History vs. Andrew Jackson - James Fester

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    Andrew Jackson was both beloved and loathed during his presidency. In this imaginary courtroom, you get to be the jury, considering and weighing Jackson's part in the spoils system, economic depression, and the Indian Removal Act, as well as his patriotism and the pressures of the presidency. James Fester explores how time shapes our relationship to controversial historical figures.
    Lesson by James Fester, animation by Brett Underhill.

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  • @kiandyrinokripperino2004
    @kiandyrinokripperino2004 Před 7 lety +6777

    Interestingly enough, Andrew Jackson HATED paper money. So, he probably wouldn't have wanted his face in the $20 bill.

    • @strawberryqueen0382
      @strawberryqueen0382 Před 7 lety +291

      He would want it on a coin (get it cause it's not paper money)

    • @Lardianyt
      @Lardianyt Před 7 lety +168

      Kiandyrino Kripperino He wantes to be on the 20 dollar coin.

    • @ditkacigar89ify
      @ditkacigar89ify Před 7 lety +203

      Nothing more ironic than Andrew Jackson on a central bank note

    • @NAVEMAN3
      @NAVEMAN3 Před 7 lety +53

      That's why they're replacing it with Harriet Tubman though it won't be printed after a year or 2 I believe.

    • @toomanyredpills649
      @toomanyredpills649 Před 7 lety +16

      NAVEMAN3 trump will stop that!!

  • @zerosysko
    @zerosysko Před 8 lety +5613

    "That drunken mob was the American people!" Lololol

    • @imaferretmaster
      @imaferretmaster Před 7 lety +230

      zerosysko he's not wrong

    • @eldersun5110
      @eldersun5110 Před 6 lety +66

      imaferretmaster Even if is true doesn't mean is right

    • @imaferretmaster
      @imaferretmaster Před 6 lety +45

      Martin Leonardo Rocha Mercado who said it was?

    • @BurnRoddy
      @BurnRoddy Před 5 lety +42

      But it was. Even on its dead beds I think any reasonably sane person would trust a drunkard to be more truthfully himself/herself rather than a lawyer is due to the nature of his/her profession of manipulating arguments for profit.

    • @penguinstar4249
      @penguinstar4249 Před 5 lety +6

      No it was you

  • @jimmyz2684
    @jimmyz2684 Před 6 lety +1128

    "That drunken mob, sir, was the American people."
    This should be written on money.

  • @UziMan-Science-Math
    @UziMan-Science-Math Před 2 lety +861

    "I do declare show me a leader who hasn't"
    Can we just talk about how perfect this line is?

    • @newzealandmapping537
      @newzealandmapping537 Před rokem +10

      Yes.

    • @Maxzes_
      @Maxzes_ Před rokem +11

      Of course, every leader that lost their grip on their state!

    • @VenemousHaze
      @VenemousHaze Před rokem +29

      Honestly, there are good leaders, in history that were morally upright, but then the guys below them were greddy and created situations were this rare group of leaders in history couldn't keep most of their morals upheld. Honestly similar things are happening today we just dont know about it.

    • @UziMan-Science-Math
      @UziMan-Science-Math Před rokem +2

      @@VenemousHaze very true

    • @gillipop1
      @gillipop1 Před rokem +2

      4:24 who hasn't, actually

  • @NecoLumi
    @NecoLumi Před 8 lety +2544

    "He would fight at the drop of a hat, then drop the hat himself."
    My sides arw in orbit.

  • @leonardbuttersscotch6438
    @leonardbuttersscotch6438 Před 10 lety +1894

    "I killed the bank" - Andrew Jackson

    • @sunnyboi2371
      @sunnyboi2371 Před 5 lety +13

      Weren't those his last words

    • @ThatOneGuy7550
      @ThatOneGuy7550 Před 5 lety +49

      "I am the bank" - Also, Andrew Jackson

    • @jetskull1112
      @jetskull1112 Před 5 lety +58

      @@sunnyboi2371 not, his last words were that he regretted that he didn't killed the vice-president.

    • @ethancooper8106
      @ethancooper8106 Před 5 lety +14

      @@sunnyboi2371 The last thing he said would be about how he wished he killed Henry Clay and John C Calhoun

    • @soullesseater9327
      @soullesseater9327 Před 5 lety +2

      @@ethancooper8106 Fake made up quotes

  • @rassilontdavros3004
    @rassilontdavros3004 Před 7 lety +493

    "That drunken mob, sir, was the American people."
    Now that's an understatement.

  • @ducksunlimited1995
    @ducksunlimited1995 Před 7 lety +649

    History v. Alexander Hamilton. Especially fitting considering some of the arguments would be swapped from prosecution to defense and vice-versa since Hamilton did a majority of the work in establishing the national bank. I also would be curious to see if the Reynolds Pamphlet would be brought up.

    • @dr_weil
      @dr_weil Před 6 lety +12

      DucksUnlimited Lol Jacksfilms will be proud

    • @akish302
      @akish302 Před 3 lety +36

      “Alexander Hamilton had a torrid affair, and he wrote it down right there!”

    • @Hanzfox
      @Hanzfox Před 2 lety +21

      @@akish302 _HIGHLIGHTS!_

    • @vampiregamingyt8754
      @vampiregamingyt8754 Před 2 lety +7

      Other than his affair, however, what bad did he do?

    • @deadlockraven1849
      @deadlockraven1849 Před 2 lety +3

      The prosecution has it hard enough against many of these accused, arguing Alexander Hamilton was bad is a lost cause.

  • @matthewhirsch908
    @matthewhirsch908 Před 9 lety +1836

    One thing I'd like to point out is that the Supreme Court did not just, "loudly oppose" the Indian Removal act, they openly declared it unconstitutional. In the case of Worcester v. Georgia, the court ruled that the Cherokee nation was a Sovereign nation and that as such the Indian Removal Act was invalid, illegal, unconstitutional and against treaties previously made between it and the United States.
    I'd also like to highlight that the Court's ability to interpret the Constitution and declare Executive Actions unconstitutional is one of the most important of the Checks and Balances inherent to our government. That Jackson was willing to ignore the political opposition to the Indian Removal act is one thing (he's the President and he has that right), but the fact that he was willing to openly show that he would not abide by the laws of the United States as interpreted by the Supreme Court can only be attributed to his personal arrogance. That is indefensible.

    • @MrCount84
      @MrCount84 Před 9 lety +86

      Matthew Hirsch Andrew Jackson said "Marshall has made his decision now let him enforce it"

    • @barbara4258
      @barbara4258 Před 9 lety +4

      hi

    • @matthewhirsch908
      @matthewhirsch908 Před 9 lety +6

      Hey

    • @christianalmli9085
      @christianalmli9085 Před 9 lety +35

      Count Hiram That tale is thought to be apocryphal, but it certainly encapsulates his arrogant, Napoleonic mentality.

    • @Pksoze
      @Pksoze Před 8 lety +57

      +Matthew Hirsch And yet the idiots who defend him only care that he is a badass.

  • @HolyknightVader999
    @HolyknightVader999 Před 8 lety +561

    "I do declare, show me one leader who hasn't."
    Caligula. XD

  • @manifesttruth7645
    @manifesttruth7645 Před 3 lety +178

    1:18 "order! order! now, did this celebration have pie?" this judge is asking the real questions. I give this man a noble peace prize

  • @brocklee5773
    @brocklee5773 Před 7 lety +1598

    Don't blame me I voted for Henry Clay

    • @AsianGlow
      @AsianGlow Před 6 lety +48

      A.K.A. Hilary Clinton of 1828.

    • @marthaindahouse1010
      @marthaindahouse1010 Před 5 lety +9

      SMH MY HEAD

    • @oscargillette9855
      @oscargillette9855 Před 5 lety +16

      I voted for Crawford in 1824 then Clay in '28

    • @chanceDdog2009
      @chanceDdog2009 Před 5 lety +10

      My vote goes to spaghetti monster...

    • @DGAMINGDE
      @DGAMINGDE Před 4 lety +12

      @@oscargillette9855 I voted for Weaver in 1892, TR in 1912, La Follette in 1924 and Perot in 1992. Don't blame me.

  • @dodec8449
    @dodec8449 Před 9 lety +471

    History vs Ronald Reagan
    History vs John F Kennedy
    History vs Otto von Bismarck
    History vs Napoleon Bonaparte
    History vs Winston Churchill

    • @michaelkeehan8094
      @michaelkeehan8094 Před 5 lety +45

      Lyndon Johnson's more polarizing than Reagan and Kennedy combined.

    • @michaelkeehan8094
      @michaelkeehan8094 Před 5 lety +20

      @Alek Mitev Even today, people positively remember both Reagan and Kennedy, while LBJ is still divisive.

    • @paulsoroka621
      @paulsoroka621 Před 4 lety +15

      What did Churchhill do wrong? Gallipoli is the only thing that comes to mind.

    • @deadfly122
      @deadfly122 Před 4 lety +33

      @@paulsoroka621 churchill had multiple things going especially regarding the colonies

    • @paulsoroka621
      @paulsoroka621 Před 4 lety +14

      @@deadfly122 Like the misinformation about how he declined supplies from the allies to help with the famine in India? When put into context it makes complete sense why he would do that.

  • @sneeperbeeper2902
    @sneeperbeeper2902 Před 8 lety +715

    You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

    • @caller347
      @caller347 Před 8 lety +13

      nanana nanana You got that from Batman didn't you?

    • @anonymous2012s
      @anonymous2012s Před 7 lety +26

      @caller347 its a great line, now its a good place and time so shut up

    • @austinchase2
      @austinchase2 Před 4 lety +15

      Mysterious Stranger he was a hero as a general who saved New Orleans from the British, and later became a president who enforced a genocide even though the court declared this action unconstitutional.

    • @pyotrilyichtchaikovskyii6638
      @pyotrilyichtchaikovskyii6638 Před 2 lety +4

      Either die a villain or be dead long enough to become one.

    • @phamvi3542
      @phamvi3542 Před rokem +1

      He is a genius

  • @zanesmith7727
    @zanesmith7727 Před 7 lety +2216

    history vs
    Che Guevara
    Teddy Roosevelt
    Ronald Reagan
    John Brown
    Leon Trotsky
    I feel like these would be interesting

    • @ReviewingMagnet
      @ReviewingMagnet Před 7 lety +151

      What's there against Teddy?

    • @bcubed72
      @bcubed72 Před 7 lety +99

      If you're Hispanic, you probably don't like him, or his "gunboat diplomacy." Given that list, I can't imagine Teddy and Che ever being drinking buddies.

    • @kylenetherwood8734
      @kylenetherwood8734 Před 7 lety +5

      +The Gerballs Didn't he stay in office too long or something?

    • @ReviewingMagnet
      @ReviewingMagnet Před 7 lety +61

      Kyle Netherwood I think you're thinking of his cousin Franklin, Theodore die try to become President again but lost.

    • @jessemakua1013
      @jessemakua1013 Před 7 lety +61

      man, I can feel all the asshurt conservatives already if they make one about Reagan. Unfortunately they probably never will since its "unamerican" to say any shit about him,

  • @bigj1905
    @bigj1905 Před 2 lety +120

    “So you admit that Mr. Jackson sacrificed moral principles to achieve some political goals?”
    “I do declare: show me one leader who hasn’t.”
    A great point. Sometimes the greatest leaders in history were ones who were willing to sacrifice their morales to achieve a political goal.
    Not calling Jackson a great leader, he was certainly a “person of his time” and did a lot of things, some great, some terrible.

  • @MrSaintfester
    @MrSaintfester Před 10 lety +59

    Just wanted to thank everyone for leaving their comments on this video. It was great to work with Brett and the rest of the TED-Ed team on this project, and looking over the great discussion below has literally made my day! Really enjoy hearing that people approve of the final product and I also appreciate the very constructive and astute criticisms. Thanks again for watching! - James Fester

  • @daneh9608
    @daneh9608 Před 7 lety +213

    When you look at Jackson's life its clear that the universe wanted him dead, and by sheer force of will he carved his place in history. Good or bad its a captivating tale.

    • @whom1972
      @whom1972 Před 10 měsíci

      His biggest W was removing the Federal Bank. I don't understand why you let the government money be governed by a private institute crazy

    • @DylanDkoh
      @DylanDkoh Před 3 měsíci

      Father was killed by indians

  • @novemaspectus3429
    @novemaspectus3429 Před 7 lety +49

    "So you admit he sacrificed moral principles to achieve some political goal."
    That's pretty much the entire summation of politics. A state has the imperative to act in the best interests of its people, without paying undo attention to others. Leaders are chosen (elected or not) because of their ability to get results. The people of a country do not care for the ultimate results of their government when it inconveniences another country so long as their lives are improved. Again, that is the purpose of the state.
    See: Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

    • @anhiirr
      @anhiirr Před 2 lety

      he pioneered these ethics. Its exactly why putin has a military background.....so did netanyahu....and over here in teh states...ppl cry about the boogie man the deep state....as our last military background pres was H.W.....and look at the iran contra-cold war era to thank those "YIELDS". VS how putin even benji ran their respective ships and benji as a spook too just like bush senior. To reach a high rank these days you have to be complicit with so much BS theres hardily any merit or potential for that person to actually be a viable political leader.....the level of corruption at play and ppl you have to get in bedwith(new faces etc) vs the circles ppl like putin and even benji were able to retain and properly utilize to their advantage vs the american political/military system....its as basic as being in a 20 year soft target war thats seemingly fruitless...whos gonna step up and take responsibility for a costly soft target war where millions are spent on superior air or paying back civilians for damages. NO military leader wants to be attached to the helm/shot calling and eventual failure of this war....look at how many high ranking officials have stepped away from their post as well as ppl on deployment ranking up purely bc ppl didnt want to go back period from leadership roles down like the very top and down. Not to mention having any dis-agreement with the commander in chief.....given "their" illustrious hisotry of military experience/optics from clinton to trump....imagine being the "expert" on war and pres/congress just wants to kick the can and cash cow as youre losing men and quality soldiers year by year with seemingly no viable way of replacing them or the men that lead them. Its pure BS its fine its not like ppl like jackson led to a 2 way party system either leaving ppl like Lincoln to claim a different party even though his idealisms are WHIG by nature. We can also thank jackson for that. While lincoln had to beg his competition for their delegates and coerce them with cabinet positions etc. LIKE A TRUE politician. VS insurmountable leverage like jackson....as if it didnt lead to the narrative/plot that led to the civil war.

    • @gioprox5207
      @gioprox5207 Před 2 lety +5

      The difference is that he obliged an entire tribe to get off a property by force on short notice, something that isn't done nowadays in developed countries

  • @jacksonreid4824
    @jacksonreid4824 Před 7 lety +99

    1:11-1:14 Pretty accurate.

  • @brandondriver1377
    @brandondriver1377 Před 8 lety +169

    History vs. Woodrow Wilson!

    • @DCdabest
      @DCdabest Před 3 lety +1

      @Rebel Jackson
      Yeah....wonder why......

    • @skeletonentertainment4201
      @skeletonentertainment4201 Před 3 lety +7

      Didn't he screen Birth of the Nation in The White House?

    • @dissmo706
      @dissmo706 Před 3 lety +6

      There is no defense

    • @amitkenan3878
      @amitkenan3878 Před 2 měsíci

      @@dissmo706 During his time as president, Wilson brought back the tradition of the State of the Nation Address, which had been abandoned since 1801. He passed progressive laws that preceded the New Deal, including the Federal Reserve Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Anti-Monopoly Act, and the Farmers' Loan Act

  • @Ruby321123
    @Ruby321123 Před 4 lety +14

    To those watching for the first time: If you watch these again after a few months have passed, especially if you only watch a few at a time (rather than all in one sitting,) you will get even more out of them the second time. I am on round 2 for some of these, & round 3 for others, and having done so, I most highly recommend returning to this series periodically to view it another way, in a different mood with different stresses, pressures, & experiences influencing your mind. It's great!

  • @randomdude-4353
    @randomdude-4353 Před 3 lety +283

    Washington: first president
    Lincoln: Ended slavery
    Jackson: very angry man

    • @eyuin5716
      @eyuin5716 Před 3 lety +28

      Jackson: Destroyed the Bank

    • @johnnotrealname8168
      @johnnotrealname8168 Před 3 lety +15

      Washington: Broke Oaths to Sovereign, and caused the French and Indian War DIRECTLY which led to the paths taken by Soldiers to be used by settlers. Which to be fair was prohibited by the King, but rich people and their money.
      Lincoln: Was a Dictator who imprisoned a Journalist who was complaining about how Lincoln imprisoned Journalists.
      Jackson: Alright yeah I hate him too.

    • @Bramo2003
      @Bramo2003 Před 3 lety +7

      Jackson: second George washington

    • @pokehunter6467
      @pokehunter6467 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Bramo2003 Pretty sure Washington's only regret wasn't that he didn't kill his VP

    • @hoodlum4511
      @hoodlum4511 Před 3 lety

      Jackson: Killed the bank

  • @cyberpunk-2O77
    @cyberpunk-2O77 Před rokem +19

    The "highly speculative" pun was excellent

  • @Truthiness231
    @Truthiness231 Před 10 lety +94

    Very nicely done, great way to show both sides of an argument.
    I'd gladly pay you guys to do one of these for all other major leaders in history, but I'm broke... Do it anyway?

  • @augmenautus
    @augmenautus Před 8 lety +391

    Blaming economic upheaval on not having a National Bank is questionable as even though we have the Federal Reserve today such depressions still occur.

    • @Juggler1097
      @Juggler1097 Před 8 lety +22

      I wish more people understood that.

    • @CaptainZuluGamma
      @CaptainZuluGamma Před 8 lety +6

      +augmenautus rex that laywer sounds like he owned a bank that needed bailed out, and the tax suckers will pay his bonuses.

    • @GoldenKingStudio
      @GoldenKingStudio Před 8 lety +15

      +augmenautus rex Well, at the time, there was nothing wrong with the National Bank and it would have been capable of supplying money when the British banks refused. During depressions, there were things wrong with the Federal Reserve that made it unable to supply money. It is still a major part of the economy, and the issue is far more complicated that just the National Bank, but the National Bank was still very important to the issue.

    • @CaptainZuluGamma
      @CaptainZuluGamma Před 8 lety

      +GoldenKingStudio
      Things wrong with the fed that made it unable to supply money?
      OMG
      Central banks are communism, as per Karl Hiendrich Marx 1845 Manifesto "das Capital" you are therefore a communist supporter, knowingly or otherwise, that seeks to slander capitalism, if our economy crashes from communism, taxation,centralized control of communication, transportation, currency, confiscation of property, etc, all Communism that we call capitalism,
      The solution is education and the ability to refuse propaganda and lies.

    • @GoldenKingStudio
      @GoldenKingStudio Před 8 lety +7

      CaptainZuluGamma ... You understand what the United States Federal Reserve essentially is, right? I find it hilarious how ridiculous that rant was. Your "response" was nothing but incoherent slander against my character, calling me a Communist for no reason, and having the rest of your statement be a Grammatical mess. I am not even going to respond further, so have fun with that Cold War era Communist-paranoia that you have for some reason...

  • @xpndblhero5170
    @xpndblhero5170 Před 2 lety +18

    "Yesterday's hero might be tomorrows villain" is probably the best sentence I've heard in a while.....

  • @CyberJoeyO
    @CyberJoeyO Před 3 lety +42

    It’s really good that they are getting multiple perspectives on these historical figures. Historical figures must be viewed in their historical context.

    • @riotbreaker3506
      @riotbreaker3506 Před rokem +4

      Like Columbus, who was so cruel, he was arrested and deported to Spain.

  • @chefkendranguyen
    @chefkendranguyen Před 10 lety +255

    That was pretty good.

    • @swayjacob7778
      @swayjacob7778 Před 6 lety +1

      Skating Commentator Get over it

    • @theguy6082
      @theguy6082 Před 6 lety +5

      Skating Commentator Sorry but this was a time constrained video where some details are more important than others, it's pointless to include every minuscule detail. Your claim is baseless and purely out of bias against Andrew Jackson.

    • @UGMD
      @UGMD Před 5 lety

      Jonh And Cj Hoi what are you trying to say?

  • @yvetteberner815
    @yvetteberner815 Před 6 lety +12

    If I'm remembering this correctly, there was a court case in which the American Indians won the right to stay on their land. The Supreme Court ruled in their favor, but Jackson said, "John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!" And disobeyed the ruling.

  • @acrossearth4760
    @acrossearth4760 Před 7 lety +701

    You know, this guy may not be the best person for the role of president, but damn what a badass

  • @duellinknyasarsalatiga2339
    @duellinknyasarsalatiga2339 Před 3 lety +1084

    wait for 2050.
    History Vs Donald Trump

  • @UPlayNetwork
    @UPlayNetwork Před 10 lety +343

    Andrew Jackson was one tough man, former generals are like that, though him supporting slavery and indian relocation was bad, i just like the fact that he was able to pay of the federal debt, gives us hope that it's possible hope we can pay it off soon

    • @Skyfox94
      @Skyfox94 Před 10 lety +28

      Don't be silly. With the Fed the US broke its own neck. The US creates more debth per month than any other state. Maybe there was a time when it was possible to do so (JFK for example did a very good job in fixing that shit - pitty he couldn't complete his work) but the US went far beyond the point of no return. It is either hyper-inflation via printing of horrendous amounts of money - or financial collapse of the US government. You saw what happened last autumn.

    • @thienfoil
      @thienfoil Před 10 lety +5

      Paying off debt?? lol, bro how do you pay off debt when there is more liability in american than the money maket?

    • @vasvenus
      @vasvenus Před 10 lety +12

      Well you simply don't have idea how this works. Maybe you are not to blame, but the educational system and the mass-media. Paying off the entire debt will result in no money in the money supply since money is created as debt via the fractional reserve baking system. No debt no money. Do your own research, you will find your answers.

    • @TheChoujinVirus
      @TheChoujinVirus Před 9 lety +2

      last I checked, Jackson's refusal of renewing the natl.bank resulted in a depression

    • @vasvenus
      @vasvenus Před 9 lety +3

      ***** That's great that you made your research. Now it would be even better if you make the distinction between correlation and causation. Cheers!

  • @mircea1220
    @mircea1220 Před 10 lety +10

    This video is presented different in comparison to the other ones that I used to listen to and watch and I have to say that I like it. Keep up the good work. Good luck

  • @adityaharathi9399
    @adityaharathi9399 Před 4 lety +28

    The defendant lawyer: they had a party
    The judge: I don’t care, but did they have 🥧 PIE??

  • @manuag3886
    @manuag3886 Před 7 lety +19

    this history series is amazing! Really makes learning entertaining.

  • @jmac217x
    @jmac217x Před 10 lety +7

    This is a great concept. Great job guys, please keep these videos rolling.

  • @marknutt4470
    @marknutt4470 Před 9 lety +616

    Jackson was such a badass. He fought in over 100 duels, defended New Orleans from Redcoats with the help of fucking pirates, and his parrot had to be removed from his funeral because it swore too much.

    • @DG0398
      @DG0398 Před 8 lety +32

      +Mark Nutt After a truce had already been declared...

    • @ReverendDoctorBobert
      @ReverendDoctorBobert Před 8 lety +70

      +Drew Gaughan Both sides had no knowledge that a truce had been declared...

    • @DG0398
      @DG0398 Před 8 lety +5

      ReverendDoctorBobert Doesn't change the fact that the battle was useless.

    • @wakawooka
      @wakawooka Před 8 lety +21

      +Drew Gaughan actually, If the Brits had taken the city do you think they'd give them back the city?

    • @DG0398
      @DG0398 Před 8 lety +6

      wakawooka Yes, because the status-quo treaty was already agreed.

  • @ikoikjji5548
    @ikoikjji5548 Před 7 lety +18

    This was so good! Pls make more vids like this!

  • @asiah31
    @asiah31 Před 3 lety +2

    this was a good video, i always enjoy the ted ed videos- keep doing what your doing

  • @Whyit27
    @Whyit27 Před 10 lety +26

    I think TEDEd should do History v Caesar. A leader for the people, or just another Roman dictator, killing innocent people? Or would that be too much like History v Lenin?

    • @BirdRaiserE
      @BirdRaiserE Před 9 lety +8

      Caesar would be a close one, I think.
      Now, if they did Nero? No contest. EVERYBODY hated Nero.

    • @R3GARnator
      @R3GARnator Před 4 lety

      Ceasar gave us the calendar we use today.

    • @DylanKeelingOfficial
      @DylanKeelingOfficial Před 4 lety

      @@BirdRaiserE Did Nero hate Nero?

  • @FoodLiquorCool
    @FoodLiquorCool Před 8 lety +3

    I love this series, thanks for posting!

  • @Larryboyfan09
    @Larryboyfan09 Před 5 lety +16

    I’m surprised that they didn’t talk about the numerous duels Jackson was said to have been in, even while in office

  • @jeffh9427
    @jeffh9427 Před 7 lety +6

    3:24 did Jackson just blink in his frame? And earlier he turned his head in his frame.

  • @ShawnRavenfire
    @ShawnRavenfire Před 10 lety +129

    This is a really interesting video. I love that it makes me think for myself, and doesn't try to push one point of view or the other. It kind of reminds me of that movie "The Story of Mankind" with Vincent Price.
    I think all to often, we look back at what historical figures SHOULD have done, without considering what they COULD have done. Also, it is important to keep in mind that we're looking at history with 20/20 hindsight. Maybe someday in the future, we'll be seeing similar videos about George W. Bush or Barrack Obama.

    • @mircea1220
      @mircea1220 Před 10 lety

      What do you mean by "20/20 hindsight" ? I do not know this term and I would like to.

    • @mircea1220
      @mircea1220 Před 10 lety

      I refer to the 20/20 part, i know what hindsight means

    • @TheWickedEnd2012
      @TheWickedEnd2012 Před 10 lety +1

      Murphy Jones 20/20 is perfect vision. So you see the past perfectly.

    • @LynneSkysong
      @LynneSkysong Před 10 lety +1

      Murphy Jones 20/20 is another way of referring to "normal" good vision.

    • @mircea1220
      @mircea1220 Před 10 lety +1

      LynneSkysong Oh, I get it, thank you

  • @zindaix396
    @zindaix396 Před 8 lety +320

    interesting how they always leave off with their own bias at the end

    • @poundtownlegend1564
      @poundtownlegend1564 Před 8 lety +3

      +Zindai x so true

    • @bassbrothaUG
      @bassbrothaUG Před 8 lety +22

      +Zindai x If they make their own video they are free to do as they please

    • @zindaix396
      @zindaix396 Před 8 lety +89

      Brad Merkley However educational videos shouldn't be biased under any circumstance. That is where it is turned into propaganda.

    • @poundtownlegend1564
      @poundtownlegend1564 Před 8 lety +11

      Zindai x I do notice that about form's of education for instance a few of my teachers have said some thing disapproving communism or socialism or some thing else, but I usually form my own political stand point others seem to have no idea what they are even saying.

    • @bassbrothaUG
      @bassbrothaUG Před 8 lety +17

      +Zindai x I see where you lie on the issue and I agree that it would be great if all educational material was free of bias. But completely unbiased views are impossible in reality. There has been no time in human history where education has not been biased towards any sort of system
      For example, current teaching of lower level economics is heavily biased towards mathematical models to explain and predict trends. Contrarily, the whole subject matter it self could be taught through qualitative measures, more logic and "cause and effect" then using mathematical models. Who decided that was the best way to teach?
      The same could be used to distinguish a sociologist from a history major. Both could be taught the "unbiased" views of their disciplines, looking at both sides equally, but HOW those subjects are taught will lead the majors to come to completely different conclusions to the same question. What information you are exposed to will bias that opinion
      I think you are missing the point of how important opinion can be as well in teachings. The whole field of theoretical physics would not be able to exist if we did not conform to some of the "whims" that experts had on a particular phenomenon.
      I think instead of getting angry at bias that results from educational material, we need to learn how to educate how to detect these biases much better. It does not fit in the "box" of first world education systems by subject. IMO, the best way to do this currently is through discussion of peers to see from different points of view

  • @ArvelJoffi
    @ArvelJoffi Před 3 lety +99

    I always appreciate hearing various viewpoints, even about otherwise reprehensible people, but moral relativism seems to be the first tool in the toolbox for this series.

    • @DrPOP-jp7eb
      @DrPOP-jp7eb Před 2 lety +1

      "As societies evolve..." Excuse me??

    • @justinh6651
      @justinh6651 Před 2 lety +1

      What moral relativism?

    • @jsm530
      @jsm530 Před 2 lety

      He was an honorable president. Your clearly bias since he wanted to drop a nuke on the Jewish bankers.

    • @jsm530
      @jsm530 Před 2 lety +2

      He was actually wanting to preserve America's tenants and not be subdued by the leaches from Europe.

    • @justinh6651
      @justinh6651 Před 2 lety +2

      @@jsm530 "jewish bankers"

  • @supershadow9933
    @supershadow9933 Před 4 lety +28

    It’s Ironic that Andrew ended up on the 20 dollar bill.

  • @coleyblossoms1051
    @coleyblossoms1051 Před 3 lety +11

    If you address these overwhelmingly partisan debate, you'll find that in retrospect, historical figures are portrayed in dichotomous good or bad instead of a real person with accomplishments and mistakes. In some sense, it is unfortunate that we ultimately have to pick a side.

  • @jstar7262
    @jstar7262 Před 5 lety +15

    "Did this celebration have pie?"
    No but it had 1,400 pounds of cheese!!

  • @nathan.3701
    @nathan.3701 Před 7 lety +21

    0:22 Andrew Jackson went Super Saiyan against the Judge XD

  • @Karim-ii6oz
    @Karim-ii6oz Před 8 lety +222

    "do you call cohertion or threat by a nation with a far more powerful army fair and square " describing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

    • @usa-israelncr-enclave705
      @usa-israelncr-enclave705 Před 7 lety +37

      I agree, Israel was very outnumbered, it's amazing it survived against Syrian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Egyptian, and 'Palestinian' forces. Israel won it's powerful army of 2016 by winning with an under powered army in 1948. I have no sympathy for murderers and instigators, if 'Palestine' and the 'Palestinian' people would stop murdering Israelis, attacking Israel with rockets, and electing terrorist to government the Israel wouldn't have to use it's powerful military. G-d bless Israel and the United States of America.

    • @Karim-ii6oz
      @Karim-ii6oz Před 7 lety +11

      +USA-ISRAEL!!! NCR-ENCLAVE!!! if israel hadn't invaded their land and killed their families , they wouldn't have attacked them ,having won doesn't make them right

    • @usa-israelncr-enclave705
      @usa-israelncr-enclave705 Před 7 lety +13

      Karim What land? It was the Jewish homeland centuries ago, then it was Roman, then it was transfered from empire to empire, until the Ottomans had control of it, then the British. That specific area was a swamp and underdevoloped, until Jews started to move in, buy land, and fix it up. Almost nobody lived there before 1860, it wasn't until the Jews had started moving back and getting it started did the Arabs from neighboring areas start to move in. They moved in and life went on, except then the Holocaust happened and more and more Jews came to Judea, and the British finally gave it to the United Nation who voted to establish two independent nations, Israel and Palestine. There would have been two equal nations land wise in that area, except the Jews accepted it but the 'Palestinians' and other Muslim nations rejected it and attacked the nation. The Jews lived there too, and they didn't attack until they themselves were attacked in their homes and their families were killed. Who were the real invaders, the Jews who had lived there for decades longer and started those communities or the Muslims who only went their after the Jews had been their for decades. They should be most angry at Egypt and Jordan, who took Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem and kept it until the Jews took over and gave 'Palestine' a provinsional government and control.

    • @Karim-ii6oz
      @Karim-ii6oz Před 7 lety +18

      +USA-ISRAEL!!! NCR-ENCLAVE!!!
      it was the jews' , centuries ago, and usa belonged to the red indians , and half asia europe and africa belonged to the turks, that doesn't give them right to take it? no it doesn't. It was a swamp? well even before the Ottoman period there were palestinians who lived there , the british gave it to the united nations , it wasn't even theirs to give , it was the palestinians, the UN voted to take away a part of a nation's land and they rejected , they're not obliged to share their home . Imagine if i come to your home , tell you i have been attacked and that, because of my book, your house is rightfully mine , and then i get my friends to vote for us to divide the house and then if you try to claim it , i call you a terrorist , how does that sound ?

    • @usa-israelncr-enclave705
      @usa-israelncr-enclave705 Před 7 lety +13

      +Karim There has never been a nation called 'Palestine', the name 'Palestine' came from the Roman occupation of Judea. The Jews kept revolting against the Romans, so the Romans chose the Jews worst historic enemy, the Philistines, and called that area Philistine from then on. That eventually became 'Palestine', but there has never been a nation called 'Palestine' or a people called 'Palestinians' until the 20th century. You don't know how wars, diplomacy, or colonialism works, because that land was conquered by the Turks, then the Turks were defeated by the British, who then gave all powers over the land to the United Nations. 'Palestine' wasn't a sovereign, independent nation and the people of this area couldn't agree on a solution, so the British were well within' their rights to surrender the Palestinian Mandate to the UN without infringing upon sovereignty. To sum it up, Palestinians have only existed as long as the Jewish state has, while 'Israelis' have existed in exhile for centuries. You seem to forget that jews back then were also called 'Palestinians', and they couldn't decide on a resolution to the situation so they wanted the UN to help. Also in your theretical house, you forgot to mention that the Jews built the house, then the Muslims moved in, and they lived in violence for decades before the British came in saw the choas and turned to the UN for help, who then divided the house up evenly. However then the Muslim 'Palestinians' went crying to the neighbors and they come over with tanks and guns and plane, while the Jews are left to fend for themselves by the British and UN. Then the Neighbors lose and take the Muslim 'Palestinian' parts of the house for themselves.

  • @sergionj93
    @sergionj93 Před 9 lety +221

    History vs Che Guevara pleaseeee

    • @vvventure
      @vvventure Před 9 lety +16

      A man with good intentions, but probably wrong ways. Not a communist but a humanitarian, that realize that capitalism and communism was the same shit at the end of his life.

    • @sergionj93
      @sergionj93 Před 9 lety

      Not bad at all sir

    • @vvventure
      @vvventure Před 9 lety +1

      Sergio Obando I know he wasn't bad, but he think the only solution was violent revolution. He was a really great man.

    • @sergionj93
      @sergionj93 Před 9 lety +2

      No I'm saying. Your statement. Not bad at all

    • @twohooks3533
      @twohooks3533 Před 9 lety +1

      Sergio Obando You have the best name ever. And Che? Yup, communist figures are the best to do trial videos on.

  • @BroundGeef
    @BroundGeef Před 6 lety +12

    I love how the judge puts it. "You mangled the American economy! Oh, and on a side note, massacred and exiled natives, but the economy!

  • @arnabghosh6875
    @arnabghosh6875 Před 6 lety +1

    This series is amazing and thought provocating...

  • @subrisubrika5652
    @subrisubrika5652 Před 2 lety +1

    Please make more of these!

  • @porcus123
    @porcus123 Před 4 lety +7

    Man tried to tear down the federal bank, thats a plus on my book

    • @HenryColeHawkins
      @HenryColeHawkins Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah he also slaughtered thousands of native Americans in the trail of tears

  • @peterpremingertrichter6274

    Very good. In my opinion the basic lesson to be learned from these videos is stated at the end. Basically it is how to acquire historical empathy as the specific skill of understanding the context in which events happened and why people behaved the way they behaved. It leaves open questions for us to judge.

  • @kylefinney1022
    @kylefinney1022 Před 3 lety

    I love these videos. Really gets you thinking.

  • @tomasdelgado5233
    @tomasdelgado5233 Před 3 lety +1

    3:20 makes a strong argument and finishing point had me thinking, "Daaaamn!"

  • @zesnowpea6347
    @zesnowpea6347 Před 2 lety +8

    Didn’t mr Jackson just ignore a court ruling that said the Cherokee could stay on their land

  • @tuturu2523
    @tuturu2523 Před 4 lety +9

    “Lol you declared war on the banks”
    *YES*

  • @meenakshi6344
    @meenakshi6344 Před 2 lety

    Such an interesting pattern for a ted ed video. And the three voices by addison anderson are really good.

  • @vauxchristo4537
    @vauxchristo4537 Před 2 lety

    Amazing presentation. Thank you very much

  • @Mooncats40853
    @Mooncats40853 Před 9 lety +14

    "That drunken mob was the people!" And that drunken mob is still the people. We're just a bit further along.

  • @danielpealer3561
    @danielpealer3561 Před 10 lety +3

    Bravo, this is a far more balanced portrayal of President Jackson than most I have seen before. Thank you.

  • @sophiegianotti8373
    @sophiegianotti8373 Před 6 měsíci +2

    I am writing an SAQ tomorrow and this is EXACTLY what I needed thank you

  • @do_it_for_da_dopamine4289

    I LOVE HOW ITS ALL ONE VOICE, VOICE ACTING ON POINT

  • @goldielocksetx
    @goldielocksetx Před 8 lety +685

    Welcome to United States, where Andrew Jackson is a villain, and Che Guevara gets a T-shirt.

    • @Iznikroc
      @Iznikroc Před 8 lety +30

      well both were equally terrible, but i get your point

    • @GuruJudge21
      @GuruJudge21 Před 8 lety +55

      +goldielocksetx Yeah, because you never see Andrew Jackson anywhere in the U.S.

    • @Iznikroc
      @Iznikroc Před 8 lety +69

      GuruJudge21 the 20 dollar bill is one place

    • @GuruJudge21
      @GuruJudge21 Před 8 lety +19

      Iznikroc That was the point I was making ;).

    • @Leman.Russ.6thLegion
      @Leman.Russ.6thLegion Před 8 lety +16

      YOU ARE MY HERO. I HATE THIS P.C. CRAP.

  • @sadhumarga7422
    @sadhumarga7422 Před 2 lety +3

    I must admit that Jackson had some pluses but I live just a few miles from the Cherokee capital, New Echota, and will never forget what he did to the natives that lived here.

  • @gravycheese3236
    @gravycheese3236 Před 7 lety +1

    I loved the episode it was great!!!

  • @teddyroosevelt6508
    @teddyroosevelt6508 Před 3 lety +9

    They never told him if there was pie

  • @MrTwistedLizard
    @MrTwistedLizard Před 4 lety +6

    "...Cohesion and threats by a far more powerful army...."
    Literally most of Europe and the Ottoman Empire: *Sweating nervously*

  • @headcanon6408
    @headcanon6408 Před 3 lety +42

    I don’t like Andrew Jackson, but they missed the fact that he expanded voting rights to include the working class and not just landowners

    • @czupryn98
      @czupryn98 Před 2 lety +5

      And that he adopted an infant Indian whose tribe refused to care for. He and his wife raised Lyncoya Jackson as their own and General Jackson even secured an appointment for him at West Point. Sadly, his life was cut tragically short from illness. Kiiiiiiiiiinda worth mentioning in a piece about Jackson and his relationship with the “merciless Indian savages” (as the Declaration of Independence calls them).

    • @rogergottlob9008
      @rogergottlob9008 Před 2 lety +2

      Jackson did not expand voting rights. Voting rights expanded during the Jacksonian Era and he was a beneficiary of that change. Voting rights was a reserved power at that time and was the concern of state governments. Many states did expand voting after the election of 1824--- in which Adams defeated Jackson in the House of Representatives.

    • @JL_Lux
      @JL_Lux Před rokem +1

      @@czupryn98 i mean he killed a lot more natives than the one he kinda liked and it’s good he died early. It should of happened even earlier

  • @metaluzaki1534
    @metaluzaki1534 Před 5 lety +6

    "Now your honor I'm not a big city Lawyer..."
    Me: "I don't know about that."

  • @hailamnguyen2605
    @hailamnguyen2605 Před 5 lety

    I want this series back 😭😭😭

  • @unfamiliartitties
    @unfamiliartitties Před 9 lety +13

    I love how they leave it open for you to come to your own verdict.

  • @664theneighbor5
    @664theneighbor5 Před 4 lety +4

    I despise Jackson in terms of his policy against native Americans, but I do have to admit, that he was the only president brave enough to take on the banks and the elites, and the only president who advocated for class warfare. Probably the best economic policy of any president.

    • @sujaykrishnanath82
      @sujaykrishnanath82 Před 3 lety +3

      Well mate we can agree that the native Americans would have otherwise been exterminated had he not acted quickly .

  • @goblinslayer7096
    @goblinslayer7096 Před rokem

    There are so many great lines in this.

  • @christophercaptain
    @christophercaptain Před 7 lety

    this is some history i shoud know and keed doing good work pals

  • @skuttle7107
    @skuttle7107 Před 7 lety +13

    He's whispering so soft it's like I'm in an ASMR video

  • @hazardousharleigh8332
    @hazardousharleigh8332 Před 5 lety +8

    "I killed the bank" his last words

  • @flyingThunderGod
    @flyingThunderGod Před 8 lety

    I thoroughly enjoyed that. very well written.

  • @anudeepmantripragada5758

    I hope you people make more of this History Va

  • @brianholmes1812
    @brianholmes1812 Před 3 lety +5

    Andrew Jackson: disestablishes the national bank, oversees a depression, and dislikes paper money
    America: yeah, that's the guy we should put on money

    • @HughJass-jv2lt
      @HughJass-jv2lt Před 2 lety +3

      To be fair...
      *ALL* of the Founding Fathers were AGAINST *Paper Money.*
      In fact, the explicitly worded the constitution to only grant Congress the power to _MINT_ coinage.
      Mint coinage = Coin-based currency made from *precious metal* (silver).
      They all knew Paper Money was a scam.
      Read about Thomas Jefferson.
      He actually died broke & penniless.... because he was forced to accept paper currency from his land-tenants (but the currency became defunct as Fast as it was paid to him).
      I can shoot you some links if you want
      ❤❤

  • @channelmin3cr4ft
    @channelmin3cr4ft Před 7 lety +32

    "Gentlemen! I too have been a close observer of the doings of the Bank of the United States. I have had men watching you for a long time, and am convinced that you have used the funds of the bank to speculate in the breadstuffs of the country. When you won, you divided the profits amongst you, and when you lost, you charged it to the bank. You tell me that if I take the deposits from the bank and annul its charter I shall ruin ten thousand families. That may be true, gentlemen, but that is your sin! Should I let you go on, you will ruin fifty thousand families, and that would be my sin! You are a den of vipers and thieves. I have determined to rout you out, and by the Eternal, (bringing his fist down on the table) I will rout you out!"

  • @whom1972
    @whom1972 Před 10 měsíci

    Wonderfully good video! It's not biased and let's us choose. Good job!

  • @xumo4732
    @xumo4732 Před 7 lety +1

    History vs. Jose Rizal please!

  • @Farhan-dr9rl
    @Farhan-dr9rl Před 7 lety +4

    Wtf did the picture blink at 0:40???

  • @shalinitiwariscorner5210
    @shalinitiwariscorner5210 Před 2 lety +3

    Can you please do video on Indian leaders like Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru and Vinayaka Damodar Savarkar???!! Also make a video on Winston Churchill.

  • @louieeeeee6073
    @louieeeeee6073 Před 7 lety +11

    DO A HAMILTON ONE

  • @aultunwhite4988
    @aultunwhite4988 Před 4 lety +2

    has anyone noticed it's always the "prosecuting side" ..that determines the legacy of these historical figures..!?1

  • @charliehoke1956
    @charliehoke1956 Před 6 lety +15

    2:54 "we bought them fair and square" yeh with a figin gun to there head

  • @ButtKraken01
    @ButtKraken01 Před 10 lety +12

    A nice, thought-provoking, unbiased piece. Bravo!

  • @KINGBADASS100
    @KINGBADASS100 Před 6 lety +1

    The judge is my favourite character in these videos.

  • @shawnmack11
    @shawnmack11 Před 2 lety +2

    God bless America. Sorry to the Seminole, but thank your, President Jackson, for clearing the land I live on right now in Sarasota, Florida, and paving the way for the quality of life I enjoy right now.

  • @emperorkrell5506
    @emperorkrell5506 Před 7 lety +53

    they didn't mention that Andrew Jackson killed a bunch of people in duels for entertainment

    • @peardude8979
      @peardude8979 Před 7 lety +42

      I don't think duels are done for entertainment purposes.

    • @abstractfacts
      @abstractfacts Před 7 lety +1

      normally theyre not done for entertainment, which is why Andrew Jackson's duels are noteworthy.

    • @lukesmalley7204
      @lukesmalley7204 Před 7 lety +7

      definetely not for entertainment you dumbass. and it wasnt just killing. many times jackson got shot himself but didnt die. you act like he lined people up and shot them for fun.

    • @abstractfacts
      @abstractfacts Před 7 lety +1

      ***** you forgot to mention 1 of those times Jackson got shot, it was because he let his opponent get the first shot. Jackson summarily executed that opponent.
      comes across as a bit of entertainment to me.

    • @miked6930
      @miked6930 Před 7 lety +1

      Emperor Krell Andrew Jackson only killed one person while dueling (but he did duel quite often)

  • @MegaMementoMori
    @MegaMementoMori Před 7 lety +4

    One thing is certain - president Jackson was a badass, and that nullifies anything he could have done wrong.

  • @lulustuckie6030
    @lulustuckie6030 Před 2 lety +1

    I don´t know if they still do this series but Wernher von Braun has a lot of material for this arguing fellas

  • @Lakeside_Flower
    @Lakeside_Flower Před 8 měsíci +2

    1:03 Jackson was the original January 6th, complete with “we were just tourists and American patriots.” 🤣😂🤣

    • @GH-oi2jf
      @GH-oi2jf Před 8 měsíci +2

      No, there is no similarity. Jackson was the legitimate President in 1829. He wasn’t trying to change the result of an election. He did not attack the Congress of the United States.

    • @bunnybird9342
      @bunnybird9342 Před 7 měsíci

      @@GH-oi2jfyes however back when he lost the 1824 election he and his supporters accused John Quincy Adams of stealing the election. No wonder why Donald Trump loves him so much…

    • @andrewjackson9524
      @andrewjackson9524 Před 6 měsíci

      Shut up Whig

    • @aidanphillips6760
      @aidanphillips6760 Před 6 měsíci

      what do you call the trannie riots then?