The Civil War, Part I.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

Crash Course US History

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (12 minutes)

Other Title:

The Civil War, Part I Crash Course US History

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Crash Course US History, [date of publication not identified]

System Details:

video file

Summary:

In which John Green ACTUALLY teaches about the Civil War. In part one of our two part look at the US Civil War, John looks into the causes of the war, and the motivations of the individuals who went to war. The overarching causes and the individual motivations were not always the same, you see. John also looks into why the North won, and whether that outcome was inevitable. The North's industrial and population advantages are examined, as are the problems of the Confederacy, including its need to build a nation at the same time it was fighting a war. As usual, John doesn't get much into the actual battle by battle breakdown. He does talk a little about the overarching strategy that won the war, and Grant's plan to just overwhelm the South with numbers. Grant took a lot of losses in the latter days of the war, but in the end, it did lead to the surrender of the South.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed November 16, 2021).