Thanks for covering Lincoln's lesser known negative traits. He was quite 'melancholic', a term used back then to describe what we would call depression now. When Lincoln and Mary Todd's engagement was "apparently" called off, several close associates of Lincoln feared his suicide. The loss of his children left mental scars along with the huge emotional burden of not only limiting the amount of American deaths but having the fate of every slave in America in his hands. It's remarkable that Lincoln was able to make it through all of that. I remember reading a book where a character gave a fake quote "I do not know if great times make great men but they can most certainly break them."
He was also a big jokester and also just kinda silly, and that probably helped a great deal in the last incredibly streessful years of his life. One of my favorite stories is about an officer running into Lincoln in the War Department and then begged him a thousand pardons. Abe told him one was enough and wished that his generals would change like that. But one of my favorite tender stories about him during the war was when he was visiting an army camp where he came across three kittens who he asked where their mother was and learned she had died. He then told the kittens he was happy that they weren't able to comprehend how terrible the Civil War was. It's then said he ordered that they were fed and taken care of and then he sat and pet them and listened to them purring 😭
How is being depressed a negative trait? You try being the leader during the most stressful time and I nations history and see if you don’t get depression
@@collincomer7038 Seeing as how he was depressed before the outbreak of the Civil War and before he even ascended to the presidency, I wouldn't blame the times on his depression. I'm not going to even address depression being a negative trait. It clearly is but that doesn't mean your value as a person is lessened because of it.
Ok this is actually the best way to teach history. I showed this channel to my teacher and whenever we are learning about history she literally just puts a video from your channel on. Keep up the amazing work. Edit: OMG I have never got this many likes thank you so much guys.
Fun fact, Grant wasn’t as much of an alcoholic as history makes him out to be. He struggled with it in his early years in the army when he was stationed on the northwest coast, but after that he was rarely drunk. His biggest addiction was actually cigars, which he smoked 3-5 a day, and that is what eventually killed him.
Basically. He was depressed and away from his family for a while which lead to him getting HELLA drunk for a WHILE, but through the rest of his life he rarely drank (though the extremely rare times he did drink, he went super overboard and would have 1-3 day binges until he got himself under control), but most of the times we hear of him drunk are lies from officers who didn’t like him, like his CO in St. Louis who was terrible at his job and Grant called him on it creating an enemy for life. But the Grant we always hear about constantly drinking is mostly just attacks on his character from military (on his side) and political rivals.
Grace Bedell wrote to Lincoln when she was 11. The whole letter is very adorable, but she 100% told Lincoln to grow a beard to improve his appearance. "I have yet got four brothers and part of them will vote for you any way and if you let your whiskers grow I will try and get the rest of them to vote for you you would look a great deal better for your face is so thin. All the ladies like whiskers and they would tease their husbands to vote for you and then you would be President."
@Julie Miller The internet is full of misinformation though , make sure it’s not your only source of info Historical nonfiction can be incredible and more like history with narratives
@@_fire_fox_1152 i just have like a doubt about why should we study specific history at all? Like it doesnt help us today in any form.. morals and stuff that we get from history is good and all and needed but why study emperors and colonisers's dob and their cause of death and what not
I can’t believe he left out Lincoln’s wildly successful wrestling career. About 300 wins and invented the choke slam. That’s not even a joke, Lincoln was a beast in the wrestling ring in his youth.
I greatly appreciate how you took the time to talk about the realities for the slaves in the middle of this. Also explain why many Northerners were against slavery, it not always being morally or ethically motivated.
Northerners were fine to build their textile industries and their urban cities on the proceeds of slave labour. Funny how all those rich fellas get to keep all their slave wrought wealth. Classic Americana
Cracks me up how schools teach North good South bad hahaha. Hilarious. Many northerners could have cared less and certainly were not willing to die in the battlefield to free slaves. Many in the South didn't not even own a slave and didn't belief in it. They did not want the union to separate because the country needed the economy from the south. The south simply did not want to be told what they would and wouldn't do and felt they were being invaded.
I love how oversimplified is able to make funny and enjoyable history videos about important subjects that the youth can also enjoy and learn from but when talking of something serious for example in this video slavery he does it professionally and respectfully.
Fun fact: In 1856, abarham lincon gave a speech. The speech was so well thought out and amazing, the reporters forgot to write down what he said. So this great speech is now lost to time.
Hi, I can see this was a month ago, but I still feel this is semi important (it's not important at all feel free to ignore me if you want) enough to mention. Amazing only has one Z. I can 100% guarantee that someone who's not nice could mention it in a mean way, and that's just mean. That's the end of my ted talk. Thank you, and have a wonderful day!
If they didn’t write it down how do you know it was amazing? Because we all know how trustworthy the Media is? Only difference being today it’s hard to get away with it because of UA-cam and twitter etc l.
Very astute writing. Ref: Jodi Taylor, author and an undisputed queen of making the reader laugh helplessly, then dump a WHOLE ocean of mind-boggling dark drama. Then pulling the reader out of the tar pit to watch the repairs, complete with some considerable slapstick.
such a cringe take, comment I dropped 10 seconds ago: That was so fucking cringe. Humiliatingly not funny. Literally 40 percent of the video was you dropping the quirkiest missed joke I've ever heard. Just wanted to learn about the civil war not hear your hack comedy. Good job
The slavery loving senator who beat that man with a cain, moved to Florida afterwards, and now there is a town named after him. Brooksville. So this may be one of the first Florida man stories!
I am colombian. And I really dont mean to offend anyone, but man Lincoln was amazing, what a man and what a historic figure, no wonder why here there are schools, hospitals, streets, neighborhoods, etc under his name. He was an incredible man and my favorite president of the US.
You forgot the mass execution of Indians during the U.S. Dakota War of 1862. Shame America will not share the ugly truths if even the most notices presidents of the United States of America. If anyone thinks this is "one-sided political" or "fake news," apparently most Americans will never accept the truth or want to know America is not "one nation under God."
*Valley Campaign* Sir, they litterally outnumber us 3 to 1! Stonewall Jackson: Men, we let those dumb Union Soldiers out to the middle of nowhere to keep them from getting their FILTHY hands on Virginia, but we stumbled onto somethin' they're soo hot for, they're SCRAMBLIN' over eachother to get it. I don't care if it's god's own anti son of a BITCH machine, or a giant nuclear bomb. We're not gonna let them have it. What we WILL let them have is a belly full of lead and a pool of their own blood to down in! Am I RiGhT MaRiNeS?!?
There were many reports that Grant actually suffered from many back problems after the war and underwent many surgeries. The reason for his back issues was having to carry the whole union for the whole war.
It’s hilarious and scary how many people genuinely argue that “it had nothing to do with slavery.” Usually people here in the south that feel like the Confederacy got a raw deal.
@@justaguycalledjoshBy no means am I an expert. But the South felt like the North were capable of unfairly dictating what they could do. Which includes things like tariffs, and slavery laws. Thats what people mean by state rights. It is also important to remember that, culturally, the North and South saw themselves as distinct.
OverSimplified made me love history, The way he explains it was fun. The cartoons really helped me understand it. Wish the Educational system in school is just like this. Some teacher need to re-think about teaching their students.
@@TheMarkJoergensen as much as I agree with your overall point, the video is simple but very well explained ;-) I sometimes use OverSimplified for my own classes to give a general overview on an issue; granted, teaching shouldn't stop there
I wish. I’ve learned more from shit like this then the boring ass lectures my profs taught me. Granted I learned quick a bit but it was always biased. Which I hate
Absolutely love your channel! I’m a homeschooler and living in WV so, we’re learning all about the Civil War. My kids not just laughed at the funny parts but listened the whole time!
This guy is so entertaining even tho it's all history. Little story: my friends and I once had a sleep over and we watched oversimplified for like 2 hours and his parents were so confused.
It's kinda crazy how every confederate leader of the time said that secession was specifically about slavery and now there's people who are all like, 'Actually, it was more about state's rights than anything.'
I googled it. "Unconditional surrender grant" isn't a joke. It seems that was actually a name the historical figure had. I love the way oversimplified does this. Historical facts and Easter Egg fun in the narrative. Brilliant.
@@The_whales just shows there's always something new to learn. To someone who has no interest in a foreign countries civil war (as it's has minimal effect on the history of my country and continent), the 'name' sounds silly and made up. But obviously it's neither and is intact an interesting insight into the war.
what is the fact the civil war was not all about slavery you did not see yankee soilders riding off with a bro on the back of their horse after a massacre of innocent by standers yankee soilders stupid cowards if there were not so many of them compared to to the south would of built jefferson davis *s white house out of their bones
@@ishaannag4545 Geba is being kinda dense because no shit he was brutal it’s war, but Lincoln was a shitty person He didn’t fight slavery because of morality and actually said he believed white and black people should be segregated, he only fought slavery because it was convenient to win the war.
@Geba i mean he did still save millions of black ppl and their desecendents but slavery would probably still have died off unless WAIT FACTORY SLAVES LMAO
Y'know as far as 'moments in history most likely to be caused by time travelers' goes; the union being handed Lee's battle plans with a free cigar on the side has GOT to be top five.
Peggy Shippen's wildly coincidence-laden role in Benedict Arnold's treachery isn't that high, but top ten for sure. (Not, I guess, the most successful time travel expedition - America did still win the war - but it was a good effort.)
Germany be like "WHERES MY COTTON" famous last words of germany before, "Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein und das heißt Erika. Heiß von hunderttausend kleinen Bienelein wird umschwärmt Erika. Denn ihr Herz ist voller Süßigkeit, zarter Duft entströmt dem Blütenkleid. Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines blümelein und das heißt Erika. In der heimat wohnt ein kleines mägdelein und das heißt Erika. Dieses Mädel ist mein treues Schätzelein und mein Glück, Erika. Wenn das Heidekraut rot-lila blüht, singe ich zum Gruß ihr dieses Lied. Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein und das heißt: Erika. In mein'm Kämmerlein blüht auch ein Blümelein und das heißt Erika. Schon beim Morgengrau'n sowie beim Dämmerschein schaut's mich an, Erika. Und dann ist es mir, als spräch' es laut: "Denkst du auch an deine kleine Braut?" In der Heimat weint um dich ein Mägdelein und das heißt" everyone be like then oh shit "puts their hands in the air" then germany becomes German Reich卐 every be like WERE SCREWED russia be like "time to enact revenge" "loads gun and shoots German Reich卐" "German Reich卐 gets sent packing to berlin and leader commits suicide and The German Reich surrenders to the Soviet Union"
General Thomas Jackson: "'Stonewall' Jackson" General Ulysses S. Grant: "As if he was determined to drive his head through a brick wall, and was about to do it"
“Your majesty, what should we do about all of the starving children working in the coal mines?” “NOTHING!” Industrial Revolution oversimplified? Edit: so a lot of people want an Industrial Revolution oversimplified. Nice
Queen Of England: "Oh My God America is so awful for slavery" General: "Your Majesty! The Irish people dont think they should be forced into servitude" Queen: "Well go beat hem up and burn their property."
@@SouthernGentleman The union won the war due to the failute of Pickett's Charge. Pair that with Sherman's march and you've got the reason the south lost.
Fun fact: I was binge watching Oversimplified awhile back, I always rewatch his videos. One time, after finishing one of his videos, I say to myself "He should really do a video on the American Civil War." Then I turned off my phone, and ate my dinner. After dinner, I turn my phone back on, and there it is. He has answered my prayers.
Fun Fact about the first battle of Bull Run: There was quite a lot of confusion between the two sides during the battle. Many Confederate officers wore their old U.S. Army uniforms, many SOLDIERS wore blue uniforms or old US Army uniforms like the Union soldiers, and the US Stars and Stripes and the Confederate Stars and Bars looked almost identical, creating confusion when looking for enemy flags.
Ngl, one of my favorite flag designs is Lee's Confederate battle flag, definitely not the Stars and Bars design. No idea what it's called, most just call it "The Confederate Flag" nowadays, since there's a popular misconception that it was the official CSA flag. That likely stems from it being the flag painted on the roof of a certain orange Dodge Charger nicknamed The General Lee that was pretty much a main character in the popular 80s TV show called The Dukes of Hazard. Anyways, from a purely design standpoint, I think it's the best looking of any flag design, with my 2nd constantly flipping between The Union Jack and The Bandera de Mexico, depending on the mood in.
It's actually funny because the south was still agriculture based, while the north was industrial, so the south have old muskets and pistols while the north has Smaw's and.... Whatever that other thing was
I gotta tell you guys something. I homeschool a couple of ADHD kids and this channel is exactly the right kind of sarcastic, snarky, random humor that grabs their attention and they will hyper focus and binge watch your channel for hours and learn more history than they do any other way I've found yet. They can quote whole chunks of these videos verbatim. You've got something here guys. Can you please do a video on the Mayflower and Pilgrim story? Also can you point me in the direction of any similar channels that do other subjects in a similar manner like science?
Overly Sarcastic Productions is great for this stuff. A TV show for common misconceptions that also covers history that might work is Adam Ruins Everything, which is more on the adult side of things
@@l_Caxius_l I dunno man I googled the history of the civil war maybe he missed out of a few details and facts that are part of the history but overall I don’t see any false flags
Toori Baba No-instead of keeping black people as slaves he orders muslims to be kept out of the country, encourages systematic racism and makes life for immigrants who are fleeing from wars as hard as possible-persecuting them for trying to save their families. He encourages homophobic attacks, tacitly supports alt-right groups and explicitly supports two separate dictatorships with appealing human rights records. Slavery was an abomination and Trump is leagues worse because he has become so normalised that we are no longer outraged at his policies-at least during the slave trade people knew what was happening was horrific and evil.
I would argue that Winfield Scott gave a brilliant plan but it was Lincoln's impatience that led him to direct confrontation with the Confederate army. In the end, Scott's plan proved effective in defeating the South.
"One of Lincoln's greatest traits, what made him such a great leader, was in the darkest of times, with composure and determination he kept moving forward". Damn that hit me hard.
abe was a graet tyrant and destroyer of the usa. he killed the usa gov. he waged an illegal war. abe had no right by tjhe constitution to force by war states top stay in the voluntary union.
@@catherinequilty5483 Winston Churchill was notoriously racist, and caused a massive famine in India (the Bengal famine of 1943) which killed 2.1 - 3 million people. The only good things that man did was 1. He helped defeat the nazis and 2. He died.
Interesting Fact: Some time between late 1864 and early 1865, Abraham Lincoln’s eldest son, Robert, was saved from being hit by a train at a New Jersey platform when a man pulled him off the tracks. That man was Edwin Booth, the brother of John Wilkes Booth. Edwin Booth was considered one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of the 19th century and was, of course, quite well known at the time. Robert later wrote an account of the incident in a 1909 letter and sent it to the editor of a paper called The Century Magazine, but it is believed he never told his parents because they already had enough to worry about besides him almost getting hit by a train. Robert was visiting his friend John Hay at the White House the night his father was killed, he rushed to be by his side until he passed away. His close friend in later years said he never forgave himself for not attending the play with his father, for he would have been assigned to sit at the back of the box due to his role in the presidential cabinet. He believed if he had gone, John Wilkes Booth would have had to deal with him before being able to get to his father. As for Edwin Booth, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln almost destroyed him. Edwin was a unionist and a loyal supporter of Lincoln, his brother a successionist believing Lincoln would become King of America. In one night, Edwin lost his brother, his president he deeply believed in, and the prestige of their family name as actors. According to a friend of Edwin’s, it was only the love of his friends that saved him from madness. They took turns staying with him, afraid if he didn’t end up going mad, that he would begin drinking again which he had quit 2 years earlier. There were only two things that kept him going: writing his autobiography…and the knowledge that he had saved his slain presidents son from possible death on that train platform.
Another interesting fact: in 1881, Secretary of War Robert Lincoln was waiting on a train with President Garfield when a lunatic by the name of Charles Guiteau assassinated the president in front of him. Twenty years later, after receiving an invitation from President McKinley, Robert attended the Pan-American exposition in Buffalo and Robert was standing outside an exhibition hall called the Temple of Music the very moment that anachist Leon Czolgosz shot McKinley. After that, Robert refused all presidential invitations and endeavored to never be in the same room with a president again stating "there is a certain fatality about presidential functions when I am present."
He also was also there when both presidents Garfield and McKinley were assassinated, which means he witness 3/4 of all presidents who were assassinated, including his father.
I am so happy that you mentioned that for 4 million people wanted to end slavery to get basic rights and the most people in the north viewed it as a economic thing rather than a moral thing.
At a practical standpoint for today, it’s basically the same thing with abortion. If you think about it that way, pro abortionists think of it mostly as a way to make money and pro life people think of it as a moral issue. Granted, it’s a bit more complicated than that, but I hope you get the point.
@@shilohmonroe-donovan pro-life people don't think it's moral issue. They just want to control woman. They literally stop caring the second kid is born
@@shilohmonroe-donovan Pro abortion people are definitely more about body autonomy, personally I think it's morally wrong but it shouldn't be illegal, the government should have zero legal control over my person
John Brown seems like an absolute chad. I always love it when someone who looks like they would be absolute bullies turn out to be compassionate towards everyone.
@TheLapster Pickett was actually a decent general, “Pickett’s” Charge was totally on Lee. Potential History did a video comparing Marye’s Heights (Fredericksburg) to Pickett’s Charge that explains it in detail, I’d recommend watching that.
Bonus history: Bleeding Kansas bit didn't mention that Missouri vs Kansas state rivalry dates all the way back to these fights. KU's mascot is named after the abolitionist forces, the jayhawks.
I like how he handles the important stuff it’s all laughs till the real stuff kicks in and that’s where he uses historical photos and is respectful love the content oversimp!
Yeah, some important details on the Caning of Sumner, for those who don't know: 1. Preston Brooks didn't attack Sumner immediately. He instead waited until later, when Sumner was alone, sitting down, and attacked him by surprise. 2. When asked why he attacked Sumner in such a blatantly dishonorable way, Brooks said that, because Sumner was noticeably taller than him, he was worried Sumner would overpower him in a fair fight. This was in spite of the fact that Preston was a veteran of the Mexican-American War, while Sumner had never been in the military. 3. Brooks was also scared of other people intervening, so he had two of his allies literally stand by and threaten everyone nearby with loaded revolvers to prevent them from saving Sumner from this surprise attack. 4. After the attack, the people of the South were so supportive of this cowardly assault that they sent Brooks new canes to replace the one he broke while beating Sumner. 5. In spite of Brooks' attack nearly killing him, Sumner survived, regained most of his former strength, and continued on to lead a wing of radical Republicans during the Civil War. In conclusion, Preston Brooks and his friends were chickenshit cowards who were too scared of Sumner to fight him fairly, just because he was kinda tall. And not only were they not ostracized for being such pathetic losers, but their constituents lauded them for behaving in such a craven manner. Fuck those guys.
“Oh how awful a nation must be to allow such things to happen” “Your majesty, what should we do about the starving children in the coal mines” ”N O T H I N G!”
you know the person is important when they get more than just dots for eyes
And when they have a detailed face
Lol this is the most likes I have ever had thanks I guess
@@iceberg2466 indeed
Mhm
*Cries in Hitler and Stalin*
You know the person is bad when they have a picture for there face
Thanks for covering Lincoln's lesser known negative traits. He was quite 'melancholic', a term used back then to describe what we would call depression now.
When Lincoln and Mary Todd's engagement was "apparently" called off, several close associates of Lincoln feared his suicide.
The loss of his children left mental scars along with the huge emotional burden of not only limiting the amount of American deaths but having the fate of every slave in America in his hands. It's remarkable that Lincoln was able to make it through all of that. I remember reading a book where a character gave a fake quote "I do not know if great times make great men but they can most certainly break them."
He was also a big jokester and also just kinda silly, and that probably helped a great deal in the last incredibly streessful years of his life. One of my favorite stories is about an officer running into Lincoln in the War Department and then begged him a thousand pardons. Abe told him one was enough and wished that his generals would change like that.
But one of my favorite tender stories about him during the war was when he was visiting an army camp where he came across three kittens who he asked where their mother was and learned she had died. He then told the kittens he was happy that they weren't able to comprehend how terrible the Civil War was. It's then said he ordered that they were fed and taken care of and then he sat and pet them and listened to them purring 😭
......Interesting pfp.
How is being depressed a negative trait? You try being the leader during the most stressful time and I nations history and see if you don’t get depression
@@collincomer7038 Seeing as how he was depressed before the outbreak of the Civil War and before he even ascended to the presidency, I wouldn't blame the times on his depression.
I'm not going to even address depression being a negative trait. It clearly is but that doesn't mean your value as a person is lessened because of it.
Pretty sure that quote is actually from world War z.
Ok this is actually the best way to teach history. I showed this channel to my teacher and whenever we are learning about history she literally just puts a video from your channel on. Keep up the amazing work.
Edit: OMG I have never got this many likes thank you so much guys.
Sile Citizen I wish I lived in an English speaker country, so I could see this videos in class lmao
Sile Citizen i dont do history anymore but that’s sick
@@max_edwards.n2800 Ummm....it's not done in every classroom? Like...wtf?
i tried to do the same thing but my teacher said it was 'inappropriate':(
Sile Citizen only if my history teacher was like yours 😞
Amazing Lincoln was able to overcome his disability of having no legs, a true inspiration
😂
And how is mom was killed by vampires
@@crimeworkers130 His son too
I had no idea NordVPN played such a pivotal role in shaping the history of so many countries
Same, its almost as if that is not true
Clearly you guys weren't paying enough attention in history class
@@theespartanff3188 for real
It's almost like it was just a joke.
@@AustroHungarianEmpire1867You and VVTheVictorious are buzzkills, like duh no crap really? Gee we had no idea it was a joke
Fun fact, Grant wasn’t as much of an alcoholic as history makes him out to be. He struggled with it in his early years in the army when he was stationed on the northwest coast, but after that he was rarely drunk. His biggest addiction was actually cigars, which he smoked 3-5 a day, and that is what eventually killed him.
So he was kinda an alcoholic in his youth but eventually gave it up.
Basically. He was depressed and away from his family for a while which lead to him getting HELLA drunk for a WHILE, but through the rest of his life he rarely drank (though the extremely rare times he did drink, he went super overboard and would have 1-3 day binges until he got himself under control), but most of the times we hear of him drunk are lies from officers who didn’t like him, like his CO in St. Louis who was terrible at his job and Grant called him on it creating an enemy for life. But the Grant we always hear about constantly drinking is mostly just attacks on his character from military (on his side) and political rivals.
We dont do that here, please go to your nearest teacher, you teacher's pet!
I’m a know it all, not a teacher’s pet lol
@@joyshodipo7033 what was the purpose of your statement, Joy (Depressed)?
Oversimplified: *Doesn't make content for 4 months*
This enraged his father who punished him severly
Vladimir Lenin hitler reference lol
This enraged his fans but they didnt do shit coz its la internets
Captain America: I GET IT!
Nice
plz stop it's extremely old
Grace Bedell wrote to Lincoln when she was 11. The whole letter is very adorable, but she 100% told Lincoln to grow a beard to improve his appearance.
"I have yet got four brothers and part of them will vote for you any way and if you let your whiskers grow I will try and get the rest of them to vote for you you would look a great deal better for your face is so thin. All the ladies like whiskers and they would tease their husbands to vote for you and then you would be President."
is that actually what the letter said?
@@DOMyth yes it is
@@sapphicgeek24 I dont know if I believe you, but I am not gonna bother to research it
@@DOMythtrue just checked
@@DOMyth It's true
Who wants a Napoleonic wars video?
Edit - He just released his Napoleonic Wars video! We did it!
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DiamondSmootlemon 900 shame on you. You broke the chain.
You’re one of the reasons I like history, I may not like the teachers but you definitely help. Thanks for the content
Content like this pretty much proves that history can be taught in a way that is fun and not boring, it's all a matter of perspective.
You should also check out Sam O'Nella Academy
So what's the music at 0:26 please
@Julie Miller
The internet is full of misinformation though , make sure it’s not your only source of info
Historical nonfiction can be incredible and more like history with narratives
@@_fire_fox_1152 i just have like a doubt about why should we study specific history at all? Like it doesnt help us today in any form.. morals and stuff that we get from history is good and all and needed but why study emperors and colonisers's dob and their cause of death and what not
I can’t believe he left out Lincoln’s wildly successful wrestling career. About 300 wins and invented the choke slam.
That’s not even a joke, Lincoln was a beast in the wrestling ring in his youth.
damn
You’re a soup!
@@mrs.randommemer265
Soup is a CEREAL
@@ceooflettuce8768 cri
i didn't believe you until i searched it up on google
what a madlad
Going from "He knew he had to keep it all together." To "He had HAD it with this guy's behavior!" Was quick the change.💀
Cool pfp! :3
I greatly appreciate how you took the time to talk about the realities for the slaves in the middle of this. Also explain why many Northerners were against slavery, it not always being morally or ethically motivated.
He doesn't pull any punches and I love it
Here in West Virginia, I was actually taught how the North wasn't morally motivated.
Northerners were fine to build their textile industries and their urban cities on the proceeds of slave labour. Funny how all those rich fellas get to keep all their slave wrought wealth. Classic Americana
Cracks me up how schools teach North good South bad hahaha. Hilarious. Many northerners could have cared less and certainly were not willing to die in the battlefield to free slaves. Many in the South didn't not even own a slave and didn't belief in it. They did not want the union to separate because the country needed the economy from the south. The south simply did not want to be told what they would and wouldn't do and felt they were being invaded.
"didn't want to be told what they would and wouldn't do" in regards to slavery you mean.
I’m just glad Lincolns father didn’t punish him severely
The slaves weren’t so lucky
@@patrick-xu1go they were punished severely
Punish* but beat works too
He sold him out into basic indentured servitude, though.
_“I am NOT touching that”_
-Papa Lincoln, whenever Lincoln was born
McClellan rejected Lincoln's orders
THIS ENRAGED LINCOLN, WHO PUNISHED HIM SERVERELY
Rulestarfish 07 you got the whole squad laughing 😐😐😐😐
Copied Lenin’s comment
No!
-Gen. McClellan
Did you know McClellan and Grants family’s ancestors were from the mayflower it’s a little odd with one general bad then the other good.
Lol
I love how oversimplified is able to make funny and enjoyable history videos about important subjects that the youth can also enjoy and learn from but when talking of something serious for example in this video slavery he does it professionally and respectfully.
Fun fact:
In 1856, abarham lincon gave a speech. The speech was so well thought out and amazing, the reporters forgot to write down what he said. So this great speech is now lost to time.
Hi, I can see this was a month ago, but I still feel this is semi important (it's not important at all feel free to ignore me if you want) enough to mention. Amazing only has one Z. I can 100% guarantee that someone who's not nice could mention it in a mean way, and that's just mean. That's the end of my ted talk. Thank you, and have a wonderful day!
A Bar Ham
Yes
The one where he said "they have to go back to Africa"
If they didn’t write it down how do you know it was amazing? Because we all know how trustworthy the Media is? Only difference being today it’s hard to get away with it because of UA-cam and twitter etc l.
@@nobodyspecial6267 they just said it was amazing.
I don’t even need this for class it’s just fun to watch
Ikr
Yea
im from argentina, wtf do i care about the us civil war, but you are right xD
Same
Our history is quite interesting up until 1914, after that it gets really boring.
“Hey, it’s war baby. What are you gonna do.” may be the best quote I’ve heard in years.
Ethan Sexton *”YOU’RE ABOUT TO GET A ROUNDHOUSE TO THE FACE.”*
It’d be better if he said “what’re you gonna do? Shoot me?”
Ethan Sexton IKR
Lincoln and his cheekbones. the ultimate primary force
The strongest force in all of history/joke
How does Oversimplified go from pure hilarity, to solemn and serious, and back to pure hilarity? It's rather impressive.
One word:
Talent.
My take is:
Good Writing
Tone of voice
Background Music
Lol ikr
Very astute writing. Ref: Jodi Taylor, author and an undisputed queen of making the reader laugh helplessly, then dump a WHOLE ocean of mind-boggling dark drama. Then pulling the reader out of the tar pit to watch the repairs, complete with some considerable slapstick.
such a cringe take, comment I dropped 10 seconds ago: That was so fucking cringe. Humiliatingly not funny. Literally 40 percent of the video was you dropping the quirkiest missed joke I've ever heard. Just wanted to learn about the civil war not hear your hack comedy. Good job
I usually hate sponsors on videos, but it doesn’t feel like an oversimplified video without a nord vpn sponsorship
Like Sam o nella and skillshare
Sponsors are good because that lets you know that the creator is getting money
Nord VPN got hacked and tried to hide it. Don't trust them. They aren't on your side, their in your pocket.
Why would you hate sponsors? Unless he's doing a video about internet security companies?
Simon Sozzi usually because I find them boring
The slavery loving senator who beat that man with a cain, moved to Florida afterwards, and now there is a town named after him. Brooksville. So this may be one of the first Florida man stories!
I used to live in Brooksville and went to high school with Bray Wyatt(Hernando High).
[-[tRiX]-] WWE bray wyatt?
*The Original Florida Man™️*
I’ve live near Brooksville, it’s a fine little county seat.
@@heikobellini3092 Yeah.
I am colombian. And I really dont mean to offend anyone, but man Lincoln was amazing, what a man and what a historic figure, no wonder why here there are schools, hospitals, streets, neighborhoods, etc under his name. He was an incredible man and my favorite president of the US.
You forgot the mass execution of Indians during the U.S. Dakota War of 1862. Shame America will not share the ugly truths if even the most notices presidents of the United States of America. If anyone thinks this is "one-sided political" or "fake news," apparently most Americans will never accept the truth or want to know America is not "one nation under God."
The people who would be offended by this absolutely deserve to be offended.
@InternetUsername yeah the only people who would be offended would be the civil war losers, and I think they should be offended.
lincoln’s speeches are MIND blowing
How.... *_DARE_* you say such wonderful things about our country???
"SIR! We outnumber the enemy 3 to 1!!"
General Mclellan: "Then we are outmatched. Better hold here and retreat in a few days..."
Noah Hastings Halo reference!
Noah Hastings
General, we outnumber them 3 to 1!
McClellan: Then it is an uneven fight
@@lilsamtheham3293 all men do not fire at will, don't dare burn their mongrel hides
*Valley Campaign*
Sir, they litterally outnumber us 3 to 1!
Stonewall Jackson: Men, we let those dumb Union Soldiers out to the middle of nowhere to keep them from getting their FILTHY hands on Virginia, but we stumbled onto somethin' they're soo hot for, they're SCRAMBLIN' over eachother to get it. I don't care if it's god's own anti son of a BITCH machine, or a giant nuclear bomb. We're not gonna let them have it. What we WILL let them have is a belly full of lead and a pool of their own blood to down in!
Am I RiGhT MaRiNeS?!?
Sir! We have 120,000 men they only have 60!
McClellan: WE NEED ANOTHER 100,000!!!
As much as I love the jokes in the series, I do appreciate the serious tone that was taken as you discussed the torturous conditions they underwent
hunter davis
He was also very respectful when talking about the victims of WW2.
I appreciate it, as a grandkid to Holocaust survivors
Yeah man
So true. I know a ww2 veteran and this was real respectful but funny at the same time.
The tone in the phrase “for 4 million people...” was everything
There were many reports that Grant actually suffered from many back problems after the war and underwent many surgeries. The reason for his back issues was having to carry the whole union for the whole war.
Idk man thems was some badass generals that there union done had
He got us in the first have not going to lie
Ulysses S. Grant
A civil war chief for the union.
The 17th President
And a distinct lover of boose
@@watsoncouch3800 i think he was the 18th president
@@user-ut7bx1du5p you may be right there.
It’s hilarious and scary how many people genuinely argue that “it had nothing to do with slavery.” Usually people here in the south that feel like the Confederacy got a raw deal.
They got way more than they should have which is why so many Confederate sympathizers still hold power
No one until 1995 believed that the Civil war had anything to do with slavery
@@glennbalkin8247right… so what part of the reasons for succession literally shown in the video was unclear?
"IT'S STATE'S RIGHTS"
Rights to do what?
@@justaguycalledjoshBy no means am I an expert. But the South felt like the North were capable of unfairly dictating what they could do. Which includes things like tariffs, and slavery laws. Thats what people mean by state rights. It is also important to remember that, culturally, the North and South saw themselves as distinct.
"It was the Confederates who fired the first sh-" WENDY'S AD: THIS IS AMERICA'S FAVORITE BREAKFAST
"It was the confederate who fired the sho-"
Ad: have some Kentucy fried Chicken
This happen for me
Wendy’s Caused The War.
You just don't know it yet
@night mark bruh...this was about a ad having funny timing
@ Ugh, yes we do.
"*THAT'S NOT HOW VICTIM MENTALITY WORKS*" is -perhaps- the best quote ever.
I remember when perhaps wasn’t there, good times
How modern.
Too bad it doesn't apply in this historical scenario
Facts
OverSimplified made me love history, The way he explains it was fun. The cartoons really helped me understand it.
Wish the Educational system in school is just like this. Some teacher need to re-think about teaching their students.
Ah yes, lets oversimplify the educational system. What could possibly go wrong!
@@TheMarkJoergensen as much as I agree with your overall point, the video is simple but very well explained ;-) I sometimes use OverSimplified for my own classes to give a general overview on an issue; granted, teaching shouldn't stop there
@@TheMarkJoergensen I don't think he meant that school should oversimplify their system but instead should explain lessons in a different way
I wish we only did history and that was watching Oversimplified.
I wish. I’ve learned more from shit like this then the boring ass lectures my profs taught me. Granted I learned quick a bit but it was always biased. Which I hate
Absolutely love your channel! I’m a homeschooler and living in WV so, we’re learning all about the Civil War. My kids not just laughed at the funny parts but listened the whole time!
Still hoping to get the vietnam war, but this is still a history treat
I think he is going in between the American revolution and after WWI, we may get Vietnam next, though I personally want to see the Napolianic first.
@@BlueflameKing1 same
@@BlueflameKing1bruh he did the American revolution
@@BlueflameKing1 he's already done ww1 is it blocked in your country?
TheCyberWarrior no the civil war
This guy is so entertaining even tho it's all history. Little story: my friends and I once had a sleep over and we watched oversimplified for like 2 hours and his parents were so confused.
We all know the real name of the ‘American Civil War’ is actually the American Battle of the Cheek Bones
Haven't we all?
That sounds like a bloody good time
Hi
@@adamwilding9520 sure was
OverSimplified: *Uploads*
Me: Probably the only good thing that happened this month...
dude the month just started
@@codeword632 lol i didn't realize it's february already
BoredYT User not in Illinois
@@JCMWTT or iowa
28:17 idk why I laughed so hard I'm freaking 20 yrs old bruh🤣👍
It's kinda crazy how every confederate leader of the time said that secession was specifically about slavery and now there's people who are all like, 'Actually, it was more about state's rights than anything.'
Same thing I always say🤣
they always try to argue "erm actually it was about state's rights 🤓" and i gotta ask, state's rights for what cause 🌚
For those who were wondering, the spongebob tv show is 22 years old, which is over 5 times the lifespan of the confederate states
Bruh moment
*underrated commment*
But will live forever in your head rent free
But not as long as Jim Crow.
I love you
I googled it. "Unconditional surrender grant" isn't a joke. It seems that was actually a name the historical figure had.
I love the way oversimplified does this. Historical facts and Easter Egg fun in the narrative.
Brilliant.
Good you figured out
@@The_whales just shows there's always something new to learn. To someone who has no interest in a foreign countries civil war (as it's has minimal effect on the history of my country and continent), the 'name' sounds silly and made up. But obviously it's neither and is intact an interesting insight into the war.
Yeah, Grant is fascinating! It's sad how overlooked he became after his death, until literally the past 30 years or so
I also googled it.He earned this nickname after fort donelson battle.
what is the fact the civil war was not all about slavery you did not see yankee soilders riding off with a bro on the back of their horse after a massacre of innocent by standers yankee soilders stupid cowards if there were not so many of them compared to to the south would of built jefferson davis *s white house out of their bones
Oversimplified uploaded:
This did not anger his father who did not punish him severely
Oh boy, UA-cam sure had a sense of humour to recommend this to me now.
“Lincoln the description below” Idk if that was intentional or no, but it was beautiful.
you think they unintentionally missbelt link in
@Geba No one asked for your opinion Geba
@@ishaannag4545 Geba is being kinda dense because no shit he was brutal it’s war, but Lincoln was a shitty person
He didn’t fight slavery because of morality and actually said he believed white and black people should be segregated, he only fought slavery because it was convenient to win the war.
@Gebaoh wow i found the confederate
@Geba i mean he did still save millions of black ppl and their desecendents but slavery would probably still have died off unless WAIT FACTORY SLAVES LMAO
Taking your family out in the carriage to picnic and watch a civil war unfold has to be the most American thing ever.
Not everything is an american thing. Stop acting like we're the only ones who do sht
@@sleeperboi8701 no one said you’re the only ones doing it. It’s just very on brand for Americans lol
@@sleeperboi8701 Why are you so sensitive lmao
God bless America lol
@@fibonaccisequins4637 Probably lives in California.
Y'know as far as 'moments in history most likely to be caused by time travelers' goes; the union being handed Lee's battle plans with a free cigar on the side has GOT to be top five.
Imagine a book with that in the plot. Everyone would say the deus ex machina was super forced and it sucked.
Imagine being the confederate responsible.
Peggy Shippen's wildly coincidence-laden role in Benedict Arnold's treachery isn't that high, but top ten for sure. (Not, I guess, the most successful time travel expedition - America did still win the war - but it was a good effort.)
@@twinzzlers Dude was an accidental hero.
now you know what you are talking about unlike all the liberal trash on this site
14:00 that aged perfectly
Oversimplified is one of the only people who make learning fun online
I know right
Yes
yup
@Liberty Garage tf you mean BS
@@Diothekinglolbull s word.
Oversimplified: *Says 'War' in a video*
UA-cam: "There's gonna be a tax for that."
UA-cam: STOP
YOU VIOLATED THE LAW
UA-cam: *You’ll die in 5 seconds*
I was the 69th like. I feel powerful
Stamp
@@mdoyle55 you a redditor aren't you.....
For those who don’t know, ‘Unconditional Surrender Grant’ was his real nickname. That is not a joke.
Grant was so metal.
U. S. Grant
Oh my god that fits so well
Germany be like "WHERES MY COTTON" famous last words of germany before, "Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein
und das heißt Erika.
Heiß von hunderttausend kleinen Bienelein
wird umschwärmt Erika.
Denn ihr Herz ist voller Süßigkeit,
zarter Duft entströmt dem Blütenkleid.
Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines blümelein
und das heißt Erika.
In der heimat wohnt ein kleines mägdelein
und das heißt Erika.
Dieses Mädel ist mein treues Schätzelein
und mein Glück, Erika.
Wenn das Heidekraut rot-lila blüht,
singe ich zum Gruß ihr dieses Lied.
Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein
und das heißt: Erika.
In mein'm Kämmerlein blüht auch ein Blümelein
und das heißt Erika.
Schon beim Morgengrau'n sowie beim Dämmerschein
schaut's mich an, Erika.
Und dann ist es mir, als spräch' es laut:
"Denkst du auch an deine kleine Braut?"
In der Heimat weint um dich ein Mägdelein
und das heißt" everyone be like then oh shit "puts their hands in the air" then germany becomes German Reich卐 every be like WERE SCREWED russia be like "time to enact revenge" "loads gun and shoots German Reich卐" "German Reich卐 gets sent packing to berlin and leader commits suicide and The German Reich surrenders to the Soviet Union"
genius truly a miltary genius
These videos are perfect for my middle school students, THANK YOU ❤️
McClellan refused to attack.
This enraged Lincoln, who punished him severely
ThePremierGabe ..... No
@@george1234able Why...
The South: *Secedes*
This enraged his father who punished him severely
An Italian Hoagie WOW!
More economic downturn
Imagine living in the south
@Ultimate Ake Sherman*
An Italian Hoagie 😂😂
Abe Lincoln: "You outnumber them, just attack!"
"No I don't think I will."
Abe Lincoln: ...I am your mother-clucking commander in CHIEF! **enraged by insubordination**
@@navilluscire2567 McClellen: "Whatcha gonna do, fire me?"
@@VideoHostSite
*Oversimplified:* "...and then he was fired, which upset him greatly."
Angers me every time I read it, especially after Antietam. The President gave you an order to move, so MOVE!
cat nice one
I love that Mcclellan basically exiled himself after the war. He made multiple long stay journeys to Europe after the war.
he actually ran for president aganst lincoln in 1864 and of course he lost of ol abe
@@dapperkidnapper I know, it’s probably one of the reasons for his long European stays.
General Thomas Jackson: "'Stonewall' Jackson"
General Ulysses S. Grant: "As if he was determined to drive his head through a brick wall, and was about to do it"
i thought of this too
Grant is about to slam his head through Jackson’s men.
@Special Bronze I know.
@@RisingDawn12 okay?
Best thing Confederate army did was "accidentally" shot stonewall
I'm probably lucky to have a social studies teacher who shows us these videos
They Get It. I woulda Paid attention to this in school.
Very
I'm stuck with history videos from the 1990s, you're lucky, lol
@@Andominicus lol we just watched history channel documentaries 😭
You for sure are
“Your majesty, what should we do about all of the starving children working in the coal mines?”
“NOTHING!”
Industrial Revolution oversimplified?
Edit: so a lot of people want an Industrial Revolution oversimplified. Nice
That's called foreshadowing
Nah, Karl Marx will take over, right? Right? RIGHT? I mean its not like the they will go into a global war, right? Right? RIGHT?
Yes Yes Yes!
@@Trainer_Ruffles YES!
Queen Of England: "Oh My God America is so awful for slavery"
General: "Your Majesty! The Irish people dont think they should be forced into servitude"
Queen: "Well go beat hem up and burn their property."
UA-cam really is funny recommending this after the election
Baby Lincoln: *Cries* Doctors: "I'm not touching that." This angered adult Lincoln which punished then severely!
Stop
YungWildboy59 which enraged me who punished you severely
What is dead, may never die.
Uh, im... what?
yess
Legend has it that Martha is still getting ready
When her hair finally dries at the end of time, the end of all existence begins.
theres a town in northern virginia called McClain
Why did you say that name!
The north: The battle of Gettysburg.
The south: The battle of Regretisburg
A great victory for the union.
@@AbrahamLincoln4 Yessir
@@AbrahamLincoln4 Sent em running back to Dixie.
Micheal Thatcher, Well it wasn’t meant to be and the country was reunited! 🇺🇸
@@SouthernGentleman The union won the war due to the failute of Pickett's Charge. Pair that with Sherman's march and you've got the reason the south lost.
Fun fact: I was binge watching Oversimplified awhile back, I always rewatch his videos. One time, after finishing one of his videos, I say to myself "He should really do a video on the American Civil War." Then I turned off my phone, and ate my dinner. After dinner, I turn my phone back on, and there it is.
He has answered my prayers.
Oversimplified was sponsored by NordVPN
This enraged Raid Shadow Legends who punished him severely
Krati Parashar lmfao
@@FishbedFive raid shadow legends was then enraged and punished him severely
Lol
Hahaha hitler reference
Nah... more like this enRAIDed RAID shadow legends, who RAIDED him severely ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Fun Fact about the first battle of Bull Run: There was quite a lot of confusion between the two sides during the battle. Many Confederate officers wore their old U.S. Army uniforms, many SOLDIERS wore blue uniforms or old US Army uniforms like the Union soldiers, and the US Stars and Stripes and the Confederate Stars and Bars looked almost identical, creating confusion when looking for enemy flags.
Thanks that was cool
That’s as confusing as seeing a fire not cause a barrel of oil to burn
interesting thanks
Ngl, one of my favorite flag designs is Lee's Confederate battle flag, definitely not the Stars and Bars design. No idea what it's called, most just call it "The Confederate Flag" nowadays, since there's a popular misconception that it was the official CSA flag. That likely stems from it being the flag painted on the roof of a certain orange Dodge Charger nicknamed The General Lee that was pretty much a main character in the popular 80s TV show called The Dukes of Hazard.
Anyways, from a purely design standpoint, I think it's the best looking of any flag design, with my 2nd constantly flipping between The Union Jack and The Bandera de Mexico, depending on the mood in.
What's confusing to me is how the union had 1200 MIA and the confederates gained 12 dudes. 19:06
Politicians carried weapons in self defense”
*Pulls out rocket launcher*
Tyler Wagner gta be like
It's actually funny because the south was still agriculture based, while the north was industrial, so the south have old muskets and pistols while the north has Smaw's and.... Whatever that other thing was
Tyler Wagner historically accurate games nowadays.....
'Murica
:0
"9 months and 4 days ago, my father brought forth HIMSELF upon my mother-"💀
What is the problem, bro? It's history
@@EBOWSAGOE-BIRIKORANG I don't have a problem I'm just saying it's hilarious that the UA-camr included that line.
I gotta tell you guys something. I homeschool a couple of ADHD kids and this channel is exactly the right kind of sarcastic, snarky, random humor that grabs their attention and they will hyper focus and binge watch your channel for hours and learn more history than they do any other way I've found yet. They can quote whole chunks of these videos verbatim. You've got something here guys. Can you please do a video on the Mayflower and Pilgrim story? Also can you point me in the direction of any similar channels that do other subjects in a similar manner like science?
Overly Sarcastic Productions is another great channel. They cover Mythology and History
Extra History is a channel with a similar art style and they have videos on many different topics
Overly Sarcastic Productions is great for this stuff. A TV show for common misconceptions that also covers history that might work is Adam Ruins Everything, which is more on the adult side of things
History matters does good content
Like others have said, Extra History is a very good channel with a LOT of videos and they still upload weekly
This was the first Oversimplified video I showed my mom. She couldn't stop laughing at Lincoln's birth scene.
Lol
@@brapa1190 Yes
@Something Went Wrong
We did, and it was hilarious and informative.
I’m not touching that thing
LOLZ
I love that he doesn't just start at the civil war but he explains how it happened.
That is how they teach it in every American schools
@@EBCgangLeader 26:25 pain he said New Orleans wrong painnn
@@Monkeymanthefirs yeah he should've said its correct name, la Nouvelle Orléans
@@joebrewer4529 explain the American civil war then
@@l_Caxius_l I dunno man I googled the history of the civil war maybe he missed out of a few details and facts that are part of the history but overall I don’t see any false flags
EACH DIXIE BOY MUST UNDERSTAND THAT HE MUST FIND HIS UNCLE SAM!
Away, away
We'll all go down to Dixie
Lincoln: ATTACK THEM
Mclellan: *no i dont think i will*
I've always thought McClellan was the best general... For the south.
Official Eggland unfunny meme
Can we just ban reddit users from commenting?
Josh Hamilton well he kinda is from a certain point of view
*four month hiatus*
Fans: You quit!
Oversimplified: I didn’t quit! I merely failed to upload.
Coney Island Av It’s a 50 minute video, basically a movie, I’m surprised 4 months is all it took to make this
Coney Island Av ha
quality > quantity
@Toori Baba so is trump but I don't remember asking
Toori Baba No-instead of keeping black people as slaves he orders muslims to be kept out of the country, encourages systematic racism and makes life for immigrants who are fleeing from wars as hard as possible-persecuting them for trying to save their families. He encourages homophobic attacks, tacitly supports alt-right groups and explicitly supports two separate dictatorships with appealing human rights records. Slavery was an abomination and Trump is leagues worse because he has become so normalised that we are no longer outraged at his policies-at least during the slave trade people knew what was happening was horrific and evil.
“Bringing forth yourself upon someone” is a wild way to say you boinked somebody.
I would argue that Winfield Scott gave a brilliant plan but it was Lincoln's impatience that led him to direct confrontation with the Confederate army. In the end, Scott's plan proved effective in defeating the South.
"One of Lincoln's greatest traits, what made him such a great leader, was in the darkest of times, with composure and determination he kept moving forward".
Damn that hit me hard.
Winston Churchill?
abe was a graet tyrant and destroyer of the usa. he killed the usa gov. he waged an illegal war. abe had no right by tjhe constitution to force by war states top stay in the voluntary union.
@@johnny50424 well he got rid of slavery and at the end of the day that is what truly matters
*Shinzou wo sasageyo intensifies*
@@catherinequilty5483 Winston Churchill was notoriously racist, and caused a massive famine in India (the Bengal famine of 1943) which killed 2.1 - 3 million people. The only good things that man did was 1. He helped defeat the nazis and 2. He died.
Interesting Fact: Some time between late 1864 and early 1865, Abraham Lincoln’s eldest son, Robert, was saved from being hit by a train at a New Jersey platform when a man pulled him off the tracks. That man was Edwin Booth, the brother of John Wilkes Booth. Edwin Booth was considered one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of the 19th century and was, of course, quite well known at the time. Robert later wrote an account of the incident in a 1909 letter and sent it to the editor of a paper called The Century Magazine, but it is believed he never told his parents because they already had enough to worry about besides him almost getting hit by a train.
Robert was visiting his friend John Hay at the White House the night his father was killed, he rushed to be by his side until he passed away. His close friend in later years said he never forgave himself for not attending the play with his father, for he would have been assigned to sit at the back of the box due to his role in the presidential cabinet. He believed if he had gone, John Wilkes Booth would have had to deal with him before being able to get to his father.
As for Edwin Booth, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln almost destroyed him. Edwin was a unionist and a loyal supporter of Lincoln, his brother a successionist believing Lincoln would become King of America. In one night, Edwin lost his brother, his president he deeply believed in, and the prestige of their family name as actors. According to a friend of Edwin’s, it was only the love of his friends that saved him from madness. They took turns staying with him, afraid if he didn’t end up going mad, that he would begin drinking again which he had quit 2 years earlier.
There were only two things that kept him going: writing his autobiography…and the knowledge that he had saved his slain presidents son from possible death on that train platform.
That was beautiful
Another interesting fact: in 1881, Secretary of War Robert Lincoln was waiting on a train with President Garfield when a lunatic by the name of Charles Guiteau assassinated the president in front of him. Twenty years later, after receiving an invitation from President McKinley, Robert attended the Pan-American exposition in Buffalo and Robert was standing outside an exhibition hall called the Temple of Music the very moment that anachist Leon Czolgosz shot McKinley. After that, Robert refused all presidential invitations and endeavored to never be in the same room with a president again stating "there is a certain fatality about presidential functions when I am present."
Breaking news
Person makes a school google document in the youtube comments
Cool, thanks for sharing
He also was also there when both presidents Garfield and McKinley were assassinated, which means he witness 3/4 of all presidents who were assassinated, including his father.
“And on the floors of congress, Politicians carried weapons in self defense, which is never a good sign”
yOu DoNt SaY
Jacob Freeman I would assume so
Beware the ides of March.
Not a good sign but definitely the right move if you didn’t want to die
Two of them got weapons from the future at that point i would move to canada and change my birth and where im from information lol
A unicorgi's dream cave that depends if I’m the one with the futuristic weapons or not
I remember watching to this school and my teacher looking visibly disappointed with the opening scene 😭🙏
People: overSimplified memes will never catch on
OverSimplified: TO THE GUILLOTINE
What's missing
G_illotine
u👈
Ohhh noooo
Trying to reignite a revolution
tHeRe's a tAx FoR tHaT
Nice stolen meme
@@alflandonfan it was some inspiration from a Soviet gulag meme sooo...
I am so happy that you mentioned that for 4 million people wanted to end slavery to get basic rights and the most people in the north viewed it as a economic thing rather than a moral thing.
Whatever the motivation, at least they didn’t support and brazenly fight for it like.. ahem.. ahem..
At a practical standpoint for today, it’s basically the same thing with abortion. If you think about it that way, pro abortionists think of it mostly as a way to make money and pro life people think of it as a moral issue. Granted, it’s a bit more complicated than that, but I hope you get the point.
@@shilohmonroe-donovan pro-life people don't think it's moral issue. They just want to control woman. They literally stop caring the second kid is born
@@shilohmonroe-donovan Pro abortion people are definitely more about body autonomy, personally I think it's morally wrong but it shouldn't be illegal, the government should have zero legal control over my person
And they were all Republicans were as the democrats were all slave owners.
I like the idea that Washington and Lincoln argue about who is the best President
Trump: Hello!
@@harigopaladamus9481 Washington and Lincoln: goodbye!
I do wonder what they would say of trump.
@@devinwalke4400 Trump: *Hold my beer*
@@amberslahlize7961 Lincoln and Washington: *gives beer back to trump*
Can't believe he left out that Lincoln invented stairs cause he got tired of rockey jumping up floors.
What?
John Brown seems like an absolute chad. I always love it when someone who looks like they would be absolute bullies turn out to be compassionate towards everyone.
Good heart and intentions
But a bit of a backfire when he put it into action
And i little too moronic in tactics
Not to mention, a black man was killed by his party
But still, based figure
John Brown is the American edition of a Buddhist fierce deity.
"Turn out to be compassionate towards everyone," wew, lad, do you not know anything about this man😂
Slavers aren't people in John Brown's eyes
Random guy: *first*
This angered us who punished him severely
Yeah I am from the southern region of Brazil and I wish the three states of South become independent or semia independent
Yess
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Finnally
I love how Grant and Lee absolutely carried their respective armies
I wonder what would happen if they United forces
@@maplebrownie3672 ...win the Mexican American War.
I mean, they weren't solely responsible but we're tent mates on campaign.
@TheLapster stonewall jackson****
@TheLapster Pickett was actually a decent general, “Pickett’s” Charge was totally on Lee. Potential History did a video comparing Marye’s Heights (Fredericksburg) to Pickett’s Charge that explains it in detail, I’d recommend watching that.
@TheLapster Lee was a great general, you can't undermine that just because they were confederacy
Fun fact, my neighborhood was apart of the Underground Railroad and one of the houses was literally one of the safe houses for slaves 💀
Bonus history: Bleeding Kansas bit didn't mention that Missouri vs Kansas state rivalry dates all the way back to these fights. KU's mascot is named after the abolitionist forces, the jayhawks.
Rock Chalk Jayhawk GO KU!!!!
@@mamba24kc stfu you guys wish you were in the sec
@@lukeswofford428 is that why you jokers keep begging us to play u lmao
Woooow I didn’t know this !!! Thanks for sharing this amazing fact x)
@@lukeswofford428 it's you who need STFU 🤡
Mccalean : Gets fired
McClellan’s wife : You got fired?
McClellan: I didn’t get fired! I merely failed to keep my job!
Hahahaha
lul
Pizza Reed12 hi erusea
Dats a good one
poor McClellan, did what he thought was right but it all packed out worse for him...
I like how he handles the important stuff it’s all laughs till the real stuff kicks in and that’s where he uses historical photos and is respectful love the content oversimp!
Oversimp
oversimp 💀
oversimp
Lmaooo oversimp
Oversimp
I think it's funny how Lincoln was blamed a lot for losing in the beginning when it was just a mixture of his cabinet and generals being a baby
John brown: *gets captured*
Southern states: “it’s treason, then.”
*has seen Star Wars * lol
Lincoln:I Am the Parliament.
@@nickpaschentis5284
Jefferson Davis: Not. Yet.
"JOB SOKUN"
Merrick 724 I like John Brown
15:55
"He was too fat to even mount a horse"
HENRY VIII IS THAT YOU
ye
Adrian Murillo ok
It is
Few hundred years apart bro
@@demoniczero r/woooosh
My students love watching these videos. Could you make one dealing with the Mexican-American War?
YES PLEASE MR. OVERSIMPLIFIED!!!!!!!
Y-You show these 2 ur students? TAKE ME AS UR STUDENT PLZZZ
@@shreberry5164 did you just stutter through text
@@eyeofthebeholder6829 They officially DID stutter through text; no joke lol
Korean War as well, since we're making requests.
Oversimplified fans: You haven't posted in a year!
Oversimplified: False, I merely failed to upload!
Anyone notice how the book Abe read in the beginning was called “Vampire hunting for dummies”
Anne TheReader there was a really good movie adaptation of it that I watch from time to time
Yeah i noticed
r o m a n i a
the_smol _one yeah the movie was pretty good, I didn’t even know it was based off a book.
@Anne TheReader You think? everyone saw the film years ago
Yeah, some important details on the Caning of Sumner, for those who don't know:
1. Preston Brooks didn't attack Sumner immediately. He instead waited until later, when Sumner was alone, sitting down, and attacked him by surprise.
2. When asked why he attacked Sumner in such a blatantly dishonorable way, Brooks said that, because Sumner was noticeably taller than him, he was worried Sumner would overpower him in a fair fight. This was in spite of the fact that Preston was a veteran of the Mexican-American War, while Sumner had never been in the military.
3. Brooks was also scared of other people intervening, so he had two of his allies literally stand by and threaten everyone nearby with loaded revolvers to prevent them from saving Sumner from this surprise attack.
4. After the attack, the people of the South were so supportive of this cowardly assault that they sent Brooks new canes to replace the one he broke while beating Sumner.
5. In spite of Brooks' attack nearly killing him, Sumner survived, regained most of his former strength, and continued on to lead a wing of radical Republicans during the Civil War.
In conclusion, Preston Brooks and his friends were chickenshit cowards who were too scared of Sumner to fight him fairly, just because he was kinda tall. And not only were they not ostracized for being such pathetic losers, but their constituents lauded them for behaving in such a craven manner. Fuck those guys.
Listen to the dollop it does a great job at explaining the canning.
I doubt most people knew any of this, I didn't before now.
Lol. Sounds like modern republicans…
@@br0k3nman sad but true
yuh and the maga fringe of the same republicants are even *more* cowardly, pathetic, and violent if you can believe it
my teacher recommended this video to the class
now shes a god
So your saying your teacher isn’t doing there job.
@@thefreedomishere oh so you're one of those pro-standardized testing POS.
Funny video
Maybe god is a bit too much, how about a “ great “ teacher?
Impossible
Getting ready for the squel
"Is cereal a soup?"
*Angry Lenin intensifies*
Comrade, I see you have come from the Russian Revolution video as well
This vid's are too awsome, this is not a Civil War video, this is a Civil War Documentary comedy
Is an omelette made of eggs?
Dub fun shine
Joker sucks
Me: wakes up and sees this in recommended
“The Return of the KING!”
THE BEACONS ARE LIT!!!!!!!
My high school teacher: We are going to be learning about the Civil War first.
Me who has watched both of Oversimplified’s videos on it: *I AM READY*
Are you talking about the stand from jojo or the war?
That will be soon for me. We are in the age of Jackson right now.
*IM READY IM READY IM READY IM READY* *
“Oh how awful a nation must be to allow such things to happen”
“Your majesty, what should we do about the starving children in the coal mines”
”N O T H I N G!”
0:16 BAHAHAHA LINCOLN THE DESCRIPTION 😂😂😂😂