Reconstruction and 1876: Crash Course US History #22

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Published 2013-07-18
In which John Green teaches you about Reconstruction. After the divisive, destructive Civil War, Abraham Lincoln had a plan to reconcile the country and make it whole again. Then he was shot, Andrew Johnson took over, and the disagreements between Johnson and Congress ensured that Reconstruction would fail. The election of 1876 made the whole thing even more of a mess, and the country called it off, leaving the nation still very divided. John will talk about the gains made by African-Americans in the years after the Civil War, and how they lost those gains almost immediately when Reconstruction stopped. You'll learn about the Freedman's Bureau, the 14th and 15th amendments, and the disastrous election of 1876. John will explore the goals of Reconstruction, the successes and ultimate failures, and why his alma mater Kenyon College is better than Raoul's alma mater NYU.

Hey teachers and students - Check out CommonLit's free collection of reading passages and curriculum resources to learn more about the events of this episode.
The period of Reconstruction that followed the Civil War was imperfect and failed to create lasting change after 1876: www.commonlit.org/texts/reconstruction
Following the end of the Civil War, many African Americans found themselves turning from slavery to sharecropping, an unfair system that would last until World War II and the Civil Rights Movement: www.commonlit.org/texts/from-slaves-to-sharecroppe…

Learn more about Reconstruction in episode #19 of Crash Course Black American History:    • Reconstruction: Crash Course Black Am...  

Chapters:
Introduction 00:00
Johnson & the Reconstruction Era 0:33
The Freedman's Bureau 1:32
Sharecropping 2:14
The Civil Rights Act 3:04
The 14th Amendment 3:55
Mystery Document 4:20
The Reconstruction Act 5:18
The Election of 1868 & the 15th Amendment 5:38
African Americans in Office 6:32
Republican Governments in the South 7:52
Why did Reconstruction End? 8:23
White Violence Against Former Slaves 8:46
Northern Support Retreats 9:33
The Election of 1876 9:52
President Hayes and the Bargain of 1877 10:55
The Legacy of Reconstruction 12:03
Credits 12:29

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All Comments (21)
  • @jomanom8651
    "Americans hate taxes" glares at cup of tea
  • @Corristo89
    They got rid of the institution of slavery but didn't get rid of the mindset that made it possible and sustained it. It's like extinguishing a fire but leaving the source still smoldering.
  • @righteousavalanche
    Damn it takes me 4 hours to take notes while reading my APUSH textbook and I can barely understand what's going on but you can go through this and help me make sense of a whole chapter in less than 20 minutes. Thanks John you're my hero
  • @annelmoreno6862
    Seriously... Crash Course team, THANK YOU!!!!!! Your series of videos help a college student out better than any textbook we could ever buy. The videos are short and concise but still informative enough without just stating basic, useless facts. I love how you guys provide causes and effects of the decisions made throughout history. That's what makes history so important.
  • @rosabellle
    "i would celebrate not getting shocked, but now i am depressed." john green
  • @katherinebreeggemann6973
    John Green just quoted his own best selling book-turned-movie on his very popular YouTube channel that millions of people watch. Life goals
  • @isnortredstone4life560
    Anyone here trying to cram this knowledge into there heads before a test. Edit: Just in case you wanted to know I passed the test 😎. Did any of y’all
  • @stateofthenihil8352
    It's sad, seeing how long it took for change to come about. Literally a century from the end of the civil war until MLK's successes in the 1960s.
  • @jennykapau4845
    My ancestors from Bohemia were non-slave holding farmers in the Texas hill country when the war broke out.  Like Sam Houston, they did not agree with the war.  They risked their lives to avoid fighting for a cause they did not believe in, and I am proud of them for doing so.  They were not cowards, and their descendents went on to fight in both world wars in the ensuing century.  One of them, part of Patton's army during the Sicily campaign, was bayoneted in the stomach in hand-to-hand fighting in a fox hole and left for dead.  He survived for 25 years after the war's end. I am proud of my family's heritage of not fighting for the Confederacy, and I am proud that my grandmother and her sisters stood up for a group of young African American children walking to their separate and unequal school during the 1910s when they were being harassed by a group of older white boys.  They reported what happened to their parents, and their parents talked to the other parents.  Very quickly, they put a stop to that racist behavior.
  • @secretsanta3501
    when you discreetly quote your own book.... "the roller coaster only goes up from here my friends."
  • @hi-xy6nr
    Who else’s history teacher assigned this on google classroom
  • @heyitzjustme
    A semester of APUSH conveniently crammed into 22 videos. Thank you, John. I don't know what I would do without Crash Course!
  • @yukon2445
    Is it normal that I'm French and I find the American history more interesting than the French history? Your country is so, so fascinating.
  • @zoroark9733
    Cheers to everyone studying for finals and trying to watch every crash course video to cram everything back into their brain
  • @sophiaazuero1024
    trying to cram 3 hours before the ap exam >>>> studying during the three months of quarantine I've had
  • @theatagamer90
    Sharecropping= "HMMMMMMMMM That is Worth...... 1/4 portion"