Tag: Civil War

How inventions change history (for better and for worse) – Kenneth C. Davis
- by Garret Jacobs
- 11 hours ago
- 100 comments
Translator: tom carter Reviewer: Bedirhan Cinar This is the story of an invention that changed the world. Imagine a machine that could cut 10 hours of work down to one. A machine so efficient that it would free up people
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The Cannibal Warlords of Liberia (Full Documentary)
- by Garret Jacobs
- 2 days ago
- 100 comments
SHANE SMITH: So is that why your nickname was General Butt Naked? SHANE SMITH: A lot of people would drink or do drugs before fighting? SHANE SMITH: Yeah. SHANE SMITH: So you killed the child? JOSHUA BLAHYI: Yes. SHANE SMITH:
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Republican Politician Blames Climate Change For His Corruption
- by Garret Jacobs
- 1 week ago
- 100 comments
Republican Representative John Culberson from the great state of Texas has come up with what might be one of the best excuses ever to cover up his own corruption. His excuse is that he was trying to learn about climate
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Plea to Kiev Army, Betrayed by US Politicians & Oligarchs
- by Garret Jacobs
- 3 weeks ago
- 0 comments
– Soldiers, officers of Ukrainian army! Every day, the war started by the government of Ukraine, against the people of Donbass, brings grief. Not only to our families, but also to yours. – But believe us, despite the war lasting
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Upheaval at the 1860 Democratic Convention: What Happened When a Party Split | Retro Report
- by Garret Jacobs
- 1 month ago
- 3 comments
If a particularly powerful issue grabs the public imagination, and you try to sweep it under the rug, that’s not going to work. Eventually push was going to come to shove. A new deal for the American people Extremism in
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Yale History Professor: U.S. Hasn’t Been This Divided Since Before Civil War | The 11th Hour | MSNBC
- by Garret Jacobs
- 2 months ago
- 100 comments
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Why Red States & Blue States? | Democrat & Republican History
- by Garret Jacobs
- 2 months ago
- 5 comments
Why RED states and BLUE states? No, I’m not talking about why we have Democrats and Republicans (I did that already) WHY THE COLORS?!?? Okay, Betsy Ross, I get it, the American flag… But Republicans/Red Democrats/Blue, through history, its actually
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Frederick Douglass: from Slave to Statesman
- by Garret Jacobs
- 2 months ago
- 100 comments
He was one of the most revered Americans of the 19th century. His story of personal triumph—humble origins to national prominence—is equal to or greater than that of Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, or Ulysses Grant. He never became a politician,
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Did democracy cause the US Civil War? (UCL)
- by Garret Jacobs
- 3 months ago
- 2 comments
[ Music ]>>The United States in the early 19th century was the world’s first mass democracy. There was White manhood suffrage by the 1820’s or the 1830s. The United States was also the only slave holding nation in the western
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Daily Bake by Glincon(US Election Special: Trump vs. Clinton)
- by Garret Jacobs
- 3 months ago
- 13 comments
You wanted a weather forecaster? Oh yes, yes. Um this is for research. Never mind. Take a seat and I’ll bring another chair. Name’s Summer. I speak 2 languages, “한국말 잘함.” I wanna be your weather forecaster. OBVIOUSLY. I don’t
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