LuigikilledMario]

John Green is the best thing to happen to You Tube. God bless him for keeping U.S. history so real. The good, the bad, and the straight up ugly.

[@TobyInc.]

Luigi KZbin is drunk to a lot of people. Good job KZbin

[@규현찾으러수만리]

for a split second i thought your comment said "john green is straight up ugly" for some reason lmao

[@John-X]

I wish my actual history class was like this. Then I might have actually payed attention and learned something, but alas, my teacher was a mean, boring, grumpy, old hag who had no enthusiasm whatsoever. I would have rather taken advanced algebra than her class....

[@eliasjorgensen4957]

whos here because schools online now and teachers just set them to youtube videos

[@granddesign1]

me lol

[@FlameST04]

yep

[@antifireemblem8224]

Yep

[@carol-gp5gn]

yes

[@I_Teen_I]

Me lol

[@maddiechamblin4875]

" Tell me calvin coolidge about how american you are, are you cree or lakota or cherokee?" OHHHHH MY GOSH COOLIDGE JUST GOT REKT SO HARD

[@justin-qr7sy]

This is actually a very ignorant comment for John. If you are American, you are a citizen of the United States, an inhabitant of the United States, or you speak the English that is used in the United States. Coolidge was referring to Americans, not the indigenous Native Americans. I'm surprised John took that quote out of context. It seems as if we got a snippet of his dubious political views thanks to this impetuous comment.

[@TheJuris1973]

obviously he wasn't referring to Native Americans. Green was exposing how hypocritical and ignorant it was for Coolidge to talk about stopping immigration when Coolidge obviously was from immigrant stock himself..

[@guydude9018]

Justin Crawford you know what it actually seems like is we just got a perfect snippet of your stupidity. If you were actually paying attention to the video instead of fantasizing about your conservative god ronald reagan, you would have realized that John was actually making a reference to the American obliviousness to the native americans. Based on the ideology of first come first served, this land was first inhabited by the Native Americans (in case ur negative IQ couldn't figure it out that's why they are called NATIVE americans and not "inferior americans"), which means that technically speaking, even Coolidge himself wasn't a real American. I hope this explanation was enough to get through to ur brai... oh wait never mind, nothin to get through to. I'm excited to see ur snarky response probably having nothing to do with what I said, and instead aiming for an assumption of my race, gender, and political affiliation. I'm glad to know there are genuine retards in our country who voted for the biggest mistake in american history, and that we at least didn't get hacked by russia.

[@justin-qr7sy]

Whoa kiddo calm down u seem a little upset. What's with all the insults? It's very immature, no need to be rude. Also, I voted for Bernie Sanders, the socialist, so how does that make me a conservative? But I don't blame you; it's typical for the primitive mind to jump to conclusions when in a heated debate. John took Coolidge's quote out of context, it is as simple as that. Coolidge said "America must be kept American". When he stated this, he was referring to "Americans", as in, native citizens of the United States. He wanted to keep the United States confined to being made up of the citizens of America, therefore, closing off immigration to certain parts of the world. It had nothing to do with Native Americans. And yes, while Coolidge's quote doesn't make too much sense (because "Americans" are composed of different ethnicities via immigration), this still doesn't change the fact that John let his political views get the best of him, when he, intentionally or unintentionally, took Coolidge's quote out of context. I find it ironic how you are predicting that I will be "aiming for an assumption of your race, gender, and political affiliation", when you just assumed that I am a conservative. Have a nice day.

[@historygeek8394]

How could you say that John Green's mind is "primitive"? Especially when: *you not you *Whoa kiddo, (with a comma!) *It's very immature; no need. . . (semicolon, not comma!) *America must be kept American." not "America must be kept American". (Period inside quotes!)

[@kubricklynch]

Do people actually not think of credits cards as debt?

[@NiteSaiya]

I know not one single person who doesn't know credit cards are debt. I think Green's privilege is showing again.

[@acesulfameazzakari4616]

Knowing that using credit cards puts you in debt and thinking of them as debt are two different things.

[@Spymask-AoC]

how

[@kubricklynch]

Acesulfame Azzakari Err how exactly?

[@Backinblackbunny009]

Of course it's thought of as debt, but an essential debt. You need a car to be a more efficient employee and of course car insurance and you can't live the "average American lifestyle" without either. As someone who was regularly late to work when depending on public transportation it's obvious that, even living in a big metropolitan area like I did in Las Vegas, a working car makes you a better worker. However, who can afford $10,000 upfront for a decent car? Any lower and you're risking the same problems as with public transportation of not having a reliable way to get to and from work. Same principle for a house. Since the 1980s homes prices have skyrocketed (My mom bought her house 2 bedroom, 2 bath in Sacramento, Ca in 1973 for $30,000. That same house was sold in 2010 for $290,000) Now, I'm sure there will be like 15 people reading this the are like "I bought a house at 19 because I saved my babysitting money" and to them I respond, "you're weird and your parents overcompensated you for your labor" Debt is an essential part of our economy because it's 70% driven by consumer spending

[@p.jessoncollins7296]

MY 11TH GRADE CLASS IS READING THE Great Gatsby. So we had to understand the time and context of the book. The crash course is such a great resource. 9th graders are reading Paper Town By the host John Green. Thanks

[@Aeroexo-t7y]

"women were still expected to marry, have children and find their freedom at home through their washing machines." That's so perfectly dry. I love it.

[@jmitterii2]

Speaking to my great grandparents and grandma about the 20's and 30's living in Idaho, the swinging 20's only existed in a few places in the US. The rest of the the US was actually mostly poor. My grandma spent first 5 years living in a dirt floor shack. Great grandpa worked on farms and at a gas station. By 1938 due to various infrastructure spending as well as the civilian conservation core; mixture of building highways (roads were just dirt or gravel roads from the original Oregon trail of the 1860's). Many dams still used today for electricity and irrigation were built, electricity again was a new thing too, it didn't exist in many places around that time except in a few towns. As well as sewers or decent septic systems. Anyway, the program stimulated the economy, the small town my great grandparents lived got a cement plant that still operates today, my great grandpa got hired, and by 1939 he built a modern home with electricity and plumbing, his castle as he called it. I got to see the little shack once in late 90's with my grandma. Dirt floor with a cast iron stove the shack was located near a small creek in the backyard where the modern house is at, someone else owns and lives in the modern house and gave a us a tour of it too. Two weeks after the visit, a small tornado tore the little shack down; was very odd because the place is in a steep canyon rock-lava ravine and further around the region are high mountains; tornadoes are actually rare in most of Idaho because of the mountains. Didn't do any damage to the modern home. The swinging 20's were swinging for a few proportion of the population while most of the US sort of just lingered in poverty. Many parts of the US interior didn't get electricity and especially any phone service until the 60's. Freeway/interstate system wasn't built until 1956.

[@daliagomez285]

Every time I think I'm going to fail a test, crash course saves me

[@kevingustafson7118]

totally dude. they explain everything perfectly

[@krystalharmon3955]

This guy is a paid propagandist ad disinformation outlet. The attempt at demonizing capitalism and republicans is obvious. But he intentionally leaves out critical info like the bankers use of cronies to do things that govt couldn't do. The bankers started influencing politics through mostly democrats who were vastly anti minorities. Think KKK and planned parenthood which was a eugenics program placed in black communities to keep their populations low. I say this because its fact, not because im against abortion. The bankers were allowed to illegally print money for the treasury, which gave them enough power and control to place puppet politicians in office, grow the govt, and use it as a legal tool to favor their crony corporations while suffocating their competition with taxes and regulations among other means. This would create soft monopolies in all industries critical for control. they would deregulate industries when it benefit the cronies. We now have illusions of choice as most industries are monopolized. See the food industry, or the media where there are 5 crony corporate outlets that own 95% of everything we see, read, and hear. the media forms mass opinion, for a two party controlled system that only works for the establishment. the banks created the Great Depression and bought up the biggest most influential businesses. They still create booms and busts and play the stock market like a kazoo. If we did that, we would be chained. We have not had capitalism since 1913 when the fed reserve took root, which our founders have warned us of. for capitalism (and thus free people) to survive , govt needed to be a small as possible. we now have the largest govt earth has ever seen and we still think its a capitalist system, and we are free. Our system is manipulated in all areas, inflation, interest rates, wall st, information, culture, currency, the markets etc. This is the opposite of capitalism. what we have been taught since we were children is all wrong.

[@accountoftheultraimaginato4012]

@@krystalharmon3955 Well, thy just oozes toxicity, doesn't thou?

[@EllaMayHoughton]

You are the only thing getting me through my GCSE history love from a very unmotivated, procrastinating 16 year old.

[@Spifphee]

Those values should be: 1. Respect for Autonomy- Respect all person's right to make their own decisions 2. Non Maleficence - do not harm 3. Beneficence - lessen or prevent harm if possible 4. Justice - fairly distribute costs and benefits

[@MasterObservato]

It's fascinating to note how much (in retrospect, of course) our society today resembled that of the Twenties and, more recently, the edge of the Great Depression. Sure, society as a whole may arguably not be quite as bad off as it was during the Depression, but when the average lifestyle moves up as well, it's hard to say whether or not it was RELATIVELY (caps because no italics) as bad as then. When storefronts your parents could never remember being empty are boarded up and without businesses, in a pretty rich suburb of LA, it's pretty bad. One story I remember is that in 8th grade (2007), when I took a basic US History for Little Middle School Pukes(tm), I often asked internally, "Didn't people see this coming? Didn't people see that this was unsustainable?" The next time I took US History, as a junior, I had such a Heel Realization: No, it is very possible to not see such things. Of course these things are obvious in retrospect, they're in a textbook! Except, it seems, when you're part of it; then they're suddenly not. (Well, being a teenager would not help, but I was a teenager who liked analyzing history, not exactly the usual crop.) This is why you learn history. Because history does repeat itself. Quite often, it seems.

[@PizzaManager101]

i will now incorporate "scoodly pooping chariots" into my vocabulary. thank you once again, John Green. -A Happy Viewer

[@micah_lee]

OK PizzaManager101

[@domramirez6878]

Soon you'll have to re-name this episode "The Roaring 1920's..." so that folks don't get confused.

[@xxskyenebulaxx7385]

It's Nov. 2019 and it still hasn't happened

[@peterlovett7105]

Trust me, so far, the 2020's are not Roaring

[@domramirez6878]

@@peterlovett7105 Fair point, in retrospect. Although the previous 20s were preceded by a pandemic as well. Let's check back in 10 years and see what happens.

[@domramirez6878]

@@xxskyenebulaxx7385 People could get confused for all sortsa reasons. Maybe the next generation will think the 2020s were "roaring" because of Twitter or something.

[@natalie-vh2zl]

watching for online school lol. But I'm really appreciating this series in this moment as well as John and Hank in general, and other people who make creative and interesting content about things they actually care about. I've been feeling like I'm in a rut education-wise, like nothing is interesting and I'm sick of just reading from a textbook and memorizing it, and wondering as a senior in high school if I really want to do this for 4+ more years. Still pondering everything but I just really appreciate this content because I actually enjoy learning from John and Hank and in formats similar to this.

[@arianakai3744]

you're not wrong tbh I agree.

[@myblasphemouslife9052]

Welcome to the Roaring 20s 2.0 everyone have a blessed New Years.

[@joshquin5421]

I'm not sure that worked.

[@elijahchristopherjesusreye2030]

@@joshquin5421 this dude cursed us

[@bunni2022]

hA funny

[@DuranmanX]

6:48 "torches of freedom" not matter what the torch symbolizes, it's still going to burn you

[@ShidaiTaino]

Adrian Duran if mishandled

[@katieoboyle4757]

I stumbled across Crash Course and John Green videos because of a friend's Facebook post. At first, I used them as educational tools; I started with Green's comparison of Drake to Ben Franklin, and my students loved it. Now, I watch them for fun...on school nights...when I should be grading...and planning lessons.

[@christianlindau4892]

Oh yeah, that's how it goes. One minute your prepping a chem. class with Hank Green videos, and the next minute you're catching up on all the American History video's you had to stop watching back September.#beenthereamthererightnow.

[@guppy8073]

The 1920s is one of the most interesting eras in US history to me. I really want to read a book on it, does anyone have a recommendation?

[@onceuponateacher]

In 100 years, I wonder what name they'll have for the catastrophe we're living in now 🤦🏻‍♀️ So much for Roaring 20's 😩

[@skanktothebank]

The Toxic 20's

[@princeaguada8232]

Imagine that in 100+ years, they won’t even teach these type of history anymore just IMAGINE them LEARNING ABOUT US

[@bunni2022]

the screaming and crying 20's

[@pranavjoshi2641]

can't judge the whole decade by it's first year.

[@joshuapartridge5092]

@@princeaguada8232 like in a rick and morty-esque ancestor simulation

[@NabilSekirime]

Who looked up the Roaring 20s in 2020 to see if there are parallels?

[@xKomodoFireWolf]

😅

[@joshuapierre2613]

Nabil Sekirime the decade is literally days in. How can there be parallels lmao?

[@NabilSekirime]

@@joshuapierre2613 Listen I,m just posting early for the watchback

[@greygjunior9276]

i actually googled it in 2020 cause i had a class project lol

[@rustmange]

Grey Gjunior same lol

[@nicholaspadilla4943]

"brothels on wheels" I will never see a car the same way

[@CoolProveIt]

You painted Coolidge in a pretty negative light, especially considering that Hoover was in a fairly influential economic position at the time.

[@leilak409]

I just wanted to say that I appreciate all the videos you upload for mental floss and crash course, Mr. John Green. They are very entertaining and informative. I usually have a short attention span, but I'm learning a lot of stuff in many different categories that I hadn't put much thought or interest to before. It gets me to think. But I strictly like the videos you make versus the other people. No offense to them. Keep up the great job!

[@patricia8254]

The nation is relatively young historically and I think the us still doesn't know it's own values, and it keeps trying to shape itself to keep peace and prosperity of the idea of "freedom", which keeps changing and means differently to different people.

[@thetooginator153]

I think most Americans can agree that the most important value is that people have the right to say, think and do anything they want as long as it doesn't interfere with other people's right to say, think and do whatever THEY want.

[@christianchan3771]

yes but sometimes people abuse this and use it as an excuse for racism.

[@thetooginator153]

+Christian Chan Good point! However, I've never heard a racist say something that didn't interfere with other people's rights. They never say "I hate X people, but I believe they should have the same rights and privileges I do." Trump didn't just say terrible things about Muslims and Mexicans, he said he had specific plans for denying them the same rights he has. Racists WANT to be censored so they can claim they are being persecuted. This whole war on "political correctness" is about racists wanting to claim they are being persecuted. Racists know that people don't want to listen to them, so they not only want free speech but an audience. The Constitution doesn't say people have the right to force others to listen to what they say.

[@AruoImaginations]

I can't believe there are smart and patient comments on youtube having a civilized discussion on racism and freedom of speech and action....it's like I stepped into an alternative dimension where people don't go out of their way to hurt and demean other people in order to break and disallow the 'PC culture'...I'm amazed.

[@ATTACKofthe6STRINGS]

TheTooginator I’d like to add that many attempt to use “freedom of speech” as an umbrella to protect their inflammatory speech form censorship. They want people to attempt to censor them, so they can focus the argument on censorship instead of racism. The one problem with our “freedom of speech” clause is that it is reactive to hatred, not proactive. And people will misguidedly allow hate speech for fear of infringement on true freedom of expression. However, as this history course I’m sure has taught, humans are fascinatingly capable of ruining even the most well intentioned proclamations. People will inherently abuse the freedom to say whatever they want to hurt others.

[@kathrynhonor]

11:08 "Tell me how American you are…" this was amazing! I really wish we had more people that think like you John.

[@kinggg376]

This was pretty lame.

[@foxyfalls1328]

I have a history test on the 20’s and 30’s in a few days, and your videos really helped!! Thanks!

[@bucca2]

Dat Gatsby reference tho.

[@jacksonreid4824]

You could almost say it was... a *GREAT GATSBY* joke.

[@jacksonreid4824]

***** Thank you! Green lights for you, my friend.

[@spencergeller2236]

He went HARD (pronounced like hoard).

[@TooCooFoYou]

+bucca2 Sometimes you gotta shoot for the joke.

[@vincentyang7415]

+ TooCooFoYou I did, and I cracked my computer screen

[@ns2608]

thank you mr. green for keeping the reality of america real with every single one of these videos

[@emilyday5414]

I tutor immigrants and they share two ideas in common-- they can have lives in America that they wouldn't have in their home countries and their children can have better lives than they have. Those ideas seem pretty consistent throughout U.S. history. I love your work-- don't listen to the haters.

[@arkias5cmb885]

Mfm

[@ironsmith9769]

Immigrants who threaten our way of life or leach off of social programs are not good for the country. America should only allow immigration that brings a clear benefit. Until recently (Syrian refugee crisis) there wasn't a nation on earth that was more accepting of immigrants than was the US. It is nearly impossible to immigrate from a third world nation to China, Japan, Australia, UK, and nearly any other nation on earth. Why must we ignore the threats and leaches that all the other people of the world remain aware of? Immigration can be great but not at the cost of the people that are all ready paying for the military, roads, schools and welfare. It is not unreasonable for the US to set common standards such as: You cannot immigrate if you don't have a job waiting for you. You cannot immigrate if you plan on making use of welfare programs. You cannot immigrate if you do not accept the US Constitution as superior to all other law. You cannot immigrate if you have not gone through the legal process. You cannot immigrate if you are guilty of any violent crime. Any nation has the ability to be great and prosperous when the people of that nation respect each other and the government of that nation does not inhibit the people or businesses from profiting from their own efforts by taxing and regulation. Importing people from pore countries doesn't help those countries and hurts the people of the country that are not able to make it. It would be better for the people of those nations to work toward improving their own nation. If the nation that they are fleeing has bad socialist policies that threaten their lives, perhaps they should not bring those bad socialist values with them. I generally dislike people that tutor (I assume illegal) immigrants because those tutors tend to be leftists, they tend to tutor people on how to be leftist, how to get food stamps, and how to get welfare. I apologize if you are not a leftist.

[@iamawesome1111111111]

how many Ralph polos does this guy have?

[@carmensierra3935]

I asked myself the same question.

[@andyyoung7657]

Yes.

[@rafaelemilianoalvarezhidal6263]

2

[@serpent.7321]

yup

[@destinyfiegel310]

he's probably got a lot of money or at least a good amount of money so probably a few lol

[@8-bitanimates989]

Doing my online classes rn 😑

[@futuristiclettuce]

The 1920's and 1980's 90's and 2000's were basically the same phenomenon. People were using credit to bid up asset prices. Effectively manipulating the value of assets. If you owned assets. You made a lot of money. This led to a lot of "financial" wealth, not real wealth. And of course all of that financial wealth dried up when the market crashed in 1929 leaving behind a long period where the country and world had to deleverage, or pay down the debt. This period was the depression. This is the same thing happening in America right now. And the same thing Japan went through in the 1990's.

[@jappieklooster]

Or if you were a bank, till the crash of course...

[@e7venjedi]

You said if you owned assets you made a lot of money? Do you mean if you produced/sold assets? Are these real assets or just consumption goods? What are we talking about here?

[@roxanneyogurt2473]

I have never seen or heard someone talk so fast. That is what I call a real talent

[@vonneely1977]

A remarkable video about 2010s America.

[@clairekim2525]

Jesus; this does sound familiar, doesn't it?

[@JimfromBuffalo]

Persøn Human conservative policies result in economic growth! Harding and Coolidge returned America to normalcy. Trump and Pence now want to make America great again! History repeats!

[@kurtistam2426]

Jimmy George So are u saying that we should repeat policies that portrays short term economic policies that may bring another Depression?

[@danielemorandi2814]

More like 2000's ,2010's are the 30's

[@kpcbeezy1991]

Von Neely best comment ever lol

[@emoore29681]

"It's true that Gatsby turned out alright in the end" bruh he DIED in a SWIMMIMG POOL

[@Evansater16]

Good luck to any of my GCSE brethren out there, even if there are probably very few of you.

[@jasminesirs2521]

Good luck right back at you! Hope it goes well for you. X

[@Noster181]

ty!

[@theagrahamcooper2058]

I'm fucked hope everyone else does well though😭😂💗

[@epicpvper9379]

+Thea Graham Cooper you can pass I believe in you

[@martin8123]

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[@detectoplasm]

"Yeah, me from the past, It's true that Gatsby turned out all right in the end." I lost it when he said that.

[@TheFireflyGrave]

America is so large and diverse that it's tempting to say that there are no universal American values; it would be like trying to parse out universal European values. But we're a nation of immigrants that came in waves from every corner of the world seeking opportunity; that's the common bond of most Americans. So I'd say the most universal American values are the quest for opportunity and the struggle to deal with diversity of thought, appearance and culture.

[@ceic02120]

Very well put.

[@georgemarx7389]

but when you say a nation of immigrants, you are alienating all native americans

[@StephanFitzgeraldTay]

Eh... I doubt slaves came here seeking opportunity. Also as Native Americans more than likely immigrated from Asia, it probably would be better to say that the United States is a nation founded over multiple waves of immigration from all other parts of the globe.

[@scoutsmith5082]

TheFireflyGrave I do not know how this comment only has one more like than a comment that say “I try everyday to be awesomes”

[@order_truth_involvement6135]

However, these diverse people habe a unity in culture, and that's the problem with modern immigtants, they don't merge with the Americans already here. They simply choose no to. This is self-segregation and must be changed.

[@slitor]

5:22 That is a very famous picture, they were all the prolific Jazz in musicians in New York. To take that picture was quite a feat, considering the working hours they had at the clubs or radio.

[@mariolozano8253]

I'm surprised that this isn't trending today!

[@glory2christcmj702]

Thanks for taking the time to make this video, it's really interesting to learn about this time period, because it was around the late 1910's early 20's where my ancestors immigrated from Ireland and videos like this help envision how life was like for them

[@glory2christcmj702]

*migrated

[@crxscentmoonx]

THIS IS MY ROARIIIIIIIIIIIINNGGGGGG ROARRRRING 20’S I DOOOOOOON'T EVEN KNOOOOOOWWW MEEEEEEE

[@christophergaunt1611]

Hey John, love all your videos. Thanks for being so awesome! I would love it if you and Crash Course were able to go back to certain parts of history to show counter/alternative aspects. The Harlem Renaissance was a very inspirational time, and has very little attention given it in all the history courses I have ever taken. And by little, I mean none at all. Can I persuade you to take a new tour history?

[@michaelc1063]

Wow how eerie that a century later we are repeating history on a grand scale!!!

[@ashleyhyatt6319]

For a fascinating snapshot of life in the 1920's, I would recommend reading Bill Bryson's "One Summer: America, 1927".

[@LoganBarrettTriggerHappyGamez]

It's that time... APUSH exam this Friday. Anybody else here grinding?

[@eclaire9554]

YES LITERALLY ME RN

[@LoganBarrettTriggerHappyGamez]

Matthew Hutchinson hey man, keep shooting high. After taking numerous practice exams, I looked up an APUSH calculator to get a projected score. The main thing I concluded is you HAVE to know what the rubrics for the essays are, so you know what the graders are looking for. That way, you can at least get a 3 or a 4 on both the DBQ and LEQ and definitely end up with a total score of 4

[@gwennapirozzi9126]

lol imma get a 2 bet

[@zenix9313]

I’m a freshman and am using this video for info for my world history study guide but I am taking APUSH next year. Anything I should know before taking the class?

[@LoganBarrettTriggerHappyGamez]

Christopher Perry-Hardy it's demanding in terms of effort and dedication. Depending on the teacher, be prepared to regurgitate info from USH1, but ensure to look forward to the USH2 content. Although it's a lot to take in, the exam isn't as daunting as you'd make it seem at the outset of the course. So long as you enjoy history, APUSH is all about developing a deeper understanding and appreciation for American history.

[@Alyssabahu]

2019: ya the 20s about 80 years ago. 2020: Nah dude that was 100 years ago. 2030: Wait the 2020s or 1920s??

[@kevingustafson7118]

heheh

[@Offthegrid69420]

*one year passes* "dude the 20s just got 20 years further away!!"

[@島袋誠-z6k]

Kind of funny... but meh

[@100kilogreed5]

2019 is high

[@Puzekat2]

This video summarizes our own time of policies and ideas both political and reality of where our country is now. The third Great Depression has begun.

[@olly9020]

THIS HAS SAVED MY LIFE BC I HAVE THIS TEST TOMORROW

[@lucyfrancis2069]

MOOD

[@rafi2939]

Literally though

[@olliewills1227]

Ahah same

[@ethansmith5993]

Same

[@kendavis5812]

So long I should have never taken history

[@captaindoubleday]

Thanks for so much for making these videos. They are a great help for me in studying for APUSH and a lot of fun to watch. I always wanted to live in another time, and the Twenties would definitely be one of them. I think it's interesting how history repeats itself, like in today's world we are trying to stay conservative while the world changes quickly and radically. CHANGE IS NOT BAD!!!

[@lissykelly3658]

thank you so much for having created these, i watch them while studying for every test and they've saved me so many times, these are the best, thank you so so much

[@DracoAvian]

I love history. It reminds me that the world has always been so completely screwed up, but somehow we get through it.

[@duppyduppyduppy]

History just won't stop repeating itself, man!

[@restaurantattheendofthegalaxy]

John Green you are a national treasure. Thank you.

[@VerminBourbon]

Was that a reptilian reference at 9:29? These videos are hilariously tongue in cheek.

[@hailey-maepeel3945]

Thank you so much for making these!!! I always skip lines when I read something that bores me and I don't understand the whole meaning, but these videos keep my attention and they make more sense! I also have my History of Prosperity and Depression exam tomorrow so thanks lol.

[@here2thrive]

The jokes are actually really distracting from the content, but your content is still better than all the other history breakdowns. I'm fated to rewatch until I can grasp the information.

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

In three years, we will be back in the '20s.

[@TheaterRaven]

We're already starting to go back there.

[@ragnaroksora8129]

+TheaterRaven it's scary

[@sgdev29]

My greatest thanks to you, John Green, due to your boundless generosity in educating those of us inclined to wasting our time to being productive and learning.

[@redbirdbutch]

I won't ever get over how sassy John Green and Hank Green are "Tell me Calvin Coolidge about how American you are Cherokee or Cream or Lakota" I relate to this sass on a spiritual level

[@rogerstephenroth8073]

They say those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it, and 100 years ago the politics and problems of the past are not that different then what we have now in the 2020's.

[@takeurpills6024]

Welp

[@brianaheaney5844]

wow almost everything he said we are living... welcome to the 20's folks!

[@hannaverlie6747]

I love these videos, and use them for both when I teach and when I am studying. Now, that I have an exam on American Civilization in two days, is the first time I've had to take notes though, and oh my god, the amount of many times I have to pause to be able to get anything down! Loving it though, and I'll happily watch all the videos several times, hoping it will save my examgrade...

[@bramvandenheuvel4049]

"What are those values?" I recently read (part of) a book that among other things, explored this question. The author says that the two fundamental values of American culture are Freedom and Equality, and then went on to show that the two are often in conflict. For example, does freedom include the freedom to be superior (more money often means more political influence)? Should legislature limit peoples freedom to ensure equality (like anti-discrimination laws)? I really enjoy thinking through these kinds of questions, I hope you will too once you let these questions sink in :)

[@CooledJets]

As much as I love John Green and CrashCourse as a whole, I don't want to spend my whole day watching videos because my teacher was too lazy to type out actual materials.

[@hvossaf]

I am thankful for John Green to be the one helping me with my History test out of all people.

[@Youshizzle]

Wow 100 years later and we still have a lot of the same issues

[@jennafallentine1883]

I have to watch this video for my English class and I'm so confused on why.

[@Dayroommo]

I got this for homework, he always shows us these videos man speaks so fast.

[@tiffkimbrel71]

This is packed with great bits of information. I needed some inspiration for a paper. Thank you for helping me nail down a topic!!!

[@sarahj2004]

anyone else here for the gcse on monday?

[@Hana-dy1qy]

yesss left it to the last minute to learn the whole 4 courses lololol

[@melae8345]

Yea, good luck Bois in girls,

[@STICKY_]

Yeah lol

[@ukbtsarmy4725]

Alevel English exam for tomorrow, last minute context revision ~

[@georgekoral4876]

quick pause, u guys learn us history in britain?

[@dox1842]

its amazing the parallels between the past and the present. When you started talking about the conflict between science and religious beliefs and the controversy of teaching evolution in public schools I thought you were talking about current events!

[@AB-sr4xd]

Anyone watching in 2020 because we're in the Roaring 20's 2.0?

[@James-vk5ov]

*AUGMENTED*

[@fartzinwind]

First was liberty sandwich, now Freedom Torch. I love learning alternative names for things, that I can then use to confuse the crap out people while ordering things the register. I'm so walking into Jack to ask for a Liberty Sandwich and with a pile of freedom fries, but I don't smoke freedom torches. OOH We are currently having conflicts in the middle east, and hookas are getting popular.... What can we call the Hooka that sounds Murican?

[@duncanstevens2631]

I love the Trogdor Icon!

[@TERI148]

waaaaaa?

[@S.On.YouTube]

Isn't hookah the Americanized name? I think it's called Shisha...

[@vulpesvulpez]

oh hi Trogdor

[@ReD_SnOw-ke2hn]

Sima Rifae that's what you call the tabaccy

[@DJRobinson]

I have a history test this morning. This was the perfect thing for me to listen to on the way to school. this dude is so funny. What a great teacher. I was still hoping you would get shocked with that pen though

[@nitsannishri5038]

2020’s: I think we both know who’s the more roaring 20’s

[@druidshmooid]

I think the question "what are American values" and "what are the values of an average American individual" yield two very different answers.

[@john-alanpascoe5848]

Why? How can American values be something different to the values of the average American individual? What makes values American if they are not held by the average American / majority of Americans? Who gets to decide what American values are, if it is not the aggregate of all Americans? I don't have the answer either, but I do think they're important questions. Feel free to replace American by any other country.

[@druidshmooid]

It's simple. It happens any time the laws of the country don't reflect the beliefs of the majority of that country's inhabitants. An easy example is the ongoing struggle America has with civil liberties. It's easy for an individual American to say that all people are created equally and deserve equal protection under the law. It's much harder, it seems, for America the country to make the same claim.

[@michaelspencer851]

I am related to Enrico Caruso. He is my fathers great uncle which makes him my great great uncle. I had no idea that my uncle is also considered the first celebrity. How amazing!

[@Addison2434]

Hello Mr.Green, my name is Addison and I am junior who attends a public school in the state of Georgia. I take the school's offered AP US History course and absolutely love it, it is a marvelous class with challenging and enlightening curriculum. However, recently a group of political figures in Georgia have asked the college board to modify or rescind the new curriculum of AP US History. The college board declined, as they should. Georgia members involved in this notion state that the new curriculum is one that represents an unbalanced view of America and that does not go deep enough into categories such as founding fathers, the constitution and the declaration of independence and rather goes deeper into controversial topics such as immigration and civil service which, in their minds, poorly reflect on America. Let me tell you, we have reviewed all aforementioned topics equally and in depth. The Georgia Legislature has proposed taking away College Boards APUSH course and either no longer offering an AP U.S history course or offering a "modified" version of the course. On top of this they also encourage other states in joining them on their proposition. All teachers of our APUSH course have said that if it gets pushed through then the will all quit and either move out of state or teach at a private school. Is there any way you or anyone reading this can help? What is your best advice?

[@sarazuniga8778]

So what ended up happening?

[@thiruvalluvar3880]

3 years ago I was a junior taking APUSH in a public school in Georgia as well! Good times, really good times..

[@mariahthompson9062]

Your videos are so helpful! I love your inspirational work and personality (: Keep being awesome(:

[@mr.potato3367]

John green is basically my US history teacher like literally every time we do notes John green is there. My favorite teacher

[@ambero9528]

It's NYE 2019 and I'm here to see if history will repeat itself

[@sofiaarango3484]

It will

[@reasgan]

MY TEACHER SHOWED THIS IN CLASS AND I HAD TO RESTRAIN MYSELF FROM YELLING "john green" IT WAS SAD HOW NO ONE ELSE IN MY CLASS KNEW WHO HE WAS 😭

[@kylerasmussen6646]

Coolidge was truly from Vermont. He was inaugurate in Plymouth, Vermont at his childhood home. It was done by his father over the family bible with a glass of Moxie to celebrate.

[@alleadonai]

If only I could fit "Scoodlypoopin' Chariot" on a license plate...

[@swimming_ninja6151]

You ask for my opinion about American Values so that I shall give (and hopefully some random troll will not decide to rant about my comment using a plethora of random points with huge logical fallacies). To sum up my opinion of the United State's values in one sentence, I would say that "We are Rome". What do I mean by that you may ask? Well, I have found a huge interest in Roman history (And yes, I loved your crash course video on Rome), and I find it very interesting how similar American History is to Roman history. (Feel free to skip to the last few sentences to see my main conclusion if you'd rather avoid reading through everything I wrote). Rome found its success in the taking in of other nations and peoples and allowing them to fall in love with "Roman glory". So long as the peoples whom they conquered respected Roman authority and paid homage to the Emperor, they were generally allowed to follow their own religions and cultural customs (Carthage being the exception, they just burned them to the ground). Similarly, the USA has been commonly known as the "melting pot". It has been one of the few places in the world where you can find a Chinese, Italian, German, and an "American" restaurant all within a few blocks of each other. Rome took on the very characteristics and values of those they conquered; as the poet Horace famously once said "Captive Greece took captive her rude conquer". American Imperialism eventually took in the ideas of the immigrants that filled its borders. Furthermore, over time as Rome expanded they began to view those outside of them as foreign outsiders, whom they called "Barbarians", and began to refuse to welcome them into their territory. Later on, as Rome began to fall apart, they welcomed these "Barbarians" back into the empire to serve as mercenaries in exchange for land, pretty much ancient outsourcing (Which seemed like a great idea until they decided not to pay them... and a General named Alaric decided to sack Rome). A good modern comparison to this would be the attack on the world trade center in 9/11. Similarly to the Roman outsourcing of their army, America has outsourced many of its jobs to other countries such as China, who we formerly hated as "Barbaric Communists" during the cold war. However, having similar events is not what make us Roman but rather the ideals of society that we preserve. When the great Roman empire "fell", its literature was carefully preserved by Roman Catholic monks. Though the legitimacy of Emperor Constantine's conversion, and the logic behind the unprecedented power given to the Roman Catholic Church certainly is up to debate. It is undeniably true that through the works recorded by the monks, the idea of Rome was preserved. The stories of Late Antiquity are what influence our culture today. Ancient mythology and pagan deities may have been the religion of the people at the time; however, they have grown beyond the religion they once were. They now represent the very values of the peoples who invented the stories. The idea of what it meant to be a hero, honor in life, trustworthiness, courage, and strength are often exhibited in stories such a Hercules. The things that made people Roman are the ideals that continue today. Unfortunately, many of the ideas such as honesty and respect seem to be disappearing in my generation. Also, many people have a skewed view on basic things such as economics, and many youth in my generation, though not all of us, do not understand how our own government works. I personally attribute the current decline of Americas global power to the loss of these Roman ideals that for a long time have made us who we are. While other nations are expanding their education programs, paying their teachers decent wages, and encouraging studies in the Arts and Sciences, our nation is falling behind. In fact, many people who graduated with me in high-school could barely even read. Rather than look to the studies of philosophy and science as Rome once did, many would rather look to temporary entertainment. As we approach the holiday season, it breaks my heart to see what America has come to; people have literally been getting into fights over TOYS. Though we have seen an fantastic growth in civil rights and an ending of almost all prejudice in my generation (which I am very happy to see as a strong human rights supporter), at the same time we seem to have fallen behind drastically in important areas such as education. In conclusion, I would say that at its core America's main value as a country is that can give its citizens the ability to think and act freely as a society. Though there are countless things considered as "the American way" by various people, in my opinion, the great things that really make us "American" are the Roman ideals that have led to the modern era we have today. The love and respect of the arts, honor and courage in one's personal life, honesty and responsibility in social behavior, and an emphasis on free thinking are why America is still considered today as the light of freedom to the modern world.

[@juliefalen8378]

It is too bad that the current President and his administration do NOT honor honor or courage, could care less about the Arts, have no real honesty and responsibility nor integrity in social behavior and emphasize "group-think" and religious thinking for captivity purposes. We shall fall as Rome did unless ways are changed

[@bushraqaziabbasi2718]

So, i was in the middle of watching this amazing video and enjoying it when i thought i should pause and do as I thought in the mean time i.e. to leave a big thumbs up comment below there! From the other end of the planet, i just wanna say that I love Crash Course, it's so cool! Just love your humor and expressions, John Green. P. S: That sociology girl (forgot her name) is too good too. Well done, Crash Course!

[@pedrodemello3666]

As a Brazilian, I love to see how the greatest nation on Earth grew and flourished as the first illuminist republic; and not only that, but the only colony to claim full independence from the Metropolis and surpass them in economical and political prestige in the global scenario. It's undoubtable that the US have won the civilization race, and not due to blind luck; a land of visionaries, bold warriors, and self-made men, I can't not salute you Americans. E pluribus unum, indeed.

[@TheOsamaBahama]

Petrov Theovsk Eu também admiro muito os estados unidos. Mas com todas as falhas que o John Green insiste em demonstrar, eu começo a duvidar se é realmente a melhor nação da história.

[@pedrodemello3666]

Rick Apocalypse Toda nação tem seus defeitos, umas mais e outras menos. Da mesma maneira, todas devem fazer sacrifícios e tomar decisões, muitas vezes extremamente difíceis; e os EUA, juntamente com grande parte da Anglosfera, provaram serem os mais capazes de jogar esse jogo que é a construção de nações. Não digo que são perfeitos, pois não o são. Muitos estados têm os mais variados índices ranqueando acima dos EUA, mas há uma coisa que só verdadeiros líderes têm: influência. Roma já teve suas vitórias, assim como a Pérsia, Mongólia, Arábia, França e mesmo o Reino Unido, mas agora, depois de ter derrotado a União Soviética no jogo de influências no século passado, os EUA emergiram vitóriosos, cultural, politica e economicamente. Não é a falta de defeitos que eu admiro neles, mas sim sua capacidade de fazer da Terra um planeta Americano.

[@BvousBrainSystems]

+Petrov Theovsk || E isso mesmo, o melhor dos EUA nao é a ausência de defeito mais as qualidades. Eu tenho fé neles e em humanos em geral pra mudar as coisas pra melhor, mesmo depois de ter assistido bastante John Oliver. Cê assistiu o John Oliver? Ele destroi o seu otimismo todinho.

[@TheOsamaBahama]

BvousBrainSystems Eu já assisti um trecho do John Oliver onde ele zombava da Ayn Rand e passava para o público leigo uma noção completamente errada do que ela pensava. Não gostei disso.

[@BvousBrainSystems]

Rick Apocalypse|| Pois é, passar uma nocao errada de algo errado em bem ironico mesmo.

[@DanAbsalonson]

Great episode. Also John Green you're hilarious. Well done.

[@maggiee.3297]

Gotta love watching Crash Course at 1.5 speed at 1am the morning of an APUSH test I need to make up from a month ago

[@crunchy8832]

this guy still helping me study

[@masterzedd4]

WOW, 1920's or 2010's, sounds very familiar...

[@danielemorandi2814]

masterzedd4 20's more like 2000's , 2010's are 30's (depression)

[@mrhdbnger]

So will the recession we are about to enter because republicans are doing the same damn things.

[@TomPark1986]

I love the art deco style. It is sorely missed in this world of glass skyscrapers.

[@Abi-uj8yg]

"its the only thing in the world I'm acually good at!" says renowned award winning author and historian who has hundreds of millions of fans and probably knows more than my entire school put together.

[@secludie]

2:00 "It's hard to be be Harding"

[@heligmark6203]

Very helpful! We watch your videos in Social Studies, so helpful! THANK YOU!

[@DracoAvian]

I love history. It reminds me that the world has always been so completely screwed up, but somehow we get through it.

[@Pattycake1165]

I know right? If you look on the news everyone talks about how this is it and the world as we know it is about to end. It'll get along just fine after a catastrophe. If Ebola spreads (which it most likely won't) well a lot of people will die. Our society will be shaken to its core. But the world will keep right on spinning once that is over.

[@siraeonjay]

Well it didn't. News is bs. Overexageration.

[@nathanielschwartz425]

The history of how America became America today is not a pleasant one.

[@levbobrov1398]

For some subset of "we". It's like saying, hey, times were tough,but we still had rich and famous people.

[@nathanielschwartz425]

Good point.

[@Monochromicornicopia]

As an American, I am more impressed with the accomplishments of other countries like Japan and China

[@melissaadami3144]

As a non American I find your comment sad

[@Monochromicornicopia]

Melissa Adami I agree. I am deeply disappointed with the xenophobic and intolerant attitudes of most Christians here in America. If we can so easily slip into fear and prejudice, my confidence is nearly nonexistent.

[@Monochromicornicopia]

***** Extremist Christians have the "moderates" to support them. The vocal "minority" is actual the majority in America. The everyday American that you would call "moderate" doesn't exist anymore. They all have the same extreme views as the fundamentalists.

[@Monochromicornicopia]

***** I live in the deep south. I have a job that requires me to talk to people *all day*. Maybe you should go outside and learn something.

[@Monochromicornicopia]

***** The bible belt. Ever heard of it?