Go to https://ground.news/mrbeat to stay informed amid the political uncertainty. Subscribe through my link for 40% off the unlimited access Vantage plan this month. Mr. Beat tells the story of the Korean War, aka "The Forgotten War," a war his grandfather fought in. Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by Causmic, Doug Maxwell and Media Right Productions, Futuremono, Geographer, LATASHA, Otis McDOnald, and Tracktribe. Creative commons credits: Laika, Yoo Chung, dokaspar, Driedprawns, Johannes Barre, and Dwxn. Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA2AAqJlHQE&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2ZqAPCNan8&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPn0NNJeDaE&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39rkPxUHNUw&t Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EtrgNKjOez3GF6hb9sX7N19usG5tg8pgoq2h339baYs/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: Battle for Korea: A History of the Korean Conflict by Robert J. Dvorchak Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4jOhCeQ The Korean War by Donald M. Goldstein and Harry J. Maihafer Purchase here: https://amzn.to/43jEgpH The Korean War: A History by Bruce Cumings Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4iRYtHB Fire and Ice: The Korean War, 1950-1953 by Michael Varhola Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3YFgTUZ The American Pageant. (16th edition). Cengage Learning. The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People (9th edition) America Through the Lens (National Geographic) https://www.archives.gov/research/military/korean-war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War https://www.britannica.com/event/Korean-War https://www.unc.mil/History/1950-1953-Korean-War-Active-Conflict/ https://new.mnd.go.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn2/625_15/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20190724211722/https://history.army.mil/brochures/kw-stale/stale.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20130120040603/http://www.imhc.mil.kr/imhcroot/data/korea_view.jsp?seq=4&page=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20070819014820/http://www.history.navy.mil/ac/korea/korea1.htm #ushistory #koreanwar #korea ⚡️ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join ⚡️ The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book is now updated to include the 2024 election: https://a.co/d/ePggNHX ⚡️[How to contact me.] https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact--support.html ⚡️ [Your support means the world. Here's how to support me.] Subscribe to @iammrbeat and @mattbeatgoeson Join for great perks on Patreon ➡︎ https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal ➡︎ https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee ➡︎ https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Book me on Cameo ➡︎ https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat The Beat Goes On Patreon ➡︎ https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson ⚡️ [Connect with me] Links ➡︎ https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website ➡︎ https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Reddit ➡︎ https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ X ➡︎ https://x.com/beatmastermatt Facebook ➡︎ https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram ➡︎ https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord ➡︎ https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok ➡︎ https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Spotify ➡︎ https://open.spotify.com/show/1HK6yjZ907Ck0ec6U6xUvZ?si=sxehWULdRom01RUl3McSpA ⚡️ [Merch] https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ ⚡️ [Affiliate Links] *I may receive a commission if you purchase or sign up through the links below: Useful Charts ➡︎ https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall ➡︎ https://link.fourthwall.com/ref/matt-beat Cameo ➡︎ https://v.cameo.com/invite?c=matt667 StreamYard ➡︎ https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 Amazon Storefront ➡︎ https://amzn.to/3RYwbAa Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 02:11 World War Two Ends, Tension in Korea Begins 04:55 Sponsored by Ground News 06:47 North Korea Invades 12:23 Back and Forth 16:25 Stalemate 18:24 The Legacy of the Korean War

I made this video for teachers. If you're not a teacher, you can still watch, too. 1. Accept the fact that your students are using AI to cheat. 2. Learn to adapt The article I referenced (minus the paywall): https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/everyone-is-cheating-their-way-through-college/ar-AA1EjCRk Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Bad Snacks, Otis McDonald, and Chris Haugen. ⚡️ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join ⚡️ The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book is now updated to include the 2024 election: https://a.co/d/ePggNHX ⚡️[How to contact me.] https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact--support.html ⚡️ [Your support means the world. Here's how to support me.] Subscribe to @iammrbeat and @mattbeatgoeson Join for great perks on Patreon ➡︎ https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal ➡︎ https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee ➡︎ https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Book me on Cameo ➡︎ https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat The Beat Goes On Patreon ➡︎ https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson ⚡️ [Connect with me] Links ➡︎ https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website ➡︎ https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Reddit ➡︎ https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ X ➡︎ https://x.com/beatmastermatt Facebook ➡︎ https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram ➡︎ https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord ➡︎ https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok ➡︎ https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Spotify ➡︎ https://open.spotify.com/show/1HK6yjZ907Ck0ec6U6xUvZ?si=sxehWULdRom01RUl3McSpA ⚡️ [Merch] https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ ⚡️ [Affiliate Links] *I may receive a commission if you purchase or sign up through the links below: Useful Charts ➡︎ https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall ➡︎ https://link.fourthwall.com/ref/matt-beat Cameo ➡︎ https://v.cameo.com/invite?c=matt667 StreamYard ➡︎ https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 Amazon Storefront ➡︎ https://amzn.to/3RYwbAa

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Save 50% on your system and your first month is free when you sign up for professional monitoring. Visit https://SimpliSafe.com/mrbeat to customize yours! Try SimpliSafe risk-free. If you don’t love it, return it for a full refund within 60 days. Mr. Beat explains what the "deep state" actually is and why so many people have different definitions of it. Thanks to Evan from @Necessary_Information for joining me to talk about the Deep State. Subscribe to his channel by golly! Thanks to Shannon Beat (Mrs. Beat) for appearing in this video and thanks to my daughter, Lydia, for making the conspiracy board as a prop. Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, and Evan from @Necessary_Information. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by @electricneedleroomband(Mr. Beat's band), LEMMiNO (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0q5PR1xpA0), Coyote Hearing, Music Unlimited, Otis McDonald, and Inaban. CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative commons credits: Zeynel Cebeci, ajay_suresh, Alexey M., Wayan Vota, and Steven Baltakatei Sandoval. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SNJVuJpImd8g_aiXBcn7vLJqCbon0FlBGdTLIgLNDFs/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State by Dana Priest and William Arkin Purchase here: https://amzn.to/43Kge86 The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America’s Secret Government By David Talbot Purchase here: https://amzn.to/42gDU1l Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA By Tim Weiner Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4iU5UyT Blank Check: The Pentagon’s Black Budget By Tim Weinder Purchase here: https://amzn.to/42vVW0N https://daily.jstor.org/the-unacknowledged-origins-of-the-deep-state/ https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/lies-damn-lies-deep-state-plenty-americans-poll/story?id=47032061 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_state https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_state_conspiracy_theory_in_the_United_States Federal workforce estimates primarily come from these three sources: https://www.archives.gov/research/census https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2004/compendia/statab/123ed/hist/hs-50.pdf https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/data-analysis-documentation/federal-employment-reports/historical-tables/executive-branch-civilian-employment-since-1940/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/06/11/about-500000-private-contractors-have-access-to-top-secret-information/ https://archive.org/details/5-18-risen https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-continues-the-reduction-of-the-federal-bureaucracy/ https://www.cia.gov/legacy/museum/exhibit/the-office-of-strategic-services-n-americas-first-intelligence-agency/ ⚡️ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join ⚡️ The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book is now updated to include the 2024 election: https://a.co/d/ePggNHX ⚡️[How to contact me.] https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact--support.html ⚡️ [Your support means the world. Here's how to support me.] Subscribe to @iammrbeat and @mattbeatgoeson Join for great perks on Patreon ➡︎ https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal ➡︎ https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee ➡︎ https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Book me on Cameo ➡︎ https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat The Beat Goes On Patreon ➡︎ https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson ⚡️ [Connect with me] Links ➡︎ https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website ➡︎ https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Reddit ➡︎ https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ X ➡︎ https://x.com/beatmastermatt Facebook ➡︎ https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram ➡︎ https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord ➡︎ https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok ➡︎ https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Spotify ➡︎ https://open.spotify.com/show/1HK6yjZ907Ck0ec6U6xUvZ?si=sxehWULdRom01RUl3McSpA ⚡️ [Merch] https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ ⚡️ [Affiliate Links] *I may receive a commission if you purchase or sign up through the links below: Useful Charts ➡︎ https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall ➡︎ https://link.fourthwall.com/ref/matt-beat Cameo ➡︎ https://v.cameo.com/invite?c=matt667 StreamYard ➡︎ https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 Amazon Storefront ➡︎ https://amzn.to/3RYwbAa #history #deepstate #ushistory

Use code IAMMRBEAT at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan: https://incogni.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat explains why the 25 biggest cities (metropolitan areas) in the United States exist. Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat and Shannon Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by @electricneedleroomband(Mr. Beat's band), Bad Snacks, NEFFEX, Corbyn Kites, Geographer, Otis McDonald, and King Canyon. Creative commons credits: Zygmunt Put, Tom Fawks, Bernard Gagnon, Marine 69-71, DPPed, and Gage Skidmore. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vd3b_DO-GHefj_WrY6IiwQckSvr6a-VG2kZj6h2c_7w/edit?usp=sharing ⚡️ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join ⚡️ The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book is now updated to include the 2024 election: https://a.co/d/ePggNHX ⚡️[How to contact me.] https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact--support.html ⚡️ [Your support means the world. Here's how to support me.] Subscribe to @iammrbeat and @mattbeatgoeson Join for great perks on Patreon ➡︎ https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal ➡︎ https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee ➡︎ https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Book me on Cameo ➡︎ https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat The Beat Goes On Patreon ➡︎ https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson ⚡️ [Connect with me] Links ➡︎ https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website ➡︎ https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Reddit ➡︎ https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ X ➡︎ https://x.com/beatmastermatt Facebook ➡︎ https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram ➡︎ https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord ➡︎ https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok ➡︎ https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Spotify ➡︎ https://open.spotify.com/show/1HK6yjZ907Ck0ec6U6xUvZ?si=sxehWULdRom01RUl3McSpA ⚡️ [Merch] https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ ⚡️ [Affiliate Links] *I may receive a commission if you purchase or sign up through the links below: Useful Charts ➡︎ https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall ➡︎ https://link.fourthwall.com/ref/matt-beat Cameo ➡︎ https://v.cameo.com/invite?c=matt667 StreamYard ➡︎ https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 Amazon Storefront ➡︎ https://amzn.to/3RYwbAa #usgeography #biggestcities #geographyfacts Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:59 Portland, Oregon 2:30 Austin, Texas 3:36 San Antonio, Texas 4:55 St. Louis, Missouri 6:26 Baltimore, Maryland 7:27 Charlotte, North Carolina 8:50 Sponsor (Incogni) 10:17 Orlando, Florida 12:11 Denver, Colorado 13:40 San Diego, California 15:18 Tampa, Florida 16:35 Minneapolis, Minnesota 17:48 Seattle, Washington 19:03 Detroit, Michigan 21:03 San Francisco, California 22:54 Boston, Massachusetts 24:17 Phoenix, Arizona 26:04 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 27:18 Atlanta, Georgia 28:33 Washington, D.C. 29:42 Miami, Florida 31:22 Houston, Texas 32:38 Dallas, Texas 33:40 Chicago, Illinois 35:20 Los Angeles, California 37:11 New York City, New York 38:54 Recap

In episode 84 of Supreme Court Briefs, Hobby Lobby sues the federal government because it doesn't want to pay health insurance premiums for its workers that covers birth control. The TOP 100 SUPREME COURT CASES: https://amzn.to/4eex2Xt Here is the audiobook version: https://amzn.to/3tr6dgl My entire Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN&si=FTRis9dXIyCIBi-C Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @electricneedleroomband(Mr. Beat's band). Download it for free here: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/joe-biden Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aFmiweweYZO0phdndDmhXymFIOO-WWXplQryB2_5WXU/edit?usp=sharing Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2013/13-354 Sources/further reading: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/573/682/ https://fedsoc.org/case/burwell-v-hobby-lobby https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/sebelius-v-hobby-lobby-stores-inc/ http://law2.umkc.edu/Faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/BurwellvHobbyLobby.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burwell_v._Hobby_Lobby_Stores,_Inc. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/01/us/hobby-lobby-case-supreme-court-contraception.html #supremecourt #supremecourtbriefs #scotus Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 Burwell v. Hobby Lobby is yet another recent controversial Supreme Court decision. Critics said it was a step back for reproductive rights and gender equality, as the decision arguably disproportionately hurts women who rely on employer-provided health insurance for contraceptive coverage. Others criticized the decision for expanding the definition of religious freedom to include corporations, which technically are legal entities, not individuals. Finally, even others have argued that Burwell v. Hobby Lobby potentially opened the door to other types of discrimination under the guise of “religious belief.” That said, while several other court cases challenged other parts of Obamacare in recent years, the law remains popular with most Americans. Thank you to my Patreon supporters and channel members. One perk ya get if you donate $15 or more a month to my channel is a shout out, and now it’s time for that, eh? Starting with my biggest donors alphabetically, thank you to Alicia Solberg, Andrew B., Anthony Beckett, Austin Siros, Chris McKinnon, Chums McGuffey, Corey Rieman, Elias Pierce, emptymachine, Jeremy Dunham, Joe Cook, Justin Miller, Mater Tenebrarum, Nicolas Dronsky, Nik Everett, Pat Iapicca, Patrick Steward, Raquell Jones, Sean Conant, Zach Anderson, Zachary Pascalar, Adam Christians, Aditya Anand, Andrew Schneider, Emily Glover-Wilson, Grant Gagaza, Jack L, Jakob Birnbaum, Josh, Joshua Jackson, Michael Burt, Naterade, Nathan Hale, Navinctitron, Ralph, Salty, Steve Bryan, T C, Thomas Oppenheim, Ty Marwitz, Victor McClean, and Zachary F. Parker. Thanks to ALL my Patreon supporters, and thank YOU for being curious.

Go to my sponsor https://trylco.com/mrbeat to get 20% off your Men's Health test. We are currently living in The Golden Age of Con Artists because never before have the incentives been so high nor the obstacles been so low to become one. Mr. Beat explains why we continue to fall for them. Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat and Shannon Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by‪ @electricneedleroomband(Mr. Beat's band), King Canyon, Inaban, and Cyberblade. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N3d3RAT9quK6HswxazcJuPchhWyDZxJ_utCJb7hEFkY/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: Bluestone, Gabrielle. Hype: How scammers, grifters and con artists are taking over the internet, and why we’re following. London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021. Purchase here: https://amzn.to/426wM8M Konnikova, Maria. 2017. The Confidence Game : The Psychology of the Con and Why We Fall for It Every Time. Edinburgh: Canongate. Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4hyUqzi Braucher, Jean and Orbach, Barak, Scamming: The Misunderstood Confidence Man (August 1, 2015). 27 Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities 249 (2015), Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 13-37, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2314071 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2314071 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/con%20artist https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/scams-and-safety/common-frauds-and-scams https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2023/09/cracking-the-code--why-people-fall-for-scams https://www.dbs.com/livemore/money/understanding-the-psychology-behind-scams.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_con_artists https://www.forbes.com/2009/03/26/narcissist-schlub-dickens-dorrit-merdle-opinions-columnists-madoff.html Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd9BkLskJBw #conartist #scam #scammers Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 Correction: At 11:50 that's a clip from the great film "Leap of Faith."

Get 50% off your first order of CookUnity meals — go to https://cookunity.com/mrbeat and use my code MRBEAT50 at checkout to try them out for yourself! Thanks to CookUnity for sponsoring this video! This is not a video about Joe Rogan. This is a video about the death of curiosity. I've referenced my love of The Joe Rogan Experience in at least two other videos, and I've had a few puzzled folks reach out to me after hearing this asking me why. Well, I don't listen to his podcast anymore, but in this video, I explain why I used to listen to it almost everyday. Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by ‪@electricneedleroomband(Mr. Beat's band), Bad Snacks, Kwon, Tender Spring, and Yung Logos. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u5-QXR1tousEXkiZL4OKPFakbH6eRHr1uq9h3eMHp3Y/edit?usp=sharing Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join Sources/further reading/watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdhsxAPdJbk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywSHzl5LICI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJpZjg8GuA https://jrelibrary.com/episode-list/ https://jrescribe.com/ https://ogjre.com/ #joeroganexperience #joerogan #culture For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768

👟 Find the perfect partner for your February adventures. Explore Vessi's waterproof shoes at https://vessi.com/mrbeat for the ultimate versatile footwear and get 15% off your first purchase at checkout. In this video, Mr. Beat goes through what every American president did after they left the presidency. Obviously, the ones who died in office didn't get to retire. :/ Thanks for reading the description you lovable tulip. This was produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Additional footage shot by Shannon Beat. Music by @electricneedleroomband (Mr Beat's band), Dyalla, The Green Orbs, Tender Spring, Otis McDonald, Oatmello, Kwon, and Corbyn Kites. Creative commons credits: Otherspice, Daderort, Moofpocket, Packer1028, Fopseh, Ron Cogswell, Billy Hathorn, Martin Kraft, Ash Lawn-Highland, Acroterion, Baked in the Hole, Pi3.124, Allie Caulfield, Brian Stansberry, Christopher L. Riley, Zeete, Daniel Schwen, Juro2351, Mike Norton, Dave Parker, Jonathunder, and Jud McCranie. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P7YfhQLVv2lhR7mr2LOtE5TTrmpKi3eou3pTWBpYomI/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://potus.com/presidential-facts/time-after-presidency/ http://www.john-adams-heritage.com/john-adams-death/ Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGAiE4zbYSA&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1HiB84S4UI&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP5V7LODCQQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFBPt7MdWEs&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKQPfzoNjWw&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-VxWPbhWcE&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5aZobr3CAc&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT97-j3pQlA&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-fYO5e7FN8&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcdDGEkXV0g&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9EI6eMW8yE&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDjCm6ll1gI&t #uspresidents #americanpresidents #presidentsday Correction: 16:54 Buchanan actually died on June 1, 1868, a few months before Grant got elected. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768

The 60th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In another crazy election, Trump is back, but this time he wants revenge. Biden is...not sure he can still do this anymore. The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2024) is now available! https://amzn.to/4jTGlPt Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Here is an annotated version of the script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HtSEVJUgKC-0eSx_CMrNoweMhtyoDD59ziHP18q_2Nw/edit?usp=drivesdk Creative commons credits: Gage Skidmore (The Legend) Out and About Biosthmors Vox Espana Chad Davis Sources/further reading: https://www.cfr.org/article/2024-election-numbers https://apnews.com/projects/election-results-2024 https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2024presgeresults.pdf https://www.270towin.com/2024_Election/results https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/upshot/democrats-trump-working-class.html #mrbeat​ #presidentialelectionsinamericanhistory​ #elections​ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768

I am excited to announce that I am serving as the Spring 2025 Dole Fellow and will be presenting a series on the American presidency. “Exactly How Much Power Does an American President Have?,” is a five-part series that will examine how the exercise of presidential power has evolved since the ratification of the Constitution and how it is shared with each branch of government, the states and the citizens themselves. Come see Mr. Beat in person at @TheDoleInstituteofPolitics with fellow Historytubers such as @williamcfox, @heimlershistory, and @AndreDutraTV. He will also be chatting with Sara Wolk from the Equal Vote Coalition, Walter Clapp from the No Cap Fund and political science professor Clay Britton. It begins February 19th! More information available here: https://doleinstitute.org/event/exactly-how-much-power-does-an-american-president-have/ Press release: https://news.ku.edu/news/article/dole-institute-spring-programming-season-opens-with-kansas-governors-sebelius-and-hayden-bestselling-author-sharon-mcmahon For all press inquiries, please contact Jackson DeAndrea at the Dole Institute jackson.deandrea AT ku DOT edu This video was filmed and edited by Jackson DeAndrea. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #doleinstitute #universityofkansas #dole

Download the song for free here: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/joe-biden Stream it here: On Spotify: (coming soon) On YouTube Music: (coming soon) On Apple Music: (coming soon) On Amazon Music: (coming soon) On Pandora: (coming soon) On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/electricneedleroom/joe-biden All of my President songs in one place: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKReeVStWAF-UmA5ml--OhP7qh&si=S7g4jVFFJBfg9lUq The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020): https://amzn.to/3b0fIpvYY "Joe Biden," by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Written, arranged, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Matt Beat. Performed by Matt Beat. (keys, synth, beats, guitar) Some footage by @JJMcCullough Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768

👟 Say yes to every opportunity in 2025 with Vessi. Explore https://vessi.com/mrbeat for the ultimate waterproof footwear and start your year with 15% off your first order. The WORST 10 Federal Laws in U.S. History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jESZ2aQgxnI The FDA Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15X2MhpHDfY&t Mr. Beat goes through the best ten laws in American history, in his bloody opinion. Thanks for reading the description you lovable puppy. This was produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), Dyalla, Corbyn Kites, Chris Haugen, Audionautix, Bad Snacks, LATASHA, Otis McDonald, Topher Mohr and Alex Flena, Tracktribe, and Jimmy Fontanez. Creative commons credits: Coolcaesar and Leonardo Dasilva. Honorable mentions: The International Copyright Act of 1891 (All of the copyright laws, really) Cumberland Road DC Compensated Emancipated Act Freedmen’s Bureau Civil Rights Act of 1866 Enforcement Act of 1870 Civil Rights Act of 1875 Sherman Antitrust Act Antiquities Act Meat Inspection Act Lloyd-La Follette Act Clayton Antitrust Act Keating-Owen Child Labor Act Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 Indian Citizenship Act Glass-Steagall Act Banking Act of 1933 Securities Exchange Act Wagner Act Fair Labor Standards Act G.I. Bill Marshall Plan National Interstate and Defense Highways Act Peace Corps Act Equal Pay Act Voting Rights Act Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 Civil Rights Act of 1968 National Environmental Policy Act Endangered Species Act Clean Water Act Education Amendments of 1972 Privacy Act of 1974 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 Civil Liberties Act of 1988 Americans with Disabilities Act Family and Medical Leave Act Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act Music Modernization Act First Step Act The 2018 Farm Bill CHIPS and Science Act Inflation Reduction Act Honoring our PACT Act Act Respect for Marriage Act Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MgX2p8P9BKP5AcwPmn42aix280_JYF_s3NDRBM0Jd0o/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://www.copyright.gov/title17/ https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-history http://web.uncg.edu/dcl/courses/vicecrime/m6/part2.asp https://www.wipo.int/patent-judicial-guide/en/full-guide/united-states/10.1.1 https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/jpatos20&id=147&men_tab=srchresults https://sls.gmu.edu/cpip/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2016/07/Hartline-Madigan-How-Strong-Patents-Make-Wealthy-Nations.pdf https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-04/documents/epa816f04030.pdf https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/employment-law-compliance/flsa-80-years-how-changed-lies-ahead https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-024-00356-w https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2000/12/art3full.pdf https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/employment-law-compliance/flsa-80-years-how-changed-lies-ahead https://budget.house.gov/press-release/governments-mandatory-health-care-spending-now-exceeds-entire-discretionary-budget https://sciencetrends.com/nasas-60th-anniversary-the-greatest-nasa-accomplishments/ https://www.forwardpathway.us/the-history-and-impact-of-the-civil-rights-act-of-1964 https://www.nps.gov/home/learn/historyculture/homesteadinglegacies.htm https://societyforhistoryeducation.org/pdfs/THT-NHDAnderson.pdf https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w10466/w10466.pdf https://gispub.epa.gov/air/trendsreport/2019/#home https://www.businessinsider.com/vintage-photos-los-angeles-smog-pollution-epa-2020-1?op=1#during-the-1940s-people-began-to-notice-the-smog-but-many-thought-it-was-clouds-they-werent-according-to-the-los-angeles-times-it-was-just-the-poor-quality-of-the-air-that-was-a-hazy-acrid-smelly-burning-presence-3 #ushistory #americanhistory #history Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 2:41 Sponsor (Vessi) 4:16 Are we really existing right now? 4:30 #10 The Pure Food and Drug Act 6:12 #9 The Patent Act of 1793 8:50 #8 The Safe Drinking Water Act 10:37 #7 The Fair Labor Standards Act 12:54 #6 The Social Security Amendments of 1965 15:12 #5 The National Aeronautics and Space Act 18:03 #4 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 19:45 #3 The Homestead Acts 21:56 #2 The Social Security Act 23:55 #1 The Clean Air Act

In episode 83 of Supreme Court Briefs, people without stable and safe housing sue a city in Oregon for making it illegal to camp in a public park. The TOP 100 SUPREME COURT CASES: https://amzn.to/4eex2Xt Here is the audiobook version: https://amzn.to/3tr6dgl My entire Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN&si=FTRis9dXIyCIBi-C Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by RAGE. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mg0Nej-9TImZeziP_sohHFozFaIPLy0wrWkOZKvlSJ4/edit?usp=sharing Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2023/23-175 Sources/further reading: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-175_19m2.pdf https://www.aclu-wa.org/story/johnson-v-grants-pass-breakdown-case-supreme-court-and-what-it-could-mean-people-experiencing https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/supreme-court-justice-asks-if-city-can-kill-homeless-people/ar-AA1ntcAD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Grants_Pass_v._Johnson https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/supreme-court-rejects-ridiculous-eighth-amendment-claim-against-public-camping-ordinance/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/business/homeless-boise.html https://www.opb.org/article/2024/04/04/grants-pass-oregon-homeless-parks-josephine-county-public-spaces-camping-shelter/ #supremecourt #scotus #homelessness Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 Grants Pass v. Johnson remains a controversial decision. Defenders say the decision has empowered state and local governments to clear homeless camping areas that have become increasingly dangerous. Critics say the decision is just another way to further hurt people who don’t have stable and safe housing. Whatever your opinion is about this decision, the fact remains that there is currently a major housing crisis in the United States that is only getting worse. Last year, homelessness in the country rose to its highest level ever. More than 771,000 Americans currently don’t have stable and safe housing. Nearly 150,000 of those Americans are children. And a big reason why? Housing has never been more expensive than it is right now. Until the United States fixes its housing crisis, expect more folks lacking housing to suffer.

Use code MRBEAT for 50% off your 2 week trial of Sundays for Dogs: https://www.sundaysfordogs.com/mrbeat Mr. Beat takes some of his favorite parts of (almost) every single presidential inaugural address in American history and puts them together into one, SUPER inaugural address. Meanwhile, he tricks you into learning everything you ought to know about American presidential inaugurations. Ha! You fell for it! Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by @somethingandthewhatevers3233, Asher Fulero, Geographer, Cooper Cannell, Ester Abrami, and the United States Marine Band. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NKxogJ1gaNT7153YQPBNmLhPWDlYmGNdytEqXrvqTTY/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://guides.loc.gov/presidential-inaugurations https://www.aoc.gov/what-we-do/programs-ceremonies/inauguration https://www.whitehousehistory.org/presidential-inaugurations https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/app-categories/spoken-addresses-and-remarks/presidential/inaugural-addresses https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/history/washington-to-kennedy-7-notable-inaugural-addresses-in-american-history/77-65c3ff6c-5624-44db-80f5-0fe8a693362f https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_inauguration https://www.livescience.com/57559-why-is-presidential-inauguration-in-january.html https://www.politifact.com/article/2017/jan/20/inaugural-crowd-sizes-ranked/ https://www.nps.gov/subjects/inauguration/schedule-of-events.htm https://www.historicamerica.org/journal/2021/1/18/presidential-inaugurations-by-the-numbers https://www.whitehousehistory.org/notably-absent-presidential-no-shows-on-inauguration-day https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2021/01/intriguing-facts-about-presidential-inaugurations-past/ http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/inaugurationconstit.html https://www.cfr.org/blog/remembering-best-and-worst-presidential-inaugural-addresses #inauguration #presidentialinauguration #inaugurationceremony Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 In this video, I provide you with the best inaugural address of all time.Did I plagiarize it from American presidents? Of course I did. But while this is a mashup of sorts...I basically just took my favorite parts of presidential inaugural addresses...I hopefully turned them into a cohesive whole…hopefully meaning if you are listening to this instead of watching it hopefully you’ll barely be able to tell when I’m switching from president to president although you’ll likely be able to tell when I’m sharing my favorite parts of inaugural speeches that happened a long time ago. Look skibidi toilet, people just used to talk differently back in the day…get used to it. And despite some of these words coming from more than 200 years ago, I think they remain relevant- kind of sadly…but yeah they’re timeless! Here is the best presidential inauguration address of all time. Correction: 6:47 Slight correction here. William Howard Taft also swore in Herbert Hoover in 1929.

Get 50% off your first order of CookUnity meals — go to https://cookunity.com/mrbeat and use my code MRBEAT50 at checkout to try them out for yourself! Thanks to CookUnity for sponsoring this video! Mr. Beat examines the history of the pardon power. I beg your pardon, but he also looks at the pros and cons of pardons. Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), Oatmello, Media Right Productions, Kevin MacLeod, Cheel, Dyalla, Audionautix, and Jimmy Fontanez. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kQqmEKhtWpsla-79DP0rXh-NtHojQ_uZWH7wxPxQr_k/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: The Presidential Pardon Power by Jeffrey Crouch Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4foDhaK https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/arzjl51&div=6&g_sent=1&casa_token=&collection=journals https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/ylr106&div=33&g_sent=1&casa_token=&collection=journals https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/01/11/get-rid-of-the-presidential-pardon/ https://www.freeadvice.com/legal/clemency-vs-pardon/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/01/22/trump-used-his-clemency-power-sparingly-despite-a-raft-of-late-pardons-and-commutations/ https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=14190&context=journal_articles https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-history-of-the-pardon-power https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-2/section-2/clause-1/historical-background-on-pardon-power https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/self-pardons-president-cant-pardon-himself-so-why-do-people-think-he-can https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S2-C1-3-1/ALDE_00013316/ #pardons #legal #apgovt Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768

Knock out all of your holiday gifting needs today with MeUndies. To get exclusive holiday deals and savings all month long, go to https://MeUndies.com/mrbeat and use promo code mrbeat. Mr. Beat tells the story of how "jaywalking" not only became a thing, but became an illegal thing to do. Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Shannon Beat and Matt Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by Dyalla, Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band), Jake County, and TrackTribe. Creative commons credit: Suesen. @zanytime referenced videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M16as9ORv5s&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDjy6QWBR3o (as of 12/19/24, no comments and 91 views) Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14e4Q9M7LL1siJNjQo2-Nf97SAfNrtINngXny78LO3Uo/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: Street Rivals: Jaywalking and the Invention of the Motor Age Street by Peter Norton (2007) https://www.academia.edu/958183/Street_Rivals_Jaywalking_and_the_Invention_of_the_Motor_Age_Street https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873/jaywalking-history https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/why-is-it-called-jaywalking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-04-24/the-invention-of-jaywalking https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34392 https://magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/brief-history-traffic-deaths-us #jaywalking #jaywalker #history Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768

🔒Remove your personal information from the web at https://joindeleteme.com/MRBEAT and use code MRBEAT for 20% off 🙌 DeleteMe international Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com Mr. Beat explains tariffs. Tariffs aren't usually good. Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by Geographer, NEFFEX, Bad Snacks, and Sync Royalty. Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kku3fQsfveY&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M75akucrAuc&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOtY5Cv0Ce0&t Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PN3rc_1fTSnXjcRxUToxYS_aFqZ787YeuVXttaZY8LY/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/tariffs-explained-by-economics-professor-trade-expert/ The Tariff History of the United States by F.W. Taussig Download a free copy here: https://cdn.mises.org/Tariff%20History%20of%20the%20United%20States_4.pdf https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Protectionism.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_the_United_States https://www.forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/2024/07/31/a-history-of-tariffs-from-hamilton-to-trump/ https://news.law.fordham.edu/jcfl/2019/03/17/a-brief-history-of-tariffs-in-the-united-states-and-the-dangers-of-their-use-today/ From the American System to Mass Production, 1800-1932 by David A Hounshell Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3F2RU3C #ushistory #tariffs #economics Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 But I could be wrong about tariffs. Let me know down below if you think tariffs are tubular. Thank you to all of my Patreon supporters and channel members. One perk ya get if you donate $15 or more a month to my channel is a monthly shout out, and now it’s time for that, eh? Starting with my biggest donors and reverse alphabetically, thank you to Trevon Jones, Sean Conant, Robert Kandell, Psycho, Patrick Steward, Pat Iapicca, Nik Everett, Nicolas Dronsky, NeoR14, Michael Cortez, Joe Cook, Jesus Carillo, Jeremy Dunham, Isaiah Warfield, Isabelle, HistoryNerd, Fletch Fick, emptymachine, Derek Williams, Corey Rieman, Chums McGuffey, Austin Siros, Anthony Beckett, Andrew B., Alvino V, Alicia Solberg, Zachary F Parker, Victor McClean, Ty Marwitz, Thomas Oppenheim, T C, Steve Bryan, Stacey, Salty, Raquell Jones, Ralph, Oliver E., Navincitron, Naterade, Michael Schillo, Michael Burt, Justin Love, Joshua Jackson, Jennifer, Jakob Birnbaum, Jack L, Erik Hernandez, Erik Davey, Emily Glover-Wilson, Elias Pierce, Andrew Schneider, Aditya Anand, and Adam Christians. Hey thanks to ALL my Patreon supporters, and thank YOU for being curious.

Click this link to make some cash for giving your opinion! https://www.inflcr.co/SHL1y. Thanks to YouGov for sponsoring this video. In episode 82 of Supreme Court Briefs, after two so-called journalists in Minneapolis publish fake news about politicians, they get in trouble for breaking a Minnesota censorship law. But what the heck? What about the First Amendment? Did you know that I wrote a book about the Supreme Court? Well, I did: https://amzn.to/4eex2Xt Here is the audiobook version: https://amzn.to/3tr6dgl My entire Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN&si=FTRis9dXIyCIBi-C Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Geographer. Creative commons credit: Lorie Shaull. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tFz92lRclnyxclYSg9u77bvkFubWIGJOLSTI2xGUHoQ/edit?usp=sharing Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/283us697 Sources/further reading: https://www.mnhs.org/newspapers/hub/saturday-press https://storage.googleapis.com/mnhs-org-support/mn_history_articles/46/v46i04p147-151.pdf?__hstc=98931905.2447d44571945687d4edb9f0e8680b34.1732213134311.1732213134311.1732216022262.2&__hssc=98931905.2.1732216022262&__hsfp=3623112015 https://www.mnopedia.org/event/near-v-minnesota https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/283/697/ https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/near-v-minnesota/ https://billofrightsinstitute.org/e-lessons/near-v-minnesota-1931 https://www.startribune.com/max-heerman-minnesota-s-gift-to-press-freedom/12514226 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #supremecourt #scotus #apgovt Near v. Minnesota made prior restraint, which means courts suppressing media because it hurts society, much more difficult. It was the first major case to tackle attempts to limit what gets published. It was certainly a win for freedom of the press, but it’s also why so many media outlets publish fake news today.

Go to https://ground.news/mrbeat to become a smarter news consumer and stay fully informed. Subscribe through my link for 50% off unlimited access this month - the best deal of the year! Mr. Beat gives a brief history of Mormonism, a uniquely American religion. A special shout out to @MrTerry, @CynicalHistorian, and @MLaserHistory for their help making this video. Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat and Shannon Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Creative commons credits: Aaron Shafovaloff, Don LaVange, Jon Ridinger, Ken Lund, J. Stephen Conn, Tim Stewart, Nyttend, EGDJ, and Mangoman. Music by Bad Snacks, LATASHA, Quincas Moreira, Sextile, Density & Time, and White Hex. Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl8B55MqOQo&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIv8xg2JxEE&t Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pzNMYHeMhrgv0AdDiiRrObszgi9Cc3EzFFjEE8vWa-U/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/ https://www.mormonwomenshistoryinitiative.org/ https://scripts.nakedmormonismpodcast.com/ https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/06/08/new-forensic-research-provides/ https://ensignpeakfoundation.org/smith-family-log-home/ Wood, Timothy L. “The Prophet and the Presidency: Mormonism and Politics in Joseph Smith’s 1844 Presidential Campaign.” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1998-) 93, no. 2 (2000): 167–93. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40193327. Hill, Marvin S. “Joseph Smith and the 1826 Trial: New Evidence and New Difficulties.” Brigham Young University Studies 12, no. 2 (1972): 223–33. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43040430. https://ensignpeakfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/MHS3.1Spring2002Garr.pdf American Crucifixion: The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church by Alex Beam Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3YEi1qO First Vision: Memory and Mormon Origins by Steven Harper Purchase here: https://amzn.to/48DARmC American Zion: A New History of Mormonism by Benjamin E. Park Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4hEpYFt Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet (A Biography) by Dan Vogel Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3UBNtVC Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling by Richard L. Bushman Purchase here: https://amzn.to/40xranO https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/04/god-is-not-great-mormonism-a-racket-becomes-a-religion.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcQthyiTA7c Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #mormonhistory #latterdaysaints #exmormon Mormonism describes the beliefs and traditions of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Mormons are both a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism. That said, you might be surprised to hear that the Latter Day Saint movement is one of the NEWEST religions. It’s only been around less than 200 years…so not that much longer than I’VE been around, yo, and I’ve been around. But DESPITE only being around for less than 200 years, more than 17 million people around the world currently follow the Latter Day Saint movement. You have probably already heard of Mormonism, especially if you’re an American. So why did Mormonism become such a big deal? Here’s the story of Mormonism, a uniquely American religion. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 4:30 The Early Years 13:51 You Could Make a Religion out of This 16:54 Searching for Zion 23:59 This Is The Place 34:14 Outro Correction: 16:51 This is conjecture (speculation). I'm sorry, I should have made it clear that it was.

In episode 81 of Supreme Court Briefs, a man gets fired for being gay. He fights back alright. Did you know that I wrote a book about the Supreme Court? Well, I did: https://amzn.to/4eex2Xt Here is the audiobook version: https://amzn.to/3tr6dgl My entire Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN&si=FTRis9dXIyCIBi-C Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by LATASHA. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WZrzjfjZQvAVJmkRNcaiKHPwHE4bbYrHrBiH_TrPtWU/edit?usp=sharing Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2019/17-1618 Sources/further reading: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/17-1618 https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/06/supreme-court-decision-bostock-v-clayton-county-we-are-all-textualists-now/ https://archive.org/details/17-1618-hfci https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/podcasts/the-daily/supreme-court-lgbtq.html https://web.archive.org/web/20201007113245/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/15/supreme-court-denies-job-protection-lgbt-workers/4456749002/ https://www.npr.org/2019/10/08/766386729/showdown-over-lgbtq-employment-rights-hits-supreme-court Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #supremecourt #scotus #apgovt Bostock v. Clayton County was a huge victory for LGBT+ rights in the United States. More than any other Supreme Court case in history, the Bostock decision made it clear that if an employer was going to discriminate against an employee based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, they would be breaking the law. The Clayton County Board of Commissioners ultimately paid Gerald Bostock $825,000 in damages for his wrongful termination.

🔒Remove your personal information from the web at https://joindeleteme.com/MRBEAT and use code MRBEAT for 20% off 🙌 DeleteMe international Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com Mr. Beat goes through the five most lopsided presidential elections in American history. Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by Luna Cantina, Jake Chudnow (Vsauce theme), Bad Snacks, and Tracktribe. The 5 CLOSEST presidential elections in American history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9vsAao6DsE&t I have a feeling you're going to watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqeZgrsPufA&t Sources/further reading: https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/ https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ https://uselectionatlas.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_by_popular_vote_margin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_by_Electoral_College_margin Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IEB6HniZTnyyuyhtfreNVmFgioHuky-zoXAR7ONkCjQ/edit?usp=sharing #presidentialelectionsinamericanhistory #presidentialelection #electionhistory Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 Corrections: 5:15 I accidentally had the wrong map up. I hope you can forgive me. 7:23 I accidentally said Rhode Island instead of Delaware. I hope you can forgive me.

PrettyLitter helps keep tabs on my cat's health - and keeps odors down. Save 20% on your first order and get a free cat toy with code "mrbeat" at https://PrettyLitter.com/mrbeat Surprise! Mr. Beat goes through every October Surprise in American history. If he missed any, feel free to let him know about in the comments. Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), Kwon, NoMBe, Ofshane, Patrick Patrikios, Rossini, and White Hex. Creative commons credit: Brent Moore. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZjaNQrzum7nwr04KPYQXRXGTipKrTk93oE9_6zrZmu8/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in U.S. Presidential Campaigns by Joseph Cummins Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4eMSFy7 Cohen, Warren. The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs 16, no. 2 (1992): 232–35. Germond, Jack; Witcover, Jules (1981). Blue smoke and mirrors : how Reagan won and why Carter lost the election of 1980. New York: Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-51383-3 https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/what-does-october-surprise-mean-in-politics http://www.jstor.org/stable/45290205. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-october-surprise-180960741/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-october-surprise-may-be-arriving-shortly/ar-AA1sj6II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_surprise https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/10/october-surprises-214320/ https://www.history.com/news/october-surprise-presidential-elections Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #ushistory #politicalhistory #electionhistory Thank you to all of my Patreon supporters and channel members. One perk they get is early access to new videos. One perk that my supporters who donate to me at least $15 or month to my channel get is a monthly shout out, and now it’s time for that shout out. Starting with my biggest donors and reverse alphabetically, thank you to Trevon Jones, Sean Conant, Robert Kandell, Richard Taylor, Psycho, Patrick Steward, Pat Iapicca, Nik Everett, Nicolas Dronsky, NeoR14, Michael Cortez, Joe Cook, Jesus Carillo, Jeremy Dunham, Isaiah Warfield, Isabelle, Fletch Fick, emptymachine, Dr. Paul J. Lilly, Derek Williams, Corey Rieman, Austin Siros, Anthony Beckett, Andrew B., Alvino V, Alicia Solberg, Zachary F Parker, Thomas Oppenheim, Steven Ison, Steve Bryan, Stacey, Salty, Raquell Jones, Oliver E., Naterade, Michael Schillo, Michael Burt, Justin Love, Jules Gingras, Joel Serrano Lozada, Jennifer, Jakob Birnbaum, Jacob Ginsberg, Jack L, Erik Hernandez, Emily Glover-Wilson, Chums McGuffey,, Andrew Schneider, Aditya Anand, and Adam Christians.

Mr. Beat explains every presidential election in American history. Get the book!?! The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020): https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Here is also the playlist of individual episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRefBOp4I9e4NLY_1_d4Csf_w&si=4Z13Iq_ukCh552vV #mrbeat #presidentialelectionsinamericanhistory #uspresidentialhistory Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 0:00 Election 1788 2:59 Election 1792 5:53 Election 1796 10:30 Election 1800 13:59 Election 1804 17:11 Election 1808 20:27 Election 1812 23:53 Election 1816 28:10 Election 1820 31:52 Election 1824 39:16 Election 1828 44:36 Election 1832 49:13 Election 1836 54:08 Election 1840 59:29 Election 1844 1:04:51 Election 1848 1:09:29 Election 1852 1:14:53 Election 1856 1:19:20 Election 1860 1:26:46 Election 1864 1:32:12 Election 1868 1:36:32 Election 1872 1:41:52 Election 1876 1:48:46 Election 1880 1:53:22 Election 1884 1:57:41 Election 1888 2:03:00 Election 1892 2:08:31 Election 1896 2:14:18 Election 1900 2:19:39 Election 1904 2:24:23 Election 1908 2:28:53 Election 1912 2:36:39 Election 1916 2:41:49 Election 1920 2:48:46 Election 1924 2:53:22 Election 1928 2:56:57 Election 1932 3:02:18 Election 1936 3:07:48 Election 1940 3:12:38 Election 1944 3:17:33 Election 1948 3:25:09 Election 1952 3:30:06 Election 1956 3:33:19 Election 1960 3:39:16 Election 1964 3:45:57 Election 1968 3:52:34 Election 1972 3:58:52 Election 1976 4:04:43 Election 1980 4:10:58 Election 1984 4:15:01 Election 1988 4:19:50 Election 1992 4:26:00 Election 1996 4:30:29 Election 2000 4:37:23 Election 2004 4:42:57 Election 2008 4:49:47 Election 2012 4:55:04 Election 2016 5:06:17 Election 2020

To get 10 FREE meals with HelloFresh, use code MRBEAT10 at https://bit.ly/3XYQG3O ! Applied across 7 boxes, for new subscribers only, varies by plan. Do American presidents control the economy? No, not really. However, they can have SOME influence. In this video, Mr. Beat explains how a president can attempt to influence the economy. Don't forget to subscribe to @CynicalHistorian and check out his video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGSbcQxgM8o Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), Noir Et Blanc Vie, and NEFFEX. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vvICn4uX90q5bAs8F0Z6cGnQ8n34TKWDZR-cSh09qn4/edit?usp=sharing Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4ulrQNae_Q&t Sources/further reading: https://www.marketplace.org/2021/02/05/how-much-control-do-presidents-really-have-over-the-economy/ https://cals.ncsu.edu/news/you-decide-can-the-president-control-the-economy/ ​​https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/05/28/fact-check-do-gop-presidents-oversee-recessions-dems-recoveries/5235957002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/08/21/fact-check-presidential-spending-through-executive-order-allowed/5582667002/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._economic_performance_by_presidential_party https://www.thebalancemoney.com/u-s-congress-definition-duties-effect-on-economy-3305980 https://www.cfr.org/blog/election-2024-donald-trump-has-vowed-raise-tariffs-can-he #ushistory #election2024 #economics Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 Presidents have little control over the economy. As internet dorks like to point out, correlation doesn’t equal causation. It is absolutely ridiculous to blame Donald Trump for the COVID-19 recession. A pandemic obviously caused that recession, not Donald Trump. COVID-19 caused the COVID-19 recession. Not only that, economic indicators, or statistics about how we make choices in an economy, are often lagging, meaning they are confirming stuff that has already long already started. And yet, this myth persists. The myth that the president pulls all the strings on the economy. That a president creates jobs. In this video, Mr. Beat explains that, despite not controlling the economy, presidents can at least sort of influence it.

Mr. Beat travels to a faraway land known as "Malaysia." Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Shannon Beat (she got some great footage) and Matt Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by Slenderbeats. Check me out in the @nomadcapitalist video and stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGvgJ1FYUlY Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O-cQw50JcwpATEZuIVrJ3q2nrcgToj4WPR1e7MMH0P4/edit?usp=sharing #malaysia #ishowspeed #kualalumpur Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 A month ago, if you told me I was going to Malaysia, I would have told you that you were quite mistaken. I NEVER expected to go to this country. If not for the opportunity by Nomad Capitalist, we undoubtedly would NOT have gone. But we did, and we have really enjoyed our stay here. It’s not an understatement to say it’s been a life-changing experience. If YOU ever get the opportunity to travel to a faraway land, JUST DO IT. You won’t regret it, and you’ll learn so freaking much.

🔒Remove your personal information from the web at https://joindeleteme.com/MRBEAT and use code MRBEAT for 20% off 🙌 DeleteMe international Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com Mr. Beat tells the story of the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of April 1961. Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band) and Bad Snacks. Check out Grant (@CasualHistorian)'s videos about the Cuban Revolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SbUA6PDfKw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNvVw4XZxZQ Check out the 2506 Brigade Museum and Library: https://www.bayofpigsbrigade2506.com/ Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cz7mTUjg52oI2oZx-my5nrfKQhIjf1hYU2qHEskpKfw/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: The Brilliant Disaster: JFK, Castro, and America’s Doomed Invasion of Cuba’s Bay of Pigs by Jim Rasenberger Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4efHg9J https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/bop-vol2-part1.pdf https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/the-bay-of-pigs https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56808455 https://web.archive.org/web/20130726231148/http://www.upi.com/Audio/Year_in_Review/Events-of-1961/Bay-of-Pigs-Invasion/12295509433760-3/ https://daily.jstor.org/how-the-bay-of-pigs-invasion-changed-jfk/ http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/baypigs/pigs.htm https://cubacenter.org/cuba-brief-archives/2021/04/15/cubabrief-brigade-2506-the-bay-of-pigs-at-sixty-and-some-historical-context-castro-loosens-internal-blockade-cattle-slaughter-beef-dairy-sales-permitted-after-58-yrs/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/23/bay-of-pigs-survivors-veterans-betrayal-cuba-us Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #bayofpigs #ushistory #apush For the few Americans who know about what we now call the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the only thing they know about it was that it was a failure. In this video, I'm going to tell you WHY it was a failure, and you better just, like, listen, because if you don’t I will fail you. The Bay of Pigs Invasion, as most folks call it now, was an embarrassing defeat for Kennedy and the United States. It showed the CIA was in over their heads. They got too cocky and miscalculated. And the agency must have been embarrassed, too, as it classified lots of information that made it look bad. The invasion also ended up being quite a political victory for Castro and his authoritarian government. It turned not only most Cubans, but most LATIN AMERICANS against the American government, and only made Castro more popular. Still, despite feeling abandoned by the American government, many of the Cuban exiles who participated in the Bay of Pigs Invasion remained steadfastly loyal to the United States in the following years. Some went on to become officers in the military. Some even served in the Vietnam War. Today, here in the United States we honor members of Brigade 2506 as heroes who tried to overthrow a dictator and free their home country. And what an honor it was to visit the Brigade 2506 Museum and Library in Miami. And good news…it’s getting a brand new building soon! Exciting stuff. And it was an even GREATER honor to have the privilege of speaking with an actual Bay of Pigs Invasion VETERAN. Dr. Eduardo Zayas-Bazán, thank you for sharing your story with us.

Stop leaving yourself vulnerable to data breaches. Go to my sponsor https://www.aura.com/mrbeat to get a 14-day free trial and see if any of your data has been exposed. Mr. Beat goes through a brief history of people predicting the end of the world and then being completely wrong about it. Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat and Shannon Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by Dyalla, Density & Time, Kwon, Joe Bagale, NoMBe, and Corbyn Kites. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NcOA1y0B7n9RGXYPWgp8-toWkPgW7vZflIZyp29qGR0/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: Pocket Guide to the Apocalypse: The Official Field Manual for the End of the World by Jason Boyett Purchase here: https://amzn.to/47qHJU4 A History of the End of the World: How the Most Controversial Book in the Bible Changed the Course of Western Civilization by Jonathan Kirsch Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3XnOL7r https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ten-notable-apocalypses-that-obviously-didnt-happen-9126331/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/26642420 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschatology https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/apocalypse/explanation/worldview.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QIBB7gXHKc&t https://www.britannica.com/topic/apocalypticism https://www.britannica.com/list/10-failed-doomsday-predictions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #history #endtimes #doomsday According to one poll, nearly four out of ten American adults believe that we are currently living in the end times. According to another poll, 83% of people living in Afghanistan said the end times would happen in their lifetime. According to yet another poll, 10% of people around the world think the world is probably going to end THIS YEAR. Oh wait, that was a poll taken in 2012. Well, I guess the world DIDN’T end in 2012, after all. Oh hey…yeah…remember that? Back in 2012 when a lot of people were freaking out about the world ending? There was even a movie that got in on the fun. A really crappy movie. Anyway, the 2012 phenomenon was when a bunch of people thought either world-ending or world-transforming events would happen on or around December 21, 2012, the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle described in an ancient Maya calendar. Yeah, that date came and went and the end of the world did not, in fact, happen. But humans have been saying the end of the world is near. I should clarify, that the end of the end of the world is near FOR HUMANS for at least a couple thousand years. Here in the United States, it’s often certain Christians are the ones who won’t stop talking about the End Times, often paired with the return of Jesus Christ. But it’s not just Christianity that has been all about apocalypticism, or the belief that the end of the world could happen any day. No, no no no no. Other religions have got in on the fun, too. Here’s a brief history of the End of the World.

Mr. Beat hangs out with World War Two veterans. This is a collaboration with the fine folks at @MemoirsofWWII. Please subscribe to their channel. Thanks to Hudson Louie, Joshua Scott, and Heather Scott, for helping me make this video. Please check out https://www.memoirsofwwii.com/ for resources on how to reach or find out about surviving World War Two veterans. Additional video and images by @MemoirsofWWII or found in the public domain. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, and Hudson Louie. Music by Esther Abrami, Freedom Trail Studio, and Slenderbeats. Sources/further reading: https://www.statista.com/chart/13989/when-the-us-will-lose-its-wwii-veterans/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1333701/us-military-ww2-veterans-living-estimate/ https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/wwii-veteran-statistics https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/05/08/on-75th-anniversary-of-v-e-day-about-300000-american-wwii-veterans-are-alive/ https://www.data.va.gov/stories/s/Memorial-Day-2024-World-War-II/x6jv-ykjw/ Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bhd4esp0ZEiqR6pHemC5YnQhW1sStckrDnS32YEeiZo/edit?usp=sharing Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 Often, we learn history directly from those who experienced it firsthand. But the vast majority of folks who experienced World War Two, firsthand, are now dead. Around 70 million people fought in World War Two. Less than 75,000 of them are still around today. The youngest World War Two veterans today are in their late 90s. Based on current estimates, nearly all of them will be dead by the year 2040. I was extremely fortunate to spend some time with two of them. Wilbur Grisham served as a medic in the Pacific Theater of the war. Marvin Blakeman served with the 83rd Infantry Division in the European Theater of the war. He landed at Normandy and saw combat as he marched through France, eventually fighting in the Battle of the Bulge. I also was extremely fortunate to spend the day with Hudson, who works with the channel Memoirs of World War Two. The folks at the channel travel to as many places as they can to interview and honor the few surviving World War Two veterans left. These veterans have not only important stories to share, but fascinating stories. And because they are PERSONAL stories, they capture what history books often can’t. And the videos are incredibly well produced. The channel is a gem. Check it out. #wwii #wwiiveterans #ww2veteran

Go to https://ground.news/mrbeat to become a smarter news consumer and stay fully informed. Subscribe through my link for 40% off unlimited access this month. Mr. Beat explains why (it seems like) we are so divided as a society. Check out Dr. Sam Richards and his class/channel @SOC119! Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. This was produced by Matt Beat. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), Bad Snacks, Cooper Connell, Francis Preve, Mishegas, NoMB, and LATASHA. Creative commons credits: Jackie Vlogs Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-_Czg99veQmeqY_T_omsmWy_RuF16D-C0Q4ZHchOfG0/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: Age of Fracture by Daniel T. Rodgers (2012) Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4e4TYI0 Why We’re Polarized by Ezra Klein (2020) Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3z8yAm3 Echo Chambers and Epistemic Bubbles, C. Thi Nguyen https://philarchive.org/rec/NGUECA Situational experience around the world: A replication and extension in 62 countries, Daniel Lee https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jopy.12558 Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger (2016) Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4gkpnIr The Evolution of Tribalism: A Social-Ecological Model of Cooperation and Inter-Group Conflict Under Pastoralism, Nicholas Seltzer Identity Politics, Mary Bernstein https://www.jstor.org/stable/29737711 https://www.jasss.org/22/2/6.html https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/11/13/america-is-exceptional-in-the-nature-of-its-political-divide/ https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade/2020/planning-management/plan/communications-research/2020-tract-segments.html https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2018/02/05/581873428/could-a-more-individualistic-world-also-be-a-more-altruistic-one https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-rise-of-identity-politics/ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #socialmedia #medialiteracy #sociology #politics People seem to be more tribalistic than ever. Often, there are two teams, and you’re either with US or you’re with THEM. And if someone from our team joins the rival team, boy we hate them even more than our enemies, don’t we. The word “TRAITOR” seems to roll off our tongues a bit easier these days. And sure, most of the time it just seems like there are TWO teams, but within these two teams there is an endless amount of smaller teams. The number of people we identify as part of our team seems to be shrinking. The number of enemies we have? Well that seems to be growing. And we seem to hate our enemies more. And while our teams used to be more aligned with families, nations, countries, or religions, now our teams are more aligned with political parties, universities, neighborhood associations, media figures, or even Discord servers. This realignment has even caused family members to not talk to each other anymore. We have splintered so much that it’s even difficult to find someone to date on one of those dating app thingies. And while the political divide in the United States seems to get all the attention these days, I argue that this is a much more systemic problem. So why do we no longer have anything in common? In this video, I will tell you exactly why we no longer have anything in common, and I even got some insights from Dr. Sam Richards, the brilliant sociologist who runs the famous SOC 119 class at Penn State that has quite a YouTube following as well. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 5:51 #1 The Shrinking Middle Class 7:27 #2 The Rise of Individualism 10:17 #3 The Rise of Identity Politics 11:50 #4 We Seek Out Information That Reinforces Our Identities 20:28 Outro

Stop data brokers from exposing your information. Go to my sponsor https://aura.com/mrbeat to get a 14-day free trial and see if your personal information has been compromised. "Kill the Indian, Save the Man" Mr. Beat looks at the Assimilation Period of Native American history. Yeah, it's depressing...but you should watch the whole video, anyway. Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. This was produced by Matt Beat and filmed by Matt and Shannon Beat. Drone footage by Shannon Beat. Music by Kwon, Jimena Contreras, Zachariah Hickman, and Doug Maxwell and Media Right Productions. Creative Commons credits: Ken Lund, Bjoertvedt, rossograph, and Tony the Marine. Sources/further reading: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3YJHOzI The Great Confusion in Indian Affairs: Native Americans and Whites in the Progressive Era by Tom Holm Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3YHVw5Z And Still the Waters Run by Angie Debo Purchase here: https://amzn.to/46T26J5 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/4/4/726 Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report: https://www.bia.gov/sites/default/files/dup/inline-files/bsi_investigative_report_may_2022_508.pdf https://time.com/6177069/american-indian-boarding-schools-history/ https://haskell.edu/ https://www.humanitieskansas.org/get-involved/kansas-stories/the-big-idea/big-idea-confronting-the-legacy-of-indian-boarding-schools https://www.watkinsmuseum.org/online-exhibits/haskell-institute-the-roots-from-which-we-bloom-1884-1930/?singlepage=1 https://issuu.com/haskellculturalcenter/docs/guidebook https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/a-century-of-trauma-at-boarding-schools-for-native-american-children-in-the-united-states https://archive.org/details/rulesgoverningco00unit https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/teach/kill-indian-him-and-save-man-r-h-pratt-education-native-americans https://www.theindigenousfoundation.org/articles/us-residential-schools https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_assimilation_of_Native_Americans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_boarding_schools https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Wars https://www.acf.hhs.gov/blog/2021/11/healing-trauma-federal-residential-indian-boarding-schools https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2024/american-indian-boarding-schools-history-legacy/ http://recordsofrights.org/events/54/a-solution-to-the-indian-problem Phan, Loan T. (2018). "Ten Stages of American Indian Genocide". Interamerican Journal of Psychology. https://www.haskellhistory.com/cemetery https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/dawes-act https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/ Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sVg0aEN5ZxVuqvvBCqb0S244snJJovGN82p2P9y4IA8/edit?usp=sharing Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #ushistory #nativeamerican #nativeamericanhistory

Mr. Beat goes the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. While he's there, he gives you a history lesson, because of course he does. Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images and video by Matt Beat or Progressive Victory. Filmed by Matt Beat and Matt Overberg. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), Otis McDonald, Vindu, and NEFFEX. Creative commons credits: Evan Ravitz and DXR. Check out @ponderingpolitics and @imreallyimportant and stuff. Sources/further reading: Shafer, Byron E (1988). "Emergence of the Presidential The Nomination and the Convention". Bifurcated Politics: Evolution and Reform in the National Party Convention. Harvard University Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0674072565. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_nominating_convention https://course-notes.org/us_history/political_parties/anti_masonic_party https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2015/12/06/thank-florida-for-presidential-primaries-from-the-community/ https://www.brookings.edu/articles/are-convention-delegates-bound-to-their-presidential-candidate/ Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Noefw-yM9wRQMYbpp0c3njgLkLJ8qQJ_GSj8ANZohEQ/edit?usp=sharing Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #ushistory #politicalhistory #politics

Go to https://ground.news/mrbeat to see through media bias and become a smarter news consumer. Subscribe through my link for 40% off unlimited access this month. Mr. Beat reveals the ten qualities that make a good president of the United States of America. Thanks to @AndreDutraTV for appearing in this video! How do you know if something is true or not? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0y7YUaMZwo&t Thanks for reading the description you lovable dork. This was produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Filmed by Dan Dutcher and Matt Beat. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), Otis McDonald, Bad Snacks, Dan Lebowitz, and Slenderbeats. Creative commons credits: John Beagle, Gage Skidmore, and Moon Men/Vsauce Theme Song. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b6ezdRWiduzzf9HZ6-JpRdTlSxHTATLjpxV5jKv7-8U/edit?usp=sharing I also appeared on a podcast to talk about this very topic! Check it out here? https://open.spotify.com/episode/0bQhDNI1nS9OKjvZgGjv5P?si=0LUBQl8WQuaMl3PBGikCmQ&nd=1&dlsi=abeec2b57b7043b5 Sources/further reading or watching: https://static.c-span.org/assets/documents/presidentSurvey/2021-Survey-Results-Category-Rankings.pdf ​​https://www.c-span.org/video/?423970-1/makes-great-president https://www.c-span.org/classroom/document/?6362 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXYto600xVE https://www.history.com/news/doris-kearns-goodwin-on-presidential-leadership ​​https://www.shrm.org/executive-network/insights/personality-traits-true-leader-to-learn-great-us-presidents https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-essence-of-presidential-leadership https://www.forbes.com/sites/johncoleman/2018/07/06/howapresidentmakesadecisionthatmatters/ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #ushistory #uspresidentialhistory #americanpresident Chapters: 0:00 We debate about what makes a good president 8:59 #1 Honesty 9:56 Ground News 11:47 Back to honesty 12:05 #2 Willingness to listen 12:53 #3 Openness to change 13:38 #4 Disciplined 14:38 #5 Principled 15:33 #6 Decisiveness 16:03 #7 Pragmatic 17:01 #8 Empathetic 18:14 #9 Courageous 18:33 #10 Effective Communicator 20:26 Conclusion

Stop data brokers from exposing your information. Go to my sponsor https://aura.com/mrbeat to get a 14-day free trial and see if your personal information has been compromised. Mr. Beat goes through the worst ten laws in American history, in his bloody opinion. Thanks for reading the description you lovable dork. This was produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), Otis McDonald, Corbyn Kites, Density & Time, and Tracktribe. Dishonorable mentions: Civilization Fund Act Tariff of Abominations Embargo Act of 1807 PATRIOT Act No Child Left Behind Act Comstock Laws Emergency Quota Act Espionage Act Sedition Act of 1918 Immigration Act of 1924 Indian Civilization Act Public Law 503 Tariff of 1824 Tariff of 1842 McKinley Tariff Force Bill The Tenure of Office Act Platt Amendment Immigration Act of 1903 Immigration Act of 1918 Harrison Narcotics Tax Act The Jones Act Emergency Quota Act Central Intelligence Agency Act Protect America Act National Firearms Act Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 Anti-Drug Act of 1986 1994 Crime Bill The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act The Telecommunications Act of 1996 Defense of Marriage Act The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq of 2002 Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n7Pmcy40UDiLQHdOsnpI6-ov1J1Oag1849NMRWNqXu4/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_legislation https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/alien-and-sedition-acts https://armedforces.press/gop-senators-introduce-end-endless-wars-act/ https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1151#:~:text=This%20bill%20provides%20for%20the,terminates%2010%20years%20after%20enactment https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-ossoff-welch-introduce-legislation-to-terminate-aumfs-no-later-than-10-years-after-enactment \ https://www.npr.org/2018/04/05/599707003/smoot-hawley-tariff-act-a-classic-economics-horror-story https://www.potawatomi.org/blog/2021/02/08/remembering-the-1887-dawes-acts-impact/ https://nativepartnership.org/blog/history-culture-justice-category/the-true-impact-of-the-dawes-act-of-1887/ https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/dawes-act.htm https://guides.loc.gov/kansas-nebraska-act https://www.loc.gov/item/2008661523/ https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/the-bill-of-rights-and-the-fugitive-slave-laws.htm Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #ushistory #americanhistory #history Here are the 10 worst federal laws in American history. In my opinion. And yes, remember that these are FEDERAL laws. Don’t get started on some of the crazy STATE laws that have been passed here. I’ve decided to make more videos like this. Ya know, basically videos in which I count down the best or worst of stuff in American history? But please remember these are OPINION videos. Do you agree with any on my list? What about crappy laws I left off this list? Let me know down below. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:11 Sponsor (Aura) 2:47 #10: The Alien and Sedition Acts 4:21 #9: The Authorization for use of Military Force of 2001 5:40 #8: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act 7:43 #7: The Controlled Substances Act 8:49 #6: The Kansas-Nebraska Act 9:57 #5: The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 11:25 #4: The Chinese Exclusion Act 12:33 #3: The Fugitive Slave Act 13:49 #2: The Dawes Act 15:10 #1 The Indian Removal Act

PrettyLitter helps keep tabs on my cat's health - and keeps odors down. Save 20% on your first order and get a free cat toy with code "mrbeat" at https://PrettyLitter.com/mrbeat Mr. Beat explains why there are 435 members in the U.S. House of Representatives. Get involved at https://nocapfund.org/ Thanks for reading the description you lovable dork. This was produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), Dan Lebowitz, Otis McDonald, and Media Right Productions. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mDA1o4LilbZNCXJsP6f1OKn6n1sBGrzLS26MCT7sUfg/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://nocapfund.org/ https://thirty-thousand.org/ https://www.vox.com/2018/6/4/17417452/congress-representation-ratio-district-size-chart-graph https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Apportionment_Amendment https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/its-time-to-increase-the-size-of-the-house/ https://archive.fairvote.org/?page=526 https://www.census.gov/history/www/reference/apportionment/ https://www.census.gov/history/pdf/Fairness_in_Apportionment_Young.pdf https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2020/06/23/two-thirds-of-americans-think-government-should-do-more-on-climate/ ​​https://www.npr.org/2021/04/20/988865415/stuck-at-435-representatives-why-the-u-s-house-hasnt-grown-with-census-counts https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/435-representatives/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives https://archive.fairvote.org/library/history/flores/apportn.htm Another good video about Uncapping the House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YMVF0PU-ic Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c7T2_NidRyM https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TYD8Ql3LM_w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAqoKS8X0q8&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7CFo0XKLmo&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mrw0gGlHVQ&t Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: https://electricneedleroom.band/ Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 Why are there only 435 members in the House of Representatives? #ushouse #government #politicalscience

Mr. Beat explains what generations are, why generations are a thing, and what the big characteristics are of every generation. Thanks for reading the description you lovable dork. This was produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images and video by Matt Beat, Lydia Beat, Dan Dutcher, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom (Mr. Beat's band), ALBIS, Media Right Productions, Otis McDonald, Anno Domini Beats, Bad Snacks, Reed Mathis, Silent Partner, The Whole Other, and Audionautix. Creative commons credits: Jorge Royan and Jeramey Jannene. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wpSloppro8uqWqsoxVWU3kDUZy7vauGFhw49uW5dCCo/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents—and What They Mean for America’s Future by Jean M. Twenge Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3zjG1qf Generations: The History of America’s Future, 1584 to 2069 by William Strauss and Neil Howe Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3z7VdXJ http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/classes/201/articles/94PilcherMannheimSocGenBJS.pdf https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/01/17/where-millennials-end-and-generation-z-begins/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/05/22/how-pew-research-center-will-report-on-generations-moving-forward/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/797321/us-population-by-generation/ https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/who-is-the-lost-generation https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/greatest-generation-years-characteristics https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/silent-generation-characteristics https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/baby-boomer-generation-characteristics https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/generation-x-characteristics-history https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/millennial-generation https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/generation-z-birth-years-characteristics https://www.census.gov/data-tools/demo/idb https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/why-we-dont-read-revisited https://www.newscientist.com/article/2108131-dont-let-rift-between-generations-spark-a-toxic-era-of-ageism/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #generation #generationalpha #genz A generation is all the humans born AROUND the same time AND who experienced pretty much the same culture growing up. Specifically, we are talking about SOCIAL generations. That’s the generations most typically bring up today. There’s also the more traditional FAMILIAL generations, or a group of humans all on one level of a family tree. Nah man, in this video, we’re focusing on social generations. 0:00 Introduction 3:25 What are generations? 7:05 Why are generations? 15:50 The Lost Generation 18:14 The Greatest Generation 21:11 The Silent Generation 24:38 Baby Boomers 28:29 Generation X 32:11 Millennials 35:43 Zoomers 39:09 Generation Alpha 41:37 Micro-generations Correction: 32:51 Here I mispronounced "Xennial." I am sorry about that.

🔒Remove your personal information from the web at http://JoinDeleteMe.com/mrbeat and use code MRBEAT for 20% off US consumer plans 🙌 DeleteMe International Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com Mr. Beat looks at the favorite American president of every American president of every American president of every American president. Thanks for reading the description you lovable dork. This was produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images and video by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), NoMBe, and Dyalla. Creative commons credits: Otherspice Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaAP3SBKNfM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpLlZJCo4bs&list=PLHtE7NbaKRedT4nyR4nitR4OqKL1_NQMb Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12WyQuf9XFHKt0YQLpZGDVdbu_-FoMe77XIOINoeK5kA/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://www.westernjournal.com/photos-oval-office-designs-past-14-presidents/ https://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/17/lincoln.obsession/index.html#:~:text=At%20his%20presidential%20acceptance%20speech,affection%2C'%20%22%20Obama%20said. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/59186/favorite-us-presidents-8-us-presidents https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/03/24/joe-biden-first-news-conference-presidential-test-column/6964568002/ https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-first-president/washington-jefferson-madison/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Presidents/comments/17og9if/whos_your_favorite_presidents_favorite_president/ https://www.sj-r.com/story/special/special-sections/2017/03/16/william-henry-harrison/21959671007/ Meacham, Jon (2015). Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6765-7. Trefousse, Hans L. (1989). Andrew Johnson: A Biography. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-31742-8. https://www.c-span.org/video/?312614-1/gerald-r-ford-interview https://books.google.com/books?id=vk88AAAAIAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.aspire-doors.co.uk/blog/how-the-last-6-presidents-have-decorated-the-oval-office https://www.nps.gov/nama/presidential-connection.htm Check out Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020): https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #presidents #ushistory #uspolitics Correction: 23:21 It has been brought to my attention that, despite him indeed loving JFK, Bill Clinton's favorite two presidents are actually FDR and Lincoln.

In episode 80 of Supreme Court Briefs, two dudes start a conspiracy to make real estate money by tricking the Supreme Court and end up changing federalism and contract law in the United States forever. Did you know that I wrote a book about the Supreme Court? Well, I did: https://amzn.to/4eex2Xt Here is the audiobook version: https://amzn.to/3tr6dgl My entire Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN&si=FTRis9dXIyCIBi-C Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Otis McDonald. Creative commons credits: Bubba73 Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H5insz6-Krmik-98m66lBcmBnFP8PPZcoBspHFzVCi0/edit?usp=sharing Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1789-1850/10us87 Sources/further reading: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/10/87/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher_v._Peck https://civics.supremecourthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Fletcher-v.-Peck.pdf https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/yazoo-land-fraud/ https://supremecourthistory.org/supreme-court-civics-resources/fletcher-v-peck-1810/ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #ushistory #supremecourt #apgovt Fletcher v. Peck was the first case in which the Supreme Court ruled a state law was unconstitutional. The decision also established a strong precedent for the importance of contracts. More specifically, the decision further cemented the protection of property rights. Over the next several decades, it established a big obstacle for the state regulation of private companies. Unfortunately, the decision also introduced another precedent- Native Americans did not hold the complete title to their own lands. And so who won the case Fletcher v. Peck? Fletcher AND Peck. Oh snap. I’ll see you for the next Supreme Court case, jury!

Click this link to make some cash for giving your opinion! https://www.inflcr.co/SHKPn Thanks YouGov for sponsoring! Mr. Beat counts down the five closest presidential elections in American history. This is only his opinion, ok? If you disagree with his opinion, well...then you're nuts, man, because he's been, like, obsessed with this stuff since third grade. Just kidding, your opinion is probably more correct than his. Check out Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020): https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Thanks for reading the description you lovable dork. This was produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Thanks as well to Ian Weaver for helping to edit this video. Check out his channel at @GeeksWelcomeYT. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), Bad Snacks, Jeremy Blake, and Slenderbeats. Every presidential election in American history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHbs9k8VDKA&list=PLHtE7NbaKRefBOp4I9e4NLY_1_d4Csf_w Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puP4HPMTH8M&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY-tGy5Nkds&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOBexY0RpaM&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odv3oqWIx8g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg6rygk9VDc&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Z3sbU43y4&t Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lq_6iPnVMBZd6LIqe8beZQLgszOPaLbjWnP4_yBEg5Q/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://www.britannica.com/list/5-remarkably-close-us-presidential-elections https://www.newsweek.com/closest-presidential-elections-us-history-1544481 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_by_popular_vote_margin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_by_Electoral_College_margin 1960 election: https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-drama-behind-president-kennedys-1960-election-win https://emergingcivilwar.com/2020/11/05/hancocks-response-to-the-1880-election-results/ https://www.americanheritage.com/dirtiest-election https://geekgr.com/2016/10/23/near-deadlock-the-6-us-presidential-elections-with-narrow-margins-of-victory-with-electoral-maps-and-how-it-happened/ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #presidentialelection2024 #election #politicalhistory 0:00 Introduction 0:50 Sponsor (YouGov) 1:38 Introduction again 2:48 The election of 1960 4:55 The election of 1884 5:53 The election of 1880 7:15 The election of 2000 9:01 The election of 1876 12:29 Recap and honorable mentions

If you’re struggling, consider therapy with our sponsor BetterHelp. Click https://betterhelp.com/mrbeat for a 10% discount on your first month of therapy with a licensed professional specific to your needs. Mr. Beat gives a (somewhat) brief history of immigration to the United States of America. Have you heard of that country? Boy, he sure has. Anyway... Another law I left out was the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act. You can learn about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKHl__BEsD0 Thanks for reading the description you lovable dork. This was produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Creative commons credits: Kenneth C. Zirkel, Grand Canyon National Park, Amyyfory. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band) and CreatorMix.com. Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZEomO2OsAc&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwQRfckSANI&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKKJ-GUG7m0&t Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iLmQTfHQ1wALyZVQEyLKfZuR-P09sBFftReXa5YtCEY/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://publications.iom.int/books/world-migration-report-2024 https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/12/16/key-facts-about-recent-trends-in-global-migration/ https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/frequently-requested-statistics-immigrants-and-immigration-united-states-2024 White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall by Reece Jones Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4bh5Aq8 Not “A Nation of Immigrants”: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Purchase here: https://amzn.to/44H87HL https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/total-immigrant-and-emigrant-populations-country https://sojo.net/articles/how-united-arab-emirates-country-90-percent-immigrants-handles-immigration https://cers.leeds.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/97/2016/10/United-Arab-Emirates-and-racismY-Moradeyo_Mapaderun.pdf Line in the Sand: A History of the Western U.S.-Mexico Border by Rachel St. John Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3V6OANW https://www.jstor.org/stable/40170391 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #ushistory #immigration #immigrationtotheusa 0:00 Introduction 3:56 Sponsor (Betterhelp) 5:09 The First Immigrants 10:04 Protestant and English 12:42 The Rise of Nativism 15:26 Wait a second, should we limit immigration? 18:10 The biggest backlash against immigration yet 22:25 The backlash ends

🔒Remove your personal information from the web at http://JoinDeleteMe.com/mrbeat and use code MRBEAT for 20% off US consumer plans 🙌 DeleteMe International Plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com Mr. Beat compares himself to @MrBeast. He really does. Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom (Mr. Beat's band) and Otis McDonald. Subscribe to Mr. Beat's other channels? @mattbeatgoeson @zanytime @ElectricNeedleRoom Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UxsklwXOEL2mUxN4JzSesUzmCicQlb28sPtLjf9NIPs/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13548565231161810 https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3132914/mrbeast-worlds-most-controversial-youtuber-meet-22-year https://www.businessinsider.com/mrbeast-youtube-jimmy-donaldson-net-worth-life-career-challenges-teamtrees-2019-11#mrbeast-was-born-as-jimmy-donaldson-on-may-7-1998-1 https://mrbeast.fandom.com/wiki/Jimmy_Donaldson https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/mrbeast-youtube-cover-story-interview-1334604/ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 People confuse Mr. Beat and Mr. Beast all the freaking time. But they're very different YouTubers. One makes quickly-paced videos with highly professionalized production. The other makes much slower-paced videos with much less flashy production. I mean, look at that. That’s pathetic. Mr. Beast makes entertainment videos that sometimes accidentally educate his audience. Mr. Beat makes educational videos that sometimes accidentally entertain his audience. Most of Mr. Beast’s videos are basically game shows for an audience with a much shorter attention span. Baby boomers and Generation X had the Price is Right and Wheel of Fortune. Gen Z and Generation Alpha have Mr. Beast. That said, Mr. Beast also has had success with videos in which, ya just get to see things you would NEVER get to see otherwise. There’s a lot of stunts, like “last person to leave” stuff. Mr. Beat, on the other hand, mostly makes American political history videos. He’s mostly known for his videos about American presidents, but he also has more general history stuff, as well as geography and economics stuff. But Mr. Beast and Mr. Beat have more in common than you might think.

Try out Henson and get 100 free blades with purchase of a razor. Use code "mrbeat." Go here: http://hensonshaving.com/mrbeat For real Mr. Beat tells the story of the Vietnam War, the most controversial war in American history. Here is a less censored version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLB6qbJ4jb0 (viewer discretion is advised) Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Creative commons credit: Muhammad Mahdi Karim. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), Southern Belle (download their stuff for free here: https://seasonalmenswear.bandcamp.com/), Otis McDonald, Bad Snacks, TrackTribe, Dan Henig, Zoom Karaoke Official, NoMBE, Slenderbeats, and Ammo Domini Beats. Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7mlAAkEHRI&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39rkPxUHNUw&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SyKAOkXbQ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYGaHCOllIg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwCljvqNOgc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzgpE_6UhJg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-YkK95DgIg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf5veehateo&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwO3c7Du9oQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4laVGl80p7Y&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA2AAqJlHQE&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2ZqAPCNan8&t Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Esm48PFgKc3-1yeEzkQ1YGhd1ULHYhWj4pQdGUBlOfY/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://www.archives.gov/research/military/vietnam-war/casualty-statistics A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sheehan Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3wfUCC1 Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam by H.R. McMaster Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3UAnQVw The Vietnam War: An Intimate History by Geoffrey Ward and Kenneth Burns Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3Wh0MfJ America’s Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4aTE81n Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam by Nick Turse Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3UDN0CN The American Pageant. (16th edition). Cengage Learning. The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People (9th edition) America Through the Lens (National Geographic) https://paw.princeton.edu/article/wars-legacy The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara https://archive.org/details/the-fog-of-war https://michiganintheworld.history.lsa.umich.edu/antivietnamwar/exhibits/show/exhibit/draft_protests/the-military-draft-during-the- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_of_the_Vietnam_War A nice, “bite-sized” guide as to why the United States failed in the Vietnam War: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zv7bkqt/ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #ushistory #vietnamwar #vietnam 0:00 Introduction 3:00 War in Vietnam (1945-1946) 4:27 First Indochina War (1946-1954) 10:27 Increasing American Involvement 15:26 The War Expands 35:29 Legacy of the Vietnam War The Vietnam War was the longest war in American history up to that point, only surpassed by the War in Afghanistan in 2021 lasting six months longer. The war dramatically hurt the reputation of the United States. It hurt…uh…the UNITED STATES quite a bit, too. Today, the Vietnam War is seen as pointless. A big freaking mistake, based on lies, that led to millions of innocent people dying. It was a civil war that many say the United States had no business being a part of. Unlike the Korean War, the United Nations wanted nothing to do with it.

Go to https://ground.news/mrbeat to become a smarter news consumer. Subscribe through my link for 40% off unlimited access this month. Mr. Beat tells the story of the most "average" dude to ever become president. As it turns out, he probably wasn't so average after all. Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, Dean Davison, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom, (Mr. Beat's band), Otis McDonald, Bad Snacks, Dan Henig, and Ofshane. Creative commons credits: Kbh3rd and Karen Montgomery. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GFTEvc23y-sWU931V4DNNj78HF0hBryxg4Ufa1ItWx0/edit?usp=sharing Here is a song I made about Harry Truman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SyKAOkXbQ4 Sources/further reading: Truman by David McCullough Purchase here: https://amzn.to/49o4gQR The Presidency of Harry S. Truman by Donald R. McCoy Purchase here: https://amzn.to/49qEj3b Truman’s Triumphs- The 1948 Election and the Making of Postwar America by Andrew E. Busch Purchase here: https://amzn.to/42rLshD Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman by Alonzo L. Hamby Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3UmG90w Harry S Truman: The American Presidents Series: The 33rd President, 1945-1953 Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4d1iBpa https://pendergastkc.org/article/harry-truman-and-pendergast-political-machine https://millercenter.org/president/truman/life-in-brief https://web.archive.org/web/20190503151956/https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_Harry_Truman.htm https://www.trumanlibraryinstitute.org/truman/truman-speaks/ https://www.knoxfocus.com/archives/harry-truman-goes-senate/ https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/people/president/harry-s-truman https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/trivia/biographical-sketch-harry-truman https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/truman-papers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Harry_S._Truman Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1Cn7jdhHI4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtdIhRjs2Is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RsEB_Vgm8k&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubOqu1QJRU4&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MidPEf30AE&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF6g23ydyuU Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #ushistory #truman #presidents “Three things ruin a man…Power, money, and women. I never wanted power, I never had any money, and the only woman in my life is up at the house right now.” That was a quote not from me, Mr. Beat, but from a dude who was never supposed to be president. But he was! A dude who never even sought to be a LEADER, but who history FORCED to be one of the greatest leaders in American history. A dude who failed at multiple business ventures and even went bankrupt. A dude who, after he was president, moved back into the same house he lived in back when he went bankrupt, and then went into debt again because his only income was an Army pension of $112.56 a month. That’s less than $1300 a month in today’s money. A dude who never wanted the job, and a dude who no one had heard of before he was 50 years old. Here is the story of Harry Truman, the most average person to ever become president. 0:00 Introduction 1:16 Growing up in Missouri 6:25 Ground News sponsorship 8:16 Farm Life 11:03 War Hero 14:34 Getting Political 17:12 Mr. Truman Goes to Washington 21:56 In Through the Back Door 37:23 Retirement 41:30 Exceeding Expectations Corrections: 41:11. He was admitted to the hospital on December 5th. He died on December 26th. I'm sorry about that.

If you’re struggling, consider therapy with our sponsor BetterHelp. Click https://betterhelp.com/mrbeat for a 10% discount on your first month of therapy with a licensed professional specific to your needs. Mr. Beat tells the story of the first dude in history to give all his money away- Andrew Carnegie. Also a shout out to Chuck Feeney! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IALt5Jil9JM Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom (Mr. Beat's band) and Otis McDonald. Creative commons credits: Niagara, David Brossard, AgnosticPreachersKid, Popscreenshot, Mcwesty, and Ajay Suresh Sources/further reading: The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and His Essay The Gospel of Wealth Edited by Gordon Hutner Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4bF0V1S Or get it for free: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17976 Andrew Carnegie by David Nasaw Purchase here: https://amzn.to/48eDCsZ Andrew Carnegie: Captain of Industry https://books.google.com/books?id=CyvHd3LxnIkC&pg=PA72#v https://www.carnegie.org/interactives/foundersstory/#!/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2014/07/08/whats-become-of-them-the-carnegie-family/?sh=58f0f5d17b55 https://www.carnegie.org/interactives/foundersstory/#!/ https://www.npr.org/2013/08/01/207272849/how-andrew-carnegie-turned-his-fortune-into-a-library-legacy https://library.columbia.edu/libraries/rbml/units/carnegie/andrew.html https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/02/22/andrew-carnegie-the-railroad-and-steel-magnate-who-played-his-more-imperative-role-as-a-philanthropist/ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-gilded-age-and-progressive-era/article/abs/our-gilded-age/0C83245A08689F30C7B908E3D0CACDBB https://www.geni.com/people/Andrew-Carnegie/6000000013077352959 https://www.entrepreneur.com/money-finance/how-andrew-carnegie-went-from-120-a-week-to-309-billion/317827 https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/social-sciences-and-law/business-leaders/andrew-carnegie https://web.archive.org/web/20161222204834/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/filmmore/description.html https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/hall-of-fame/andrew-carnegie/ https://archive.org/details/giantsofenterpr00tedl Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jBzgB7hK1pQQimtAmV_X6whYfyUF8z2ncqWbICFgBuo/edit?usp=sharing Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb7Bmew6Nlg&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbH8D381J-I&t Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #ushistory #apush #history Carnegie proved that not just people born into privilege could become extremely wealthy. Sure, he was ruthless at times. Many argue that he exploited and dehumanized his workers. Throughout his working career, he seemingly prioritized the bottom line over all else. It was all about making as much money as possible. He believed individualism ultimately improved society more than collectivism. But Andrew Carnegie would argue that the ends justifies the means. He argued that the rich were obligated to use their wealth to give back to society. Heck, he even argued that if the rich weren’t going to give back willingly to society, then governments should tax them so that they are forced to give back. Carnegie firmly believed that the future leaders of society would and SHOULD come from the working class. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 2:19 Betterhelp sponsorship 3:35 Heading to Pittsburgh 4:03 Humble Beginnings 10:00 As much wealth as possible 18:22 Now it's time to give all that wealth away 26:16 Carnegie's Legacy

Mr. Beat tells the story of the Mason–Dixon line. Don't forget to check out @NameExplain's video about why we call the American South "Dixie:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG1WEtCVRIg Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by NoMBe, Bad Snacks, Corbyn Kites, and E's Jammy Jams. Creative commons credits: Joe Mabel and Jonathunder. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kAEzCRVmvawcMuAKI-xuskrm9thT2i5by0-3xCaA1vQ/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: Drawing the Line: How Mason and Dixon Surveyed the Most Famous Border in America by Edwin Danson Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3H2RfAp Mason-Dixon: Crucible of the Nation by Edward Gray Purchase here: https://amzn.to/42QNEzi How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3SP8V7Y https://web.archive.org/web/20171230025832/http://www.mdlpp.org/pdf/library/JournalofMasonandDixon.pdf https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/mason-dixon-line.htm https://www.monongaliacounty.gov/departments/parks_and_recreation/mason_dixon_historical_park/ https://www.alltrailsMason Dixon Historical Park.com/trail/us/west-virginia/m-d-marker-trail https://visitgreene.org/explore/1262/mason-dixon-historical-park/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a45836176/mason-dixon-line-volunteers/ https://historycooperative.org/mason-dixon-line/ https://www.hup.harvard.edu/features/the-mason-dixon-line https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040147/https://www.mdlpp.org/pdf/library/JeremiahDixonaBiographicalNote.pdf https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/mason-dixon-line/ https://southwarkhistory.org/why-the-mason-dixon-survey-started-on-phillys-south-street-4f548be4836a https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/feature-articles/our-most-famous-border-mason-dixon-line https://www.gpsworld.com/mapping-the-original-stones-along-the-mason-dixon-line/ Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F4edxloXCc&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUETWFRhowE&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npmoZQxvH2c&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcKjfOhCLMQ&t Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #ushistory #apush #history The Mason-Dixon line was originally just the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania. Now, a DISPUTED border between the two now states but former colonies, but more on that in a bit. This border was so important that it later became known as the boundary between Southern slave states and Northern free states in the decades before the American Civil War. Heck, even AFTER the American Civil War it was a big deal, and even today this border marks a significant cultural divide in the United States. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:28 The Pennsylvania-Maryland border dispute 2:33 Mason and Dixon to the rescue 8:16 How the Mason-Dixon line became a thing 13:00 The Mason-Dixon line today

Mr. Beat tells the story of arguably the most controversial war in American history- the Iraq War. This video has been heavily censored. For a less censored version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVhY1lnbGqc Produced by Matt Beat. and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), Bad Snacks, Kwon, Gunnar Olsen, and CreatorMix.com Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SoGyb9gQ0YHAotREmz6QqYc3ndr2QsIvyVA-9lVGldk/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: To Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took America Into Iraq by Robert Draper Purchase here: https://amzn.to/43g2BLu Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas E. Ricks Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3TfXF4P Disarming Iraq by Hans Blix Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4caprbn The American Pageant. (16th edition). Cengage Learning. The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People (9th edition) America Through the Lens (National Geographic) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09636412.2019.1551567 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/truth/why/said.html https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2024%2F03%2F08%2Fmovies%2Foscars-iraq-2003.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRCREVuE9_c https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War https://www.britannica.com/event/Iraq-War https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/perspectives-on-the-iraq-war https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMSNUX3n6yA https://www.npr.org/2023/02/03/1151160567/colin-powell-iraq-un-weapons-mass-destruction https://www.bbc.com/news/world-64914542 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/dec/20/iraq.foreignpolicy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/why-u-s-forces-remain-in-iraq-20-years-after-shock-and-awe https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/14/world/middleeast/us-casualties-of-iraq-chemical-weapons.html Creative commons credits: Aaron Keene, Ragesoss, Mstyslav Chernov, Fibonacci Blue Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjwMvJ2Zrdo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI0XaUDeLaA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKDkSuLZrXE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnNQ6qnjRmE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT2-S9z9140&t Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #ushistory #iraqwar #iraq Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 2:10 Causes of The Iraq War 12:22 What Went Down in The Iraq War 26:28 The Legacy of The Iraq War

In episode 79 of Supreme Court Briefs, a housekeeper sues the hotel she works at after it doesn't pay her a minimum wage. There's now an audiobook version of my Supreme Court book! https://amzn.to/3tr6dgl Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom (Mr. Beat's band). Download the song for free here: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/millennial-drag Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ASa0ViqYcwiXCjDTLx0u5ALG1O9eie-P-yKv1yaiVQA/edit?usp=sharing Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/300us379 Other sources used/referenced: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/300/379/ https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/supreme-court-case-library/west-coast-hotel-co-v-parrish https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/supremecourt/capitalism/landmark_westcoast.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_switch_in_time_that_saved_nine https://www2.sos.wa.gov/_assets/legacy/aotc/elsie-parrish.pdf Mr. Beat's Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIBOO4vWKYw&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOUVifyyS1A #ushistory #supremecourt #apgovt Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish was a big freaking deal because it effectively ended the Lochner Era, a period in which the Court, more often than not, struck down economic regulations and restrictions on businesses in the name of protecting contracts. President Roosevelt was certainly happy about the decision. In fact, 15 months later he’d sign the Fair Labor Standards Act. It was, you could say, The Switch in Time That Saved Nine

🔒Remove your personal information from the web at http://JoinDeleteMe.com/mrbeat and use code MRBEAT for 20% off US consumer plans 🙌 DeleteMe international plans: https://international.joindeleteme.com/ Mr. Beat looks at three times in recent history in which the world almost ended. Holy freaking crap. Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), TrackTribe, and CreatorMix.com Download Mr. Beat's song for free: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/thats-not-healthy-2 Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cfyIVUiOZwy4yaSV44FhjB0VoNbcpWRsqttJSnyeSMw/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: One Minute to Midnight by Michael Dobbs Purchase here: https://amzn.to/49IxDO8 The Man Who Saved the World Watch here on Prime: https://amzn.to/3wCXYPa Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric Scholosser Purchase here: https://amzn.to/48B4eob https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_close_calls Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3gddxB2Mi0&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii3EBpd5jjQ&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-ktCMlSScc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8dR8veS2sg&t https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fD-7Y9C4Lk0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MidPEf30AE #coldwar #nuclearwar #apocalypse Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic metaphor that represents how likely it is that a human-made, worldwide disaster will kill us all. The closer it is to midnight, the closer we are to that actually happening. Members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists have been revealing how close we are to global destruction going back all the way to 1947. Today there are an estimated 12,500 nuclear warheads still in existence. Now, the fear is that if one government were to ever use a nuclear weapon, the government of the country hit by one would retaliate. The next thing you know, it could spiral out of control. Nukes dropped everywhere and we’re all dead. This fear was THE FEAR that was everywhere during the Cold War. The end of the Cold War in 1991 got rid of much of those fears of nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, though, the Doomsday Clock has been headed straight for midnight ever since. In recent years, the threat of nuclear war has returned, and it hasn’t been the ONLY thing the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists have been worried about. They’ve also said the lack of support for taking action in response to climate change has led to the Doomsday Clock being closer to midnight. But the thing is, there were times in recent history in which the Doomsday Clock actually would have arguably been…like…at ONE SECOND to midnight. We just didn’t realize it until later on. And that’s what this video’s about. Here are three times the world almost ended. One crazy thing to think about is that you may be watching this video right now or listening…I do realize many of you don’t like to look at my face…whatever. But yeah, you may be consuming this video right now and there might be a nuke about to be launched. Did you hear that? A nuke possibly just almost got launched! And we won’t find out about this for a long time. Chapters: 0:00 The Doomsday Clock 2:05 Nuclear weapons 7:25 90 Seconds to Midnight 8:38 Sponsor 9:46 3 times the world almost ended 9:59 October 27, 1962 12:28 September 26, 1983 14:38 November 7, 1983 16:54 Final thoughts

If you’re struggling, consider therapy with our sponsor BetterHelp. Click https://betterhelp.com/mrbeat for a 10% discount on your first month of therapy with a licensed professional specific to your needs. Mr. Beat goes through the favorite book, movie, and show of every president in American history. He doesn't go through their favorite podcasts. Yes, Millard Fillmore actually loved the Dictionary like Mr. Beat does. Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom (Mr. Beat's band), @nombe, Corbyn Kites, and Cheel. Download Mr. Beat's song for free: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/millennial-drag Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EyOnUwb-ASqBHkHPRL0XAUFnrjp2x4lAD6Ds3XynyFg/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted by Tevi Troy Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3OBquXL https://www.metv.com/lists/the-favorite-television-shows-of-american-presidents https://www.jstor.org/stable/24465010 https://www.buzzfeed.com/daveodegard/the-favorite-books-of-all-44-presidents-of-the-united-states https://ew.com/article/1993/10/29/all-presidents-favorite-movies/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2014/06/27/presidents-have-favorite-television-shows-too-heres-a-list/ https://theweek.com/articles/467478/favorite-films-every-modern-president https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/what-us-presidents-favourite-movies-say-about-them/#:~:text=Woodrow%20Wilson&text=Yet%20it%20was%20also%20his,by%20two%20projectionists%20wearing%20tuxedos https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/clinton-obamas-favorite-movies-10-915044/ https://airmail.news/issues/2023-12-16/popcorn-presidents https://medium.com/@WestWingReport/you-learn-a-lot-about-presidents-from-the-movies-they-watch-e6fd83819ec1 Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpLlZJCo4bs&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5aZobr3CAc&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKQPfzoNjWw&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1HiB84S4UI&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFBPt7MdWEs&t #president #uspresident #apgovt Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 So which book, movie, or TV show surprised you the most? What type of president's video should I make next? Chapters 00:00 Intro 3:43 George Washington 4:15 John Adams 4:43 Thomas Jefferson 5:08 James Madison 5:41 James Monroe 5:53 John Quincy Adams 6:18 Andrew Jackson 6:34 Martin Van Buren 6:57 William Henry Harrison 7:07 John Tyler 7:36 James Polk 7:50 Zachary Taylor 8:03 Millard Fillmore 8:23 Franklin Pierce 8:53 James Buchanan 9:05 Abraham Lincoln 9:57 Andrew Johnson 10:21 Ulysses Grant 10:39 Rutherford Hayes 10:58 James Garfield 11:40 Chester Arthur 11:59 Grover Cleveland 12:19 Benjamin Harrison 12:31 William McKinley 12:50 Theodore Roosevelt 13:09 William Howard Taft 13:30 Woodrow Wilson 14:22 Warren Harding 14:49 Calvin Coolidge 15:15 Herbert Hoover 15:39 Franklin Roosevelt 16:26 Harry Truman 17:25 Dwight Eisenhower 18:11 John Kennedy 19:03 Lyndon Johnson 19:30 Richard Nixon 20:21 Gerald Ford 20:49 Jimmy Carter 21;27 Ronald Reagan 22:05 George H. W. Bush 22:50 Bill Clinton 24:06 George W. Bush 24:36 Barack Obama 25:42 Donald Trump 26:25 Joe Biden 27:02 Outro

Stop data brokers from exposing your information. Go to my sponsor https://aura.com/mrbeat to get a 14-day free trial and see if your personal information has been compromised. Mr. Beat explains what the President of the United States of America actually DOES. Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom (Mr. Beat's band), Joe Bagale, and Slenderbeats. Sources/further reading: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/teacher-resources/roles-of-the-president American Government (National Geographic) 2022 edition https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/three-branches/what-president-can-do-cannot-do Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Iwu_mPWJwu02e0tkPXZmQ0KFnxl0_IqwoCu4naCSECE/edit?usp=sharing Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 3:27 Sponsor (Aura) 5:24 There are 5 main jobs 5:54 Chief Executive 7:38 Chief Legislator 8:43 Chief Diplomat 9:59 Commander in Chief 11:28 Chief of State 12:24 Other duties #president #uspresident #apgovt Correction: 7:42 I accidentally said "legislature" instead of "legislator" here Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 The five roles of the American President: Chief Executive Chief Legislator Chief Diplomat Commander in Chief Chief of State Keep in mind that the power of the presidency has significantly grown since George Washington was the country’s first president. Not because the Constitution has changed, but because presidents themselves have expanded their inherent powers. In particular, I’m looking at you, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, and George W. Bush. That all said, the president doesn’t control everything, man. So maybe, I don’t know, pay attention to OTHER PEOPLE running for public office this year? So what did I leave out regarding presidential responsibilities? Also, I am planning on a follow-up to this video about what makes a GOOD president, according to the experts, and I’d like to hear your opinions about that. Ya know, because y’all are experts, too. Let me know down below. Thanks for watching!

Click this link to make some cash for giving your opinion! https://www.inflcr.co/SHK65 Thanks YouGov for sponsoring! In episode 78 of Supreme Court Briefs, an old dude wants to buy a handgun to defend his home after it is robbed, but Chicago won't let him. So he sues their butts. There's now an audiobook version of my Supreme Court book! https://amzn.to/3tr6dgl Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Gunnar Olsen, not Otis McDonald. You thought I was going to use music by Otis McDonald, didn't you? Mr. Beat's Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-LBaaOS5Lg&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZsU6qUXY2Y&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1RjyZ_iZ68 Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vtbq-O2b-sSceaKoS-qJSPtfa1oXi2CS3dYdQ6-UqAc/edit?usp=sharing Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2009/08-1521 Other sources used/referenced: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/561/742/ https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/cert/08-1521 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/documents/supreme-court-decision-mcdonald-vs-chicago Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #ushistory #supremecourt #apgovt McDonald v. Chicago opened up a flood of lawsuits, many by the National Rifle Association, against local and state governments across the country. That said, it has not won ALL those lawsuits, and since the decision lower courts have upheld that bans on certain guns is still constitutional, as well as additional restrictions on how people can both get and carry guns. Today, around 45% of American households own at least one gun, and the United States, by far, has the highest gun ownership rate in the world.

For a limited time only, get your first 6-bottle box, a $150+ value, for just $55. Follow my link at https://brightcellars.com/beat to take the quiz and see your personalized wine matches. Mr. Beat counts down his ten least favorite Supreme Court justices in American history. Who do YOU think is the worst Supreme Court justice ever? His favorite justices: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yo_nVw_8OA Dishonorable mentions: Melville Fuller Rufus Peckham Sherman Minton Owen Roberts Samuel Chase Henry Baldwin His Supreme Court Justice Scorecard: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HwyLt1jWkurnzXNmQaFJAhRjAlb40MI5lzSSIGU1Rqc/edit?usp=sharing Here is where you can get his Supreme Court book: Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Jj3ZnS From my website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Bookshop (a collection of indie publishers): https://bookshop.org/books/the-power-of-and-frustration-with-our-supreme-court-100-supreme-court-cases-you-should-know-about-with-mr-beat/9781684810680 Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-power-of-our-supreme-court-matt-beat/1142323504?ean=9781684810680 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=the+power+of+our+supreme+court&crid=3R59T7TQ6WKI3&sprefix=the+power+of+our+supreme+courth%2Caps%2C381&ref=nb_sb_noss Mango: https://mango.bz/books/the-power-of-our-supreme-court-by-matt-beat-2523-b Target: https://www.target.com/p/the-power-of-our-supreme-court-by-matt-beat-paperback/-/A-86273023 Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Power-of-Our-Supreme-Court-How-the-Supreme-Court-Cases-Shape-Democracy-Paperback-9781684810680/688487495 Chapters Indigo: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-power-of-our-supreme/9781684810680-item.html?ikwid=The+Power+of+Our+Supreme+Court&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=0#algoliaQueryId=eab3e89ad34051a62471614d72966b7e Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom (Mr. Beat's band), @badsnacks, Yung Logos, and Otis McDonald. Mr. Beat's Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M6gmwVpS3C-BjhknM3-8IffNLlNPUmUlnm2blQ3SGOM/edit?usp=sharing Additional sources/further reading: https://www.lawcha.org/2023/04/25/supreme-court-justices-who-were-enslavers/ https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/supreme-court/who-are-the-worst-supreme-court-justices-of-all-time/ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #supremecourt #scotus #usgovernment Since 1790, there have been 116 justices in the Supreme Court, but these ten, more than all others, have tarnished its legacy. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:53 Sponsor (Bright Cellars) 3:18 Second introduction 3:35 Henry Billings Brown 4:35 Lewis Powell 5:47 Stephen Johnson Field 7:19 Clarence Thomas 8:52 John Archibald Campbell 10:39 John Catron 11:42 James Wayne 12:34 Peter Vivan Daniel 13:33 James McReynolds 16:15 Roger Taney 17:42 Conclusion

Mr. Beat explica el escándalo de Watergate. Producida por Matt Beat. Todas las imágenes y videos de Matt Beat son utilizados bajo las pautas de uso justo, o son de dominio público. Música de @Electric Needle Room (la banda de Mr. Beat) y Underbelly & Ty Mayer. ¡Gracias a Steven Beat por ayudarme con este video! ¿Quieres un tutor gratuito o un tutor de estudiantes del nivel básico gratis? Echa un vistazo a Conéctame: https://connectmego.org/ Fuentes/lecturas adicionales: Todos los hombres del presidente por Bob Woodward y Carl Bernstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_%22-gate%22_scandals_and_controversies https://www.britannica.com/event/Watergate-Scandal El Watergate: dentro del discurso más infame de Estados Unidos por Joseph Rodota https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/secret-white-house-tapes/cancer-on-the-presidency https://www.history.com/news/watergate-nixon-john-dean-tapes https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/educational-resources/you-could-get-a-million-dollars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/09/25/how-the-watergate-crisis-eroded-public-support-for-richard-nixon/ English This video has been dubbed into Spanish (United States) using an artificial voice via https://aloud.area120.google.com to increase accessibility. Spanish Este video ha sido doblado al español con voz artificial con https://aloud.area120.google.com para aumentar la accesibilidad. For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) by Matt Beat https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links.

En el episodio 65 de los escritos de la Corte Suprema, el presidente de los Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, intenta prohibir la entrada de inmigrantes de ciertos países y no le sale tan bien. Producida por Matt Beat. Todas las imágenes/videos de Matt Beat, que se encuentran en el dominio público o se usan según las pautas de uso justo. Lista de reproducción de los escritos de la Corte Suprema de Mr. Beat: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN Echa un vistazo a fuentes primarias geniales aquí: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2017/17-965 Fuentes adicionales/lectura adicional/ver: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/17-965 https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/trump-v-hawaii-3/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13769 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13780 https://www.c-span.org/video/?441663-1/supreme-court-upholds-trump-administration-travel-ban-5-4 https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/17-965_h315.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJYTj-VI_L8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_v._Hawaii https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/proclamation-ending-discriminatory-bans-on-entry-to-the-united-states/ https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/hawaii-v-trump/ https://i.insider.com/5c1bc7bc0df1762b4701acd4?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp https://ballotpedia.org/Trump_v._Hawaii For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) by Matt Beat https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links.

Mr. Beat analiza cómo murieron todos los presidentes de la historia estadounidense, así como sus supuestas últimas palabras. Producido por Matt Beat. Editado por Matt Beat. Todas las imágenes y videos de Matt Beat, que se encuentran en el dominio público o creative commons (créditos enumerados en el video), o se usan según las pautas de uso justo. Música de @ElectricNeedleRoom (banda de Mr. Beat). https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Fuentes/lecturas adicionales: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/he... https://www.newstatesman.com/world/20... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/t... https://www.politico.com/story/2016/0... https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/01/sc... https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lin... https://timpanogos.blog/2013/03/08/mi... https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/5... https://www.macleans.ca/culture/books... https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/t... https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/05/po... Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Correo postal Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Done a Mr. Beat para obtener grandes beneficios en Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Compre el libro de Mr. Beat, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Done a Mr. Beat en Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Compre camisetas, tazas de café, etc. de Mr. Beat: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Más mercancía: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Banda de Mr. Beat: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Sr. Beat en Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Sr. Beat en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Sr. Beat en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Servidor Discord de Mr. Beat: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Tiktok de Mr Beat: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Favoritos de Mr. Beat: ¡ESTALLIDO! Iconos: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Gráficos útiles: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Champú: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Luchador contra el acné: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Libros recomendados: República, Lost de Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman por David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Equipo de estudio: Cámara Canon EOS M50 Lente EF-M 15-45 mm https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Kit de luz de video LED Samtian https://amzn.to/3llDwHO Panel acústico TroyStudio https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Micrófono USB Blue Snowball iCE https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Uso MagicLinks para todos mis enlaces de productos listos para comprar. Compruébalo aquí: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... Divulgación de la FTC: esta publicación o video contiene enlaces de afiliados, lo que significa que puedo recibir una comisión por las compras realizadas a través de mis enlaces. #presidentes #ushistory #mrbeat Ahora soy el chico de los presidentes estadounidenses de YouTube, aparentemente, y las noticias de última hora han muerto 39 presidentes estadounidenses. Ahora, algunos de ellos han estado muertos por un tiempo. En este video, veremos cómo murieron todos los presidentes en la historia de Estados Unidos. Yo diría que ser presidente es el trabajo más peligroso del mundo. El 18% de ellos han muerto en el trabajo. El 9% de ellos fueron asesinados. De hecho, hubo un período de unos 122 años en los que OCHO Presidentes fallecieron MIENTRAS ESTÁN EN EL CARGO. Ahora, se podría decir que los presidentes tienden a ser mayores cuando asumen el cargo, y eso es justo. Aún así, no es de extrañar que el presidente ahora tenga un equipo completo del Servicio Secreto de miles de personas para protegerlos. Ah, y toda una Unidad Médica de la Casa Blanca para atender todas sus necesidades médicas. Es un trabajo peligroso y ESTRESANTE. Quiero decir, solo mira estas fotos de antes y después. Mientras que la mayoría de nosotros esperamos una muerte sin dolor... ya sabes... como morir mientras dormimos... trágicamente, muchos presidentes estadounidenses tuvieron muertes horribles y extremadamente dolorosas. Ah, y mientras estamos en eso, también podríamos mirar las supuestas últimas palabras de cada presidente, incluso si a veces esas últimas palabras no son para nada profundas. Y vayamos en orden cronológico en el momento de la muerte en lugar de cuando ocuparon el cargo para mezclarlo un poco. Aunque supuestamente es el trabajo más peligroso de los Estados Unidos, históricamente los presidentes han vivido más que el estadounidense promedio. Este video ha sido doblado al español con voz artificial con https://aloud.area120.google.com para aumentar la accesibilidad. Puede cambiar el idioma de la pista de audio en el menú Configuración. #DubbedWithAloud

El Sr. Beat intenta definir "Valores occidentales", pero al hacerlo, se da cuenta de que es una frase problemática. Producida por Matt Beat. Todas las imágenes y los videos son propiedad de Matt Beat, utilizados bajo las pautas de uso justo, o fueron encontrados en el dominio público. Animaciones adicionales de Rob Bellon. Para ver más de su trabajo, visita: https://www.robbellon.com Música de Bad Snacks y Trash Planet. Un agradecimiento especial a Define American y Gutsy Media por su apoyo en la creación de este video. Fuentes/lecturas adicionales: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/i... Civilización: Occidente y el resto de Neil Ferguson Por qué ganó Occidente: La historia olvidada del triunfo de la modernidad de Rodney Stark https://www.colorado.edu/center/benso... https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/we... https://www.jstor.org/stable/1154499 Te sugiero que mires: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he-6G0S1NQY (el video de Cogito) For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Wallet: https://shop.ekster.com/mr-beat2 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #dubbedwithaloud #mrbeatenespanol #mrbeastenespañol

Mr. Beat realiza un viaje familiar por carretera a Oregón a través de la antigua Senda de Oregón y hace todo lo posible para no quedarse varado, ya que lo conduce en un Tesla Model Y. Es prácticamente el mejor video de la Senda de Oregón. Asegúrese de comprar el libro de Katrina si desea hacer su propio viaje por carretera a la Senda de Oregón: https://amzn.to/3q3OXIs Dónde conseguir esas camisetas "Has muerto de disentería": https://ampeduplearning.com/youve-died-of-dysenery/ ¡Gracias a todos los expertos que entrevisté para este video! Suscríbete a @World según Briggs. Producida por Matt Beat y Beat Productions. Filmado principalmente por Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, R. Beat y L. Beat. Todas las imágenes y videos de Matt Beat, utilizados bajo las pautas de uso justo, o encontrados en el dominio público. Música de @Electric Needle Room (la banda de Mr. Beat), Twin Musicon, @bad snacks, LuKremBo, Bail Bonds, @The Mini Vandals, Emmit Fenn y CreatorMix.com. -------------------------------------------------------------- ♪ Night (Prod. by Lukrembo) Link : https://youtu.be/5eSSSspxGUo -------------------------------------------------------------- Music from https://freetousemusic.com ‘Night’ by ‘Lukrembo’ https://youtu.be/5eSSSspxGUo Este video ha sido doblado al español con voz artificial con https://aloud.area120.google.com para aumentar la accesibilidad. For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Wallet: https://shop.ekster.com/mr-beat2 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links.

Senor Beat cuenta la historia de la guerra entre Filipinas y Estados Unidos. Aquí hay un guión comentado con notas a pie de página: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N... Producida por Matt Beat. Todas las imágenes y videos de Matt Beat, utilizados según las pautas de uso legítimo o que se encuentran en el dominio público. Música de Cheel y Kwon. Fuentes/lecturas adicionales: Una guerra de fronteras e imperio: la guerra entre Filipinas y Estados Unidos, 1899-1902 por David J. Silbey Compra aquí: https://amzn.to/40K2oOd Estados Unidos y su gente por James Kirby Martin, Randy Roberts y Steven Mintz Compra aquí: https://amzn.to/3JUO2nh La historia de Estados Unidos por James A. Henretta Compra aquí: https://amzn.to/40N3DvR https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Secret... https://history.state.gov/milestones/... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp... Únete a este canal para obtener acceso a ventajas: Este video trata sobre una guerra de la que probablemente no sepas mucho. Si eres estadounidense, probablemente no hayas oído mucho sobre ello en la clase de Historia Estadounidense, y eso probablemente se deba a que es una guerra que el gobierno estadounidense ha preferido que tú... uh... no recuerdes. Verás, esta guerra hace quedar mal a Estados Unidos. Muy mal, de hecho. Es una guerra que, según algunos historiadores, mató hasta un millón de personas. Una guerra en la que los soldados estadounidenses cometieron todo tipo de atrocidades, incluidos saqueos, torturas, violaciones y masacres de civiles. Una guerra del imperialismo, en la que Estados Unidos quería controlar Filipinas para explotar sus recursos y utilizarlos para expandir el comercio por toda Asia. La guerra entre Filipinas y Estados Unidos fue objetivamente un desastre para todos los involucrados. Fue un doloroso recordatorio de que el imperialismo a menudo solo conduce a la horrible subyugación de un pueblo. De hecho, esta guerra por sí sola puso a los estadounidenses en contra del imperialismo, e incluso hizo que el otrora acérrimo imperialista Teddy Roosevelt se cuestionara a sí mismo. La guerra destacó la importancia de respetar la soberanía de otras naciones. También expuso el terrible racismo hacia los filipinos. Los soldados estadounidenses se equivocaron con el trato que les dieron. #apush #ushistory #filipino Spanish Este video ha sido doblado al español con voz artificial con https://aloud.area120.google.com para aumentar la accesibilidad. Puede cambiar el idioma de la pista de audio en el menú Configuración.

Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 30% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/mrbeat. Mr. Beat explains what systemic racism is and why it exists. He also debunks systemic racism deniers like Larry Elder, Dave Rubin, and Ben Shapiro. Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), CreatorMix.com, Doug Maxwell, Carmen Maria and Edu Espinal, Vindu, Corbyn Kites, Density & Time, and Slenderbeats. Creative commons credit: Alisdare Hickson All other images and/or video used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t6BMIaXgv2TuWae5XZVTl_maibqTKn3sehcqLfxZ_Wk/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools by Jonathan Kozol Purchase here: https://amzn.to/48RSHl1 The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3H0aCK6 The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4aypUU7 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson Purchase here: https://amzn.to/48pt6ja One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy Purchase here: https://amzn.to/48tEES8 Dark Alliance by Gary Webb Purchase here: https://amzn.to/47t0cxB https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GLOBAL-RACE/USA/nmopajawjva/ https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN24I29S/ https://www.npr.org/2021/01/25/956177021/fatal-police-shootings-of-unarmed-black-people-reveal-troubling-patterns https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/12/15/u-s-public-school-students-often-go-to-schools-where-at-least-half-of-their-peers-are-the-same-race-or-ethnicity/ https://www.npr.org/2022/07/14/1111060299/school-segregation-report https://www.americanprogress.org/article/african-americans-face-systematic-obstacles-getting-good-jobs/ https://reason.com/volokh/2021/04/24/race-and-violent-crime/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/more-than-100-us-political-leaders-have-ancestors-who-were-slaveholders-2023-06-27/ https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01466 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/annual-report-shows-systemic-racism-continues-to-bring-down-black-peoples-quality-of-life https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/885878564/what-systemic-racism-means-and-the-way-it-harms-communities https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-united-states-history-of-segregated-housing-continues-to-limit-affordable-housing/ https://bgordh.medium.com/more-deadly-than-caste-13db491c6ba7 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/03/black-voting-rights-15th-amendment-still-challenged-after-150-years/4587160002/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/fire-in-the-ashes-twenty-five-years-among-the-poorest-children-in-america/2012/09/28/e3d89f30-018e-11e2-9367-4e1bafb958db_story.html https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3798897-five-challenges-black-voters-want-tackled-in-2023/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/native-americans-property-rights/492941/ https://www.becu.org/blog/barriers-to-indigenous-wealth https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/089533002760278686 https://web.archive.org/web/20130628135832/http://www.ers.usda.gov/media/562463/ra174h_1_.pdf Related videos: by @KnowingBetter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4kI2h3iotA&t by @CynicalHistorian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmdJ_MBR6qQ&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCViZIlTaOg&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmowkJltWkI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4866ZGbk80 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjcWjWRiGcI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAHEpL0-gjw Athttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJyFDdBu6UE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY3hJFasY-c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n9_ph_oQKg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdOpCa_AQ8U Chapters: 0:00 Intro 8:03 Ground News 9:47 How systemic racism is real 11:10 6 examples of systemic racism 16:20 Poverty & the Momentum of History 17:46 What caused systemic racism? 24:50 Why systemic racism won't go away 34:06 Conclusion How to support and donate to my channel: Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ #ushistory #racialjustice #blacklivesmatter

Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 30% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/mrbeat. In episode 77 of Supreme Court Briefs, the Westboro Baptist Church decides to protest a dead soldier's funeral with signs like “Thank God for Dead Soldiers,” “God Hates Fags,” “You’re Going to Hell,” and “God Hates America.” The dead soldier's dad sues them. Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @silent-partner Creative commons credits: JCWilmore Mr. Beat's Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRil228SIAU&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbtrI7rgrjs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ7ybXRTgLo Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I5QbwggRIhzr44hhqtPkP-7cmpML2eNeyiJUzT1CAz0/edit?usp=sharing Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2010/09-751 Other sources used/referenced: https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/facts-and-case-summary-snyder-v-phelps https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/09-751.ZS.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snyder_v._Phelps https://drexel.edu/law/about/news/Publications/unprecedented/snyder-v-phelps/ http://www.newsline.umd.edu/justice/westboro-supreme-court-030211.htm Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #ushistory #supremecourt #apgovt Snyder v. Phelps reaffirmed the principle that, even if speech is ridiculously offensive and unpopular, it’s still protected by the First Amendment. In other words, the government can’t restrict speech simply because it’s extremely distasteful or causes emotional harm. As long as you protest peacefully on public land, you can pretty much say the most outrageous things imaginable. Indeed, the Phelps still regularly do this.

Click this link to make some cash for giving your opinion! https://www.inflcr.co/SHJfz. Thanks YouGov for sponsoring! Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two most-famous and most-visited countries in the United Kingdom- England and Scotland. It's kind of amazing how the two rivals united. Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. Filmed by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, and Beat Productions LLC. Additional footage found in the public domain or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom (Mr. Beat's band) and Slenderbeats. Thanks to @osberswgaming for collaborating with me for this! Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R0--sF0M-F9p644Y5bEHEYoI0w_orr9wyDhC5LEBnwU/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/scotland-and-england-culturally-different-long-before-hadrians-wall-research-finds-3491096 https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/ https://www.ons.gov.uk/ https://www.ons.gov.uk/ https://geographyhost.com/england-and-scotland-country-comparison/ Statisticsorldatlas.com/articles/major-religious-groups-in-scotland.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/biggest-religions-in-england.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland Corrections: 8:10 Ralph meant to bring up Alfred the Great here instead of the likely made up King Arthur 8:42 We should have mentioned that Scotland also invaded England Creative commons credits: Phillip Capper, Andrew Hendo, Kabuto 7, Mageslayer99, Simon Burchell, Bernt Rostad, Colin, John W. Schulze, Chmee2, Lee Haywood, Connor Beaton Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #england #scotland #geography England and Scotland Two bordering countries part of a larger country called the United Kingdom, a country that has been pretty influential on the world over the past 300 years or so. Both on the island of Great Britain, the ninth-biggest island in the world. England and Scotland are the two most well-known and visited countries in the UK, and maybe by the end of this video you’ll have an opinion about which one you think is better. A special shout out to Ralph from Osbers Gaming, who is from Scotland, for collaborating with me for this video. He did the history portion, in case you didn’t notice. Be sure to subscribe to Osbers Gaming! It was also great to meet him in person when we were in Edinburgh last spring. Oh yeah, my family and I actually went on vacation to both England and Scotland! A lot of the footage you saw was from stuff I shot while we were there. So which is better? England or Scotland? Let me know down below. Oh, and I also have an Edinburgh and Glasgow Compared video planned in the near future, so look for that.

Mr. Beat looks at every woman who ran for president in United States history. Check out FRONTLINE Short Docs: @FRONTLINEShortDocs Thanks to FRONTLINE for sponsoring this video. Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom, @badsnacks, Creatormix.com, and Southern Belle: https://seasonalmenswear.bandcamp.com/album/euphoric-recall Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18P27_RTkHpBmqNcfZz1VjUhBn3mDYGt_UE0OybIbb00/edit?usp=sharing Sources/additional reading: https://cawp.rutgers.edu/women-and-presidency-history-facts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_United_States_presidential_and_vice_presidential_candidates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymK_2gNU0B8 https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/2/4/2013760/-Surely-you-know-the-name-of-one-Black-woman-who-ran-for-president-What-about-the-other-10 https://www.c-span.org/video/?179804-1/lesser-presidential-candidates-forum Correction: 14:52 I accidentally put the Democratic Party logo up instead of the Republican Party logo Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #ushistory #womenhistorymonth #americanhistory The list of women who have run for U.S. President: Victoria Woodhull Belva Ann Lockwood Laura Clay Cora Wilson Stewart Gracie Allen Agnes Waters Ellen Linea Jensen Mary Kennery Margaret Chase Smith Fay Carpenter Swain Charlene Mitchell Shirley Chisholm Patsy Mink Bella Abzug Caroline Killeen Barbara Jordan Ellen McCormack Koryne Horbal Alice Tripp Martha Kirkland Mary Ruwart Tonie Nathan Lenora Fulani Willa Kenoyer Pat Schroeder Tennie Rogers Georgiana Doerschuck Helen Halyard Isabell Masters Gloria La Riva Monica Moorehead Marsha Feinland Mary Cal Hollis Diane Beall Templin Elvena Lloyd-Duffie Heather Anne Harder Susan Gail Ducey Mary LeTulle Elizabeth Dole Dorian Yeager Angel Joy Chavis Rocker Cathy Gordon Brown Lorna Salzman JoAnne Beeman Carol Miller Sheila Bilyeu Florence Walker Katherine Bateman Jeanne Chebib Mildred Glover Carol Moseley Braun Millie Howard Hillary Clinton Mary Ruwart Christine Smith Kat Swift Elaine Brown Nan Garrett Cynthia McKinney Gloria La Riva Jill Stein Roseanne Barr Peta Lindsay Michele Bachmann Carly Fiorina Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry Alyson Kennedy Lynn Kahn Princess Khadijah Jacob-Fambro Barbara Bellar Shereen Elbaz Betsy Elgar Katherine Forbes Kathryn Gibson Louis Gillaspie-Greenwood Tara Hunter Ricki Sue King Susan Lochocki Valerie McCray Deborah Rouse Jade Simmons Mary Ruth Caro Simmons Silvia Stagg Sheila Tittle Sharon Wallace Angela Marie Walls-Windhauser Karynn Weinstein Demetra Wysinger Souraya Faas Elizabeth Warren Amy Klobuchar Tulsi Gabbard Kamala Harris Kirsten Gillibrand Marianne Williamson Cherie DeVille Sorinne Ardeleanu Laura Ebke Kim Ruff Nikki Haley

Start speaking a new language in 3 weeks with Babbel. 🎉 Get 60% OFF your subscription during their Cyber Monday sale ➡️ here: https://bit.ly/49OnSPr Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two most influential countries in northern South America, Colombia and Venezuela. Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. Music by Carmen María and Edu Espinal. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-iYV7FfBcqRsKHd-pPRiMYuwJfkmFS2xwddJvGAoXrc/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgeographic.com%2Fphotography%2Farticle%2Frefugees-venezuela-colombia-election-crisis-simon-bolivar-culture https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_result.jsp?country1=Colombia&country2=Venezuela https://www.macrotrends.net/ https://www.statista.com/ https://data.worldbank.org/ https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/compare/colombia/venezuela https://versus.com/en/colombia-vs-venezuela https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare/colombia.venezuela Creative commons credits: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo, Segab, Paolo Costa Baldi, Luigino Bracci, J.J.P. Santiago, Luis Alejandro Bernal Romero, Shishoxisrax, Ruben Valero, Wilfredorrh, ENT108, katiebordner, Fernando Flores, Norma Gòmez #colombia #venezuela #geography Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 Colombia and Venezuela are two of the most beautiful countries in the world. Natural beauty, but beautiful people, as well. And while Venezuela has been struggling for the past ten years, don’t forget that twenty years ago it was the richest country in South America, and its economy is slowly improving. Keep your eyes on both these countries. I predict they’ll both have a big influence in the world for years to come. In this video, we'll compare Colombia and Venezuela to help you decide which is right for you! After watching this video, you'll have a better understanding of the amazing cultures and landscapes of Colombia and Venezuela, and you'll be better equipped to make a decision about which is right for you. Let us help you find your perfect travel destination!

Mr. Beat explains one of the most shocking events in American history, the assassination of the 35th president, John F. Kennedy. He also looks at the aftermath, which has proved to be just as interesting as the event itself. This video has been heavily censored. For a less censored version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfCpEg4r2qE Are you a homeowner? Then you should be concerned about title fraud. Home Title Lock can protect your hard-earned equity. https://www.hometitlelock.com/beat Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, Beat Productions LLC, L. Beat, and R. Beat. Additional footage found in the public domain or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom (Mr. Beat's band), Kwon, and CreatorMix.com Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I_a5aJFzG_mS2LeSBxzerXOf4jmQblFcJ86_K3uCCYE/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: Not in Your Lifetime: The Defining Book on the JFK Assassination by Anthony Summers Purchase here: https://amzn.to/48HYiuL The Kennedy Assassinations: JFK & Bobby Kennedy Debunking the Conspiracy Theories by Mel Ayton Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3PMAoWm Suppressing the Truth in Dallas: Conspiracy, Cover-Up, and International Complications in the JFK Assassination Case by Charles Brandt Purchase here: https://amzn.to/46p4Dtu Case Closed by Gerald Posner Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3F82FSb Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy Purchase here: https://amzn.to/46dHXwd Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3Q7oR5o https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/slideshow/JFK-s-final-trip-to-Texas-73608.php https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/john-f-kennedy-in-pictures-1938-1963/ The Warren Report (available for free): https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/warren-commission-report Report of the Select Committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of Representatives (also available for free): https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/select-committee-report https://www.history.com/news/lee-harvey-oswald-plan-chaos-or-conspiracy https://www.newsweek.com/new-documents-shed-light-cias-connection-lee-harvey-oswald-1765105 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-book-reveals-how-much-fbi-cia-knew-about-oswald-before-kennedy-assassination/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jfk-assassination-lee-harvey-oswald-cia-b2009149.html https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/oswald-the-cia-and-mexico-city/ https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/galbraith-exit-strategy-vietnam https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/jfk-assassination-documents-national-archives.html https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dallasnews.com%2Fnews%2F2018%2F11%2F21%2Fdallas-is-weirdly-obsessed-with-the-houses-where-oswald-lived-but-gentrification-poses-a-threat%2F https://www.jfk-online.com/jfk100menu.html https://theintercept.com/2022/12/22/deconstructed-jfk-files-cia/ Related videos: Zapruder footage (viewer discretion is advised): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBJFT-OyDEc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf5veehateo&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-YkK95DgIg&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU6biQoPBDk Sean Munger's great videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC8tO16xdrY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptt1ti63IiE #jfkassassination #ushistory #conspiracy Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 Now, this is just my opinion, but I think that the claim that the both CIA and FBI knew about Lee Harvey Oswald before the assassination of JFK is mostly true.

Mr. Beat explains parasocial relationships, and it gets weird. This is the video in which he alienates half of his audience. Are you a homeowner? Then you should be concerned about title fraud. Home Title Lock can protect your hard-earned equity. https://www.hometitlelock.com/beat Thanks to Home Title Lock for sponsoring this video. Find me on Threads: https://www.threads.net/@iammrbeat Find me on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/iammrbeat.bsky.social Produced by Beat Productions, LLC and Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by Cheel and Corbyn Kites. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tG3h8UMY6VIJ4aczIfO81c_FMo4xoOb-mBgGfKIX438/edit?usp=sharing Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hwiZenrRwc&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dScAOgRWbYk Sources/further reading: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00332747.1956.11023049 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research_all/7/ https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/17/17832948/youtube-youtubers-influencer-creator-fans-subscribers-friends-celebrities Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #parasocial #psychology #socialstudies I’m Mr. Beat Some of you know me very well, yet you’ve never even met me before. In fact, it may even feel like we’re friends. But here’s the thing, I probably don’t know you. In fact, and I feel like I have to apologize for this but…you’re likely a stranger to me. Now, when I typically do meet viewers of my videos, it’s freaking awesome. My viewers tend to be interesting people, let me tell you. However, it’s just not possible for me to meet you all. What I just gave an example of is a parasocial relationship. A parasocial relationship is an imaginary friendship with a public figure.

Mr. Beat travels to the Stuhr Museum in Grand Island, Nebraska to get a behind-the-scenes look at how a history museum operates. While there, he learns about a troubling trend. Visit Stuhr: https://stuhrmuseum.org/ Heck, visit every museum: https://www.scribblemaps.com/maps/view/Top-Places/96wtl0fxfw Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUETWFRhowE&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahLTABPRlrc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p39xATOLNMg Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, and Cryssy Diedrich. Music by Cheel and Corbyn Kites. Creative commons credits: M.Lubinski, Julian Herzog, David Price, Mary Harrsch, Diliff Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vlf__JuFlv7UfZJbOjiwUxGOqUOE_bgkz7euJf4u4zs/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://stuhrmuseum.org/our-story/ https://www.npr.org/2021/06/01/1002077626/a-new-report-shows-museums-had-a-bad-year-but-not-the-worst-possible https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/11/american-museums-are-going-through-identity-crisis/617221/ https://www.aam-us.org/programs/about-museums/museum-facts-data/ https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/museum-crisis/ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 A special thanks to Robb Nelson, our friend Cryssy who works here, and everyone else who works here at the Stuhr Museum for their help with this video. If you ever get a chance to visit this place, I highly recommend it. Or if you can't visit here, visit a museum in your hometown. Yep, your hometown probably has a museum that you didn't know about. Thanks for watching. #museum #history #ushistory

Mr. Beat goes through every single recession and depression in American history. He really does. It's kind of nuts. Are you a homeowner? Then you should be concerned about title fraud. Home Title Lock can protect your hard-earned equity. https://www.hometitlelock.com/beat Thanks to Home Title Lock for sponsoring this video. Produced by Beat Productions, LLC and Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom, @badsnacks, @Kwon, and @QuincasMoreira. Creative commons credits: Bestbudbrian, Science History Institute, and pwbaker. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gUt9E1EI5gABZaUBeJ_pTEhw5GvuRcpY7Y3UL-gdteg/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: From the American System to Mass Production, 1800-1932 by David A Hounshell Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3F2RU3C https://www.businessinsider.com/the-economic-crash-repeated-every-generation-1800-2012-1?op=1#first-the-big-picture-the-us-federal-government-began-selling-off-land-in-the-year-1800-since-then-there-have-been-peaks-and-valleys-of-land-sales-and-speculation-roughly-every-18-years-1 https://www.news9.com/story/5e8cf99cfa8ed3749a62c7a5/every-recession-in-us-history-and-how-the-country-responded https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recessions_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_the_United_States Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M75akucrAuc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c5xjlmLfAw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FACcKb003xc&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb7Bmew6Nlg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j_ySZYtsH4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCA9W4R3NNc Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 Because the United States has had the world’s biggest economy going back all the way arguably to the 1890s, that means this video kind of also went over every recession and depression in WORLD history since then. “But Mr. Beat, what about the Panic of 1792??” You know what, FORGET the Panic of 1792! (gasp!) And forget Panic at the Disco! They were an overrated band anyway. But seriously, obviously historians say there were more recessions than I mentioned. #apush #ushistory #economichistory 0:00 Introduction 3:19 Sponsor (Home Title Lock) 4:39 Introduction again 4:53 The Panic of 1785 6:24 The Copper Panic of 1789 7:44 The Panic of 1796-1797 9:15 The 1802-1804 Recession 9:43 The Depression of 1807 10:33 The 1812 Recession 10:51 The 1815-1821 Depression 12:35 The 1822-1823 Recession 12:46 The 1825-1826 Recession 13:21 The 1828-1829 Recession 13:43 The 1833-1834 Recession 13:51 The 1836-1838 Recession 16:04 The Late 1839-Late 1843 Recession 16:27 The 1847-1848 Recession 16:54 The 1853-1854 Recession 17:11 The Panic of 1857 17:54 The 1860-1861 Recession 18:34 The 1865-1867 Recession 19:24 The 1869-1870 Recession 20:00 The Long Depression 22:05 The 1902-1904 Recession 22:25 The Panic of 1907 23:25 The Panic of 1910-1911 24:28 The Recession of 1913-1914 25:03 The Post-World War One Recession 25:21 The Depression of 1920-1921 25:22 The Great Depression 27:12 The Recession of 1945 27:28 The Recession of 1949 27:47 The Recession of 1953 28:27 The Recession of 1958 28:34 The Recession of 1960-1961 28:43 The Recession of 1969-1970 29:04 The 1973-1975 Recession 29:49 The 1980 Recession 30:10 The 1981-1982 Recession 30:25 Early 1990s Recession 31:15 Early 2000s Recession 31:46 The Great Recession 33:16 The COVID-19 Recession 34:00 Conclusion

Well, kind of. In episode 76 of Supreme Court Briefs, a pedophile and a murderer unwittingly cause Native Americans to gain more rights. Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @GunnarOlsenMusic. Mr. Beat's Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN Creative commons credits: DOUNIA PRODUCTIONS, Christiane Kokubo, geoff dude Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y2m7oyecLSVB83MwcegQYImeMkSNaJ_FkmUuVUL4vFk/edit?usp=sharing Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2019/18-9526 Other sources used/referenced: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/18-9526 https://www.enidnews.com/oklahoma/news/new-mcgirt-challenge-making-its-way-through-courts/article_87a47eb2-51a6-5c25-8cbc-121bc25605eb.html https://2017-2021.state.gov/briefings-foreign-press-centers/understanding-america-native-american-rights-and-the-mcgirt-vs-oklahoma-supreme-court-decision/ https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-134/mcgirt-v-oklahoma/ https://www.bu.edu/bulawreview/files/2022/01/MILLER-DOLAN.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UH3B5MLCEU Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #supremecourtcases #supremecourtbriefs #supremecourt McGirt v. Oklahoma was a huge win for Native American rights. Ever since, every Native American tribal citizen who had been convicted under state law for crimes committed on reservation lands could now seek a new trial in federal courts. Well, in Oklahoma, at least…for now. At the time of the McGirt decision, this applied to around 1,900 Oklahoma prisoners alone. More broadly speaking, the McGirt decision made it clear that around half of Oklahoma was NATIVE AMERICAN land, not Oklahoma land. This includes the state’s second-largest city, Tulsa. That’s a big freaking deal, folks. Now, the McGirt decision was later somewhat weakened by the Supreme Court case Castro-Huerta v. Oklahoma of 2022. In that decision, the Court said non-tribal members could still be prosecuted for crimes in state and federal courts. Regardless, McGirt v. Oklahoma gave tribal sovereignty a huge boost.

Click this link to make some cash for giving your opinion! https://www.inflcr.co/SHJJP Thanks YouGov for sponsoring! Mr. Beat goes through the hobbies of every president in American history. Produced by Beat Productions, LLC and Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @Dyalla, @vindumusic, and Cheel. Creative commons credits: Acroterion Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DEtjnuHPq9AX4cwRgMtjra0u3tDslHryK7wRB57A2DA/edit?usp=sharing Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5aZobr3CAc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDjCm6ll1gI&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1HiB84S4UI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-fYO5e7FN8&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMS_w3FlHrk&t Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #presidents #presidentsplay #presidentialhistory 0:00 Introduction 1:21 Sponsor (YouGov) 2:06 George Washington 2:43 John Adams 3:03 Thomas Jefferson 4:09 James Madison 4:20 James Monroe 4:34 John Quincy Adams 5:10 Andrew Jackson 5:44 Martin Van Buren 5:57 William Henry Harrison 6:15 John Tyler 6:28 James Polk 6:49 Zachary Taylor 6:59 Millard Fillmore 7:24 Franklin Pierce 7:35 James Buchanan 7:44 Abraham Lincoln 8:31 Andrew Johnson 8:42 Ulysses Grant 9:17 Rutherford Hayes 9:32 James Garfield 9:42 Chester Arthur 10:25 Grover Cleveland 10:42 Benjamin Harrison 11:12 William McKinley 11:36 Theodore Roosevelt 13:09 William Taft 14:00 Woodrow Wilson 14:27 Warren Harding 14:59 Calvin Coolidge 15:44 Herbert Hoover 16:40 Franklin Roosevelt 17:49 Harry Truman 18:32 Dwight Eisenhower 19:22 John F. Kennedy 20:08 Lyndon Johnson 20:57 Richard Nixon 22:00 Gerald Ford 22:47 Jimmy Carter 23:33 Ronald Reagan 24:17 George H.W. Bush 25:21 Bill Clinton 26:05 George W. Bush 27:18 Barack Obama 28:11 Donald Trump 28:44 Joe Biden 29:37 Wrapping up

Get 50% off your first order of CookUnity meals — go to https://cookunity.com/mrbeat and use my code MRBEAT50 at checkout to try them out for yourself! Thanks to CookUnity for sponsoring this video! Mr. Beat compares and contrasts two of the most stereotypical African countries ever (at least to Western countries)- Kenya and Tanzania. Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by Doug Maxwell and @daturalacroyemusic. Check out more of Datura Lacroye's stuff here: https://daturalacroye.bandcamp.com/album/ryncaria open.spotify.com/album/24Wig8CJIK4B1Ozmnl0wN5 Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NhcRIDXzIAA0zDbcocZyb7vXDLieghXL_K-LiHlxyv8/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2023 https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tanzania https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kenya/ https://versus.com/en/kenya-vs-tanzania https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/tanzania/kenya https://pip.worldbank.org/country-profiles/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya%E2%80%93Tanzania_relations #kenya #tanzania #geography 0:00 Introduction 1:00 Ad (Cook Unity) 2:31 Similarities 8:13 History 13:14 Differences Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 Kenya and Tanzania The two most stereotypical African countries. Thanks, The Lion King. The two countries are among the most populous countries in Africa. Kenyans and Tanzanians have a special bond. They’re like brothers. Kenyans often travel to and even move to Tanzania. Tanzanians often travel to and even move to Kenya. Often when outsiders think of the entire continent of Africa, images of Kenya and Tanzania first come to mind. They are the gateways to the continent, and they both have a bright future.

Mr. Beat explains corporate welfare. I mean, he tries to, at least. He really does try. Joe Cook's Common Sense substack: https://commonsensepapers.substack.com/p/political-economy-part-2-corporate-welfare Produced by Beat Productions, LLC and Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by Kia (creatormix.com). Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16XcqKU32N3qJp_Z_wz6WB52b7GiYGQQ4Ay37zMjVFvg/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessig Purchase here: https://amzn.to/45mTCYZ Cutting Corporate Welfare by Ralph Nader Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3KWs5Wj The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It by Robert Reich Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3OSfwMH https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_welfare https://www.cato.org/commentary/corporate-welfare-lives https://www.deseret.com/2012/7/9/20504214/crony-capitalism-why-the-tea-party-and-occupy-movements-should-be-friends Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz7xJn8X8fE&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mYPACssLbI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVEKxmkfYSk&t Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #corporatewelfare #cronycapitalism #politics

In episode 75 of Supreme Court Briefs, a baker refuses to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, which leads to a big national debate between religious freedom and civil rights. Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @Dyalla. Mr. Beat's Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bkk-ld6Gs3IgZb5iPmExTzURHZi-o3CNVyKFTgCtEp8/edit?usp=sharing Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2017/16-111 Other sources used: https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/masterpiece-cakeshop-ltd-v-colorado-civil-rights-commn/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masterpiece_Cakeshop_v._Colorado_Civil_Rights_Commission https://www.aclu.org/cases/masterpiece-cakeshop-v-colorado-civil-rights-commission https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/06/the-court-slices-a-narrow-ruling-out-of-masterpiece-cakeshop/561986/ https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/arlenes-flowers-masterpiece-cakeshop/ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #supremecourtcases #supremecourtbriefs #supremecourt Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission highlighted the tensions between religious freedom and anti-discrimination laws. More accurately, it highlighted the tensions between Christians and the LGBTQ+ community. Despite all the progress the LGBTQ+ community has made in recent decades, it’s a community that millions of Americans still refuse to accept. While Charlie Craig and David Mullins never liked the spotlight and have kept a low profile ever since this decision, Jack Phillips has become somewhat of an activist. He later got in trouble for breaking the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act again for refusing to bake a cake for a transgender person. On January 26, 2023, Phillips lost that case in the Colorado Court of Appeals. While the Court said that gay couples still should have civil rights protections under the laws and the Constitution, religious and even philosophical objections to same-sex marriage are protected forms of “expression.” That said, this decision was narrow. The Court did not address the broader question of whether or not businesses had a constitutional right to discriminate against same-sex couples. Still, critics said this decision could lead to further discrimination against marginalized groups under the guise of religious freedom.

Mr. Beat and Mr. Wernimont compare and contrast the two parts of the United States Congress- the House of Representatives and the Senate. Produced by Beat Productions, LLC and Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom (Mr. Beat's band), Gunnar Olsen, and Otis McDonald. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nz8PP6CcYylDM_pKZwTDa8mJVtJWo1JVYHKylehokBo/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://history.house.gov/ https://www.senate.gov/ Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apW7KLCRCos&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxNCtu03-MU&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mrw0gGlHVQ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #apgovt #government #usgovernment Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 2:46 Who is in there? 8:34 How they pass laws? 11:05 Procedural stuff 12:18 Exclusive responsibilities 14:55 Impact and Legacy The United States Congress makes laws at the federal level. It’s the legislature of the federal government of the country. They meet in this cute little building, the U.S. Capitol. Members are directly elected by citizens in their home parts of the country. But did you know that Congress was bi? Bicameral, which means it’s separated into two groups, and those two groups, are the House of Representatives and the Senate At the Constitutional Convention in 1787, one big debate broke out between delegates of states with larger populations and delegates of states with smaller populations. The debate was over how many representatives each state would have in Congress. Delegates from larger population states argued that, since their states contributed proportionally more in taxes and resources, they should enjoy proportionally much more representation in Congress. Delegates from smaller states argued that, since they were afraid of having their voices ignored, all states should be equally represented in Congress. Thankfully, Founding Father Dudes Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth came to the rescue. They created what today is commonly referred to as The Great Compromise, and it called for a bicameral federal legislature- an upper house to provide equal representation for each state, and a lower house to provide proportional representation based on a state’s population. On July 4, 1787 others at the convention got on board…I’m not joking…it was on that day that many of the delegates came around to Sherman and Ellsworth’s idea, and on July 16th the delegates officially adopted it…by a margin of one, single vote. Without that vote, there probably wouldn’t be a Constitution today. So that’s why there are two houses of Congress. But both are quite different. In this video, I’m going to compare the House to the Senate, with the help of my friend and fellow teacher Mr. Wernimont.

Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two biggest cities in Tennessee- Memphis and Nashville. Yes, he mentions music...a few times. Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images and video by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, L. Beat, R. Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Additional animations by Adam Christians. Subscribe to his stuff at @Moonlight_Productions. Music by @NoirEtBlancVie. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KMNRce0B_IVvfEoqUr9vx_1ig0Vj3mOfSCXTM-1wWm8/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://censusreporter.org/profiles/31000US32820-memphis-tn-ms-ar-metro-area/ https://censusreporter.org/profiles/40000US61273-nashville-davidson-tn-urbanized-area/ https://datausa.io/profile/geo/memphis-tn https://datausa.io/profile/geo/nashville-davidson-murfreesboro-franklin-tn https://www.bestplaces.net/cost-of-living/memphis-tn/nashville-davidson-tn/50000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee https://www.bestplaces.net/city/tennessee/nashville-davidson https://www.bestplaces.net/city/tennessee/memphis https://www.forbes.com/places/tn/memphis https://www.forbes.com/places/tn/nashville https://www.thisismysouth.com/nashville-vs-memphis-who-does-it-better/ https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2019/08/27/memphis-nashville-bbq-southern-living-peg-leg-porker-a-r-bar-b-q-shop-best-rank-winner-vote/2125953001/ https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2023/07/27/lower-broadway-is-nashvilles-iconic-street-losing-its-music-soul/70395746007/ https://chameleonswithcarryons.com/memphis-or-nashville-is-nashville-or-memphis-better/ https://www.skratch.world/post/nashville-and-why-you-should-go-to-memphis-instead Sign up to my newsletter for updates on new shenanigans: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #geography #tennessee #cities 0:00 Similarities 3:12 Differences 20:02 Which is better? Memphis and Nashville Two of the biggest cities in the entire Southeastern United States, and the biggest two cities in Tennessee Based on my research and after visiting both cities recently, I’ve noticed that Nashville seems to be viewed as the city of Tennessee’s future and Memphis? Well, Memphis seems to be in the rear-view mirror more these days. I think that’s crazy. Memphis is one of the most unique cities in the country, and it’s a dang tragedy that folks are forgetting about its charm. So yeah, sure Nashville is amazing, but don’t sleep on Memphis, too. It has a lot that Nashville doesn’t, and the two cities definitely complement each other well. Which is better? Memphis and Nashville? Let me know by screaming out your window or via messenger pigeon. Or, ya know, comment below…if you want me to actually get the message. Also, a lot of that footage you saw was filmed by my family and I so heck yeah. We were in both cities last spring and had a grand ol’ time. Thanks for watching!

In episode 74 of Supreme Court Briefs, two teenage boys get arrested for being obscene to a woman in an apparent prank telephone call. Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @rifadobeats. Mr. Beat's Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M8XOz4SAp5lHdt3WH5QKwcyZCGbdHiGIxvhQkvhBylE/edit?usp=sharing Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1966/116 Other sources used: https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/facts-and-case-summary-re-gault https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/387/1/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_re_Gault https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/WisconsinLawyer/Pages/Article.aspx?ArticleID=25596 Here is where you can get Mr. Beat's Supreme Court book: Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Jj3ZnS From my website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Bookshop (a collection of indie publishers): https://bookshop.org/books/the-power-of-and-frustration-with-our-supreme-court-100-supreme-court-cases-you-should-know-about-with-mr-beat/9781684810680 Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-power-of-our-supreme-court-matt-beat/1142323504?ean=9781684810680 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=the+power+of+our+supreme+court&crid=3R59T7TQ6WKI3&sprefix=the+power+of+our+supreme+courth%2Caps%2C381&ref=nb_sb_noss Mango: https://mango.bz/books/the-power-of-our-supreme-court-by-matt-beat-2523-b Target: https://www.target.com/p/the-power-of-our-supreme-court-by-matt-beat-paperback/-/A-86273023 Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Power-of-Our-Supreme-Court-How-the-Supreme-Court-Cases-Shape-Democracy-Paperback-9781684810680/688487495 Chapters Indigo: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-power-of-our-supreme/9781684810680-item.html?ikwid=The+Power+of+Our+Supreme+Court&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=0#algoliaQueryId=eab3e89ad34051a62471614d72966b7e Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #supremecourtcases #supremecourtbriefs #supremecourt In re Gault was a huge case because it expanded 14th Amendment protections to juvenile defendants. Kids must get the same rights as adults! It dramatically changed the entire juvenile system across the country. After this case, judges could no longer randomly and unfairly give out punishments at juvenile delinquency proceedings. For the first time in American history, the Court clearly said kids deserve constitutional protections, too.

Mr. Beat checks out some homeschooling social studies propaganda meant to indoctrinate your children. Produced by Beat Productions, LLC and Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by Southern Belle (https://seasonalmenswear.bandcamp.com/album/euphoric-recall) and Kwon. Creative commons credit: Gage Skidmore. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14-HRex_iG5B8C94Ek9XIMwksSoArurLsiN3aE6f4cUU/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://www.educationnext.org/parental-anxieties-over-student-learning-dissipate-as-schools-relax-anti-covid-measures-2022-education-next-survey-public-opinion/ https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/may/18/more-children-than-ever-are-being-home-schooled-in-england-data-shows https://espired.com/our-mission/ https://www.zoominfo.com/c/espired-llc/1213198800 https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-mike-huckabee-childrens-books-masquerading-as-education https://www.facebook.com/thekidsguides/videos/710248490037016/ https://www.facebook.com/thekidsguides/videos/488572665636977/ https://truthinadvertising.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/The-Kids-Guide-to-Fighting-Socialism-is-here_Redacted.pdf https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-huckabee-history-kids-company-scam-parents_n_5f0f2d39c5b6df6cc0b46c1c https://everbrightmedia.com/ https://www.newsweek.com/mike-huckabee-trump-book-guide-commercial-1703318 https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2023/01/16/mike-huckabee-drops-a-new-kids-guide-touting-ron-desantis https://www.bbb.org/us/fl/boca-raton/profile/training-videos/everbright-media-0633-90090619/complaints https://learnourhistory.com/ https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2021/09/19/huckabee-hits-state-education-department-for-half-million-in-sales-of-pamphlets-with-bad-covid-advice https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=all&ad_type=all&country=US&view_all_page_id=104856814505092&search_type=page&media_type=all https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/former-arkansas-governor-mike-huckabee-selling-childrens-cartoon-about-911-attacks/ Related video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhLa6I72K_g Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #indoctrination #mikehuckabee #socialism Chapters: 0:00 Homeschooling 0:56 The Kids Guide 5:08 Livestream Highlights Reacting to the Anti-Socialism Book 23:39 The Indoctrination of Children

The influential U.S. Senator Bob Dole would have been 100 years today. A war hero and former presidential nominee in 1996, Dole passed away in 2021. Local artist Stan Herd recently completed an earthwork of him which the public can visit for free at the Dole Institute in Lawrence, Kansas. The Dole Institute also celebrates 20 years of being around on the day of this video's release. Find out more information here: https://hayspost.com/posts/13523e78-db89-45f0-b24f-b0a8cb4effff https://doleinstitute.org/landmark/ Produced by Beat Productions, LLC and Matt and Shannon Beat. All videos by Shannon Beat (Part 107 Licensed Drone Pilot). Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768

Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 30% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/mrbeat. Sale ends July 23rd! Mr. Beat presents a guide to figuring out the truth, but is he telling the truth? How do you know he's telling the truth? Anyway, hopefully this video helps on your quest to find out about the truth. The truth is definitely underrated. Produced by Beat Productions, LLC and Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat (Part 107 Licensed Drone Pilot), L. Beat, R. Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by Jake County, Corbyn Kites, NEFFEX, RKVC, and Bad Snacks. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ueLqX4MBUXsn3Jdah9qppErtvjEw1NPJae84rig_9Xg/edit?usp=sharing Sources/additional reading: https://guides.monmouth.edu/media_literacy/evaluating_sources Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky. Purchase here: https://amzn.to/43crF4f Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHbQdS2sY0c&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3w6LTkRCZQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD3IUs15uw0&t Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 3:15 How do you if know something is true? 4:38 Expert Consensus 9:42 Doing Your Own Research 14:38 Analyze the Sources 17:21 Ad (Ground News) 18:39 Analysis of ad 20:57 Logical Reasoning 24:20 Now we're ready to make a claim 24:39 Conclusion Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #truth #medialiteracy #epistemology One of the best places to figure out the truth is a courtroom trial. I recently served on a jury, and I was amazed at how we worked together to attempt to critically think to find the truth with the limited evidence we had. In deliberations, we relied HEAVILY on corroboration since we mostly just had witness testimonies to go off of. We also heard testimony from experts who listed their credentials-experts who had different conclusions about the same evidence. Yeah my brain got a lot of exercise that week. But even trials have lots of manipulation. Lawyers, in particular, are EXTREMELY skilled at manipulating juries. Even some witnesses are good at manipulating us. It can be tough in the courtroom not to let our emotions get in the way of only looking at the evidence. But hey, just as much as we are logical creatures, we’re also emotional creatures. In fact, when it comes to emotional issues that tap into our values, beliefs, and identity, we often ditch logic and confirmation bias takes over. Confirmation bias is the tendency to seek out information that confirms or supports our prior values, beliefs or identity. In fact, when we encounter information that goes AGAINST our values, beliefs, or identity, it hurts. That pain we feel when this happens is called cognitive dissonance. Brain scans even show that the part of our brains that is activated during a physical threat is the same part activated when someone attacks our values, beliefs, or identity. Finding out if something is true or not is a process. A constant process that will continue for the rest of your life. And it’s a painful process. Critical thinking actually kinda hurts, but, as with most things, the more we practice it the easier it gets. Heck, you may already be good at it, you just never realized it. It’s best to think of knowledge existing on a spectrum. On one end of the spectrum is absolute certainty. On the other end is complete cluelessness. Almost all truth is in between. We like to think something is true or false. But almost always it’s somewhere in between.

Click this link to make some cash for giving your opinion! https://www.inflcr.co/SHIHs Thanks YouGov for sponsoring! Mr. Beat tells the story of Andrew Jackson, the 7th President of the United States. A shout-out to Ann McClane, Keith Hardison, and all the folks at the Hermitage in Nashville who helped me make this video. Produced by Beat Productions, LLC and Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat (Part 107 Licensed Drone Pilot), L. Beat, R. Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), Cheel, Godmode, Silent Partner. Fiddles McGinty by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_GSct_aRQ8EfpMJDXaPJ8fq7G8IE-cPAg5OyIyaiFWw/edit?usp=sharing Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjS9b0laRPs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDfRqkZZ5mM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87liyi9MnK4&t Sources/further reading: https://thehermitage.com/learn/andrew-jackson/ American Lion by Jon Meacham Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3NI4yJ5 Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times by H.W. Brands Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3pHqHzh Andrew Jackson by Robert Remini Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3PT6Sj8 https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/andrew-jackson/ https://millercenter.org/president/jackson/life-in-brief https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrTuWkuOfTk&t https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/11/us/a-president-s-doctors-are-finally-exonerated.html Chapters: 0:00 The First Person to Try to Assassinate the President 1:58 Sponsor 2:42 Raised on the Frontier 6:44 A Wild Young Man 11:50 Unlikely Politician 14:14 Fighting Wars 28:53 Champion of the Common Man 34:12 A President Like No Other 41:16 The legacy of Old Hickory Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On @mattbeatgoeson Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Threads: https://www.threads.net/@iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ My new book: https://amzn.to/44wdsjY Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #andrewjackson #presidents #americanhistory Known for his fiery personality and for being the first president to represent the “common man,” he single handedly changed American politics forever. For better or for worse. Nah, actually I’d say mostly for better. Sometimes we need outsiders in there to shake things up and stick it to the elites, and Jackson indeed was a champion for the underdog. Well, the white underdogs. Hey, it was still progress. And folks forget that Jackson, even though he WAS one of the elites by the time he ran for President, truly was a rags to riches story. He was born in poverty and rose up, the first President to represent the somewhat so-called American Dream. Jackson never forgot his humble upbringing, and his populist message and commanding leadership style helped shape the American democratic ideals that many of us take for granted today. That all said, critics called him a demagogue who ignored the law when it was convenient. Sure, he was terrifying. He was racist….and a little crazy. But I think the United States ultimately ended up on a better path because of him.

In episode 73 of Supreme Court Briefs, the Georgia government borrows money from a dude and never pays it back, which is kind of messed up. What results ultimately leads to the passing of the 11th Amendment and the first major Supreme Court decision in American history. Here is where you can get my new Supreme Court book: Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Jj3ZnS From my website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Bookshop (a collection of indie publishers): https://bookshop.org/books/the-power-of-and-frustration-with-our-supreme-court-100-supreme-court-cases-you-should-know-about-with-mr-beat/9781684810680 Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-power-of-our-supreme-court-matt-beat/1142323504?ean=9781684810680 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=the+power+of+our+supreme+court&crid=3R59T7TQ6WKI3&sprefix=the+power+of+our+supreme+courth%2Caps%2C381&ref=nb_sb_noss Mango: https://mango.bz/books/the-power-of-our-supreme-court-by-matt-beat-2523-b Target: https://www.target.com/p/the-power-of-our-supreme-court-by-matt-beat-paperback/-/A-86273023 Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Power-of-Our-Supreme-Court-How-the-Supreme-Court-Cases-Shape-Democracy-Paperback-9781684810680/688487495 Chapters Indigo: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-power-of-our-supreme/9781684810680-item.html?ikwid=The+Power+of+Our+Supreme+Court&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=0#algoliaQueryId=eab3e89ad34051a62471614d72966b7e Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @DivKid. Mr. Beat's Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XWPPExtL6Up24wRDLK871FZc13cPABV_25u5WV1fFCc/edit?usp=sharing Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1789-1850/2us419 Other sources used: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/2/419/ https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/chisholm-v-georgia.htm Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #supremecourtbriefs #supremecourt #supremecourtcases Chisholm v. Georgia is the first historically significant Supreme Court case...the first one that truly had big implications. Now, even though the 11th Amendment squashed this Supreme Court decision, Chisholm continued fighting to get his estate reimbursed for the rest of his life. After he died in 1810, Farquhar’s son-in-law Peter Trezevant kept the case alive on behalf of the estate. Finally, in November 1847, the Georgia General Assembly passed a bill to pay back the money owed to Farquhar’s estate. By that time, Trezevant was 79 years old and the family had been fighting to get their owed money for 58 years.

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Video Sponsored by Ridge. Check them out here: https://ridge.com/mrbeat. Use my link to get up to 40% off through June 15th! Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Calgary, Alberta and Edmonton, Alberta, two of the most exciting cities in Canada. Yes, you read that correctly. Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by Jake County. Download for free here: https://seasonalmenswear.bandcamp.com/album/volo-bog Additional animations by Adam Christians (@Moonlight_Productions). Additional creative commons credit: Shawn 00:00 Similarities 04:02 Differences 14:58 Sponsored by Ridge 16:07 Mr. Beat gets spicy Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k49p9MwuyCBd6XP-n07_QSy_yAkHVS3UZnD7emzoWp0/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://www.repcalgaryhomes.ca/blog/living-in-calgary-vs-edmonton-where-should-you-move https://www.quora.com/Which-one-is-better-to-live-in-Calgary-or-Edmonton-Why https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Canada&city1=Calgary&country2=Canada&city2=Edmonton#:~:text=Cost%20of%20Living%20Comparison%20Between%20Calgary%20and%20Edmonton,to%20compare%20cost%20of%20living https://www.sterlingedmonton.com/blog/edmonton-versus-calgary-where-live-c2/ https://www.calgary.ca/research/population-profile https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Calgary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Edmonton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alberta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton https://versus.com/en/calgary-vs-edmonton https://www.expatincanada.com/calgary-vs-edmonton Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: @mattbeatgoeson Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 #geography #calgary #edmonton Calgary and Edmonton The biggest two cities in Alberta, Canada Heck, two of the biggest in ALL of Canada- I’m not joshing you. Calgary is the 4th biggest and Edmonton is the 5th. About 300 kilometers apart, or a 3 hour drive. Combined they make up more than 70% of the population of Alberta and 8% of the population of Canada. Both are part of the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor, the most urbanized part of Alberta and one of the wealthiest regions in the country. And there’s a rivalry. Oh you better believe there’s some trash talkin’ goin’ on between the two. The rivalry even has a name- the “Battle of Alberta,” although that’s, more often than not, just used to describe the sports rivalries of the two cities. Like the football rivalry between the Edmonton Elks and the Calgary Stampeders. Or one of the greatest hockey rivalries in history between the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers. Heck, there’s even a rivalry between the major universities in each city, the University of Alberta, which is in Edmonton, and the University of Calgary. (yeah that’s in Calgary) So perhaps to fan the flames of this rivalry even further, I am making this completely fact-based comparison video so you can make up your OWN mind about which city is better, ok?

Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join In episode 72 of Supreme Court Briefs, a kid brings a gun to school, but ends up winning in court. Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Cheel. Mr. Beat's Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TNyLHh_nkcgItbzCGuMu3KpXId-igbwN_6L1Oz7r9t4/edit?usp=sharing Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1994/93-1260 Other sources used: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/514/549/ https://billofrightsinstitute.org/e-lessons/united-states-v-lopez-1995 https://joshblackman.com/blog/2014/02/25/constitutional-places-united-states-v-lopez/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Lopez https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/supremecourt/future/landmark_us.html For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: @mattbeatgoeson Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 #supremecourtbriefs #scotus #supremecourt San Antonio, Texas March 10, 1992 Alfonso Lopez, Jr., a senior at Edison High School, brings a concealed .38 caliber revolver into the school. Although the gun is not loaded, he also brings bullets for it. After receiving an anonymous tip about the gun and bullets, school authorities confront Lopez about it, man. Lopez admitted to having the gun and bullets, but claimed that he brought them to school just to sell to someone. It’s not like he was gonna, ya know, SHOOT anyone at school. Like that ever happens, anyway amirite? But yeah, it didn’t matter that Alfonso just brought the gun and bullets to SELL to someone. It was ILLEGAL to do that, and frankly…terrifying to know a student brought such a dangerous weapon to school. He was charged with breaking a Texas law that banned guns on school property. However, the next day there was good news and bad news for Lopez. The good news was that the charges against him were dropped. The bad news was that the only reason why the charges were dropped was because now he was charged for breaking a federal law, the Gun Free School Zones Act, a law that made it a federal offense for anyone to bring a gun into a school zone. In the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Lopez’s lawyers argued that the Gun Free School Zones Act was actually unconstitutional. According to them, there was nothing in the Constitution about controlling what happened at public schools. Therefore, the Tenth Amendment applied. However, the U.S. District court disagreed, ruling that the Gun Free School Zones Act was a “constitutional exercise of Congress’ well defined power to regulate activities in and affecting commerce, and the ‘business’ of elementary, middle and high schools…affects interstate commerce.” In other words, the U.S. District Court argued that the Commerce Clause of the Constitution gave Congress the power to regulate guns in public schools, and their rationale was that, since guns in schools led to gun violence, people might be reluctant to travel through these areas from other states. The district court added that the disruptions in schools caused by weapons being there resulted in a less educated population, which could negatively affect commerce in the future. Well, Lopez and his lawyers thought this was quite a reach, to say the least. After Lopez was found guilty and sentenced to six months in prison, followed by two years of probation, he appealed the case to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing that the Commerce Clause didn’t apply to guns in schools. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Lopez and reversed his conviction. After this, the federal government got the Supreme Court to weigh in.

🥷 AdGuard VPN on SALE! Use promo code MRBEAT to get a 2-year subscription plan with 83% OFF — https://agrd.io/mrbeat Limited time offer! Here is everything you need to know about the Military Industrial Complex. Produced by Beat Productions, LLC and Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band) and Dan Henig. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wAdOEsiEMeZfsIC5TAm0Y54WrXT0AH1U3duTjom-EaA/edit?usp=sharing Sources/additional reading and watching: Why We Fight by Eugene Jarecki Purchase here: https://amzn.to/44gjfL3 Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire by Chalmers Johnson Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3AL87Zg Dunlap, C. J. (2011). The Military-Industrial Complex. Daedalus, 140(3), 135–147. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23047354 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: @mattbeatgoeson Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 #militaryindustrialcomplex #ushistory #usmilitary 40% of all military spending around the entire world is done by the United States. It spends more money on its military than the next ten countries COMBINED. Since World War Two, the United States has spent the most money on its military. And that’s because military spending is one of the few things that tends to be bipartisan, meaning…both Republicans and Democrats in Congress generally are cool with this massive spending, despite one recent poll showing that 35% of Americans say the United States spends TOO MUCH on its military. So why DOES the United States spend so much on its military? First of all, because the United States is often the world’s police. The American military controls around 750 military bases in at least 80 countries around the world. It has troops in as many as 150 countries. Some of these are countries where it has military bases might surprise you. For example, did you know it has a military base in Honduras? Also, did you know it has 120 bases in Japan alone? In recent years, the United States has spent tens of billions of dollars maintaining JUST THOSE MILITARY BASES IN JAPAN. The governments of all these countries where there’s American military bases are mostly cool with it. After all, they’re getting extra security with an American military presence, and often for free. However, as documented in this classic book, Blowback by the late Chalmers Johnson, many of the local residents DON’T want foreign troops in their backyards. Regardless, for at least 75 years, most of the world has just accepted and even welcomed the fact that the United States is often the world’s police force, the country that seemingly steps in to put out all the fires in the world. Not only that, but it has formal treaties that make it obligated to step for the defense of at least 51 countries around the world. Others argue that a huge American military budget is necessary to “spread democracy” or “defeat authoritarianism” around the world. Notice how I put those in quotes since often the American government is, in reality, often just preserving authoritarianism and hurting democracy around the world through its military actions. Even others say a huge military budget is needed to counter the growing military threat and aggression of Russia and China. Then again, many argue that the growing military threat and aggression of Russia and China is BECAUSE of American military interventionism around the globe, but ya know… However, there’s another, much more nefarious, reason why the United States government spends so much gosh darn money on its military, and that’s the military industrial complex. #vpn #privacy

Mr. Beat tells the story of an unlikely baseball game between a KKK team and a Negro League team in Wichita, Kansas, on June 21st, 1925. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @badsnacks and @incompetech_kmac. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y4hkuJQcYiBi4WmBjSbHMKZBTTZeDaYACgJHrlgCz3c/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading and looking: https://web.archive.org/web/20181217022348/https://www.kshs.org/publicat/history/1997summer_pendleton.pdf https://www.kansas.com/news/local/article252108928.html https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/local/2019/02/28/history-guy-wichita-baseball-game-featured-negro-league-team-versus-ku-klux-klan/5805212007/ https://sabr.org/journal/article/beating-the-klan-baseball-coverage-in-wichita-before-integration-1920-1930/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190205060645/https://www.ksn.com/news/local/hidden-history-1925-baseball-game-between-klan-negro-league-team/1744158240 http://www.wichitaphotos.org/searchresults.asp?txtinput=Ackerman https://pocketsights.com/tours/place/Ackerman-Island-12111:1499 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: @mattbeatgoeson Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 #ushistory #wichitakansas #americanhistory

Mr. Beat tells the story of the Philippine-American War. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N5OavAGT2qdg_37hX4HOi_EeHdg5vtrPpoelpfknIk4/edit?usp=sharing Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by Cheel and Kwon. Sources/further reading: A War of Frontier and Empire: The Philippine-American War, 1899-1902 by David J. Silbey Purchase here: https://amzn.to/40K2oOd America and Its People by James Kirby Martin, Randy Roberts, and Steven Mintz Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3JUO2nh America’s History by James A. Henretta Purchase here: https://amzn.to/40N3DvR https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Secretary_Root%27s_Record:%22Marked_Severities%22_in_Philippine_Warfare https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: @mattbeatgoeson Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 This video is about a war you probably don’t know much about. If you’re an American, you likely didn’t hear much about it in American history class, and that’s likely because it’s a war that the American government has preferred you just…uh…not remember. You see, this war makes the United States look bad. Very bad, as a matter of fact. It’s a war that some historians say killed as many as one million people. A war in which American soldiers committed all kinds of atrocities, including pillage, torture, rape, and the massacre of civilians. A war of imperialism, in which the United States wanted to control the Philippines to exploit its resources and use it to expand trade throughout Asia. The Philippine-American War was objectively a disaster for everyone involved. It was a painful reminder that imperialism often just leads to the horrible subjugation of a people. In fact, this war single handedly turned Americans against imperialism, and even got the once staunch imperialist Teddy Roosevelt questioning himself. The war highlighted the importance of respecting the sovereignty of other nations. It also exposed the terrible racism toward Filipinos. American soldiers done messed up with their treatment of them. #apush #ushistory #filipino

Buy a DNA kit here: https://bit.ly/MrBeat_mh. Use coupon code MrBeat for free shipping. As an added bonus, you can start a 30-day free trial of MyHeritage's best subscription for family history research - and enjoy a 50% discount if you decide to continue it. Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the two countries that share the island of Hispaniola. Check out @h0ser's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U67cf6VDhXM Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by The Honey Trap at https://creatormix.com/. Correction: 5:02 I accidentally swapped the life expectancies @ReligionForBreakfast 's video about Haitian Vodou: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VofAQYxcHHY @williamcfox 's video about the Haitian Revolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyOJz3XKNxE&t Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kuvWc1lN9Y6uOgtreoa4tOFhsDjl8tw_qsJNbjdxnQw/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://versus.com/en/dominican-republic-vs-haiti https://www.worlddata.info/country-comparison.php?country1=DOM&country2=HTI Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: @mattbeatgoeson Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 #geography #haiti #dominicana Haiti and The Dominican Republic The two countries that share the island of Hispaniola, the most populous island and second-largest island in the West Indies. What are the West Indies? Well, all these islands in or near the Caribbean Sea, for real. Because that Christopher Columbus dude, who was the first European to lead a voyage to the islands, thought he was near India when he first explored them, other Europeans began to call them the “West Indies” to distinguish the islands from India. Anyway, Haiti is located on the western part of Hispaniola and The Dominican Republic is located on the eastern part of it. This 242-mile (391 km) border separates the two countries. Seen from space, this border is quite dramatic. On the Haitian side, you can see massive deforestation. On the Dominican side, forests remain. While both countries have a lot in common, today a lot of people tend to focus on their many differences.

Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join In episode 71 of Supreme Court Briefs, a baker gets arrested and fined after working his workers too much. Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @jeremyblakemusic. Mr. Beat's Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15wUg2Ymak12bphBclsyaMWFS-a3QV8IK2sAfNA7Zxco/edit?usp=sharing Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/198us45 Other sources used: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/198/45/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lochner_v._New_York https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/supremecourt/capitalism/landmark_lochner.html https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/supreme-court-case-library/lochner-v-new-york https://landmarkcases.c-span.org/Case/4/Lochner-v.-New-York For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeatGoesOn1981 Mr. Beat's band: https://electricneedleroom.us/ How to support Mr. Beat: 💰Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat 🤑Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat ☕Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: ✔️Subscribe to my channel ⏰Turn on notifications 👍Like, share, and comment on my videos Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mr.beat Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvllq3EEOm Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 #supremecourt #supremecourtbriefs #scotus Lochner v. New York, believe it or not, has never officially been overturned, and remains one of the most controversial Supreme Court decisions of all time. The case marked a shift in how the Court began to interpret laws that regulated working conditions. After this, the Court increasingly struck down both state and federal laws that regulated labor. More broadly speaking, this case marked the beginning of a period that lasted more than three decades in which the Court generally erred more on the side of individual freedom instead of government power. In fact, historians today even call this period the “Lochner Era.” Crazy enough, the Lochner Era overlapped with the Progressive Era, a time when reformers themselves worked overtime to get rid of social and economic injustice. These reformers viewed the Lochner decision as one that simply just favored employers over employees. Here’s my monthly shout out to everyone who donates to me on Patreon at least $15 or more each month to my channel, starting with the biggest donors. Thank you to Bill Dowd, Alicia Solberg, Andrew B. Anthony Beckett, Austin Siros, Corey Rieman, Douglas Martin, Dr. Paul J. Lilly, Elaine Warrick, Emily Eitzen, emptymachine, Fletch Fick, Isabelle, Isaiah Warfield, Joe Cook, Matt Standish, Michael Cortez, NeoR14, Nik Everett, Owen, Pat Iapicca, Patrick Steward, Sami, Samuel Striz, saulgoodman1917, Sean Conant, Society’s Basement, Adam Christians, Alex Cillasenor, Andrew Schneider, Grant Hughes, Ian Driscoll, Ilan Capone, Jack L, Jakob Birnbaum, Jesus Carillo, Joel Serrano Lozada, Oliver E, LT Marshall, Naterade, Raquell Jones, Stacey, Steve Bryan, Thomas Oppenheim, Warren Jarog, Waterfort, and Zachary F. Parker. I’m sorry if I mispronounced any names, but thanks to you all for donating, and thank YOU for watching.

If you're ever injured in an accident, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. You can submit a claim in 8 clicks or less without having to leave your couch. For more information go to https://ForThePeople.com/MRBEAT. You can also use promo code "MRBEAT." Mr. Beat goes through every federal impeachment in American history. Produced by Beat Productions, LLC and Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by DJ Freedem and Gunnar Olsen. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h2kbE8QlUHBpqKaGtaVL3FVY6F_Q9M_OSqpdmOHjsc4/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://history.house.gov/Institution/Origins-Development/Impeachment/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_efforts_to_impeach_presidents_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_impeachment_investigations_of_United_States_federal_officials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_impeachment_investigations_of_United_States_federal_judges https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/impeachment/impeachment-list.htm Corrections 03:03 The Chief Justice presides over presidential impeachment trials. The Vice President presides over all other impeachment trials. 21:03 Trump actually got impeached on December 18, 2019. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: @mattbeatgoeson Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 #impeachment #politicalscience #politicalhistory Here is a list of all the impeachment trials in American history, along with their dates: William Blount - July 7 to January 14, 1799 John Pickering - January 2 to March 12, 1804 Samuel Chase - December 7, 1804 to March 1, 1805 James H. Peck - May 3 to January 31, 1831 West H. Humphreys - May 26 to June 26, 1862 Andrew Johnson - March 5 to May 26, 1868 Mark Delahay - January 4, 1873, to January 14, 1873 William Belknap - March 3, 1876, to August 1, 1876 Charles Swayne - December 13, 1904 to February 27, 1905 Robert Archbald - July 9 to January 13, 1913 Harold Louderback - March 2 to March 3, 1933 Halsted Ritter - April 17 to June 3, 1936 Harry E. Claiborne - July 7 to September 10, 1986 Alcee Hastings - March 16 to October 20, 1989 Walter Nixon - November 28, 1989 to November 3, 1990 William Jefferson Clinton - December 19, 1998 to February 12, 1999 Samuel Kent - June 15, 2009, to June 19, 2009 Thomas Porteous - September 14, 2010, to December 8, 2010 Donald John Trump - January 16 to February 5, 2020 and February 9 to 13, 2021 Article Two, Section Four of the United States Constitution: “The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” While impeachment may happen at the state level, in this video we’re just going to focus on every impeachment in American history at the federal level. The House of Representatives are the only ones who have the power to impeach. First, a U.S. Representative must introduce an impeachment resolution. ANY member of the House of Representatives may do this against ANY federal public official. Not just the President, Vice President, members of the Cabinet, and other federal officials in the executive branch, but also judges and even members of Congress! The resolution is then referred to a committee- usually the House Judiciary Committee, which investigates the charges against the public official and decides whether or not to recommend ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT. If they do, it goes to the entire House of Representatives for a vote. If a majority of the House votes in favor of ANY of the articles of impeachment, that official is impeached.

Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join Recently, U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene Tweeted that she was in support of a "national divorce," and that led to a national dialogue here in the United States. In this video, Mr. Beat attempts to examine what a "national divorce" in the United States would look like. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), @badsnacks, and Kwon. Logical fallacies explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3w6LTkRCZQ&t "Left Wing" and "Right Wing" Explained (Political Spectrums Explained): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjQHuBvdyNg&t Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AWf2efn6aVZehnRGK2i0SwX-o9zO2iYf5Hy9sRGzV2o/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://data.census.gov/ https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/home https://www.bea.gov/data https://taxfoundation.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states Additional assistance from ChatGPT. For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeatGoesOn1981 Mr. Beat's band: https://electricneedleroom.us/ How to support Mr. Beat: 💰Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat 🤑Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat ☕Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: ✔️Subscribe to my channel ⏰Turn on notifications 👍Like, share, and comment on my videos Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mr.beat Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvllq3EEOm Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 #politics #nationaldivorce #politicalnews

Mr. Beat goes over the favorite beverages of every President in American history. Produced by Matt Beat (Beat Productions). All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by Text Me Records/Bobby Renz, Jeremy Blake, and Futuremono. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z-8SDzOjEkrCr30K1Vy5QFYG3cNysxFody-b7WOIp-o/edit?usp=sharing Videos mentioned in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFBPt7MdWEs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjQHuBvdyNg Sources/further reading: Mint Juleps With Teddy Roosevelt: the Complete History of Presidential Drinking by Mark Will-Weber Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3KMEPja https://tucson.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/heres-a-look-at-every-us-presidents-favorite-drink/article_1dc7725f-b4d3-59b0-9856-0172e1a6e44b.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2014/09/11/presidential-history-coffee/Wv2SfehMBGi8uyAGcMP6tN/story.html https://coffeebytheroast.com/blog/2019/2/15/presidents-day-and-presidential-coffee https://bigelowteablog.com/2016/02/15/on-presidents-day-bigelow-tea-hails-u-s-presidential-tea-drinkers/ https://nypost.com/2014/10/18/what-every-president-drank/ https://matchmadecoffee.com/presidents-1-10-and-their-interesting-coffee-facts-part-1-of-5/ https://thetakeout.com/every-u-s-presidents-favorite-drink-from-bermuda-swizz-1826395199 https://www.historyonthenet.com/15-every-presidents-go-drink-washingtons-whisky-obamas-homebrew-mark-will-weber https://www.mcall.com/2014/12/27/bethlehems-mark-will-weber-pours-details-on-presidential-drinking-in-new-book/ How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Channel membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: @mattbeatgoeson Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 #presidency #ushistory #presidents Here's my monthly shout out to all my Patreon supporters who donate at least $15 or more each month to my channel, starting with my biggest donors alphabetically thank you to Bill Dowd, Pat Iapicca, Alicia Solberg, Andrew B., Anthony Beckett, Austin Siros, Corey Rieman, Douglas Martin, Dr. Paul J. Lilly, emptymachine, Fletch Flick, Isabelle, Isaiah Warfield, Joe Cook, Matt Standish, Nik Everett, Osbers Gaming, Owen, Sami, Samuel Striz, Sean Conant, Society’s Basement, Adam Christians, Andrew Schneider, Grant Hughes, Ian Driscoll, Ilan Capone, Jack L, Jakob Birnbaum, Joel Serrano Lozada, IkkaSenjika615, KZ210QB, Oliver E., LT Marshall, Naterade, Stacey, Steve Bryan, Thomas Oppenheim, Warren Jarog, Waterfort, and Zachary F. Parker. If you’re keeping score, 22 Presidents generally preferred drinks with caffeine in them and 22 Presidents generally preferred drinks with alcohol in them. Oh, and then there was Rutherford Hayes, who preferred sugary lemonade. You may have noticed that of all the Presidents, 100% of their favorite drinks had drugs in them. And yes, sugar is a drug! Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:25 Sponsor 2:47 Washington 3:22 Adams 3:49 Jefferson 4:45 Madison 4:59 Monroe 5:42 Adams 5:57 Jackson 6:25 Van Buren 6:50 Harrison 7:13 Tyler 7:24 Polk 7:38 Taylor 7:52 Fillmore 8:13 Pierce 8:39 Buchanan 8:59 Lincoln 9:30 Johnson 9:55 Grant 10:40 Hayes 11:20 Garfield 11:45 Arthur 12:01 Cleveland 12:40 Harrison 13:07 McKinley 13:29 T. Roosevelt 14:02 Taft 14:13 Wilson 14:47 Harding 15:13 Coolidge 15:29 Hoover 15:53 F.D. Roosevelt 16:34 Truman 16:58 Eisenhower 17:31 Kennedy 17:53 Johnson 18:35 Nixon 19:12 Ford 19:23 Carter 19:41 Reagan 19:59 H.W. Bush 20:11 Clinton 20:28 W. Bush 20:57 Obama 21:40 Trump 22:08 Biden 22:33 Conclusion 23:19 Patreon shout-out 24:17 Outro

Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join In episode 70 of Supreme Court Briefs, a police commissioner sues the New York Times for defamation after it runs an ad that talks trash about his department. Produced by Matt Beat (Beat Productions). All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band). Download the song here: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/we-want-to-be Mr. Beat's Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IJIT7809e-BjuC1s961TdIJzbBjt1HJwO_JUVDpa5h4/edit?usp=sharing Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1789-1850/32us243 Other sources used: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/525/barron-v-baltimore https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/32/243/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barron_v._Baltimore https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/supremecourt/antebellum/landmark_barron.html A related case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCMQ5MrQfs0 For sponsorship and business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: On YouTube subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Book me on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: @mattbeatgoeson Join Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links to everything: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat My website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ My podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ #supremecourtbriefs #supremecourt #apgovt New York City March 29, 1960 The New York Times publishes a full-page advertisement called “Heed Their Rising Voices,” which aimed to shine a spotlight on the persecution of and violence against civil rights protestors throughout the South. It specifically talks trash about the Montgomery, Alabama police force, saying that they had arrested Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. seven times and that “truckloads” of them had stormed the Alabama State College. So uh…yeah…the ad had definitely stretched the truth. When Montgomery’s police commissioner, L.B. Sullivan, saw the ad, he was like “what the heck?!?” He viewed it as a personal attack on him and his entire police force. Even though the ad didn’t specifically name Sullivan, he decided to write the New York Times anyway, asking the newspaper to publish a retraction of the ad. In other words, Sullivan wanted the New York Times to take it all back and admit to publishing false information. Well, the New York Times issued no such retraction. Instead, its lawyers wrote Sullivan a nice little letter that said the newspaper had no good reason to publish a retraction. Specifically, their letter said, “we…are somewhat puzzled as to how you think the statements in any way reflect on you,” adding, “you might, if you desire, let us know in what respect you claim that the statements in the advertisement reflect on you.” Uh-huh. Sullivan didn’t like that so much, either. He sued the New York Times, saying the newspaper broke Alabama’s law for libel, a type of written defamation that hurt the reputation of someone or something. He also sued four African American ministers mentioned in the ad. After this, the New York Times did issue a retraction, but only for the Governor of Alabama, John Patterson….not Sullivan. In the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Sullivan only had to prove that the New York Times published mistakes and that they probably hurt his reputation. The court sided with Sullivan, ordering the New York Times to award him with $500,000 in damages, which is nearly $5 million in today’s money. The New York Times appealed to the Alabama Supreme Court, but it agreed with the lower court. After this, the newspaper appealed again, this time to the SUPREME Supreme Court, who agreed to hear oral arguments in January 1964. The New York Times, of course, argued that the freedom of speech and freedom of the press parts of the First Amendment protected their right to publish that ad. It also argued that Alabama’s libel law specifically went against the First Amendment.

If you're ever injured in an accident, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. You can submit a claim in 8 clicks or less without having to leave your couch. For more information go to https://ForThePeople.com/MRBEAT. Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two biggest American Rocky Mountains-based cities, Denver, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @DivKid and Cheel. Support SLC resident Mr. Terry's channel! @MrTerry Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15ctlSzAwWgb4ff0k_GJS63mOJSLeOT4zbKcFVaY66pk/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://www.forbes.com/places/co/denver/?sh=134a70234009 https://www.forbes.com/places/ut/salt-lake-city/?sh=5beb04af54b5 https://www.bestplaces.net/compare-cities/salt_lake_city_ut/denver_co https://www.utah.com/destinations/cities-towns/salt-lake-city/things-to-do/history https://www.denver.org/about-denver/denver-history/early-denver-history/ https://historicdenver.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Town-Building-Complete.compressed.pdf Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeatGoesOn1981 Mr. Beat's band: https://electricneedleroom.us/ How to support Mr. Beat: 💰Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat 🤑Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat ☕Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: ✔️Subscribe to my channel ⏰Turn on notifications 👍Like, share, and comment on my videos Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mr.beat Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvllq3EEOm Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 #geography #bestcities #wheretolive Denver, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah Two major cities in the American West basically located on both sides of the Rocky Mountains, about 371 miles (597 km) from each other. However, because of all those mountains, it still takes eight hours to drive from one to the other. And yep, just look at those mountains. They’re a big reason why Denver and Salt Lake City are two of the fastest growing major cities in the country.

If you're ever injured in an accident, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. You can submit a claim in 8 clicks or less without having to leave your couch. For more information go to https://ForThePeople.com/MRBEAT. Mr. Beat and @DrewDurnil make Iceberg U.S. Presidential Facts charts. Happy Presidents Day! Mr. Beat Iceberg Presidential Facts Chart notebook: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/products/mr-beats-iceberg-presidential-facts-chart-notebook Mr. Beat Iceberg Presidential Facts Chart stickers: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/products/mr-beat-iceberg-stickers Subscribe to @DrewDurnil. Oh, and here is his video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwfC6PkKFKU Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), @Dyalla, and @badsnacks. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SE4Kg05_RqmwdaUknkvo61UbWPkTNwaK6uEkyfJm--o/edit?usp=sharing Videos mentioned in this video: https://youtu.be/DGAiE4zbYSA https://youtu.be/DYGaHCOllIg https://youtu.be/qVrFIF-KdUU https://youtu.be/eK-tmueoxWE Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: @mattbeatgoeson Mr. Beat's band: https://electricneedleroom.us/ How to support Mr. Beat: 💰Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat 🤑Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat ☕Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: ✔️Subscribe to my channel @iammrbeat ⏰Turn on notifications 👍Like, share, and comment on my videos Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mr.beat Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvllq3EEOm Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 #presidency #ushistory #presidents 0:00 Martin Van Buren is why we say ok, ok? 0:46 The Iceberg U.S. Presidential Facts Chart Introduction 3:02 Morgan & Morgan ad 4:13 Matt and Drew share their presidential fact iceberg charts 22:14 The Iceberg U.S. Presidential Facts Chart notebook and sticker!

Click this link to make some cash for giving your opinion! https://www.inflcr.co/SHG32 Thanks YouGov for sponsoring! What's the best way to vote? Well, last month, several of YOU voted for the best way to vote, using four different voting systems. Here are the results. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by Owl Nest and Kia from CreatorMix.com. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1luG0n0e8E9C0wztzWS1n59FlApE33PS_dskSK-lZh5E/edit?usp=sharing Ranked choice voting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2zwQp8AlYQ Approval voting: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L1V8Vh-F2no Score voting: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fpf8F8Knnm4 STAR voting: https://youtube.com/shorts/Zy86WYmHvMk?feature=share Fairvote: https://fairvote.org Center for Election Science: https://electionscience.org/ The Equal Vote Coalition: https://www.equal.vote/star Correction: 09:25 *Instead of averaging the scores, the sum of all scores could also be tallied alternatively Sources/additional reading: https://electionscience.org/voting-methods/an-assessment-of-six-single-winner-voting-methods/ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: @mattbeatgoeson Mr. Beat's band: https://electricneedleroom.us/ How to support Mr. Beat: ✔️Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat ✔️Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat ✔️Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: ✔️Subscribe to my channel: @iammrbeat ✔️Turn on notifications ✔️Like, share, and comment on my videos Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mr.beat Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvllq3EEOm Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 #voting #rankedchoicevoting #government Here in the United States we mostly have plurality voting for elections, even though most Americans agree that it’s absolutely not the best way to do elections. (turns) Wait, what’s that, you don’t remember what plurality voting is? Plurality voting is when a citizen only gets to vote for ONE candidate, and the candidate who gets the most votes, aka a plurality, wins the election. EVEN IF THEY DON’T GET THE MAJORITY OF VOTES. If you want to learn more about why I think plurality voting sucks, check out this video here. I swear, all I do anymore is promote my own videos in my own videos. What is happening to me. Anyway, organizations like The Center for Election Science, Fairvote, and The Equal Vote Coalition have been promoting better ways to vote for years. While all three organizations have talked trash about plurality voting, they all favor different solutions. The Center for Election Science tends to favor approval or score voting, Fairvote tends to favor ranked choice voting, and The Equal Vote Coalition is all about STAR voting. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:54 YouGov 2:48 Approval voting 4:42 Score voting 6:38 Ranked-choice voting 8:50 STAR voting 11:57 How YOU voted 15:31 Outro

Download the FREE Upside App at https://upside.app.link/mrbeat to get an extra 25 cents back for every gallon on your first tank of gas. Mr. Beat gives his opinion about every American President's worst mistake. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by Otis McDonald, Bad Snacks, Dyalla, Corbyn Kites, and @ElectricNeedleRoom (Mr. Beat's band). Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iP3pS_F-Qm4nRbWrlo8zegORbqfGialO0CQ9MP_iA3o/edit?usp=sharing Every President's Greatest Accomplishment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZBeFFz3vko&t Nullification Crisis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87liyi9MnK4 Japanese Internment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI8BWAw3ogY&t Korematsu v. United States: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRiHumq_wdI Watergate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU6biQoPBDk&t Iran Hostage Crisis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaR9RRZ5SUU&t Iran-Contra Affair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uabk08XlVmM&t Further reading: https://www.deseret.com/2006/2/19/19939052/scholars-rate-10-worst-blunders-by-american-presidents The Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3jbjmVr Lost, Not Stolen https://lostnotstolen.org/ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeatGoesOn1981 Mr. Beat's band: https://electricneedleroom.us/ How to support Mr. Beat: 💰Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat 🤑Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat ☕Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: ✔️Subscribe to my channel ⏰Turn on notifications 👍Like, share, and comment on my videos Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mr.beat Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvllq3EEOm Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 #ushistory #presidents #presidency Look, all human beings make mistakes. No one is perfect. This is why everyone should be canceled. Anyway, American Presidents are not immune to this. This video is about the greatest mistake of every American president while they were in office. They’re worst failure, their biggest oopsie. You get it. When I say “greatest mistake,” I mean the one thing they did that hurt the most people. And when I say “thing they did that hurt the most people,” I say it with my historian hat on, looking at all of American history. Here is my monthly shout out to all my Patreon supporters who donate at least $15 or more each month to my channel. Starting with my biggest donors, thank you to Bill Dowd, Pat Iapicca, Adam Luckey, Alicia Solberg, Andrew B., Anthony Beckett, Austin Siros, Corey Rieman, Douglas Martin, Dr. Paul J. Lilly, emptymachine, Isabelle, Isaiah Warfield, Joe Cook, Matt Standish, Nik Everett, Osbers Gaming, Owen, Sami, Samuel Striz, Sean Conant, Society’s Basement, Adam Christians, Andrew Schneider, Grant Hughes, Ian Driscoll, KkkaSenjika615, Ilan Capone, Jack L, Jakob Birnbaum, Joel Serrano Lozada, KZ210QB, Oliver E., LT Marshall, Naterade, Stacey, Steve Bryan, Thomas Oppenheim, Warren Jarog, Waterfort, and Zachary F. Parker. Thank you to ALL my Patreon supporters, and thank YOU for watching. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:10 Washington 1:47 Adams 2:27 Jefferson 3:24 Madison 3:59 Monroe 4:53 Adams 5:20 Jackson 6:16 Van Buren 7:13 Harrison 7:25 Tyler 8:16 Polk 9:13 Taylor 10:00 Fillmore 10:35 Pierce 11:14 Buchanan 11:51 Lincoln 12:25 Johnson 13:02 Grant 13:52 Hayes 14:27 Garfield 15:08 Arthur 15:56 Cleveland 16:32 Harrison 17:11 McKinley 18:07 T. Roosevelt 19:14 Taft 19:49 Wilson 20:45 Harding 21:32 Coolidge 22:28 Hoover 23:19 FDR 23:55 Truman 25:09 Ike 26:22 JFK 27:02 LBJ 27:50 Nixon 28:58 Ford 29:54 Carter 30:23 Reagan 31:27 H Bush 31:59 Clinton 33:48 Bush 34:23 Obama 35:09 Trump 36:18 Biden 38:42 Outro

Go to https://www.buyraycon.com/mrbeat for 15% off your order! Brought to you by Raycon. Mr. Beat explains the Persian Gulf War, aka The Gulf War. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by Dyalla and King Canyon. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hDIwKk-bxy-WvTLAithAspJyYqFW1r940dNbpaqj2-w/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: Simons, Geoff (2004). Iraq: from Sumer to post-Saddam (3rd edition). Palgrave Macmillan. Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3vuHl4H Kennedy, David M. (2015). The American Pageant. (16th edition). Cengage Learning. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/1991-gulf-war-looms-large-over-bushs-mideast-legacy https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/art/exhibits/conflicts-and-operations/the-gulf-war-1990-1991--operation-desert-shield--desert-storm-.html Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeatGoesOn1981 Mr. Beat's band: https://electricneedleroom.us/ How to support Mr. Beat: 💰Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat 🤑Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat ☕Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: ✔️Subscribe to my channel ⏰Turn on notifications 👍Like, share, and comment on my videos Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mr.beat #gulfwar #ushistory #apush The Gulf War was lopsided. Just 292 coalition soldiers died in this war, compared to as many as 50,000 Iraqi soldiers killed. Most Americans were happy about the quick and decisive victory, and George H.W. Bush’s approval rating skyrocketed to around 89%, the highest approval rating for an American President recorded in history up to that point. Many coalition soldiers came home with lingering sickness with common symptoms like chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and serious stomach issues. In fact, this sickness was so common it became known as “Gulf War syndrome.” Historians still debate what caused this sickness, but one recent study found a strong link to exposure to the nerve agent sarin. There were other unintended consequences of the Gulf War. Because the embargo against Iraq for invading Kuwait was never lifted by the United Nations after the war was over, millions of ordinary Iraqis suffered. Poverty dramatically increased in Iraq over the next several years. Not only that, after the Gulf War the Shiite in the south of Iraq and Kurds in the north of Iraq both rebelled against Saddam’s regime. Well, Saddam responded to these rebellions with extreme brutality, and this brutality led to the United States and United Kingdom continuing to patrol skies over Iraq, setting up no-fly zones, which are basically areas where aircraft are not allowed to fly and if they do they may get shot down. After the United States accused Saddam of developing weapons of mass destruction and him refusing to let the United Nations look for them, the next President, Bill Clinton ultimately ordered Operation Desert Fox in December 1998. The American military dropped bombs on around 100 military sites around Iraq, killing or wounding as many as 1400 Iraqis. And then, of course, the much more controversial and devastating Iraq War, which the United States started after invading Iraq again, this time without support from the United Nations. While it DID ultimately lead to the overthrow and execution of Saddam Hussein, the war, and especially the occupation of the country by American forces afterward, did not go so well, especially compared to the Gulf War. And this ultimately led to what’s simply known as the War in Iraq later on, which many people don’t realize was just as devastating. Simply put, because of all these conflicts hundreds of thousands of civilians have died in Iraq since the Gulf War. Even today, Iraq is not a stable place, still recovering from decades of warfare. Now, we often treat the Gulf War as a blip, a short victory overshadowed by much bigger losses later on. In fact, while we SHOULD remember what went RIGHT during the Gulf War, we are more likely to remember what went WRONG after it. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:07 Causes of the Gulf War 4:12 What went down in the Gulf War? 7:47 Operation Desert Storm 11:10 Effects of the Gulf War 15:16 Raycon 16:18 Outro

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: https://amzn.to/3p8nV64 or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. In episode 69 of Supreme Court Briefs, after the city of Baltimore causes a dude to lose his wharf, he sues the city. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band). Download the song here: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/teaching-bad-habits Mr. Beat's Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN A related case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eZKcPwWVgs Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bk_Ej4oV-E6iONipijfpbLg7hASuNVrPBNgxpTxKw0E/edit?usp=sharing Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1789-1850/32us243 Other sources used: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/525/barron-v-baltimore https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/32/243/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barron_v._Baltimore https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/supremecourt/antebellum/landmark_barron.html #ushistory #supremecourtbriefs #supremecourt Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeatGoesOn1981 Mr. Beat's band: https://electricneedleroom.us/ How to support Mr. Beat: 💰Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat 🤑Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat ☕Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: ✔️Subscribe to my channel @iammrbeat ⏰Turn on notifications 👍Like, share, and comment on my videos Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mr.beat Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvllq3EEOm Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Baltimore, Maryland 1815 John Barron owns a deep-water wharf that was among the most profitable in Baltimore Harbor. What’s that? You don’t know what a wharf is? Well, that’s perfectly understandable. I imagine most of the young folks ain’t talking about wharfs these days. A wharf is a safe area for a ship to dock and unload or load stuff. Anyway, in 1815, Baltimore began a big renovation project to modernize the city’s infrastructure. The city began paving streets, building embankments, and diverting waterways in order to prevent flooding and stuff. While the city was better off after these improvements, John Barron and his wharf business were not. You see, these improvements caused lots of sand to wash down into Baltimore Harbor. After seven years of this, so much sand had accumulated in the harbor that the waters around Barron’s wharf were now too shallow for most ships to dock. His business was failing. Desperate, Barron sued the city of Baltimore to make up for his losses. He claimed the city had violated his 5th Amendment rights. Specifically, the Takings Clause of the 5th Amendment, which says that private property will not be taken for public use without “just compensation.” By the way, the government taking private property for public use is also commonly known as “eminent domain.” Anyway, Barron said the city’s destruction of his wharf fell under eminent domain, and he sued for $20,000, which is about $421,000 in today’s money. He won the case, but the Baltimore County court gave him $4,500, or $105,000 in today’s money. Not only that, the city appealed to the Maryland Court of Appeals, and IT reversed the decision, siding with Baltimore. So Barron appealed again, but this process took years. Finally, the Supreme Court agreed to take on the case, hearing oral arguments in February 1833. The Court had two big questions to answer. First, does the 5th Amendment prevent LOCAL governments from taking private property for public use without just compensation? And second, did the Bill of Rights AS A WHOLE apply to state and local laws, or did they only apply to federal laws, yo? Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:15 1815 1:18 Takings Clause 2:12 1833 3:54 How they voted 4:03 Outro

Get priority access to Masterworks by going here: http://masterworks.com/s/mrbeat “Net returns” refers to the annualized internal rate of return net of all fees and costs, calculated from the offering closing date to the sale date. IRR may not be indicative of Masterworks paintings not yet sold and past performance is not indicative of future results. See important Reg A disclosures: https://www.masterworks.com/cd Masterworks’ offerings are filed with the SEC, view all past and current offerings here: https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?company=masterworks&match=&filenum=&State=&Country=&SIC=&myowner=exclude&action=getcompany Mr. Beat reacts to this video by @johnnyharris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIbNJCSCEjk&t A better video about inflation with @ProfessorDaveExplains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=867AUDQ9DQc&t Join me Mondays at 9AM Central on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/iammrbeat Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom, MK2, and Evolution. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uBWKHc0KQFxU2oDKolVDmO5xX6DOayEjUlsdfBe6dYs/edit?usp=sharing Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeatGoesOn1981 Mr. Beat's band: https://electricneedleroom.us/ How to support Mr. Beat: 💰Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat 🤑Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat ☕Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: ✔️Subscribe to my channel ⏰Turn on notifications 👍Like, share, and comment on my videos Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mr.beat Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvllq3EEOm Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 #johnnyharris #economics #inflation I understand it’s difficult not to oversimplify stuff when you’re explaining something in six minutes, but the reason I felt obligated to make this response video was mostly because Johnny butchered the DEFINITION of inflation right out of the gate. Chapters: 0:00 Intro - Johnny Harris style 01:16 Back to Mr. Beat 02:33 Twitch reaction 17:44 In conclusion 20:17 Outro and Twitch

It's Mr. Beat's first alternate history video he's ever made. What if Stephen Douglas won the presidential election of 1860 instead of Abraham Lincoln? Eh? Don't forget that this is a trilogy! @AlternateHistoryHub's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXtStN8Igvs @EmperorTigerstar's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bfcht0sonk&feature=youtu.be Discount code BEAT gets you 15% off: https://shop.earthechofoods.com/mrbeat The real election of 1860: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vna0ile2ogg Ranked choice voting, explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2zwQp8AlYQ And EVERY presidential election in American history: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRefBOp4I9e4NLY_1_d4Csf_w Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band) and @corbynkites8006. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19lYvKTLqVnD8v2bLvRwca0-HJD9webnXDQUpZLnkoHI/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: Defender of the Union by Gerald M. Capers Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3iHDQod https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2011/novemberdecember/feature/the-man-who-came-in-second https://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/2013/09/could-lincoln-have-been-defeated-in-1860/ https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/herschel-johnson-1812-1880/ https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2134&context=gradschool_dissertations Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeatGoesOn1981 Mr. Beat's band: https://electricneedleroom.us/ How to support Mr. Beat: 💰Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat 🤑Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat ☕Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: ✔️Subscribe to my channel ⏰Turn on notifications 👍Like, share, and comment on my videos Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mr.beat Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvllq3EEOm Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 #politicalscience #politicalhistory #ushistory What if Abraham Lincoln didn't win the election of 1860? Instead, let’s say Lincoln’s old debating buddy, the Illinois U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas, won the election. It’s not that wild of an idea, actually. See all those blue counties? He won those, but in A LOT of those green, yellow, and red counties, I’d argue he was the second choice. In fact, while he finished fourth in the electoral college, getting just 12 electoral votes, he finished second in the popular vote. Now, while we don’t have definitive evidence that Douglas was the second choice of a lot of voters in 1860, I can certainly infer based on that and other evidence that he would have been a lot of people’s second choice. Now I’m a big fan of ranked choice voting…if you don’t know how ranked choice voting works, I did make a video about it, which I’ve linked below. But…simply put, it’s a way to rank ALL the candidates so you don’t just have a say on ONE candidate but ALL OF THEM. With ranked choice voting, I think there’s a GOOD chance Douglas would have won. He was likely the second choice to most Breckenridge and Bell supporters. So let’s do this, partner. Mr. Beat presents… Alternate American History Now, it’s time for my monthly shout out to all my Patreon supporters who donate at least $15 or more each month to my channel. Starting with my $20 a month donors in reverse order alphabetically, I’ve got Society’s Basement, Sean Conant, Sami, Pat Iapicca, Owen, Osbers Gaming, Nik Everett, NeoR14, Matt Standish, Isaiah Warfield, emptymachine, Dr. Paul J. Lilly, Douglas Martin, Corey Rieman, Bill Dowd, Austin Siros, Anthony Beckett, Andrew B., Alicia Solberg, and Adam Luckey. At the $15 a month level, Zachary F. Parker, Waterfort, Warren Jarog, Thomas Oppenheim, Steve Bryan, Stacey, Samuel Striz, Naterade, LT Marshall, Oliver E., KZ210QB, IkkaSenjika615, Joel Serrano Lozada, Jakob Birnbaum, Jack L, Ilan Capone, Ian Driscoll, Grant Hughes, Andrew Schneider, and Adam Christians. Thank you all for your generous support!

If you're ever injured in an accident, you can check out Morgan & Morgan. Their fee is FREE unless they win. For more information, go to https://ForThePeople.com/MRBEAT. Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Austin, Texas, and San Antonio, Texas, two of the fastest-growing major cities in the United States. Houston and Dallas Compared: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqqR-gaYjKw&t= Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom, @OtisMacMusic, and @Dyalla. Support Austin resident KP's channel! @MolecularMemory Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AnkLAhSv1_QBUFhblrJGRMCsX0uEUv_gJ0sb873c67k/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://datausa.io/profile/geo/san-antonio-tx https://datausa.io/profile/geo/austin-tx https://www.bestplaces.net/compare-cities/san_antonio_tx/austin_tx/people https://versus.com/en/austin-vs-san-antonio https://realestate.usnews.com/places/texas/austin https://realestate.usnews.com/places/texas/san-antonio https://www.forbes.com/places/tx/austin/?sh=7682d62c2291 https://www.forbes.com/places/tx/san-antonio/?sh=61631d977873 https://www.areavibes.com/austin-tx/livability/ https://www.areavibes.com/san+antonio-tx/livability/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/tower-of-light-when-electricity-was-new-people-used-it-to-mimic-the-moon/273445/ https://library.austintexas.gov/ahc/brief-history-austin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_San_Antonio Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeatGoesOn1981 Mr. Beat's band: https://electricneedleroom.us/ How to support Mr. Beat: 💰Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat 🤑Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat ☕Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: ✔️Subscribe to my channel ⏰Turn on notifications 👍Like, share, and comment on my videos Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mr.beat Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvllq3EEOm Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 #austin #sanantonio #geography Austin and San Antonio Two of the biggest cities not only in Texas, but in the entire United States, and both are just 75 miles, or 121 kilometers, apart…about an hour and a half drive. Both are also two of the fast-growing major cities in the country, and they are growing so fast that we could one day live to see them merge into each other to form a megacity. San Antonio has the third largest metropolitan area in Texas and 24th in the country, while Austin has the fourth largest metropolitan area in Texas and 28th in the country. Austin is likely the fastest growing metro in the United States, though, and its population could catch up to San Antonio’s soon. Hopefully by the end of this here video, you’ll know exactly which one you prefer. First, let’s look at what they have in common. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:51 Let's look at what they have in common. 05:24 Differences 07:24 Some history 13:07 Advantages 17:16 Let's wrap this up 18:16 Outro 18:18 Thank you

Click this link to make some cash for giving your opinion! https://www.inflcr.co/SHFHy Thanks YouGov for sponsoring! Mr. Beat tells the story of Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, one of the greatest generals and presidents in American history. Mr. Beat's song about Dwight Eisenhower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwCljvqNOgc Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom, @theminivandals1840, @badsnacks, @kingcanyon, and the U.S. Army Band. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q2qOU6UGKFxXgv3GxvkCBMA8F0DyIB_Jqgk0EF0Pwco/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: Eisenhower: Becoming the Leader of the Free World by Louis Galambos Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3EDTM21 How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower’s Biggest Decisions by Susan Eisenhower Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3EZ4rpC Eisenhower in War and Peace by Jean Edward Smith Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3OEMcsD Eisenhower Volume 1: Soldier, General of the Army, President-Elect, 1890-1952 by Stephen Ambrose Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3EFu65l Eisenhower Volume 2: The President by Stephen Ambrose Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3Ez4vuR https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/dwight-d-eisenhower/ https://millercenter.org/president/eisenhower/life-in-brief https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/eisenhowers https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/eisenhowers/residences Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeatGoesOn1981 Mr. Beat's band: https://electricneedleroom.us/ How to support Mr. Beat: 💰Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat 🤑Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat ☕Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: ✔️Subscribe to my channel ⏰Turn on notifications 👍Like, share, and comment on my videos Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mr.beat Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvllq3EEOm Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 #ike #eisenhower #presidents Before the release of his private papers in the 1970s, historians generally viewed Ike as too hands-off, as someone who’d rather play golf than run the country. However, after that suddenly historians viewed Eisenhower in a new light, and his reputation dramatically got better. Today, he is often considered not only one of the greatest generals in American history, but one of the greatest Presidents in American history. Dwight Eisenhower is now my second favorite President in American history. The more I learn about him, the more I’m impressed. I mean, the dude freaking saved the world. In my opinion, he had all the attributes that make a great leader. Courage, integrity, humility, pragmatism, flexibility, and vision. Not only did he know how to work with all types of personalities, he actively learned from working with all types of personalities. Above all, he valued relationships, the Constitution, and American democracy. We haven’t had a leader like him since. (turn) So yeah, you bet your butt I like Ike. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:46 2019 3:22 YouGov 4:32 1890 7:07 1910 9:18 1915 11:22 1919 14:24 1933 25:14 1952 36:39 1962 37:48 2022 39:56 Channel Memberships

Go to https://buyraycon.com/mrbeat for 20% off sitewide! Brought to you by Raycon. Use code "EARLYBF." Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Michigan's two peninsulas. Check out my Michigander friend's channel, @ScienceAsylum! Corrections: 0:33 The Lower Peninsula also borders Lake Erie. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @Dyalla. Why Michigan and Ohio hate each other: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si_IUBEVRFY Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yoNR7WgEGRDeJWH66RAUSRo-Zc50ZIOGSuspg24rikU/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/454-michigan-the-hands-on-state/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Peninsula_of_Michigan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Peninsula_of_Michigan https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/publications/manual/2001-2002/2001-mm-0003-0026-History.pdf https://www.wpr.org/why-isnt-part-wisconsin #michigan #upperpeninsula #geography Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeatGoesOn1981 Mr. Beat's band: https://electricneedleroom.us/ How to support Mr. Beat: 💰Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat 🤑Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat ☕Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: ✔️Subscribe to my channel ⏰Turn on notifications 👍Like, share, and comment on my videos Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mr.beat Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709jvllq3EEOm Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 The Lower Peninsula, let’s call it LP, and Upper Peninsula, let’s call it UP…of Michigan. Michigan is the ONLY state in THESE United States which consists of two, distinct peninsulas like this, and in this video we’ll look at their similarities and differences. A peninsula, by the way, is a piece of land almost entirely surrounded by water. It just, ya know, sticks out there. Now Michigan’s peninsulas are surrounded by three of the five Great Lakes, the largest group of freshwater lakes on the planet. Are you thirsty? 21% of all the world’s fresh water is in them. Despite being in the same state, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula often seem worlds apart. Indeed, at times it seems like they are two different states. But despite all their differences, they ain’t never separatin’. There is MORE than the Mackinac Bridge keeping these two peninsulas together. There seems to be a bond that cannot be broken.

They are now running a Black Friday Sale Day Sale! Go to https://kamikoto.com/MRBEAT to get an additional $50 off on any purchase with code MRBEAT. Thanks to Kamikoto for sponsoring today's video! Why does everyone seem to talk trash about New Jersey? Mr. Beat reveals the REAL reason why everyone hates New Jersey. Don't forget to check out @CynicalHistorian's video about why everyone also hates California: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33lxwDi9wBU Subscribe to the best New Jersey YouTuber around: @DrawnofHistory! Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom, DJ Williams, @birocratic_, and @OtisMacMusic. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CCeHnpUlGFPPNBq6H36knV4ilTeD3L-GPu0_xyMkTPM/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-does-new-jersey-get-no-respect/ https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10315/25065/JAC004268.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y https://nyulocal.com/across-the-river-a-world-away-why-we-trash-new-jersey-d10dd1aa00b https://www.jerseysbest.com/community/the-language-of-n-j-an-a-to-z-guide-to-the-phrases-we-use-but-no-one-else-understands/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAnAmerican/comments/agsh5g/why_does_everyone_hate_on_new_jersey/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/otco91/new_jersey_often_seems_to_be_the_butt_of_jokes/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAnAmerican/comments/kia3af/why_is_new_jersey_so_relentlessly_mocked_in/ https://nypost.com/2012/11/04/how-new-jersey-became-a-punchline/ For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeatGoesOn1981 Mr. Beat's band: https://electricneedleroom.us/ How to support Mr. Beat: 💰Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat 🤑Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat ☕Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: ✔️Subscribe to my channel ⏰Turn on notifications 👍Like, share, and comment on my videos Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mr.beat Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvllq3EEOm Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Lots of people apparently talk trash about New Jersey. And this goes way back. Take this song from 1908: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1elwgJrTe4k Even Benjamin Franklin poked fun at the Garden State, calling it a “keg tapped at both ends.” And frankly, I am baffled by this. In this video, I am going to attempt to figure out why. #newjersey #jersey #geography Chapters: 0:00 Intro 2:13 Sponsor- Kamikoto Knives 3:26 Rude New Jersey? 4:24 California is also hated (Cynical Historian cameo) 5:24 The Toll Booth State? 7:14 Blame New York City and Philadelphia 11:22 Blame Mass Media 12:43 Conclusion 13:18 Drawn of History cameo

Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Be well informed. Download the free Ground News app at https://ground.news/mrbeat And don't forget to check out @cheddar's video about political logos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk_QeWJ7WNM Why Plurality Voting sucks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mYPACssLbI Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @TrackTribe, @kingcanyon, @Dyalla, and @badsnacks. @howtovoteineverystate: https://www.youtube.com/c/howtovoteineverystate Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hue0K2vHSEXZkJ7kw4JZJZ1pbyhrn76dgW-Z7ElVeBg/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/how-does-us-voter-turnout-compare-rest-worlds https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/non-voters-poll-2020-election/ https://www.axios.com/2021/11/16/election-voting-rights-congress https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100305176 For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeatGoesOn1981 Mr. Beat's band: https://electricneedleroom.us/ How to support Mr. Beat: ►Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat ►Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat ►Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: ✔️Subscribe to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/iammrbeat ⏰Turn on notifications 👍Like, share, and comment on my videos Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mr.beat Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Forthwall: http://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvllq3EEOm Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 #election2022 #voting #politicalscience Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:50 Ground News 3:05 Reason 1 6:55 Reason 2 7:44 Reason 3 9:46 Reason 4 10:16 Reason 5 10:46 Reason 6 14:41 Collaboration with Cheddar 15:24 Monthly Patreon Shoutout

Offset your carbon footprint on Wren: https://www.wren.co/start/mrbeat/ The first 100 people who sign up will have 10 extra trees planted in their name! Thanks to Wren for sponsoring this video. In mid-July 2022, Mr. Beat called every voting member of the U.S. House of Representatives, mostly pretending like he was a constituent of their district. He collected their responses and here are the results. For a more detailed look at responses, here is the spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DPYWmmEy2P13xI0KptkkGW2rjeXXGPNrxAuW30IbpsE/edit?usp=sharing It's a working document, meaning he'll keep updating it if he gets more responses. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), @Dyalla, and Kwon. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rQUwky7sAacVlaPEQsKJsgWToqnnYhKWB3rvGSxegSc/edit?usp=sharing For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeatGoesOn1981 Mr. Beat's band: https://electricneedleroom.us/ How to support Mr. Beat: 💰Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat 🤑Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat ☕Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: ✔️Subscribe to my channel ⏰Turn on notifications 👍Like, share, and comment on my videos Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mr.beat Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvllq3EEOm Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 #uscongress #ushouse #politicalscience I’ve always thought the House of Representatives was the part of the federal government MOST directly connected with ordinary people. After this experience, that’s not true at all. I assumed I would get way more responses. I do get why Representatives can’t make much time for constituents. The average Representative is supposed to represent 759,000 people. But as I said in my follow-up video to calling every Senator, I KNOW these Representatives make time for their campaign donors, and I KNOW they make time for lobbyists who bribe them. So I ask again…why can’t they make time for us? This whole experience of calling every member of Congress has caused me to question everything about how our federal government is supposed to function. I used to naively believe that we truly lived in a constitutional republic, just like I used to teach my students in Government class. But these Representatives don’t seem to represent us much at all. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:44 The bill I focused on 12:32 Responses 15:14 My takeaways 17:19 My own Congressman's response 19:06 My final takeaway

Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Be well informed. Download the free Ground News app at https://ground.news/mrbeat I've heard your so-called "best" arguments to keep the Electoral College for four years, and all of them are weak and pathetic. Sorry, the Electoral College still sucks. Get rid of it or reform it. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom, @theminivandals1840, @birocratic_, and Trash Planet. Sources/further reading: https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/democracy_is_two_wolves https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-12-me-358-story.html https://www.economist.com/international/2021/01/16/political-theorists-have-been-worrying-about-mob-rule-for-2000-years&cd=12&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/yes-constitution-democracy/616949/ https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/why-republicans-keep-saying-that-the-united-states-isnt-a-democracy With footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12eNwfnVRbXOQoosh2chBktMmgu8o6VDsbwlzYZ_VxFc/edit?usp=sharing For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Wallet: https://shop.ekster.com/mr-beat2 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #electoralcollege #voting #votingrights As it turns out, and I can’t stress this enough, Electoral College defenders DO like democracy. They think it’s great. They like ordinary people like you and me having power and having a voice. THEY want to be heard. I’ve heard your arguments to keep the Electoral College for four years now. But every single one of your arguments are so weak and predictable that they’re kind of boring at this point. It’s not that I don’t understand how presidential elections were supposed to go. It's that how they were supposed to go sucks and needs to change. Again, no, this doesn’t mean I want a DIRECT democracy. I want a true REPRESENTATIVE democracy.

Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Israel and Palestine. Produced by Matt Beat. Additional footage by Sam Aronow and the mother of @beacebrocess. Thanks to @beacebrocess for collaborating with me and looking over my script. Check out his video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6-hcYh0FP8 Thanks also to @SamAronow for looking over my script: Check out his wonderful book all about Israel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1098878531 Thanks also to Jacob Fridman for looking over the script. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom, @halfcoolmusic, Causmic, and Bail Bonds. Sources/further reading: Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History with Documents (9th edition) by Charles D. Smith Buy here: https://amzn.to/3DMV4ci The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (10th edition) by Martin Gilbert Buy here: https://amzn.to/3f9PqXx Palestinian Identity by Rashid Khalidi Buy here: https://amzn.to/3R19f0r https://www.worlddata.info/country-comparison.php?country1=ISR&country2=PSE https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-archaeology-babylon/ancient-tablets-reveal-life-of-jews-in-nebuchadnezzars-babylon-idUSKBN0L71EK20150203 https://embassies.gov.il/boston/AboutIsrael/history/Pages/History-Israel-Timeline.aspx https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/palestineremix/maps_main.html https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-hasmonean-dynasty https://www.cjpme.org/fs_181 Domb, Fania (2007). "The Separation Fence in the International Court of Justice and the High Court of Justice: Commonalities, Differences and Specifics". https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/06/14/gaza-israels-open-air-prison-15 https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinian-cease-fire-hamas-caac81bc36fe9be67ac2f7c27000c74b https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2017/visit-israel-sheds-light-two-health-systems https://al-shabaka.org/briefs/the-conditional-right-to-health-in-palestine/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/05/21/fact-check-google-maps-does-not-label-palestine/5145256001/ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-withhold-180-million-palestinian-funds-over-militant-stipends-2021-07-11/ https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/israel-decides-to-withhold-176-mn-from-palestinian-tax-revenues-122080100335_1.html https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2017/10/12/hamas-and-fatah-how-are-the-two-groups-different https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/1/27/palestinian-elections-democracy-for-no-one https://www.eiu.com/n/campaigns/democracy-index-2021/?utm_source=economist&utm_medium=daily_chart&utm_campaign=democracy-index-2021 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/12/06/questions-about-jerusalem-you-were-afraid-to-ask/ https://www.maariv.co.il/journalists/Article-727017 https://en.idi.org.il/haredi/2020/?chapter=34272 https://www.gov.il/en/departments/general/project-water-desalination-background https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/19/middleeast/israel-water-desalination-climate-cmd-intl/index.html https://livingcost.org/cost/israel/palestine https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-08/world-bank-to-israel-let-palestinians-upgrade-mobile-network?leadSource=uverify%20wall https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-do-israels-haredim-really-live-off-the-state-1001359942 For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #israel #palestine #geography

Mr. Beat takes a family road trip to Oregon via the Old Oregon Trail and does his best not to get stranded since he's driving it in a Tesla Model Y. It's pretty much the ultimate Oregon Trail video. Be sure to purchase Katrina’s book if you want to take your own Oregon Trail road trip: https://amzn.to/3q3OXIs Where to get those "You Have Died of Dysentery" T-shirts: https://ampeduplearning.com/youve-died-of-dysentery/ "You have died of range anxiety" T-shirt: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/products/you-have-died-of-range-anxiety Thanks to all the experts I interviewed for this video! Subscribe to @WorldAccordingToBriggs. Produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions. Mostly filmed by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, R. Beat, and L. Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), Twin Musicon, @badsnacks, @LuKremBo, Bail Bonds, @theminivandals1840, Emmit Fenn, and CreatorMix.com. -------------------------------------------------------------- ♪ Night (Prod. by Lukrembo) Link : https://youtu.be/5eSSSspxGUo -------------------------------------------------------------- Music from https://freetousemusic.com ‘Night’ by ‘Lukrembo’ https://youtu.be/5eSSSspxGUo -------------------------------------------------------------- ♪ Tower (Prod. by Lukrembo) Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTXzf6eFTiM -------------------------------------------------------------- Music from https://freetousemusic.com ‘Tower’ by ‘Lukrembo’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTXzf6eFTiM Other sources/further reading: Oregon Trail: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3cF3F5M The Plains Across: The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-60 by John D. Unruh Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3CKmDlZ The Oregon Trail: Yesterday and Today by William E. Hill Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3RuqZ55 http://npshistory.com/publications/trails/mo-ks.pdf https://www.britannica.com/topic/Oregon-Trail https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084450/http://www.blm.gov/or/oregontrail/history-basics.php https://www.blm.gov/sites/blm.gov/files/learn_interp_nhotic_historybasics.pdf https://www.nps.gov/oreg/index.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissa_Whitman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Whitman https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/white-elijah/#.YxDC-uzMJT4 https://www.nps.gov/places/000/minor-park.htm https://www.nps.gov/places/000/gardner-junction-park.htm http://www.kansastravel.org/viewcrossing.htm https://www.nps.gov/places/000/oregon-trail-park-at-scott-springs.htm https://visitnebraska.com/odell/oregon-trail-marker https://www.nps.gov/places/susan-hail-grave.htm https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/the-platte-experience.htm https://www.nps.gov/oreg/planyourvisit/fort-kearny.htm https://www.nps.gov/places/000/california-hill.htm https://www.nps.gov/cali/planyourvisit/ash-hollow-state-park.htm https://www.nps.gov/places/000/courthouse-and-jail-rocks.htm https://www.yankton.net/news/article_c00acac0-f6c0-56fa-843c-cc13e9e447ee.html https://www.nps.gov/places/000/scotts-bluff-nat-monument-the-oregon-trail.htm https://www.nps.gov/places/000/fort-laramie-national-historic-site-the-oregon-trail.htm https://www.nps.gov/places/000/register-cliff-historic-site.htm https://www.nps.gov/places/000/bessemer-bend-national-historic-site.htm https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/rock-avenue https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/willow-spring https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/prospect-hill https://www.nps.gov/places/000/independence-rock-state-historic-site.htm https://www.nps.gov/places/000/south-pass.htm https://wyoparks.wyo.gov/index.php/places-to-go/fort-bridger https://idahohighcountry.org/item/big-hill/ https://www.nps.gov/oreg/planyourvisit/soda-springs-complex.htm https://www.idahostatejournal.com/freeaccess/clearing-up-confusion-about-fort-hall-history/article_7f0f387b-5187-56f7-8b64-6190e90bd3a2.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Hall https://www.nps.gov/oreg/planyourvisit/three-island-crossing.htm https://parksandrecreation.idaho.gov/parks/three-island-crossing/history/ https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mthood/recarea/?recid=53406 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Foster_Farm #oregontrail #ushistory #americanhistory For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Ways to connect: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Chapters: 0:00 Oregon Trail 14:18 Day 1 22:11 Day 2 32:39 Day 3 43:12 Day 4 53:16 Day 5 1:09:37 Day 6 1:17:12 Day 7 1:25:15 Day 8

The first 100 people to use code MRBEAT at the link below will get 20% off of Incogni: https://incogni.com/MRBEAT Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two biggest countries in the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia and Somalia. Check out @FredoRockwell's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChoDQhb8EeE Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @theminivandals1840 and @Causmic. Correction: 0:30 I made an error at :30 by pointing at Somaliland and calling it Djibouti. Sources/further reading: https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2022 https://www.ft.com/content/a74b5486-d2fa-4cdd-98d0-20a7eaf4ede2 https://fortune.com/2015/10/06/worst-internet-access/ https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare/ethiopia.somalia https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/ethiopia/somalia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia https://theconversation.com/alarm-bells-as-somalias-new-president-sours-relationship-with-ethiopia-188667 https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/11/20/what-ethiopias-crisis-means-for-somalia/ https://cja.org/where-we-work/somalia/related-resources/background-on-somaliland/ https://www.britannica.com/place/Somalia https://www.britannica.com/place/Ethiopia #somalia #somaliland #ethiopia For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Wallet: https://shop.ekster.com/mr-beat2 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Ethiopia and Somalia or...officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Federal Republic of Somalia Two bordering countries in the Horn of Africa, which is the part of Africa that looks like, ya know, a horn. It’s not only a peninsula, but considered a geopolitical region, with around 140 million people. Ethiopia and Somalia are the two largest countries in the Horn of Africa, along with Eritrea and Djibouti, which will likely be a future video for this series, by the way. Which two African countries should I compare for this series next? Let me down below. Thanks for watching this motion picture.

Go to our sponsor http://trylgc.com/beat and use MRBEAT25 for 25% off your at home test kit. Supporting my sponsor also helps my channel out and stuff. You're awesome. Mr. Beat tells the story of Herbert Hoover, a horrible President partially blamed for the Great Depression, but also a really great guy who was directly responsible for feeding millions of people. Mr. Beat's Herbert Hoover song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AC1vz_razY Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), @OtisMacMusic, @Dyalla, and @Slynk. Sources/further reading: Herbert Hoover: A Public Life by David Burner Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3BuSIO6 Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times by Kenneth Whyte Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3JecYVY https://hoover.archives.gov/hoovers/president-herbert-hoover https://www.nps.gov/heho/index.htm https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/herbert-hoover/ https://millercenter.org/president/hoover/life-before-the-presidency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/herbert-hoover/ For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Wallet: https://shop.ekster.com/mr-beat2 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Despite his mistakes reacting to the Depression, Hoover was only in office four short years. And while most historians view him as one of the worst Presidents in American history, those same historians often acknowledge he was an amazing humanitarian and the best Secretary of Commerce ever. He single handedly saved millions and millions of lives. How many Presidents can say that? In my opinion, we should remember Hoover not just for being a crappy President, but for feeding the world. The fact is, few human beings have EVER existed that had as positive of impact as Herbert Hoover. #hoover #politicalhistory #presidents

Try out Athletic Greens for real: http://athleticgreens.com/mrbeat Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two American territories which are brought up the most as the potential 51st state. Check out Will's video on his channel @williamcfox: https://youtu.be/9ZOSYJhU22M Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Written by Will Fox and Matt Beat. Additional animations by Adam Christians. Music by Quincas Moreira, Jimmy Fontanez, and Geographer. Sources as footnotes in the script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HTSRFbwcadmDa4AegKSahna2aR16Zq_amr-7ctj1YWw/edit?usp=sharing For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Wallet: https://shop.ekster.com/mr-beat2 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #puertorico #districtofcolumbia #geography DC and Puerto Rico. The 51st state and the 51st state. Wait. No. Neither DC nor Puerto Rico are the 51st state of these United States. But folks have floated both as potential additions, receiving celebrations from Civil Rights advocates, and boos from graphic design artists. Puerto Rico got a lot of attention during the arrival and aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017. The handling of the disaster and rebuilding was seen as a national scandal. Generally, Puerto Rico tends to only make the news when there are presidential primaries, or when the issue of statehood comes up. DC, on the other hand, is in a constant state of national attention, especially with all the media outlets there. The National Cathedral is often shown for funerals of notable political figures, and the monuments appear in an endless number of shows and movies. Outside of the National Mall is also a vibrant city, which is generally ignored in popular imagination. Speaking of under-appreciated in the popular imagination, Puerto Rico is a gem often overlooked by Americans. Perhaps the reason why Washingtonians and Puerto Ricans are often overlooked? Well, they can’t vote…at least in federal elections anyway. But that could change soon IF Both become states. 0:00 Introduction 0:48 Sponsor 2:00 Similarities 4:20 Differences

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur In episode 68 of Supreme Court Briefs, a Socialist Party leader distributes thousands of pamphlets encouraging young men to resist getting drafted to fight in World War One, but apparently that's illegal for real. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @badsnacks. Mr. Beat's Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/249us47 Other sources used: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/193/schenck-v-united-states https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenck_v._United_States https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/249/47 http://landmarkcases.c-span.org/Case/5/Schenck-v-United-StatesTom http://www.trinityhistory.org/AH/pdfs/Schenck%20Case.pdf https://www.freedomforuminstitute.org/2019/11/27/women-defendants-contributed-mightily-to-first-amendment-jurisprudence/ #supremecourtbriefs #supremecourt #apgovt For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Wallet: https://shop.ekster.com/mr-beat2 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1917 Charles Schenck, the general secretary of the Socialist Party, prints and mails more than 15,000 copies of pamphlets to men drafted into the military to fight in World War One. Drafted meaning that, under the Selective Service Act, they HAD to enlist, whether they wanted to or not. So what did these pamphlets say? Well basically, resist the draft. The pamphlet said the draft was basically no different than slavery, which of course goes against the Thirteenth Amendment, ya know. It’s worth noting that Schenck, and generally the entire Socialist Party, was STRONGLY against the war, claiming it was only being fought to benefit Wall Street investors who would make money from selling stuff to the military. As it turns out, by distributing these pamphlets, Schenck was breaking the Espionage Act.

Go to our sponsor http://trylgc.com/MrBeat and use MRBEAT for 30% off your at home test kit. Here is the survey: https://forms.gle/PRgXe9sXk7yn9W4B6 Mr. Beat explains why rural voters tend to lean more to the right politically and why urban voters tend to lean more to the left politically. My song "I Hate the Suburbs:" https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/i-hate-the-suburbs Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band) and @bad snacks . Sources/further reading: What’s the Matter with Kansas? by Thomas Frank Buy here: https://amzn.to/3yr77b2 Why Cities Lose by Jonathan Rodden Buy here: https://amzn.to/3nULc79 The Left Behind: Decline and Rage in Rural America by Robert Wuthnow Buy here: https://amzn.to/3IEmX6U https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/03/red-state-blue-city/513857/ https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-rural-voters-governors-races.html https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2018/05/22/urban-suburban-and-rural-residents-views-on-key-social-and-political-issues/ https://www.hrsa.gov/rural-health/about-us/what-is-rural https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:5xpunveXG0gJ:https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/15/biden-trump-economy/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Fkn1W8ur9VsJ:https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/08/our-urban-rural-political-divide-is-both-new-decades-making/+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2020/12/08/the-rural-urban-divide-furthers-myths-about-race-and-poverty-concealing-effective-policy-solutions/ https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/12/01/democrats-rural-vote-wisconsin-441458 https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1336342894630858755 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban%E2%80%93rural_political_divide https://source.wustl.edu/2020/02/the-divide-between-us-urban-rural-political-differences-rooted-in-geography/ https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/pride-fear-small-towns-article-1.3905990 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/22/us-politics-rural-america https://www.econlib.org/why-are-there-zero-republican-mega-cities/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/08/20-years-welfare-reform/496730/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33881488/ https://www.nber.org/papers/w5774 Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Wallet: https://shop.ekster.com/mr-beat2 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #politicalscience #politics #politicalhistory

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. Mr. Beat's Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN In episode 67 of Supreme Court Briefs, a mother's three children are murdered after the local police don't enforce a restraining order. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @TrackTribe. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2004/04-278 Additional sources/further reading/watching: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/04-278 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_of_Castle_Rock_v._Gonzales https://www.aclu.org/other/castle-rock-v-gonzales-making-courts-protection-real https://www.lexisnexis.com/community/casebrief/p/casebrief-town-of-castle-rock-v-gonzales http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/CastleRock.html https://www.law.columbia.edu/news/archive/jessica-lenahans-quest-justice-continues-10-years-after-her-daughters-were-killed https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/uvalde-police-had-no-legal-duty-to-act-experts-say-supreme-court-precedent-cited https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw58d7xLnus #supremecourtbriefs #scotus #supremecourt For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my channel @iammrbeat Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat’s second channel: @mattbeatgoeson Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Wallet: https://shop.ekster.com/mr-beat2 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Mostly because of the horrific nature of the case, Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales remains one of the most controversial Supreme Court decisions in recent decades. In 2011, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights condemned the decision. Critics have argued that it basically says it’s ok for the police to ignore restraining orders. Decided on a technicality, it’s easy to understand why this decision is so unsettling to so many when it began with police refusing to enforce a restraining order, and learning that them actually enforcing that restraining order could have prevented the murder of three children.

Mr. Beat explains the Great Replacement Theory and how manipulative propaganda fools us into believing white nationalist talking points. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Animations by Rob Bellon. Illustrations by Omar K. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom (Mr. Beat's band), @badsnacks, and @TrackTribe. A special thanks to Define American for support with this video and Shauna Siggelkow, Beth Goldberg, and Brian Hughes. Sources/further reading: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/race-is-a-social-construct-scientists-argue/ https://www.science.org/content/article/how-europeans-evolved-white-skin https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2011/08/30/section-1-a-demographic-portrait-of-muslim-americans/ https://www.ispu.org/who-are-white-muslims/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4641149/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3969091/ https://www.thejournal.ie/debunk-flight-afghanistan-men-5525177-Aug2021/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/isis-flag-refugees-germany/ https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/camden-council-appoints-mayor-sabrina-francis-7947908 https://immigrationforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Replacement-Theory-Explainer-1122.pdf https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/the-great-replacement-an-explainer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Replacement https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/04/the-french-origins-of-you-will-not-replace-us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8LGX8o2fw8 https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/lboustan/files/aeri.20190079.pdf https://rumble.com/vmvv07-tucker-carlson-blasts-biden-for-championing-the-so-called-great-replacement.html https://nationalvanguard.org/2017/02/whites-the-new-visible-minority/ https://rhyclearinghouse.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/docs/20068-The_Adaptation_of_Migrant.pdf For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat's Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/iammrbeat/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat #mrbeat #socialstudies #politicalscience Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Wallet: https://shop.ekster.com/mr-beat2 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links.

Protect yourself from America’s fastest-growing crime. Try 14 days for free: https://aura.com/mrbeat and see if your personal information has been stolen or leaked on the dark web with my sponsor Aura. Mr. Beat goes through the biggest accomplishment of every American President, with a little help from the BASED @MrTerry. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by Jeremy Blake and @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band). Sources/further reading: https://www.legacy.com/news/culture-and-history/salute-to-u-s-presidents/ https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2011/04/15/135423586/when-the-u-s-paid-off-the-entire-national-debt-and-why-it-didnt-last https://www.statnews.com/2019/03/22/affordable-care-act-controls-costs/ https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/journal-article/2020/feb/aca-at-10-years-effect-health-care-coverage-access https://www.heritage.org/health-care-reform/report/obamacare-has-doubled-the-cost-individual-health-insurance #presidents #mrbeat #ushistory For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Wallet: https://shop.ekster.com/mr-beat2 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. 0:00 Intro 0:40 Sponsor 2:00 Explanation 3:59 Washington 5:07 J Adams 5:37 Jefferson 6:12 Madison 7:02 Monroe 7:58 JQ Adams 8:19 Jackson 8:45 Buren 9:01 W Harrison 9:29 Tyler 9:49 Polk 10:38 Taylor 11:15 Fillmore 11:48 Pierce 12:50 Buchanan 13:23 Lincoln 14:05 A Johnson 14:23 Grant 14:51 Hayes 15:26 Garfield 15:47 Arthur 16:04 Cleveland 16:40 B Harrison 16:56 McKinley 17:11 T Roosevelt 17:37 Taft 18:10 Wilson 19:05 Harding 19:22 Coolidge 19:44 Hoover 20:00 F Roosevelt 20:47 Truman 21:33 Eisenhower 21:59 Kennedy 22:27 L Johnson 23:11 Nixon 23:48 Ford 24:02 Carter 24:31 Reagan 24:55 GHW Bush 25:25 Clinton 25:51 GW Bush 26:24 Obama 27:11 Trump 27:31 Biden 28:05 Conclusion 10:38

Try out Bright Cellars! Oh, and get 50% off your first 6 bottle box by going to https://www.brightcellars.com/mrbeat3 Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the only two states to border the District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by Vans in Japan and Causmic. Sources/further suggestions: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/which-state-is-better-maryland-or-virginia-washington-post-bloggers-square-off/2013/01/04/a07465dc-fcfa-11e1-8adc-499661afe377_story.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/VA https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/MD https://datausa.io/profile/geo/virginia https://datausa.io/profile/geo/maryland https://www.nextburb.com/us/compare-states/maryland-vs-virginia/ https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/maryland.virginia https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/state-size-comparison/virginia-usa/maryland-usa https://www.forbes.com/places/md https://www.forbes.com/places/va https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/13/americas-top-states-for-business.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-08-vw-12768-story.html https://www.bestplaces.net/state/virginia https://www.bestplaces.net/state/maryland https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/tbb-84-revised.pdf https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/state/maryland/ https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/state/virginia https://www.voanews.com/a/usa_all-about-america_heres-where-internet-actually-lives/6184090.html https://sos.maryland.gov/mdkids/Pages/Maryland's-History How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3z9DCwe For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Wallet: https://shop.ekster.com/mr-beat2 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #maryland #virginia #geography So which is better? Maryland or Virginia? Should compare Michigan to Ohio or compare the Upper and Lower Peninsulas to each other? Let me know what I should do in the comments!

Start building your ideal daily routine! The first 100 people who click on the link will get 25% OFF Fabulous Premium: https://thefab.co/mrbeat Mr. Beat tells the story of Henry George and explains his land value tax and Georgism, while @JacobAClifford quite literally sneaks in to explain why people love a single, land value tax so much. Subscribe to Jacob's channel! Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @thegreatnorthsoundsociety7093, Futuremono, and Underbelly & Ty Mayer. Filmed by Lydia Beat and Reegan Beat. Sources/further reading and watching: Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth: The Remedy by Henry George Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3abaomc The Life of Henry George by Henry George, Jr. Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3M4noHC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJfzM3nN2Uk http://landreform.org/who-was-henry-george/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_George https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2019/04/henry-georges-single-tax-could-combat-inequality/587197/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/3/8/if-the-land-tax-is-such-a-good-idea-why-isnt-it-being-implemented https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22951092/land-tax-housing-crisis https://cooperative-individualism.org/oser-jacob_henry-george-1974-01.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150923212501/http://www.dallasfed.org/assets/documents/research/ei/ei0502.pdf https://masongaffney.org/publications/K1Neo-classical_Stratagem.CV.pdf https://michael-hudson.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/0801GeorgesCritics.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism https://www.henrygeorgefoundation.org/about-the-foundation/the-life-of-henry-george.html For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Wallet: https://shop.ekster.com/mr-beat2 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #georgism #henrygeorge #landvaluetax I hope I made it obvious that I’m biased toward liking Georgism. You Georgism haters out there- I want to hear from you. Tell me why Georgism sucks.

Mr. Beat looks at what it actually means to be a "self-made" person. Thanks to @JJMcCullough, @BradyDouglass, @StefanMilo, @VloggingThroughHistory, @AnnalOfHistory, @HistoryandHeadlines, and Victoria from Something and the Whatevers (https://somethingandthewhatevers.bandcamp.com/) for appearing in this video! Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom (Mr. Beat's band), @DivKid and @OtisMacMusic. Some scenes filmed by Shannon Beat. For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Sources/further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-made_man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Made_Men http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/history/2014/09/the_self_made_man_history_of_a_myth_from_ben_franklin_to_andrew_carnegie.html https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/rags-riches https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Lives_and_Deeds_of_Our_Self_made_Men/Ujj1D4zg3ngC?hl=en&gbpv=1 https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/rconwellacresofdiamonds.htm https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/09/social-mobility-upwards-decline-usa-us-america-economics/ https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2010222117 http://www.hooverminthorn.org/history/dr-henry-john-minthorn/ https://www.fastcompany.com/3059440/breaking-the-myth-of-being-self-made Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #selfmade #selfhelp #history As it turns out, being “self-made” is a uniquely American phrase. It was on the Senate floor on February 2, 1842, that Henry Clay first coined the phrase “self-made man.” After that, folks began describing a “self-made man” as any person who achieved success independently, without any outside help. But economic mobility, or the ability of people to move up or down the economic ladder in terms of their wealth, has been steadily declining in the United States for decades.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. Mr. Beat's Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN In episode 66 of Supreme Court Briefs, city folks in Tennessee are fed up with their votes not counting as much as rural folks, and the Supreme Court is about to become A LOT more powerful. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @reedmathis4623. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1960/6 Additional sources/further reading/watching: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/baker_v_carr_(1962) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_v._Carr http://landmarkcases.c-span.org/Case/10/Baker-V-Carr http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/baker.html https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/on-this-day-supreme-court-reviews-redistricting https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54818961/charles-w.-baker https://ballotpedia.org/Baker_v._Carr https://www.historynet.com/baker-v-carr-1962-us-supreme-court-ruling/ https://ordinary-times.com/2019/09/25/the-case-that-broke-two-scotus-justices/ https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2131&context=lawreview https://www.tennessean.com/picture-gallery/news/2019/07/03/baker-vs-carr-tennessee-case-influenced-supreme-court-gerrymandering/1645090001/ For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel @iammrbeat Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #apgov #scotus #supremecourtbriefs Baker v. Carr is one of the most important Supreme Court cases in American history. It really opened up the floodgates. Although the Court has always been at least somewhat political, I’d argue this case made it much more political. I’d also argue that no Supreme Court case in American history has ever tested our justices more so than this case. I mean, it led to one justice having a nervous breakdown, for crying out loud. And finally, this case made it so that the Court would likely be much more busy from now on.

For your chance to win $100k in CASH, while supporting a great cause, @fosterlove, enter at https://www.omaze.com/mrbeat Mr. Beat goes through the favorite music of every American president in history, as well as look at which ones were musicians! Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @huma-huma5271, @dougmaxwell9118, @TrackTribe, @natkeefe, and @nombe. Mr. Beat's President songs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKReeVStWAF-UmA5ml--OhP7qh Sources/further reading: https://www.discovery.com/science/Getting-Chills-from-Music https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11031-007-9053-1#page-1 https://www.wfmt.com/2018/11/05/8-u-s-presidents-you-didnt-know-were-musicians/ https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/article/2015/everyone-listens-to-music-but-how-we-listen-is-changing/ https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/these-are-the-presidents-who-played-music-and-how-donald-trump-compares.html/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3741536/ https://rocknyc.live/the-musical-tastes-of-our-ex-presidents.html https://music.allpurposeguru.com/2012/03/americas-top-ten-musical-presidents/ https://thevault.musicarts.com/11-presidents-you-didnt-know-were-musical/ https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/u-s-presidents/musical-tastes-of-15-modern-presidents/ https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/music/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3159545 https://www.monticello.org/thomas-jefferson/a-day-in-the-life-of-jefferson/a-delightful-recreation/jefferson-and-music/ https://www.monticello.org/press/monticello-magazine/monticello-the-magazine-winter-2019/music-at-monticello/ https://www.whitehousehistory.org/john-quincy-adams-and-music https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/opinion/va-vg-ed-oped-presidential-music-0428-20210427-uwoqea6hojfs3d7lcxsj2npfty-story.html https://www.whitehousehistory.org/millard-fillmores-musical-family https://www.wpr.org/musical-diversions-president-1 https://www.whitehousehistory.org/music-in-lincolns-white-house https://www.npr.org/2009/02/16/100675699/if-abraham-lincoln-had-an-ipod https://thinkingonmusic.wordpress.com/tag/ulysses-s-grant https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-united-states-marine-band-john-philip-sousa https://www.facebook.com/WhiteHouseHistory/photos/for-president-william-mckinley-and-first-lady-ida-mckinley-valentines-day-was-no/1576501299041794/ https://www.wrti.org/wrti-spotlight/2016-11-04/the-music-of-presidents-a-century-ago https://www.madelinefrankviola.com/president-warren-harding-a-better-perspective-madelines-monthly-article-musical-tips-blog-for-december-2014/ https://music.allpurposeguru.com/2012/03/americas-top-ten-musical-presidents https://hoover.blogs.archives.gov/2019/06/19/an-eclectic-taste-in-music-herbert-hoovers-favorite-tunes/ https://www.fdrlibrary.org/fdr-facts https://www.nps.gov/hstr/learn/historyculture/truman-record-collection https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/eisenhowers/ike-and-mamies-favorites https://wosu.org/2012/archive/jfk/life https://www.gpb.org/news/2021/10/01/the-musical-life-of-jimmy-carter https://www.stereogum.com/842022/bill-clintons-20-favorite-songs-of-all-time/lists/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhw69ihw4nk https://rocknyc.live/what-kind-of-music-does-joe-biden-listen-to.html https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54644163 For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://www.amazon.com/presents-Ultimate-American-Presidential-Election/dp/B08W7DWJYY How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 #presidents #ushistory #americanpresidents

Yep, I ended up calling every U.S. Representative in the country, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7CFo0XKLmo Thanks to Albert for sponsoring this video. Go to http://Albert.com/MRBEAT to download the Albert app. For a limited time when you open a checking account and connect a qualifying direct deposit, you’ll get $150. Thanks to Albert for sponsoring this video. Albert is not a bank. Banking services provided by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. The Albert Mastercard® debit card is issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC, pursuant to a license by Mastercard International Incorporated. Early access to direct deposit funds may vary depending on the payer's deposit timing. Albert Instant eligibility requirements apply. See albert.com/terms. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom (Mr. Beat's band) and @sirdannytrolls. The Senate call livestreams: Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ7DiZ0mgBU&t Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ivB82AP8yc Full results of calling every U.S. Senator office: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j1fP2tMsulNTaYuO5s5WqVLJom66VLV-GzOhnTv4qeE/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: https://www.senate.gov/about/officers-staff.htm https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R43946.pdf #usssenate #congress #politics For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) by Matt Beat https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Of the 101 offices I called, 53 didn’t pick up, so I left 53 voicemails. In every single voicemail I left, I briefly mentioned the bill, issue, or policy I wanted the Senator to know about, as well as my contact information. Oh yeah, I also tried to remember to thank them for their service. Sucking up never hurts, after all. 48 staffers DID answer. At first, I told staffers that they’re call was being recorded and they didn’t like that too much. So I stopped telling them after that. By the way, the District of Columbia has a “one-party consent” law, which means it’s not a crime to record a phone call as long as one party knows.

Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @slenderbeats183. #compared #geography #socialstudies Subscribe to @CeciliaBlomdahl! Sources/further reading: https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2020/the-nordic-exceptionalism-what-explains-why-the-nordic-countries-are-constantly-among-the-happiest-in-the-world/ https://taxfoundation.org/scandinavian-countries-taxes-2021/ https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/norway/sweden https://nordicperspective.com/facts/nordic-vs-scandinavian https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/12/03/social-trust-in-advanced-economies-is-lower-among-young-people-and-those-with-less-education/ https://www.econstor.eu/dspace/bitstream/10419/44134/1/394929810.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_length_of_coastline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway%E2%80%93Sweden_border https://www.speedtest.net/global-index/sweden https://www.speedtest.net/global-index/norway https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/19/sports/olympics/swedens-cross-country-skiing-success-rattles-norway.html https://www.lovemoney.com/news/85476/norway-oil-reserves-norges-investment-fund-returns-strategy https://slate.com/culture/2009/12/sweden-s-bizarre-tradition-of-watching-donald-duck-kalle-anka-cartoons-on-christmas-eve.html https://www.npr.org/2021/10/08/1044330824/norway-electric-vehicle-car-sales-evs https://sweden.se/culture/history/history-of-sweden https://www.lifeinnorway.net/history-of-norway/ For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) by Matt Beat https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. So which is better? Sweden or Norway? As always, if you are actually FROM one of these two amazing countries, I want to hear from you. Thanks to my good friend Dan for looking over this script. Many of his ancestors came over from Norway to moved the Midwest in the 1800s.

Become smarter in 5 minutes by signing up for free today: https://cen.yt/mbmrbeat. Thanks to Morning Brew for sponsoring today’s video. We all know Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong were ruthless, murderous dictators, but which of the three is directly responsible for more deaths than any other person in history? Tell your grandma to watch this video. This is part of a collaboration called #projectdictator. Check out the entire playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTZaOylOgJT_SJK0TDVk9rc1tDuJ4Pj8N Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), @frenchfuse, and @badsnacks. #worldhistory #history "Killing is Wrong" by ENR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh_ZJx5t6D0 Sources/further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_by_country https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-law-and-jurisprudence/article/abs/lawful-murder-unnecessary-killing-in-the-law-of-war/3B2420EDF48199D70A8B88C81F5784B4 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/killing-does-not-come-easy-for-soldiers/2017/10/13/6008e742-ae26-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Dave Grossman The Last and Greatest Battle: Finding the Will, Commitment, and Strategy to End Military Suicides by John Bateson https://fee.org/articles/who-was-the-biggest-mass-murderer-in-history/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/08/03/giving-historys-greatest-mass-murderer-his-due/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/21/death-statistic/ https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2011/01/27/hitler-vs-stalin-who-was-worse/ https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1302&context=gc_etds What inspired this video: https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/02/05/who-killed-more-hitler-stalin-or-mao/ https://www.heritage.org/asia/commentary/the-legacy-mao-zedong-mass-murder https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/documenting-numbers-of-victims-of-the-holocaust-and-nazi-persecution https://www.livescience.com/64420-holocaust-jewish-deaths.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excess_mortality_in_the_Soviet_Union_under_Joseph_Stalin https://www.ibtimes.com/how-many-people-did-joseph-stalin-kill-1111789 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/29/why-maoism-still-resonates-china-today/ https://archive.org/details/modernchinafallr00fenb/page/351/mode/2up https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/07/17/how-many-died-new-evidence-suggests-far-higher-numbers-for-the-victims-of-mao-zedongs-era/01044df5-03dd-49f4-a453-a033c5287bce/ For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) by Matt Beat https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur In episode 65 of Supreme Court Briefs, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, tries to ban immigrants from certain countries, and it doesn't go so well. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Mr. Beat's Supreme Court Briefs playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2017/17-965 Additional sources/further reading/watching: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/17-965 https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/trump-v-hawaii-3/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13769 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13780 https://www.c-span.org/video/?441663-1/supreme-court-upholds-trump-administration-travel-ban-5-4 https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/17-965_h315.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJYTj-VI_L8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_v._Hawaii https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/proclamation-ending-discriminatory-bans-on-entry-to-the-united-states/ https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/hawaii-v-trump/ https://i.insider.com/5c1bc7bc0df1762b4701acd4?width=600&format=jpeg&auto=webp https://ballotpedia.org/Trump_v._Hawaii For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://www.amazon.com/presents-Ultimate-American-Presidential-Election/dp/B08W7DWJYY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1PT59MBW4VPPR&keywords=mr.+beat&qid=1649950136&sprefix=mr.+beat%2Caps%2C121&sr=8-1 How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) by Matt Beat https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Trump v. Hawaii strengthened the president’s authority over immigration and national security matters. Still, the decision remained controversial, as many folks just saw it as a sneaky way for Trump to prevent Muslims from entering the country. #supremecourtbriefs #apgov #scotus

Visit https://squarespace.com/mrbeat to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code mrbeat Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Texas and Oklahoma. It's the Red River Showdown, except this time mostly without the football. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. #texas #oklahoma #geography Sources/further reading: https://www.rocketmortgage.com/learn/fastest-growing-cities-in-the-us https://dallas.culturemap.com/news/city-life/03-24-22-dfw-leads-nation-metro-population-growth-census-bureau-collin-denton-county/ https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/OK https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/TX https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/slideshows/10-most-affordable-states https://www.theodysseyonline.com/12-things-texans-hate-about-oklahoma https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/state-size-comparison/texas-usa/oklahoma-usa https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Texas/Overview https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Oklahoma/Overview https://www.forbes.com/places/tx/ https://www.forbes.com/places/ok https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/tbb-84-revised.pdf https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/13/americas-top-states-for-business.html https://datausa.io/profile/geo/oklahoma https://datausa.io/profile/geo/texas https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/median-household-income-by-state https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/state/texas/ https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ok/crime https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/tx/crime https://countryeconomy.com/countries/usa-states/compare/texas/oklahoma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/the-states-where-the-most-native-americans-live For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://www.amazon.com/presents-Ultimate-American-Presidential-Election/dp/B08W7DWJYY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1PT59MBW4VPPR&keywords=mr.+beat&qid=1649950136&sprefix=mr.+beat%2Caps%2C121&sr=8-1 How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) by Matt Beat https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links.

Visit https://brilliant.org/mrbeat to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. What's up with the Interstate Highway System? Mr. Beat explains how it works, why we have it, and how it came to be what it is today. A special shout out to @InterstateKyle for providing lots of Interstate highway footage. Please consider subscribing to his YouTube channel. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band) and @badsnacks. #ushistory #apush #interstatehighway Sources/further reading: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/history.cfm https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/summer-1996/three-states-claim-first-interstate-highway https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/eisenhower-highway-interstate-70/16894 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_U.S._public_works_projects https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/02/america-in-1915/462360/ https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/1919-transcontinental-motor-convoy https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/interstatemyths.cfm#:~:text=President%20Eisenhower%20conceived%20the%20Interstate,reason%20for%20the%20Interstate%20System https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Federal_Highway_Act.htm https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/mayjune-2000/one-mile-five-debunking-myth https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-55184326 https://www.historycentral.com/postwar/Highways.html https://www.iihs.org/topics/speed/speed-limit-laws https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7295140/ For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) by Matt Beat https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Why was the Interstate Highway System built, and how did it transform the United States? Also, how the heck does it work? Here’s everything you need to know about the Interstate Highway System.

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/mrbeat. Start your free trial TODAY so you can check out the Watergate documentary "Nixon in the Den" as well as the rest of MagellanTV’s amazing history collection: https://www.magellantv.com/video/nixon-in-the-den Mr. Beat explains the Watergate scandal. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band) and Underbelly & Ty Mayer. Thanks to Steven Beat for helping me with this video! Want a free tutor or tutor K-8 students for free? Check out Connect Me: https://connectmego.org/ Sources/further reading: All the President’s Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_%22-gate%22_scandals_and_controversies https://www.britannica.com/event/Watergate-Scandal The Watergate: Inside America's Most Infamous Address by Joseph Rodota https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/secret-white-house-tapes/cancer-on-the-presidency https://www.history.com/news/watergate-nixon-john-dean-tapes https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/educational-resources/you-could-get-a-million-dollars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/09/25/how-the-watergate-crisis-eroded-public-support-for-richard-nixon/ For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://www.amazon.com/presents-Ultimate-American-Presidential-Election/dp/B08W7DWJYY/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=mr.+beat&qid=1648656851&sr=8-1 How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) by Matt Beat https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Watergate is the biggest political scandal in American history. It led to a major setback for the Republican Party, especially as they lost many seats in Congress in the 1974 midterm elections. Watergate dramatically increased cynicism and distrust of the federal government, which had already been on the rise due to its lies revolving around the Vietnam War. #watergate #ushistory #apush

Visit https://squarespace.com/mrbeat to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code mrbeat Mr. Beat goes through the accomplishments and legacies of every single First Lady in American history. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by Joel Cummins, Andy Farag,  @NEFFEX  and  @Electric Needle Room  (Mr. Beat's band). A shout out to my first ladies for helping me make this one! Sources/further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lady_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_first_gentlemen_in_the_United_States A Companion to First Ladies by Katherine Sibley The Presidents Fact Book by Roger Matuz https://www.whitehousehistory.org/collections/first-lady-biographies http://firstladies.org/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/woodrow-wilson-stroke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_First_Lady_firsts https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/09/07/jill-biden-teaching-northern-virginia-community-college-person/5750639001/ http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/the-white-house/changes-white-house/changes-white-house-looting-destruction-white-house-1864-65/ For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://www.amazon.com/presents-Ultimate-American-Presidential-Election/dp/B08W7DWJYY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=24C33I9UW2K3B&keywords=mr.+beat&qid=1648398024&sprefix=mr.+beat%2Caps%2C119&sr=8-1 How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) by Matt Beat https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #ushistory #firstladies #socialstudies 0:00 Introduction 0:13 First Lady of the United States 2:25 Martha Washington (1789-1797) 2:47 Abigail Adams (1791-1801) 4:22 Elizabeth Monroe (1817-1825) 5:46 Emily Donelson 6:01 Petticoat affair 6:52 Abraham Van Buren 7:17 Anna Harrison (1841) 7:46 Letitia Tyler (1841-1842) 8:24 Julia Tyler 8:53 Sarah Polk 9:31 Margaret Taylor (1849-1850) 10:07 Abigail Fillmore (1850-1853) 11:00 Jane Pierce (1853-1857) 11:53 Harriet Lane (1857-1861) 12:29 Mary Todd Lincoln (1861-1865) 12:59 Eliza Johnson (1865-1869) 13:24 Julia Grant (1869-1877) 14:01 Lucy Hayes (1877-1881) 14:37 Lucretia Garfield (1881) 16:07 Rose Cleveland 17:28 Caroline Harrison (1889-1893) 18:05 Ida McKinley (1897-1901) 18:36 Edith Roosevelt (1901-1909) 19:16 Cecil Spring Rice 19:27 Helen Taft (1909-1913) 20:21 Ellen Wilson (1913-1914) 21:14 Edith Wilson (1915-1921) 22:22 Florence Harding (1921-1923) 23:02 Grace Coolidge (1923-1929) 23:34 Lou Hoover (1929-1933) 23:51 Eleanor Roosevelt (1933-1945) 25:21 Elizabeth Truman (1945-1953) 25:44 Mamie Eisenhower (1953-1961) 27:13 Claudia Johnson (1963-1969) 27:30 Pat Nixon 28:30 Betty Ford (1974-1977) 30:08 Barbara Bush (1989-1993) 31:38 Laura Bush (2001-2009) 32:08 Michelle Obama (2009-2017) 32:51 Melania Trump (2017-2021)

Visit https://squarespace.com/mrbeat to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code mrbeat Mr. Beat and many of his friends analyze dozens of old American history textbooks, going back all the way to 1825. To view many of these same textbooks: https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt:00aep6688m Please consider subscribing to or supporting everyone who appeared in this video: (In order of appearance): @thedailybellringer @AntiSocialStudies @DrawnofHistory Kings of Democracy podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/549118 Check out Travis Sing's work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-sing-1522071a7/ A special thanks to Andy Gilner and Mike "Mac" McClellan for appearing in this video, their insights, and loaning a bunch of old American history textbooks. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @DivKid and @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band). Sources/further reading: https://time.com/5013943/john-kelly-civil-war-textbooks/ https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2191&context=etd https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/12/us/texas-vs-california-history-textbooks.html http://www.textbookland.com/textbook-industry https://www.statista.com/statistics/741558/us-public-school-textbook-expenditure/ https://www.npr.org/2020/01/13/795995543/analysis-finds-big-differences-in-school-textbooks-in-states-with-differing-poli https://www.texastribune.org/2010/03/26/texas-textbooks-national-influence-is-a-myth/ https://www.facingsouth.org/2019/04/twisted-sources-how-confederate-propaganda-ended-souths-schoolbooks https://archive.org/details/measuringrodtot00ruth https://guides.library.harvard.edu/gse/specialcollections/historicaltextbooks https://www.facingsouth.org/2019/04/twisted-sources-how-confederate-propaganda-ended-souths-schoolbooks For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) by Matt Beat https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #history #historyteacher #socialstudies 0:00 Introduction 4:13 Five Historical events we'll look at 6:59 Modern textbooks 13:48 Let's meet the cast! 15:17 Old textbooks 16:02 The War of 1812 26:13 Causes of the Civil War 34:03 The presidency of Ulysses Grant 36:20 The Philippine-American War 41:43 The Gulf of Tonkin Incident 44:15 Why textbooks are overrated

If you're ready to take action and prevent hair loss, go to https://keeps.com/MrBeat to receive 50% off your first order. Mr. Beat finally tackles the complicated story of the Southern Strategy and the Party Switch...aka The Big Switch...aka The Big Lie. Wait, the Big Lie? Some people think it's made up? Really? Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom (Mr. Beat's band). Other recommended videos about the Party Switch: @CynicalHistorian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBHHIJG8Rds&t @KnowingBetter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwuFIJlY7fU Sources/further reading: https://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/books/phillips-southern.pdf https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1077&context=pell_theses https://millercenter.org/president/fdroosevelt/the-american-franchise https://www.jstor.org/stable/273604 https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/why-are-blacks-democrats https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/1948-democratic-party-platform https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1951-2000/The-Southern-Manifesto-of-1956/ https://www.bustle.com/p/how-the-gop-became-anti-abortion-when-that-wasnt-always-the-partys-stance-15837783 https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/21/archives/fordcarter-stands-on-abortion-held-similar-with-one-exception.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-30-mn-59333-story.html https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8274866/ https://www.nytimes.com/1970/05/17/archives/nixons-southern-strategy-its-all-in-the-charts.html https://www.jstor.org/stable/23518391 https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-white-southern-voters-democrats-20150921-story.html Nut Country: Right-wing Dallas and the Birth of the Southern Strategy by Edward Miller For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) by Matt Beat https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #apgov #thesouthernstrategy #thepartyswitch

The first 100 people to download Endel at https://app.adjust.com/b8wxub6?campaign=mrbeat_february&adgroup=youtube will get a free week of audio experiences! Mr. Beat compares and contrasts two states on the American prairie: Iowa and Nebraska. But which is better? Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by JR Tundra. Sources/further reading: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/nebraska https://www.usnews.com/newhttps://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/nebraskas/best-states/iowa https://mapfight.xyz/map/us.ne/#us.ia https://countryeconomy.com/countries/usa-states/compare/iowa/nebraska https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/nebraska.iowa https://datausa.io/profile/geo/nebraska https://datausa.io/profile/geo/iowa https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/tbb-84-revised.pdf https://www.bestplaces.net/cost_of_living/state/nebraska https://talkpoverty.org/state-year-report/iowa-2020-report/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/500000-cranes-are-headed-nebraska-one-earths-greatest-migrations-180949816/ https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/iowa/ https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/nebraska/ https://www.thegazette.com/government-politics/iowa-urban-areas-grow-but-population-decline-continues-in-rural-areas/ https://www.forbes.com/places/ia/?sh=3c348e623d64 https://www.forbes.com/places/ne/?sh=25b2660146b1 https://www.britannica.com/place/Nebraska-state/History https://www.britannica.com/place/Iowa-state/History For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYl... Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsM... Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) by Matt Beat https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com... Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvl... I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #compared #geography #mrbeat The Cornhusker State and the Hawkeye State Two bordering Midwestern states in these United States that I am very familiar with. The mighty Missouri River, which is the longest river in North America by the way, is the only thing that separates them.

Visit https://brilliant.org/mrbeat to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. Find out if you're related to Presidents: http://p2u.wnx.com/ Check out @GeneaVlogger's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeS3p3Ha4qs And after that check out @UsefulCharts' video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9shzqqcfvfw Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band). Sources/further reading: https://familypedia.fandom.com/wiki/Genealogical_relationships_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States https://www.businessinsider.com/franklin-delano-roosevelt-related-to-twelve-us-presidents-george-washington-snapple-bottle-cap-real-fact-2017-7 https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/these-presidents-were-all-distantly-related-to-each-other/ https://famouskin.com/famous-kin-chart.php?name=3647+george+washington&kin=8952+franklin+d+roosevelt&via=39182+william+spencer http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/resources/genealogy.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2183858/All-presidents-bar-directly-descended-medieval-English-king.html For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYlBBZRh5nYl8fEb_XdoLA Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsMJGRfRgX5rmsSPa4b6 Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) by Matt Beat https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Typesy: https://ereflect.postaffiliatepro.com/affiliates/ Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvllq3EEOm I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #presidents #presidentsday #mrbeat For the purposes of this video, “closely related” means they at least had to be 8th cousins.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. In episode 64 of Supreme Court Briefs, the President of the United States, Richard Nixon, doesn't want to release some secret recordings that might implicate him in the Watergate scandal. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom, Mr. Beat's band: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/waiting-for-the-end Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Subscribe to my channel @iammrbeat. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1973/73-1766 Additional sources/further reading/watching: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/418/683 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Nixon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/anniversary-of-united-states-v-nixon https://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/app/uploads/2013/11/U-S-v-Nixon.pdf https://www.crf-usa.org/images/pdf/nixon_lesson.pdf Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #supremecourt #supremecourtbriefs #apgov Washington, D.C. June 17, 1972 Five men break into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate Office Building. They tried to set up a wiretap and photograph confidential Democratic Party documents. However, the police caught them in the act and arrested them. Little did most know, these men were connected with the Committee for the Re-Election of the President, or CRP, or CREEP (hee hee), the organization directly tied to President Richard Nixon in order to help him get re-elected. Flash forward to May 1973, and thanks to multiple ongoing investigations, now more and more Americans are thinking the Nixon administration was directly linked to the Watergate break-in. The U.S. Senate Watergate Committee began public hearings, and the Nixon administration appointed Archibald Cox to lead a separate, independent investigation. Flash forward again to July 1973, and Americans found out that there is a new system in the White House that automatically records everything in the Oval Office and Cabinet Room. In other words, if Nixon was in on the Watergate break-in or even if he just knew about it and was trying to cover it up, there could be evidence of it in the recordings. Cox, as well as the Senate, immediately subpoenaed the White House recordings, or required that they be submitted to court as evidence. However, Nixon refused to release them, citing his “executive privilege” as the president. He even ordered Cox to drop his subpoena, and after Cox refused, Nixon had him fired. Not a good look there, Nixon. But the investigations only picked up. In what eventually became known as The Watergate Scandal, a total of 69 people were indicted and 48 people convicted for either participating in, aiding in, or covering up information about the Watergate break-in. MANY of these folks were top Nixon administration officials. By early 1974, it seemed pretty clear that President Nixon had at least known about the Watergate break-in and tried to cover it up. However, there was little solid evidence, and Nixon had still refused to give up the recordings.

Get 50% off a 2-year NordPass premium plan at https://nordpass.com/mrbeat or use a code "mrbeat." Plus you get an additional month for FREE! Mr. Beat goes through the favorite food of every American President in history. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom (Mr. Beat's band). Sources/further reading: https://www.foodtimeline.org/presidents.html https://www.businessinsider.com/presidents-favorite-food-dishes-white-house-2019-5 https://www.cookingchanneltv.com/recipes/photos/u-s--presidents--favorite-foods https://247wallst.com/special-report/2021/06/27/every-presidents-favorite-foods/2/ https://spoonuniversity.com/lifestyle/the-favorite-foods-of-every-us-president https://www.ranker.com/list/presidents-favorite-foods/stephanroget https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/macaroni https://millercenter.org/president/taylor/death-of-the-president https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/reagans/ronald-reagan/jelly-bellyr-jelly-beans-and-ronald-reagan For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How to support Mr. Beat: Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: Subscribe to my channel Turn on notifications Like, share, and comment on my videos Connect: Mr. Beat on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... Mr. Beat on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lan... Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYlBBZRh5nYl8fEb_XdoLA Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsMJGRfRgX5rmsSPa4b6 Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) by Matt Beat https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvf/ Command and Control by Eric Scholosser https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvi/ The Age of Fracture by Daniel Rodgers https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvn/ Blowback by Chalmers Johnson https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvw/ The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdvt/ Railroaded by Richard White https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwq/ The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwi/ A Short History of Reconstruction by Eric Foner https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwk/ The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt https://go.magik.ly/ml/1fdwn/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa #presidents #mrbeat #americanpresidents 0:00 Intro 0:50 George Washington 1:20 John Adams 1:37 Thomas Jefferson 2:05 James Madison 2:29 James Monroe 2:54 John Quincy Adams 3:11 Andrew Jackson 3:43 Martin Van Buren 4:02 William Henry Harrison 4:24 John Tyler 4:39 James Polk 4:57 Zachary Taylor 5:18 Millard Filmore 5:38 Franklin Pierce 5:52 James Buchanan 6:10 Abraham Lincoln 6:28 Andrew Johnson 6:44 Ulysses S. Grant 6:57 Rutherford Hayes 7:11 James Garfield 7:27 Chester Arthur 7:37 Grover Cleveland 7:58 Benjamin Harrison 8:19 William McKinley 8:55 Theodore Roosevelt 9:50 William Howard Taft 10:06 Woodrow Wilson 10:24 Warren Harding 10:42 Calvin Coolidge 11:26 Herbert Hoover 11:43 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 11:58 Harry Truman 12:20 Dwight D, Eisenhower 12:44 John F. Kennedy 13:01 Lyndon Johnson 13:22 Richard Nixon 13:39 Gerald Ford 13:51 Jimmy Carter 14:06 Ronald Reagan 14:41 George H.W. Bush 15:08 Bill Clinton 15:32 George W. Bush 15:54 Barack Obama 16:12 Donald Trump 16:33 Joe Biden 16:50 Outro 17:18 Nord Pass Sponsor

Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two loneliest countries in the world, New Zealand and Australia. Here it all is, from A to Z. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by DivKid. Creative commons credits are in the video. Invest in blue-chip art for the very first time by signing up for Masterworks: https://masterworks.art/mrbeat Purchase shares in great masterpieces from artists like Pablo Picasso, Banksy, Andy Warhol, and more. How Masterworks works: -Create your account with crypto wallet or traditional bank account -Pick major works of art to invest in or our new blue-chip art fund -Identify investment amount, there is no minimum investment -Hold shares in works by Picasso or trade them in our secondary marketplace See important Masterworks disclosures: https://mw-art.co/37WwvbD. Subscribe to @StateoftheWorld and check out Liam's video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg8o3VuTU9Y Also subscribe to @veritasetcaritas, who is from Australia and read over my script! Buy my new Compared series mug: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/products/compared-series-mug Sources/further reading: https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/australia/new-zealand https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/national-location-information/landforms/islands https://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/national-location-information/dimensions/australias-size-compared https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand https://countryeconomy.com/countries/compare/australia/new-zealand https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1q7p36/only_2_percent_of_the_australian_population_lives/ https://www.trafalgar.com/real-word/differences-between-australia-and-new-zealand/ https://www.farandwide.com/s/dangerous-animals-australia-a65fc4a4ff854fa3 https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-why-do-so-many-dangerous-animals-live-in-australia https://variety.com/2021/film/news/peter-jackson-new-zealand-lord-of-the-rings-1235123567/ https://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/Learning/Science-Topics/Earthquakes/New-Zealand-Earthquakes https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/nz-says-no-aussie-federation https://nzpocketguide.com/the-new-zealand-australia-rivalry-what-you-need-to-know/ https://www.happylogic.online/australias-latitude-in-perspective/ https://www.vagabondjourney.com/why-new-zealanders-dont-wear-shoes/ https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Australia/New-Zealand/Crime https://www.newzealand.com/us/history/ https://www.australia.com/en/facts-and-planning/history-of-australia.html Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #australia #newzealand #geographynow Australia and New Zealand Two countries in Oceania...more specifically…Australasia. Separated by the Tasman Sea, they’re two well developed countries that often rank really high on nearly every quality of life ranking list and are, uh, pretty awesome. Both seem to be kind of far away from the entire rest of the world, and kind of in their own little world since they’re both so unique.

Thank you Birch for sponsoring. Visit https://birchliving.com/mrbeat to get $400 off your Birch mattress plus two free pillows! Ever wonder why the United States Senate rarely passes a law? The answer might surprise you. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band). Sources/further reading: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/filibuster-word-history-origin https://lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/issues/47/1/Articles/47-1_Jacobi-VanDam.pdf https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/filibusters-cloture/overview.htm https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/filibuster-explained https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/is-aaron-burr-really-the-father-of-the-filibuster https://www.brookings.edu/testimonies/the-history-of-the-filibuster/ https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4656990 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster_in_the_United_States_Senate https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Senate_Reverses_A_Presidential_Censure.htm https://books.google.com/books?id=dyFH-swq8xIC https://deadline.com/2021/04/filibuster-mr-smith-goes-to-washington-joe-manchin-1234731889/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/01/why-the-silent-filibuster-is-unconstitutional/68825/ https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2021/04/07/the_founding_fathers_rejected_filibusters_771612.html https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/545124-founders-would-roll-their-eyes-at-warrens-filibuster-claim https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/filibuster-myth https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4996887/user-clip-chuck-schumer-filibuster-2005 https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/07/01/founders-rejected-supermajority-rule-delays-intrigue-compromise/5355042001/?gnt-cfr=1 https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1101&context=nulr https://www.newyorker.com/news/hendrik-hertzberg/hamilton-flays-the-filibuster-and-slams-the-senate Congress and its Members (Fifteenth Edition) by Roger H. Davidson, Walter J. Oleszek, Frances E. Lee, and Eric Schickler Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #filibuster #ussenate #uspolitics If it weren’t for the fact that the United States has been so divided over the past 25 years, the filibuster wouldn’t be as big of a deal. The minority party in the Senate has been a LOT louder and more powerful since then. It’s not like the Senate hasn’t passed laws since the 1970s. However, it’s been increasingly difficult for them to pass MEANINGFUL laws ever since. The reason why it’s so difficult for the U.S. Senate to pass any new law is mostly due to…an accident because the creation of the filibuster was an accident. Only later did the minority political party make arguments that the filibuster was a good idea in order to protect the minority. Whenever you hear someone argue that the Founding Fathers actually wanted the Senate to have a filibuster, I doubt this person actually knows what the heck they are talking about. In fact, if you go back and read what many of them said and wrote, they warned that making supermajorities a thing would lead to bills never getting passed.

Mr. Beat attempts to define "Western Values," but by doing so, realizes it's a problematic phrase. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Additional animations by Rob Bellon. For more of his work, visit: https://www.robbellon.com Music by Bad Snacks and Trash Planet. A special thanks to Define American and Gutsy Media for their support creating this video. Sources/additional reading: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/i-am-not-afraid-to-say-the-west-s-values-are-better Civilization: The West and the Rest by Neil Ferguson Why the West Won: The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity by Rodney Stark https://www.colorado.edu/center/benson/western-civilization https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/western_culture https://www.jstor.org/stable/1154499 Suggested watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he-6G0S1NQY (the @CogitoEdu video) Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #westernvalues #thewest #history #defineamerican You might be thinking, I should already know what “The West” means. After all, I spent at least hundreds of hours studying for overpriced Western Civilization classes I took in college. And yet, years later I still found myself Googling what “The West” actually was. Is it a reference to the Western Hemisphere? No, not really. It basically is a reference to Europe or any part of the world that has historically been heavily influenced by Europe. For that reason, The West is often expanded to the Americas, Australia and New Zealand. Now remember, the opposite of west is east, so at one point there had to be a divide. The divide between West and East we see today has its roots in the cultural and religious divide of the Roman Empire. For example, folks in the western portion of the Roman Empire often spoke Latin, while folks in the eastern portion of it often spoke Greek. Later, the divide became more evident when the western portion no longer was a thing yet the Eastern Roman Empire, or Byzantine Empire, continued on. And then, in 1054, there was the East–West Schism, aka The Great Schism, which was the first major split of Christianity. After it, there were now two denominations in Christianity, the Catholic Church in the west and the Eastern Orthodox Church in the East. This split, combined with the early Muslim conquests that spread Islam throughout Western Asia and Northern Africa, made it so that Western Christianity developed a more separate identity...oh, and VALUES (supposedly) . When European explorers began to travel the globe to conquer and colonize foreign lands, they brought these values with them. And missionaries followed them who eventually were successful at converting millions to Christianity. Or I should say, WESTERN Christianity. So where these ideas were not heavily influenced were presumably not “The West.” If you’ve got 9 minutes, I strongly recommend my friend Dom’s video called “What is ‘the West’” over on his channel Cogito. He goes into it deeper than I just did. Ok, now that we established what “The West” is, let’s now attempt to define “Western Values.” Are they simply the values that people who live in The West have? Well no, not really.

Visit http://www.audible.com/mrbeat or text "mrbeat" to 500-500. Right now, for a limited time, save 60% on your first 3 months of Audible. That’s only $5.95 a month. Give yourself the gift of listening. Buy my new Compared series mug: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/products/compared-series-mug Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two largest cities in China, Shanghai and Beijing. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Patrick Patrikios and French Fuse. Sources/additional reading: https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=China&city1=Beijing&country2=China&city2=Shanghai https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_cities.jsp?country1=China&city1=Shanghai&country2=China&city2=Beijing https://www.chinahighlights.com/beijing/beijing-vs-shanghai https://www.climatestotravel.com/climate/china/beijing https://www.climatestotravel.com/climate/china/shanghai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16761784 https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/an-art-deco-journey-through-shanghais-belle-epoque https://versus.com/en/beijing-vs-shanghai https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56671638 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Beijing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Shanghai https://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/traffic-index/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_transport_in_Shanghai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Beijing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Shanghai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Beijing https://leaveyourdailyhell.com/2019/07/21/beijing-vs-shanghai/ https://www.ltl-shanghai.com/beijing-vs-shanghai/ https://www.thoughtco.com/beijing-vs-shanghai-687988 https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/s/Shanghai.htm https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/climate-change/584502-new-study-says-china-controlled-its-weather Check out this video as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5csqR9_BaEo Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #shanghai #beijing #china Beijing and Shanghai The two largest cities in China, which itself has the largest population of all countries in the world. Now remember, I go by metropolitan area population on this channel so just calm down there, son. Based on that, Shanghai is the largest, with almost 27 million people! That’s more than the population of Australia, for crying out loud. By the way, you could fit 1,213 Shanghais in Australia. As I said a bit earlier, Beijing is the second largest in China, with 20.4 million people. Both are bustling, modern, global cities and yes…two of the most influential cities in the world. And of course, the two cities have heavily influenced the culture of the rest of China for decades, although Beijing has dominated it for far longer. More on that later on. They're about 1,066 km, or 662 miles apart. Or about a two hour flight apart. Or about an 11 and a half hour road trip. Both are direct-administered municipalities in China, which means they have the same rank as provinces. The biggest ethnic group in both is Han Chinese. The majority of residents in both cities are not religious and apparently atheists.

Why is Christmas so popular? Mr. Beat explains how and why Christmas became the second-most popular holiday in the world. And yes, there used to actually be a real War on Christmas. My @mattbeatgoeson video about It's A Wonderful Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7cAQLbTCrs The two @ReligionForBreakfast videos I mentioned: Why is Christmas on December 25th? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DHbOpS-N0c Did Christmas Copy the Sun God’s Birthday? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWgzjwy51kU For upcoming events: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ I made this Christmas album with my brother and friends when I was a kid: https://gimmesomeofthatfeedback.bandcamp.com/album/christmas-rocks And this one a year later: https://gimmesomeofthatfeedback.bandcamp.com/album/christmas-is-a-holiday Electric Needle Room Chirstmas songs: "Christmas Movies" https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/christmas-movies "I Don't Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/i-dont-want-a-hippopotamus-for-christmas "This is a Christmas Song" https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/this-is-a-christmas-song Produced by Matt Beat. Edited by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain or creative commons (credits listed in video), or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Jingle Punks, E's Jamy Jams, and Audionautix (http://audionautix.com/). Sources/suggested reading: http://www.reindeerland.org/christmas-traditions/what-percentage-of-the-world-celebrates-christmas.htm https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/12/18/5-facts-about-christmas-in-america/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observance_of_Christmas_by_country https://www.statista.com/topics/991/us-christmas-season/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/how-christmas-has-evolved-over-centuries https://www.rd.com/article/christmas-on-the-25th/ https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20161216-why-japan-celebrates-christmas-with-kfc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christmas_and_winter_gift-bringers_by_country https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/12/christmas-is-becoming-more-of-cultural-holiday-than-religious-for-many-americans.html https://www.countryliving.com/life/a45594/the-history-of-christmas/ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/christmas-ban-12242019134209.html https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/the-real-story-of-christmas-1.5303185 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Invictus https://nerdist.com/article/yule-curious-past-and-present-day-importance/ https://time.com/3641120/puritan-christmas/ https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/christmas-19th-century-america https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2011/12/nostalgia Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. According to my own research, almost half of the entire world celebrates Christmas in some form or another. Here in the United States, 90% of us celebrate it. Here is why. #christmas #waronchristmas #jesuschrist

Download Truebill for free by going to: https://Truebill.com/MrBeat Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Missouri and Arkansas, the two states with lots of natural beauty and where the South meets the Midwest (and West.) Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by DivKid and The Mini Vandals. Subscribe to @EmperorTigerstar Sources/additional reading: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/arkansas https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/missouri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas https://countryeconomy.com/countries/usa-states/compare/arkansas/missouri https://www.nextburb.com/us/compare-states/arkansas-vs-missouri/ https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/arkansas.missouri https://www.explorebranson.com/article/history-tourism-branson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6YqDCmZVk8 https://www.forbes.com/places/mo/?sh=6cc64a0b3ab1 https://www.forbes.com/places/ar/?sh=611676692152 https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/arkansas/ https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/missouri/ https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Arkansas/Overview https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Missouri/Overview https://datausa.io/profile/geo/arkansas https://datausa.io/profile/geo/missouri https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/tbb-84-revised.pdf https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/state-size-comparison/arkansas-usa/missouri-usa https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/per-pupil-spending-by-state https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/mo/crime https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ar/crime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Bootheel How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/european-exploration-and-settlement-1541-through-1802-2916/ https://mchekc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/jim-crow-laws.pdf https://iammrbeat.com Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #compared #mrbeat #geography Arkansas and Missouri Or as many say “Missour UH” and wait a second, why is Arkansas pronounced like that? Well, that’s another video, buddy. Check it out. Anyway, Missouri and Arkansas The Show-Me State and The Natural State Two bordering states where the South kind of meets the West and Midwest in THESE United States And, I know I have talked some trash about Missouri throughout my life being a Kansas boy, but I gotta admit it’s one of my favorite places to visit, and I only don’t visit Arkansas as much since it’s a bit further of a drive for me. There’s a relatively new rivalry between the sports teams of the two major universities in each state. (Missouri Tigers and Arkansas Razorbacks). The football rivalry is known as The Battle Line Rivalry. Missouri is a Midwestern state, but much of Southern Missouri kind of makes it seem like a Southern state. Arkansas is definitely a Southern state, but parts of it, like Northwest Arkansas in particular, somehow feel Midwestern. So if you like the South and Midwest, these two states are for you. The population of Missouri is more than twice that of Arkansas.

Try out Ekster! 25% off all orders or 35% off + Free Gift Bag when you spend over $200. Using my link gets you an additional 5% off on top: https://shop.ekster.com/mr-beat2 Mr. Beat tells the story of the greatest President in American history, George Washington. Subscribe to The Felt Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCC38u45KCmNDe9X4ozxqlA Check out this George Washington shirt I've been wearing: https://ampeduplearning.com/the-dude-abides-george-washington-mr-beat-exclusive/?fbclid=IwAR38GSqjcPUfnLiJzle5X6qMcpiHk_Ov_6usLIJz-Y7xjjvzMmj7HCAu79g "George Washington" by my band @ElectricNeedleRoom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGZgtHnqyEY Produced by Matt Beat. Edited by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain or creative commons (credits listed in video), or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band), Single Friend, Verified Picasso, Noi Et Blanc Vie, The Westerlies, and Bad Snacks. Sources/further reading: You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe buy here: https://amzn.to/33n8v2J His Excellency- George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis buy here: https://amzn.to/3rV0Q5W The Return of George Washington by Edward J. Larson buy here: https://amzn.to/3oHB1UT Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow buy here: https://amzn.to/3ydLday The Indian World of George Washington. The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation. by Colin Calloway buy here: https://amzn.to/3ELC77o https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/biography/ https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/family/siblings/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-young-george-washington-started-war-180973076/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/george-washington/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20747086/anne-washington_lee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_history_of_George_Washington https://www.jstor.org/stable/4249070 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_and_slavery https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/first-in-war-first-in-peace-and-first-in-the-hearts-of-his-countrymen/ https://millercenter.org/president/washington/impact-and-legacy https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/allegheny-expedition/ Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #georgewashington #presidents #ushistory Not only is George Washington single handedly the most important person to the founding of the United States, I’d argue he’s the most important person in American history. After the American Revolution, he easily could have been a king since Americans loved him so much. The world had known pretty nothing but kings throughout most of human history. But nope, George turned it down. He had no ambitions to be a king. Washington was an undeniably outstanding leader. Sure, big reasons why included his charisma and command for attention, as well as his virtue, dignity, and open mindedness. But his greatest strength was that he was a Uniter. He was the glue that kept the factions together in the early years of the Republic, and the perfect person for the job of guiding the new country as it attempted to figure out how to move forward.

Try 5 pairs of glasses at home for free at https://warbyparker.com/mrbeat Home Try-On Kits are US only. Mr. Beat looks at how every President in American history died, as well as their supposed last words. Produced by Matt Beat. Edited by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain or creative commons (credits listed in video), or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsMJGRfRgX5rmsSPa4b6?si=Y7Wo3j99QN6kfCOP6sRogQ Sources/additional reading: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/201958 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States_by_date_of_death https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/07/health/american-presidents-outlive-other-men-their-age-study-finds https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2016/10/most-dangerous-job-america-us-presidents-have-fatality-rate-roughly-27 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/02/16/presidents-are-just-like-you-at-least-in-terms-of-lifespans/+&cd=18&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/two-founding-fathers-die-hours-apart-july-4-1826-224943 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/01/science/what-really-killed-william-henry-harrison.html https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lincoln-last-words/ https://timpanogos.blog/2013/03/08/millard-fillmore-still-dead-still-misquoted-139-years-later/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/51449/last-words-and-final-moments-38-presidents https://www.macleans.ca/culture/books/the-huge-secret-about-fdrs-death/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/the-quiet-final-hours-of-franklin-d-roosevelt https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/05/politics/reagan-had-long-struggle-with-alzheimers-disease.html Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #presidents #ushistory #mrbeat I’m YouTube’s American Presidents guy now, apparently, and breaking news 39 American Presidents have died. Now, some of them have been dead for awhile. In this video, we’re going to look at how every President in American history died. I would argue that being President is the most dangerous job in the world. 18% of them have died while on the job. 9% of them were assassinated. In fact, there was a period of about 122 years in which EIGHT Presidents died WHILE IN OFFICE. Now, you could say that Presidents tend to be older when they take office, and that is a fair point. 0:00 Intro 2:01 George Washington 2:31 Thomas Jefferson and John Adams 3:52 James Monroe 4:15 James Madison 4:46 William Henry Harrison 5:37 Andrew Jackson 6:10 John Quincy Adams 6:27 James Polk 6:54 Zachary Taylor 7:41 Martin Van Buren and John Taylor 8:39 Abraham Lincoln 9:20 James Buchanan 9:40 Franklin Pierce 10:17 Miller Fillmore 10:34 Andrew Johnson 10:54 James Garfield 11:54 Ullysses Grant 12:11 Chester a Arthur 12:19 Rutherford Hayes 12:42 Benjamin Harrison 13:04 William McKinley 13:49 Grover Cleveland 14:14 Theodore Roosevelt 15:00 Warren Harding 15:46 Woodrow Wilson 16:15 William Howard Taft 16:48 Calvin Coolidge 17:00 Franklin d Roosevelt 17:29 John F. Kennedy 18:46 Herbert Hoover 19:08 Dwight Eisenhower 19:21 Harry Truman 19:33 Lyndon b Johnson 20:03 Richard Nixon 20:13 Ronald Reagan 20:49 Gerald Ford 20:58 George H.W. Bush

Thank you Birch for sponsoring. Visit https://birchliving.com/mrbeat to get $400 off your Birch mattress plus two free pillows! Mr. Beat compares and contrasts two of The Low Countries, but they can get high, and they're both amazing places. You know what it is. You know that I'm talking about the Netherlands and Belgium, right? Check out @historywithhilbert's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5FekxDNmwc Plus, just today I found out he made this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-VDmZ1t2Ik Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by YVEN and Bobby Richards. Sources/further reading: https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/belgium/netherlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20171210-europes-strange-border-anomaly https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/25/shop-shuts-belgian-half-over-covid-19-but-keeps-dutch-half-open https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/history-eu_en https://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/countries/belgium/ https://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/countries/netherlands/ https://countryeconomy.com/countries/compare/netherlands/belgium?sc=XE74 https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/1/17/21046874/netherlands-universal-health-insurance-private https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/quality-of-life-rankings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5be3E1WmJnQ https://uweb.berkeley.edu/2021/04/11/the-duality-of-the-dutch-economy/ https://www.amusingplanet.com/2020/05/vennbahn-railway-that-created-peculiar.html Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #belgium #netherlands #geography Belgium and the Netherlands Or formally the Kingdom of Belgium and informally Holland Two, small-ish bordering countries in Western Europe found, along with Luxembourg, in between France and Germany. They’re Low Countries. Both are along the North Sea, historically at the so-called “crossroads of Europe,” and both do have a lot in common as you might expect, but Europe being Europe, there are lots of differences you maybe wouldn’t expect. Oh before we move forward, I should say that, at least in the English speaking world, we call folks native to the Netherlands “The Dutch.” Now THEY often call themselves Nederlanders. But yeah most of the Flanders region of northern Belgium also speaks Dutch, and this region in particular has much more in common with the Netherlands. Belgium actually has three official languages. Dutch, French, and German. In Belgium’s capital, Brussels, they speak both Dutch and French, and most Belgians can speak both Dutch and French to varying degrees. Oh, and if you’re watching this video right now from the Netherlands, you can likely understand me, as nearly everyone there can speak English, while that’s less likely if you are watching from Belgium, as less than half of Belgians can speak English. Before we move forward any more, I suppose I ought to bring up the elephant in the room. No, not literally that elephant in that room. It’s a metaphorical idiom, goodness. Ok, so a really important thing I should have brought up already is that Belgium used to be part of the Netherlands.

Get 5% on top of 30% OFF ALL ORDERS and 40% OFF ORDERS $200+ on all Ekster products by going here: https://shop.ekster.com/mr-beat2 Mr. Beat explains the Iran Hostage Crisis. Subscribe to @HikmaHistory Produced by Matt Beat. Edited by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain or creative commons (credits listed in video), or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Underbelly & Ty Mayer and Quinn Parsley. https://www.facebook.com/quinnparsley... https://www.youtube.com/c/QuinnParsley http://instagram.com/qparsley1 Sources/further reading: The American Pageant (Sixteenth Edition) by David M. Kennedy and Lizabeth Cohen A History of Modern Iran by Ervand Abrahamian Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America’s War with Militant Islam by Mark Bowden https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/short-history/iraniancrises https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2019/11/04/the-iranian-hostage-crisis-and-its-effect-on-american-politics/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Revolution https://cnu.libguides.com/primaryterrorism/iranhostagecrisis https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-01-21/from-the-archives-the-ordeal-of-iran-hostages-captivity https://www.vox.com/2016/1/25/10826056/reagan-iran-hostage-negotiation https://www.efe.com/efe/english/world/inside-iran-torture-museum-where-shah-s-crimes-remain-fresh-after-40-years/50000262-3819957 https://time.com/vault/issue/1981-02-02/page/33/ Video links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBT_Zg31_A4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU2XWwHxnnE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD4DH-13fuw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8bC1DEYbI4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-grR1e6dw8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rs01R9MxMA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMDYFSjxrCQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rs01R9MxMA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrJypoYbxJk Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #iranhostagecrisis #ushistory #apush #eksterinfluencer The Iran hostage crisis was definitely a setback for American morale and prestige in the world. On the flip side, the crisis kind of strengthened the prestige of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. That said, when Iraq invaded Iran the next year in what became known as the Iran-Iraq War, much of the world didn’t come to their rescue, and perhaps a big reason why was the hostage crisis. Even though Iran and the United States reached a deal, relations between the two countries have stayed sour long afterward. Even today, more than 40 years later, tensions are high. There is no United States embassy in Iran and no Iranian embassy in the United States. In fact, the two countries haven’t had any formal diplomatic relations since 1980. Before we begin today’s story, let me tell you about these things called embassies. Embassies are a permanent form of diplomatic missions. Basically, it’s where a group of people from one country represent that country within another country. They are there on behalf of their home country to carry out good relations with the government of the country they are in.

Thanks again to Noom for sponsoring this video! Click here https://noom.com/mrbeat to take your free Noom Evaluation. Mr. Beat visits the Pony Express Museum in St. Joseph, Missouri, to give you a brief history of the Pony Express. Check out the Pony Express episode of my podcast, Jobsolete! https://open.spotify.com/episode/5advKea0pVTgQx1R3U2LkR?si=b60ece8a370141d6 Produced by Matt Beat. Edited by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain or creative commons (credits listed in video), or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band), Zachariah Hickman, and Aaron Kenny. Sources/further reading: West Like Lightning: The Brief, Legendary Ride of the Pony Express by Jim DeFelice Buy the book here: https://amzn.to/3C2G4CO The Pony Express: Bringing Mail to the American West by Tim McNeese Buy the book here: https://amzn.to/3n4PRUF https://nationalponyexpress.org/historic-pony-express-trail/1860-1861-history/ https://nationalponyexpress.org/historic-pony-express-trail/notable-riders/ https://www.usps.com/priority-mail/map/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/why-the-short-lived-pony-express-still-fascinates-us https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-pony-express https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express https://www.nps.gov/poex/learn/historyculture/index.htm https://www.loc.gov/collections/railroad-maps-1828-to-1900/articles-and-essays/history-of-railroads-and-maps/the-beginnings-of-american-railroads-and-mapping/ https://worldwiderails.com/how-fast-did-early-trains-go Railroaded by Richard White https://www.nps.gov/poex/learn/historyculture/the-first-ride.htm https://majorhowardegan.com/howard-egan/overview-of-major-howard-egans-life/ https://www.stjosephmo.gov/371/The-Pony-Express https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbjMT_ChTWU https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19961/charlie-miller https://www.cityofglensfalls.com/DocumentCenter/View/2032/Bronco-Charlie-Miller-PDF http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/pxpress.html Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #ponyexpress #ushistory #wildwest #Noom #Noomfluencer Today, the legacy of the Pony Express lives on. First of all, while I visited the Pony Express Museum in St. Joe’s, there are actually lots of museums and historical sites you can visit along where the trail used to be. That’s also where you find much of the approximately 250 known examples of Pony Express mail that still exist today. There’s even still original segments of the actual trail that have been preserved. So check ‘em out and stuff. The Pony Express was the first fast mail line across the North American continent. Though it was short-lived, it was extremely influential. Ever since it ended, it has been romanticized as a big part of American culture, and again a big reason why is Buffalo Bill Cody. The Pony Express has been featured in many movies and TV shows, and if you ask most Americans today about it, they know all about its legendary status. The Pony Express symbolizes the ideals that many appreciate when they think about the “Wild West” or American culture in general: freedom, innovation, individualism, grit and determination. Above all, embracing adventure.

Season 2 of my podcast, Jobsolete, debuts today. Check it out! Jobsolete: https://www.jobsoletepod.com/ Iheartradio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-jobsolete-75145608/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6vJIrKIUwHyv8TuaNcA1E5 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jobsolete/id1544156952 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/jobsolete Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links.

Download Morning Brew FOR FREE. https://bit.ly/mbmrbeat Downloading it helps out my channel. Mr. Beat explains time zones. He goes through the history of time zones and explains why we have them in the first place. Don't forget to check out @ScienceAsylum's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHIQxVhruak Produced by Matt Beat. Edited by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain or creative commons (credits listed in video), or used under fair use guidelines. Music by An Jone. Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #timezones #geography #socialstudies A time zone is a region of the Earth where everyone agrees it’s the same time. Also referred to as “local time,” most time zones are exactly one hour apart. People travel through time all the time thanks to time zones. Yep, just by going west you can go BACK IN TIME. But go too far west and you’re in the future. But don’t worry. Just travel back east and you’ll get back to the past. Oh boy I am already losing many of you. Now, we’ve been dividing each day into 24 hours going back to, like, the ancient Egyptians. And because most of us still measure how long a day is by hours, the idea is that there would be 24 time zones around the earth, ya know...since the Earth rotates about 15 degrees every hour. After 24 hours, that’s a full rotation of 360 degrees for a full day. So you’d have 24 lunes, or shapes that look like this, all 15 degrees of longitude apart and boom, we all live happily ever after. But no, that’s not how time zones are shaped. And in fact, there are more than 24 time zones! In fact, as many as 39 time zones? Now originally there WERE 24 standard time zones that extended from the South Pole to the North Pole, but due to mainly politics and geography, time zones are often very skewed. First, it’s important to remember that before the invention of the railroad, time zones weren’t really needed. If you traveled before railroads were invented, you traveled by...uh...walking. If you were lucky, you might get to travel by horse, or if you were even luckier you might get to travel by ship. But by the time railroads were more common in the 1830s and into the 1840s, this made travel time way faster and really screwed up communication about what time it was. But the British had been thinking about this problem long before the railroads came. As they established an empire around the world beginning in the 1600s, some back in London realized they needed to standardize a way of measuring time to help mariners when they were determining longitude when out at sea. So they’d reference wherever they were back to London. It wasn’t until 1721, however, that Great Britain officially created its own prime meridian, or Earth’s zero degrees longitude, passing through their newly established Royal Observatory in Greenwich, a borough in London. Other countries established their own prime meridian, of course, usually passing through THEIR capital cities and yeah they called it different things. Flash forward to the 1840s, and now we had railroads to worry about. At every railway stop, the local time would be different. That led to railroad companies establishing the first time zones that matched their imaginary prime meridians that ran through their capital cities.

In Mr. Beat's longest video yet, he goes through in detail the education of every American President in history. Specifically, he breaks down their schooling and even looks at supposed IQ scores. Who do YOU think the smartest American President was? Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain or creative commons (credits listed in video), or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Bad Snacks and Quinn Parsley. https://www.facebook.com/quinnparsleymusic https://www.youtube.com/c/QuinnParsley http://instagram.com/qparsley1 Sources/further reading: The Dr. Simonton study: https://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~jcampbel/documents/SimontonPresIQ2006.pdf https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/05/27/poindexter-in-chief-presidential-iqs-and-success-in-the-oval-office https://moneywise.com/life/entertainment/smartest-and-least-brainy-presidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States_by_education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/iq-tests-are-fundamentally-flawed-and-using-them-alone-to-measure-intelligence-is-a-fallacy-study-finds-8425911.html https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/do-iq-tests-actually-measure-intelligence https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/jeffersons-formal-education https://www.montpelier.org/learn/the-life-of-james-madison https://millercenter.org/president/monroe/life-before-the-presidency https://millercenter.org/president/jqadams/life-before-the-presidency https://millercenter.org/president/vanburen/life-before-the-presidency https://millercenter.org/president/harrison/life-before-the-presidency https://millercenter.org/president/polk/life-before-the-presidency https://millercenter.org/president/taylor/life-before-the-presidency https://millercenter.org/president/fillmore/life-before-the-presidency https://www.lincolncottage.org/a-universal-right-for-all-lincoln-and-education/ https://millercenter.org/president/grant/life-before-the-presidency https://millercenter.org/president/hayes/life-before-the-presidency https://millercenter.org/james-garfield-education-president https://millercenter.org/president/mckinley/life-before-the-presidency https://www.woodrowwilson.org/proud-virginian https://www.jstor.org/stable/26403115?seq=2#metadata_info_tab_contents https://millercenter.org/president/coolidge/life-before-the-presidency https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/student-resources/trumans-youth/school-years https://millercenter.org/president/eisenhower/life-before-the-presidency https://www.thoughtco.com/jfk-at-choate-2774252 https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/reagans/ronald-reagan/schools-ronald-reagan-attended https://millercenter.org/president/bush/life-before-the-presidency https://millercenter.org/president/trump/life-presidency Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #presidents #ushistory #mrbeat For the record, I did not say who I thought was the smartest President in U.S. history in the video. I feel it's better for YOU to decide. You're smart enough to figure it out.

In episode 63 of Supreme Court Briefs, a pornographic magazine makes a parody ad about a famous televangelist, so he sues them for $100 million. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band) Download the song here for free: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/you-could-have-it-all #supremecourt #supremecourtbriefs #apgov Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1987/86-1278 Additional sources/further reading/watching: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/485/46 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgC12NzGiu4 https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/559/hustler-magazine-v-falwell https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/flashback-hustler-magazine-scores-first-amendment-victory-against-jerry-falwell-128956/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustler_Magazine_v._Falwell https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/hustler-magazine-inc-v-falwell/ http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/hustler.html https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2wbwki Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Hustler Magazine, a pornographic magazine known also for crude humor and political satire, publishes a parody ad that targets a popular Christian fundamentalist televangelist and conservative political commentator named Jerry Falwell. Uh yeah, here is the ad, which I censored a bit. It was right inside the front cover of the issue. It basically mimicked the advertising campaigns of Campari, an Italian alcoholic beverage that featured interviews with random celebrities that always started with a question about their “first time.” Well in this parody ad, Jerry Falwell shares details about him...um... having sexual relations with his mother. Now, the ad did carry a small disclaimer at the bottom of the page that said “ad parody – not to be taken seriously", and the magazine's table of contents also listed the ad as: "Fiction; Ad and Personality Parody." Regardless, after Falwell found out about it, he sued Larry Flynt, the publisher of the magazine, as well as Flynt’s distribution company, for libel, invasion of privacy, and “intentional infliction of emotional distress.” Libel is a written form of defamation. Oh you don’t know what defamation is? Defamation means ruining someone’s good reputation. Basically, Falwell seemed worried that people might think this parody ad WAS TRUE. Hustler Magazine v. Falwell was a landmark Supreme Court case that made it easier to make fun of celebrities. It represented two wildly different perspectives. On one end was Flynt, representing the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s and pushing of boundaries with free speech, and on the other end was Falwell, representing a culturally conversative and religious backlash to that. Their feud was later dramatized by the film The People vs. Larry Flynt, but interestingly, right after this case Larry and Jerry put aside their differences and regularly met up to talk philosophy, later becoming good friends. In fact, they appeared on TV together on several occasions. Falwell died in 2007 and Flynt died earlier this year.

Grab Atlas VPN for $1.39/mo before the deal expires: http://atlasv.pn/MrBeat This video is dedicated to Wes Byers (1956-2021). Mr. Beat tells you about that time or two a sitting U.S. President got in trouble for breaking the law. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain or creative commons (credits listed in video), or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Quinn Parsley. https://www.facebook.com/quinnparsleymusic https://www.youtube.com/c/QuinnParsley http://instagram.com/qparsley1 Sources/further reading: https://www.nps.gov/mana/learn/historyculture/first-manassas.htm https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Witness_Bull_Run.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Bull_Run https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2010/spring/civilwarpension.html https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/exhibitions/artifact/proclamation-president-united-states-april-15-1861 https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/spectators-witness-history-manassas https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/was-first-battle-bull-run-really-picnic-battle-180964084/ https://vinepair.com/articles/civil-war-battles-wine/ https://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/placesinhistory/archive/2011/20110721_firstbullrun.html https://www.nps.gov/places/000/henry-house.htm https://encyclopediavirginia.org/883hpr-58fcfd78ac66063 Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #civilwar #ushistory #apush Here’s the story of a picnic that got interrupted by a major American Civil War battle. I recently went to the site of it. It’s quite a lovely area, honestly. About 30 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. in northern Virginia. Today, it’s so peaceful, but on July 21, 1861, it was the site of horrifying death and destruction. But let’s back up a bit. Three months prior was the Battle of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina. A new country had seceded from the United States called the Confederate States of America. On April 13, 1861, some rebel Confederate soldiers had successfully taken over an American fort, marking the beginning of the American Civil War . It was after the bombardment of Fort Sumter that all of a sudden there was widespread support from both the North and South to fight. President Abraham Lincoln declared that the Southern states that seceded had broken the law, essentially calling it an insurrection. In response, 750,000 men volunteered to fight the rebels. Many of them had no military experience whatsoever. Americans seemed pumped up, man. Horace Greeley’s New York Tribune proclaimed “Forward to Richmond! The Rebel Congress must not be allowed to meet there on the 20th of July!” By the way, Richmond, Virginia, was now the capital of the newly formed Confederate States of America. Many Americans believed that capturing Richmond would quickly end the insurrection. By July, thousands of volunteers had camped in Washington, D.C., excited to fight as part of what became known as the Union Army, or Northern Army. Lincoln, realizing he had to take bold action, picked an inexperienced major named Irvin McDowell to lead around 35,000 men down to Richmond. It would be the largest field army ever gathered on the North American continent up to that point.

Mr. Beat hits the streets to interview people about their opinions on the MAGA hat. Watch a video where he does the same thing with the Confederate Battle Flag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A-p1jcMSoM Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain or creative commons (credits listed in video), or used under fair use guidelines. Music by MK2. Filmed by Dan Dutcher. Sources/further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_America_Great_Again https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/style/election-maga-hat.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/20/style/red-baseball-hats-maga.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-donald-trump-came-up-with-make-america-great-again/2017/01/17/fb6acf5e-dbf7-11e6-ad42-f3375f271c9c_story.html https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-began-planning-bid-right-after-romney-lost https://www.vonmuensterlegal.com/playing-the-trump-card-the-role-of-trade-marks-in-the-us-election/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/09/08/fact-check-trump-campaigns-official-maga-hats-made-america/5658106002/ https://magazine.promomarketing.com/article/trump-campaign-manager-says-maga-hats-made-45m/ https://www.deseret.com/2021/9/12/22663325/what-the-continuing-demand-for-trump-merchandise-reveals-about-the-2024-election-maga-hat https://yello.substack.com/p/trump-trademarked-the-reelection https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/president-already-running-re-election-spending-campaign-cash-trump-businesses https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/what-is-a-maga-hat https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-maga-hat-racism-blackface-20190208-story.html https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/01/25/trump-maga-hats-racist-make-america-great-again/2677458002/ #maga #magahat #donaldtrump Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Many don’t know this, but the association of “Make America Great Again” with Donald Trump goes back as early as January 1, 2012. That was when some Trump supporters filed paperwork in Texas to create the “Make America Great Again Party” with hopes that he would run as a third-party candidate in the presidential election of 2012. Well, Trump didn’t run for President that year, but after the election he started using the slogan regularly both online and in person. He even got the slogan trademarked, although apparently not exclusively on merchandise. After noticing that he failed to do this, Bobby Bones, a well known radio and TV personality and Dancing with the Stars winner, bought the rights to sell the slogan on apparel. He sold all “Make America Great Again” apparel through his own company and gave all the profits to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. He also called out Trump publicly, saying he’d give up the exclusive rights to the merchandise if Trump donated $100,000 to St. Jude. Apparently, Trump actually did this, and on November 11th, 2015, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office made the transfer official. By that time, Trump had been campaigning for President for several months and was using the slogan more and more. And soon, the Make America Great Again red hat, or MAGA hat, became the quickest and most iconic way to show the world that you not only supported his campaign, but you fully supported him.

Mr. Beat hits the streets to interview people about their opinions on the Confederate Battle flag. Watch a video where he does the same thing with the MAGA hat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI0EkRg4HII Music by @brothanewztheustadh2374. Check it out here as well: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4vFpQLg14y09vjVyx4WlTW Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain or creative commons (credits listed in video), or used under fair use guidelines. Music also by Mr. Beat's band, Electric Needle Room. https://open.spotify.com/artist/62BsMJGRfRgX5rmsSPa4b6?si=n7QFe562TXSc1WvRO3ouEg&dl_branch=1 Filmed by Dan Dutcher. The SME Confederate Flag Debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQxM_EK5aiM Sources/further reading: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/how-confederate-battle-flag-became-symbol-racism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_display_of_the_Confederate_battle_flag https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/confederate-flag https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-confederate-flag-colors/fact-check-the-origins-of-the-colors-and-symbols-of-the-confederate-flag-idUSKBN23P2U2 https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/history-of-the-swastika https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post%E2%80%93World_War_II_legality_of_Nazi_flags https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/06/12/confederate-symbols-largely-disappeared-after-the-civil-war-the-fight-against-civil-rights-brought-them-back/ https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/06/22/416548613/the-complicated-political-history-of-the-confederate-flag https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/lynyrd-skynyrd-inside-the-bands-complicated-history-with-the-south-629080/ https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/public-opinion-confederate-flag-and-civil-war https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2020/01/13/what-confederate-flag-means-america-today https://journalistsresource.org/home/confederate-flag-divisive-politics-and-enduring-meanings-2/ #confederateflag #ushistory #dixie Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. I hit the streets of Lawrence, Kansas asking people what they thought about the Confederate battle flag. What better place to do this than the middle of the country, amirite? The problem is, some argue that the flag seems to be more of a weapon these days. And because of that, it remains a controversial symbol, especially in the United States. In fact, to many people, it is VERY offensive. So offensive, in fact, that I got flipped off filming this video, and one girl told me that my Confederate flag can go :beep: itself. But what do you think? Is there any justification whatsoever for still displaying the Confederate flag? Let me know in the comments. Also, this video has a twin, a companion video if you will. I also did a similar video about a symbol more recent in American history, the MAGA hat.

Thanks to Newsreels for sponsoring this video. Download Newsreels for free here: https://get.newsreels.app/xU9P/mrbeat Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Louisiana and Maine, two states with a French connection. Surprisingly, this ended up being his most epic Compared video yet. Thanks to @AtunSheiFilms for appearing in this video and MAKING IT BETTER. Subscribe to his channel immediately or we will feed you to the crocodiles. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain or creative commons (credits listed in video), or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Stayloose and Noir Et Blanc Vie. Sources/further reading: https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/state-size-comparison/louisiana-usa/maine-usa https://countryeconomy.com/countries/usa-states/compare/maine/louisiana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana https://datausa.io/profile/geo/louisiana https://datausa.io/profile/geo/maine https://www.islandjournal.com/history/is-maine-still-hurricane-proof/ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/louisiana https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/maine https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Maine/Overview https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Louisiana/Overview https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/barrier-islands/ https://www.forbes.com/places/me/?sh=21c93b9231c8 https://www.forbes.com/places/la/?sh=5fd9856d7c1e https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/tbb-84-revised.pdf https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/louisiana/ https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/maine/ https://www.safewise.com/blog/safest-cities-louisiana https://frenchly.us/the-decline-of-francophone-communities-in-maine/ https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/french-is-dying-in-northern-maine-heres-why https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/207-trivia-where-does-the-name-maine-come-from/97-4fce7522-890b-4d2e-8a88-17f9f21e72f2 https://www.massmoments.org/moment-details/massachusetts-loses-maine.html Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #maine #louisiana #geography

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45WzhurIn In episode 62 of Supreme Court Briefs, the Supreme Court determines the death penalty is unconstitutional, but then later says it actually kind of is. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Quinn Parsley. Check out his stuff at https://www.youtube.com/c/QuinnParsley. #supremecourt #supremecourtbriefs #apgov Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1971/69-5030 https://www.oyez.org/cases/1975/74-6257 Other sources used/further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furman_v._Georgia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg_v._Georgia https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/03/30/it-s-been-40-years-since-the-supreme-court-tried-to-fix-the-death-penalty-here-s-why-it-failed https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/408/238 https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/blog/on-this-day-supreme-court-temporarily-finds-death-penalty-unconstitutional https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/408/238.html https://law2.wlu.edu/deptimages/powell%20archives/69-5030_JacksonGeorgia.pdf https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/1969/43907-2-5.html https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/interpretation/amendment-viii/clauses/103 https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/428/153/ http://landmarkcases.c-span.org/Case/26/Gregg-v-Georgia https://billofrightsinstitute.org/e-lessons/gregg-v-georgia-1976 http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/gregg.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Leon_Gregg https://www.aclu.org/other/death-penalty-101 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Texas and Georgia The 1960s Texas sentences one man to death and Georgia sentences two men to death for crimes involving rape and murder. However, their lawyers argued that they didn’t deserve the death penalty for their crimes and appealed their cases. But, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and Supreme Court of Georgia both upheld the death sentences of all three men. That said, the three cases did catch the attention of the Supreme Court, who combined them into one to see if they went against the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. In particular, the clause that said there shall be no “cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” Well what the heck did that really mean? The Court heard oral arguments for the cases on January 17, 1972. The big question was “Did sentencing these three men to death go against both the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments?” The Court said yes, although it was a close one. In a 5-4 decision, the Court announced on June 29, 1972 that the death penalty in the cases of these three men was indeed cruel and unusual punishment and therefore went against the Constitution.

Mr. Beat explains every major type of tax and reveals his favorite types of taxes at the end. I know, he didn't cover ALL of them. Also, he really did have to pay the IRS. That was no joke. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Trash Planet. Download some great Trash Planet here: https://trashplanetgame.bandcamp.com/album/trash-planet-ost Sources/further reading: https://taxfoundation.org/the-three-basic-tax-types/ https://www.debt.org/tax/type/ https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/taxes/inheritance-tax https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-03/argentina-wealth-tax-fought-by-millionaires-raises-2-4-billion https://www.policygenius.com/taxes/types-of-taxes/ https://www.businessinsider.com/how-billionaires-avoid-paying-federal-income-tax-2021-6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_taxes https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/01/04/google-overseas-taxes-bermuda-double-irish-dutch.html Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat?lang=en Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #taxes #government #economics A tax is a required payment to the government. You have to pay it. If you don’t, there will be bad consequences and stuff. Now, why on earth do we have to pay taxes? So the government can pay for stuff. Now, remember, as I said in a previous video, the purpose of the government is to protect society. More specifically, to resolve conflicts, defend a society from other societies, or provide public services. That costs money, and they need to get that money from somewhere. What are they going to do, borrow tens of trillions of dollars to pay for everything? Hahahahahahahha but yeah seriously, they do that, too. Now remember, in a democratic society, our tax dollars should ideally go where we want them to go. Understandably, many get upset when this does not happen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t1zK24_8MU Regardless, let’s go through all the major types of taxes that governments usually collect. And at the end of the video, I will reveal the type of taxes that I don’t mind so much. In conclusion, there are MANY types of taxes I haven’t even mentioned, but those are the main types. But yeah, in general, there’s three types of taxes. Taxes on what you buy, taxes on what you own, and taxes on what you earn. So, what’s YOUR favorite type of tax? Or should I say, what’s the type of tax you hate the least amount? Let me know in the comments below.

Invest in yourself! Use my link and check out the first chapter of any DataCamp course for FREE! https://bit.ly/3sv45zd Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two biggest cities in India, Delhi and Mumbai. Holy crap they're big. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Nico Staf. Sources/further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai https://www.mapsofindia.com/my-india/imo/delhi-vs-mumbai-a-comparison http://demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf https://delhitourism.gov.in//delhitourism/aboutus/history_of_delhi https://www.distancecalculator.net/from-mumbai-to-new-delhi https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=India&city1=Mumbai&country2=India&city2=Delhi https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bengaluru-has-worlds-worst-traffic-congestion-mumbai-at-number-4/articleshow/73747725.cms https://www.india.com/travel/articles/delhi-or-mumbai-which-makes-the-cut-as-best-city-in-india-3238586/ https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/delhi-population https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/mumbai-population https://versus.com/en/delhi-vs-mumbai https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_cities.jsp?country1=India&country2=India&city1=Delhi&city2=Mumbai&tracking=getDispatchComparison https://unemploymentinindia.cmie.com/ https://www.dw.com/en/indias-caste-system-weakened-but-still-influential/a-39718124 https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-03-05/even-harvard-pedigree-caste-follows-shadow https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/6t6o82/delhi_vs_mumbai_which_one_is_better/ https://www.quora.com/Based-on-personal-experience-or-reason-which-is-a-better-city-to-live-in-Delhi-or-Mumbai-in-terms-of-cultural-differences-cost-of-living-food-climate-and-so-forth https://www.grabon.in/indulge/travel/delhi-vs-mumbai-better-city/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Delhi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mumbai https://www.fodors.com/world/asia/india/mumbai/experiences/the-great-bombay-name-change https://blog.karlrock.com/what-the-difference-between-old-and-new-delhi/ Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #mumbai #delhi #india The two largest cities in India. Heck, two of the largest cities in the world. But which one is bigger? Well, it depends on how you look at it. City proper, Mumbai is bigger. But based on metropolitan area, Delhi is bigger, with 31.8 million people. To put that in perspective, if the Delhi metro area was a country, it’d be the 46th most populous country in the world. Delhi has the third largest metropolitan area in the world. But hey, Mumbai is sitting there at number seven, with 22.2 million people. So yeah, if you combined the metro areas of Delhi and Mumbai...that’s 54 million people, and it’d THEN be the 27th most populous country in the world, ahead of South Korea and right behind Myanmar. But enough of that. Both are two of the most influential cities in the world, and I’ve noticed there’s a bit of a rivalry going on between the two. Wonderful. Delhi is home to the capital of India, New Delhi, which is entirely within Delhi’s borders, just south of Old Delhi. But while New Delhi is the capital of India, Mumbai is the financial, commercial, and entertainment capital of India. Oh, and it’s the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Mr. Beat explains why Arkansas and Kansas are pronounced differently. Oh, and why Arkansas and Arkansas are pronounced differently. He even, like, totally gives additional information. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). https://electricneedleroom.us/ Filmed by Shannon Beat. Sources/further reading: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40037534?seq=1 https://books.google.com/books?id=RTw7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA475&dq=kansas+arkansas+pronunciation&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WdTzUq2XHMu_kQfc94CgDA&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=kansas%20arkansas%20pronunciation&f=false https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/kaws-or-kanzas-kansas/17371 https://www.businessinsider.com/why-we-pronounce-kansas-and-arkansas-differently-2014-2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AArkansas_River#Pronunciation_of_Arkansas_River_(True_or_False) https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-Arkansas-river-pronounced-Ar-Kansas https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/why-arkansas-is-never-pronounced-ar-kansas.htm https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/58490/why-isnt-arkansas-pronounced-kansas https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=HR19331201.2.20&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/education/arkansas-history/how-did-arkansas-get-its-name https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/2017/title-1/chapter-4/section-1-4-105/ Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #geography #kansas #arkansas Simply put, it comes down to how both first got their names. Arkansas got its name from the French. Kansas got its name from English-speaking Americans. In the 1500s, when the French arrived in North America in modern-day Kansas and Arkansas (oops I mean Arkansaw), they encountered two particular American Indian tribes. The first tribe, some Siouan-speaking folks who lived along the modern-day Kansas River, which they called the “Kansa.” And the second tribe, more commonly known today as the Quapaw, who lived along the modern-day Arkansas or Arkansaw River. The French called them by their Algonquin name, “Akansa.” However, over time, future visitors to the area further complicated things by writing down different things when trying to document the rivers and areas these two tribes lived in. The Kansa were also called the Kantha, Kances, Konza, Kauzas, Cannes, and Canceys. Eventually Kansa won out, yes probably due to more English-speaking folks moving out there. Oh, and the plural of Kansa? Kansas. And those English speakers pronounce the s at the end of words by golly! Meanwhile, the French name of the Quapaw, Akansa, won out for some reason. Oh, and the plural of Akansa? Akansas. But those French speakers DIDN’T pronounce the s at the end of words, so it was just Akansaw. But wait a second, where is the R? Well, no one knows for sure how or why the “R” was added to make it “Arkansas,” but one theory is that the Akansa used this awesome bow for hunting, and the French might have been really impressed with it. The French word for bow is “arc,” so maybe the French explorers being all impressed with their bows influenced their pronunciation. Another theory suggests that, since the Arkansas river arcs a lot, let’s call it ARCansaw.

Mr. Beat explains every (major) type of government. Ok, not EVERY type of government. That would take, like, three days straight for real. Thank you to @WorldofAntiquity for making this video sooo much better. Subscribe to his channel dangit: https://www.youtube.com/c/worldofantiquity Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band) and Jeremy Black. Sources/further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_forms_of_government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_democracy https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/government-type/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligarchy National Geographic - American Government (textbook, 2021) Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #government #politics #socialstudies According to the dictionary, “government” means “the governing body of a nation, state, or community.” Wow, that’s actually not that very helpful. Ok, let’s consider the second definition. “The relation between a governed and a governing word.” What the heck? Not helpful either. Ok, here’s a better definition. Government means the people who run a society. See, that wasn’t that difficult. More specifically, the folks who make society’s rules and actually have the power and authority to guarantee that those rules are followed. So what’s politics then? Politics? That’s just how the power in government is distributed. The purpose of the government is to protect society. More specifically, to resolve conflicts, defend a society from other societies, or provide public services. Now, people often get really passionate about government and politics because the decisions these folks in government make on a daily basis can have a HUGE effect on all of a society, or even all of the societies in the world. This is also why people have different opinions about the role of government in a society, and even what the best type of government is. In this video, I am going to explain every major type of government, and at the end of the video, I will reveal my favorite type of government. Oh, and occasionally my friend Dr. David Miano (mee ah no) of the channel World of Antiquity will be chiming in. Let’s start with two basic categories. Governments are generally either democratic or undemocratic.

Invest in yourself! Use my link and check out the first chapter of any DataCamp course for FREE! https://bit.ly/3kCUB2Z Mr. Beat explains the Iran–Contra affair. He really does. Check out the entire #projectmad playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXW18I7joPDPXmfL1zepBNv Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band), Bobby Richards, and Carmen Maria and Edu Espinal. Sources/further reading: https://www.brown.edu/Research/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/i-thebeginning.php https://millercenter.org/issues-policy/foreign-policy/iran-contra-affair https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nsa/publications/irancontra/irancon.html https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/the-iran-contra-affair https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB210/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/02/10/mcfarlane-takes-drug-overdose/e1e8f480-d35b-4817-b114-3516f1e59571/ Opening Arguments: A Young Lawyer's First Case, United States V. Oliver North By Jeffrey Toobin American Dad Oliver North song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIJR7vvbcL0 Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt This video was sponsored by DataCamp Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. The Iran-Contra Affair was probably the most serious scandal of the Reagan presidency, and hurt his legacy, especially regarding his foreign policy. To this day, many contend that he knew more than he actually said he did. Still, Reagan remained a popular President in his final days in office. Once upon a time, a dude named Ronald Reagan was an American President. When he first took office, he was pretty passionate about fighting Communism, with a capital C. In particular, the Soviet Union. Even though the Cold War had been going on for 36 years, tensions were still high between the two countries. It’s safe to say that Reagan escalated those tensions during his first years in office. Specifically, Reagan had two ongoing Cold War problems he had to deal with. One, the spread of Communism in Latin America. And two, extremists in the Middle East who kept taking American hostages. During the first hours of his Presidency, Iran released 52 Americans who had been held hostage for more than a year. Militants first kidnapped them after invading the American embassy in Tehran. In the aftermath of what became known as the Iran Hostage Crisis, relations between the United States and Iran remained hostile. #apush #ushistory

Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two virgins. Er, I mean, the two Virginias. Thanks again to Jacob Fridman for helping me research and write the script for this episode. He has been terrific, and please check out his podcast Gen Zers Talk Politics: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gen-zers-talk-politics/id1514983958 Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Unicorn Heads. Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Sources/further reading: https://www.worldatlas.com/maps/united-states/virginia https://www.worldatlas.com/maps/united-states/west-virginia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/VA,WV,US/PST045219 https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2020/dec/2020-apportionment-data.html https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=poverty%20rate%20by%20state https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2019-median-household-income.html https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/virginia.west-virginia https://www.forbes.com/places/va/?sh=6c5ce97e4d36 https://www.forbes.com/places/wv/?sh=365d48c3e14a https://taxfoundation.org/2020-sales-taxes/ https://taxfoundation.org/publications/state-individual-income-tax-rates-and-brackets/ https://www.businessinsider.com/state-median-age-map-2018-11 https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/01/13/most-dangerous-states-in-america-violent-crime-murder-rate/40968963/ https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/map-how-much-money-each-state-spends-per-student/2019/06 https://www.businessinsider.com/presidents-birth-states-ranked-2018-8#pennsylvania-had-one-president-james-buchanan-11 https://starexponent.com/news/virginia-students-fare-above-average-on-the-nations-report-card/article_6e3f8c98-222a-5ed8-ac3b-5b9aba859fd9.html https://news.gallup.com/poll/12091/tracking-religious-affiliation-state-state.aspx https://www.weather.gov/jetstream/climates https://www.lva.virginia.gov/faq/va.asp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_agencies_in_Northern_Virginia https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/state-size-comparison/virginia-usa/west-virginia-usa https://wvtourism.com/almost-heaven-fun-facts-2/ https://www.britannica.com/place/Virginia-state/History https://www.britannica.com/place/West-Virginia/History https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?q=United%20States&g=0100000US https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/tbb-84-revised.pdf https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-05-22/west-virginia-population-downtick-is-largest-in-us https://ascendwv.com/ https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/VA https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/WV https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/virginia/ https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/west-virginia/ https://datausa.io/profile/geo/virginia https://datausa.io/profile/geo/west-virginia Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #westvirginia #virginia #compared Two bordering Southeastern states in these United States that uh...used to be one state! Overall, both states are definitely wonderful places. Virginia obviously has all the history and beauty. West Virginia clearly has the beauty, and might not look as good as Virginia based on this video, but... they’ll now pay you to move there. https://ascendwv.com/

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. In episode 61 of Supreme Court Briefs, a complicated Pennsylvania law restricting abortions gets challenged, and pro-life folks hope Roe v. Wade will be overturned and abortions will be made illegal. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Text Me Records/Bobby Renz. #supremecourtbriefs #abortion #apgov Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1991/91-744 Other sources used/further reading: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/505/833 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_Parenthood_v._Casey https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_casey.html https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/facpubs/343/ https://www.wesa.fm/politics-government/2018-09-07/how-a-supreme-court-case-from-pennsylvania-changed-abortion-access-across-the-country Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016): https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Merch: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania The 1980s The Pennsylvania legislature passes and amends a law meant to limit abortions in the state. What did that law require? That a woman seeking an abortion had to give her informed consent prior to getting it. That the doctor who would perform the procedure had to give the woman what could be interpreted as anti-abortion propaganda at least 24 hours before the procedure was to take place. That any girl under 18 seeking an abortion had to get the consent of one parent. That any married woman seeking an abortion had to show that she notified her husband of her intention to have the abortion. And finally, the law required abortion clinics to be more transparent and keep better records for the state to see. In response, a group of abortion providers, led by Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, sued Pennyslvania’s governor, Bob Casey, who had signed the law limiting abortions in his state. By the way, Casey was a Democrat, believe it or not. You may remember them from like, almost every other episode of Supreme Court Briefs, but the American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, decided to help Planned Parenthood in this case. Ok, so the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania determined that all those abortion restrictions were unconstitutional and forced Pennsylvania to not carry them out. And so, Casey appealed to the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which mostly agreed with Casey, only concluding that the husband notification part was too much to ask since it potentially could make women vulnerable to spousal abuse, violence, or economic insecurity due to reactions from their husbands. One of the judges in the Appellate Court, future Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito, actually dissented on the husband notification part, saying it WAS reasonable. Anyway, this time Planned Parenthood appealed, this time to the Supreme Court, who was actually very interested in looking at another abortion case since Roe v. Wade first said it was ok for women to have abortions. I do have a video on that case, don’t ya know. So here’s the thing. The Court looked a lot different in 1992 compared to how it looked in 1973 during the Roe v. Wade decision. It was supposedly a much more conservative bench. In fact, in 1992 there were eight justices on the bench appointed by Republican Presidents.

Try out Bright Cellars! Oh, and get 60% off your first 4-bottle box by going to https://bit.ly/3hkj5KY. Mr. Beat goes through every person on American currency currently in circulation, and even on some people who used to be on American currency. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Otis McDonald. A special thank you to Jacob Fridman for helping me research for this video! Sources/additional reading: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-28591592 https://www.moneyfactory.gov/hmimpaperandink.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/15/more-americans-say-they-dont-carry-cash.html https://www.insider.com/harriet-tubman-20-bill-update-redesign-timeline-2030-2021-4 https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/faqs/Currency/Pages/edu_faq_currency_portraits.aspx https://www.uscurrency.gov/history?period=All https://web.archive.org/web/20150505025421/http://www.moneyfactory.gov/faqlibrary.html https://www.thoughtco.com/faces-on-us-currency-4153995 https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/circulating-coins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_on_United_States_banknotes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Note#History https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/us/politics/tubman-20-dollar-bill.html http://nationalcurrencyfoundation.org/exhibitgrouphome.html?groupId=LS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_dollar_(United_States_coin) https://www.federalreserve.gov/paymentsystems/coin_currcircvolume.htm https://www.usa.gov/currency https://www.silverrecyclers.com/blog/500-dollar-bill.aspx https://www.sdpb.org/blogs/images-of-the-past/native-american-images-on-money/ https://www.marketwatch.com/story/from-pocahontas-to-tubman-watch-us-currency-transform-over-the-years-2016-04-27 Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. In this video we’re going to look at American currency. It’s really hard to counterfeit. Almost every single part of American currency is there to make it difficult to copy. The United States Department of Treasury spends billions each year producing it, and it is quite an elaborate process. Oh don’t get me wrong, many still try to counterfeit American currency, and in fact many are still successful. The Department of Treasury estimates that possibly $200 million in counterfeit bills are currently in circulation. That would mean that about 1 Federal Reserve Note out of every 4,000 out there right now is counterfeit. Meh, almost every store would probably still accept it, anyway. After all, it got there in the first place. But hold up. What about the people on this currency? Who ARE these people? Do they think they’re a big deal? Why yes, they ARE a big deal. Most of them were American Presidents. However, others are just important people in American history, and some of them featured on different currencies over the years may surprise you. The Secretary of the Treasury is in charge of selecting people, and there’s no law saying that the people on the currency have to always be the same. In this video, I’m looking at every person on American currency, and I’ll give some basic information about them, although I’m sure you’re already familiar with most of them. #uscurrency #ushistory #socialstudies

Download the free Ground News App and start seeing the full picture today: https://ground.news/mrbeat A special thank you to Jacob Fridman for helping me research for this video! Mr. Beat counts down his top ten favorite American presidential candidates who never became President. Produced by Matt Beat. All images found in the public domain, used under fair use guidelines, or owned by Matt Beat. Music by Tabby Cat: https://seasonalmenswear.bandcamp.com/album/the-metal-ep Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. In this video, we’re gonna focus on those losers. Er, uh...those losing candidates. While there have been 45 different individuals who have served as President in American history, there have been tens of thousands of people who have run for President, and yes most of them stood little chance of winning. Approximately 55 of them were actual contenders, meaning it appeared they had at least a solid chance of winning going into the final weeks of their campaigns. My criteria for qualified candidates is simple: They had to be a major contender They had to run before the year 2000 They couldn’t later win the Presidency. Now, how I picked these top 10 is also simple. I looked at: Character Leadership experience Platform #presidentialelectionsinamericanhistory #ushistory #mrbeat Creative commons credits: Gage Skidmore, eagle102.net #10 John P. Hale Learn more about him: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/chron/civilwarnotes/hale.html https://amzn.to/2Yp9SJA #9 Samuel J. Tilden Learn more about him: https://www.nps.gov/gate/learn/historyculture/samuel-tilden-biography.htm Fraud of the Century: Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the Stolen Election of 1876 By Roy Morris, Jr. https://amzn.to/2TBxQkc #8 Daniel Webster Learn more about him: https://law.jrank.org/pages/11253/Webster-Daniel.html https://amzn.to/2KTZmC5 #7 William Wirt Learn more about him: https://www.nndb.com/people/112/000050959/ https://nationalheritagemuseum.typepad.com/library_and_archives/2008/09/the-anti-masoni.htm #6 Wendell Willkie Learn more about him: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/wendell-willkie/572290/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/books/review/david-levering-lewis-improbable-wendell-willkie.html #5 Ross Perot Learn more about him: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2019/07/09/ross-perot-self-made-billionaire-patriot-and-philanthropist-dies-at-89/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/us/politics/ross-perot-death.html https://www.thedailybeast.com/ross-perot-was-a-billionaire-who-cared-about-the-little-guyno-really https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osc9AI8aCt4 #4 William Jennings Bryan Learn more about him: https://www.nebraskastudies.org/en/1875-1899/roots-of-progressivism/william-jennings-bryan/ http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/bryan.html #3 James B. Weaver Learn more about him: https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/W/WEAVER,-James-Baird-(W000225)/ https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-populist-movement/sources/470 #2 Robert La Follette Learn more about him: https://amzn.to/3f9vtf3 https://lafollette.wisc.edu/images/publications/otherpublications/LaFollette/LaFLegacy.html https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS14863 #1 John B. Anderson Learn more about him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVj2llCwJtE

Mr. Beat compares and contrasts two fairly similar New England states that were settled by Europeans earlier than most other states. Thanks to these two folks from Massachusetts for helping make this video: Michael from MatrixMachine: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr26c2gH6DaK8CrCMIKEEng Jacob Fridman from the podcast Gen Zers Talk Politics: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gen-zers-talk-politics/id1514983958 Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by An Jone. Creative commons credits: Roman Eugeniusz, John Phelan, Jimmy Emerson, Moorowlong, It’s Only Make Believe, NYonAir.com, Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism Sources/additional reading: https://www.worldatlas.com/maps/united-states/massachusetts https://www.worldatlas.com/maps/united-states/connecticut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2020/dec/2020-apportionment-data.html https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/A_Great_Compromise.htm https://www.edweek.org/leadership/connecticut-earns-a-b-on-state-report-card-ranks-third-in-nation/2018/01 https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?searchType=web&cssp=SERP&q=poverty%20rate%20by%20state https://www.ctpost.com/entertainment/slideshow/Oscar-winning-movies-filmed-in-Connecticut-81319.php https://mafilm.org/made-in-mass/ https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2019-median-household-income.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Connecticut https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/massachusetts.connecticut https://www.forbes.com/places/ma/?sh=195ea2fa1107 https://www.forbes.com/places/ct/?sh=558ec9225b84 https://connecticuthistory.org/the-first-commercial-telephone-exchange-today-in-history/ https://connecticuthistory.org/people/ella-grasso/ https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2017/09/26/taxachusetts-evan-horowitz https://portal.ct.gov/About/Connecticut-Historical-Facts https://connecticuthistory.org/topics-page/the-state/ https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/10/americas-10-most-expensive-states-to-live-in-2019.html https://taxfoundation.org/2020-sales-taxes/ https://taxfoundation.org/publications/state-individual-income-tax-rates-and-brackets/ https://historyofmassachusetts.org/history-of-the-massachusetts-bay-colony/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59630532/a-connecticut-party-dissolution/ https://www.businessinsider.com/state-median-age-map-2018-11 https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/01/13/most-dangerous-states-in-america-violent-crime-murder-rate/40968963/ https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/map-how-much-money-each-state-spends-per-student/2019/06 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford%E2%80%93Springfield https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/06/map-the-most-famous-brand-from-every-state/277129/ https://historyofmassachusetts.org/how-did-massachusetts-gets-its-name/ https://www.businessinsider.com/presidents-birth-states-ranked-2018-8#pennsylvania-had-one-president-james-buchanan-11 https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/tbb-84-revised.pdf https://wallethub.com/edu/e/states-with-the-best-schools/5335 https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/connecticut https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/massachusetts Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. #compared #massachusetts #theseunitedstates Massachusetts vs. Connecticut

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. In episode 60 of Supreme Court Briefs, what's the deal with Puerto Rico? Is it really part of the United States? Are its residents actually U.S. citizens? If they are citizens, do they have the full rights of U.S. citizens? Basically, it's complicated. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). https://electricneedleroom.us/ Script by Jacob Fridman and Matt Beat. Additional research by Jacob Fridman. Check out his podcast, Gen Zers Talk Politics: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gen-zers-talk-politics/id1514983958 #supremecourtbriefs #puertorico #mrbeat Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Merch: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Paris, France December 10, 1898 The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Paris (no not that one, not that one, not that one, yes that one) The one that ended the Spanish-American War. You may remember the war as either a passing mention in your history class textbook or heard about future American President Theodore Roosevelt's service during the war with the Rough Riders. But the war is a lot more influential than many people realize. That’s because the Treaty of Paris saw the loser, Spain, hand over its territories of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico to the victor, the United States. Meanwhile, the United States had also, independently, took over Hawaii, using the war as political cover. However, the United States government had no idea how to figure out the political and legal implications of these people living in these shiny new territories. While the United States was experienced in dealing with new territory throughout its history of purchase and uh...conquest, controlling the far-away islands of Puerto Rico and the Philippines were going to be a lot harder than deciding the fate of, say, Kansas and Nebraska. For one, Puerto Rico and the Philippines were colonies, not soon-to-be-states. All the United States government really had to go off of was Article 9 of the Treaty of Paris, which said that #1: “The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by Congress.” And #2: the little known part about the Dred Scott decision that said that, besides getting new states, there’s no Constitutionally-given power the U.S. can use to maintain colonies. But that wasn’t going to stop the William McKinley administration and his buddies in Congress from going about it their way. In 1900, the Foraker Act set up a government in Puerto Rico with specific Puerto Rican citizenship for the island’s inhabitants. Now, this was not to be with, ya know...United States citizenship. Oh, and the law also had numerous caveats relating to matters of tariffs on imported Puerto Rican goods, which would come up again and again in the most famous (or infamous) of the Insular Cases. While historians have labelled at least 16 different cases as part of the “Insular Cases,” to keep it simple, I’m going to talk about the ones that left the biggest impact. Oh, and all of the ones I picked have to deal with Puerto Rico. While we’ve been talking about Puerto Rico-specific cases, they all represent a larger point of the Insular Cases. Today, most American territories and their citizens remain in this weird limbo where they are fully a part of the United States for some things like taxes and citizenship, but they can’t take advantage of everything that comes with being a part of the Union, like full representation in Congress.

The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/mrbeat05211 Check out Patrick's video about Snake Oil and its effect on American advertising and medicine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZBeOHN_XWI Why does the United States have an FDA? Mr. Beat goes through the agency's history, beginning with the Meat Inspection Act and Food and Drug Act of 1906. Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Alex Wiley Coyote. Download their stuff here: https://seasonalmenswear.bandcamp.com/album/nostalgia-digestion All images and video owned by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. A special thanks to the AP Archive for use of some of their footage and Jacob Fridman for helping to edit the audio. Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. By the 1890s, public perception of drugs in the United States had shifted. Not only did many Americans now want to ban alcohol, they wanted to ban OR regulate ALL DRUGS. Especially highly addictive drugs, like heroin and cocaine. By that time, doctors had increasingly become more strict about prescribing such drugs to treat patients, but the fact remained that you could still buy a lot of that stuff over the counter. Oh, and most of that stuff didn’t disclose exactly what was in it. Like Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. Although we’ll never know the exact number, thousands of parents likely accidentally killed their children when they gave them too much Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. The American Medical Association would later call Winslow’s a “baby killer.” Many Americans called for the federal government to do something about these dangerous, unlabelled over the counter patent medicines. Before this time, the federal government rarely got involved, though, and let state and local governments handle it. When it did get involved, it was usually the Department of Agriculture looking at the safety of agricultural products. Americans were also increasingly getting worried about what was in the food they ate that was packaged and sold in markets. After the Industrial Revolution, food production became a worldwide industry. For the first time, food could be packaged in a way that it lasted longer and didn’t spoil so quickly. Well, some food manufacturers might add some extra spices or additives to canned food to uh...hide the bad taste of expired food. Now, since 1879, nearly 100 bills had been introduced in Congress to regulate food and drugs. But they all failed. But one man was perhaps more determined than any other to change that. Who was that? Why... a chemist named Harvey Washington Wiley. As leader of the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Chemistry, he spent years trying to convince the United States Congress, while simultaneously fighting off the food lobbyists, to pass a law to do this. It wasn’t just Wiley and his Poison Squad. There were all the muckrakers, or reform-minded journalists of the Progressive Era who called out unsanitary conditions in factories.. There was also this little book called The Jungle. #apush #ushistory #fda

Try out Private Internet Access by going here: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/mrbeat Mr. Beat compares and contrasts two border cities that meet at the Mexico-United States border. One has a reputation for being one of the safest cities in the United States. The other has a reputation for being one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Ofshane. All images and video owned by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. A special thanks to the AP Archive for use of some of their footage. Thanks for looking over the script, @Jabrils. He's a San Diego native. Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Sources/further reading: https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexicolife/links-between-tijuana-and-san-diego-are-forging-a-single-community/ https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Mexico&city1=Tijuana&country2=United+States&city2=San+Diego%2C+CA https://www.sandag.org/uploads/publicationid/publicationid_1184_5148.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego%E2%80%93Tijuana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship_Park_(San_Diego%E2%80%93Tijuana) https://www.ocregister.com/2019/04/05/heres-how-much-traffic-crosses-the-u-s-mexico-border https://www.jstor.org/stable/41147639?seq=1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Mexico&city1=Tijuana&country2=United+States&city2=San+Diego%2C+CA https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/cost-of-living/tijuana-c3610/san-diego-c3960 https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2019/6/11/the-crisis-driving-some-americans-to-move-to-mexico https://tijuanaedc.org/baja-californias-seaports-connecting-the-world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tijuana https://datamexico.org/en/profile/geo/tijuana https://www.movetotijuana.com/en/news/179/If-I-don-t-speak-Spanish-how-can-I-communicate-in-Tijuana https://www.sandiego.gov/economic-development/sandiego/population https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/6da3d429-8e47-4cf5-b483-1949341e677f https://www.kpbs.org/news/2010/jul/20/tijuana-was-once-satans-playground/ Creative commons credits: Cbojorquez75, Roman Eugeniusz, Upstate Nyer, EasySentri, Paul Sullivan, Montecruz Foto, Nathan Gibbs, BBC World Service, Blazersand2000, Richard Masoner, Alen Istokovic, Elias Angulo, Bernard Gagnon, iCarlitos, MARELBU, TheMachineStops, Philkon, Anthony Albright, Justin Brown, Joseph Dewey, Domingo Arringa Nabo, Rebecca Anchondo, Luis Enrique Martinez R San Diego and Tijuana Two sister cities separated by a heavily protected international border between the United States and Mexico. It’s illegal to cross over that fence. If you want to go back and forth between the two cities, which hundreds of thousands of people do every day, you must go through one of three checkpoints. The largest of these checkpoints, the San Ysidro Port of Entry, is the busiest land border crossing in the Western Hemisphere and second busiest international land border crossing in the world. The San Diego-Tijuana metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan area along that U.S.-Mexican border. While both San Diego and Tijuana are known for their stark differences, they probably have more in common than you think. And who knows, maybe if that giant fence wasn’t there, they WOULD have more in common. #tijuana #sandiego #geography

Will President Joe Biden die in office? If he does, some will blame the so-called "Curse of Tippecanoe," or "Tecumseh's Curse." That Mr. Beat dude explains. Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band) and Bad Snacks. All images and video owned by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. A special thanks to the AP Archive for use of some of their footage. Sources/further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Tippecanoe https://indianapublicmedia.org/momentofindianahistory/tecumsehs-curse/ https://www.c-span.org/video/?407561-1/curse-tippecanoe https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-curse-of-tecumseh/ Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. The Curse of Tippecanoe is the supposed pattern of deaths in office of every single American President elected in a year ending in zero going back to the 1840 election. But is it truly a curse? Or just...ya know...another weird series of coincidences. In 1840, William Henry Harrison does get elected President, but after just 31 days in office, dies from pneumonia. He is the first American President in history to die while in office. Flash forward 20 years later, and Abraham Lincoln is elected President. Lincoln is assassinated after being re-elected on April 15, 1865. He is the first American President in history to be assassinated. 20 years after Lincoln is first elected, James Garfield is elected President. Garfield is the second President assassinated, on September 19, 1881. 20 years after Garfield is elected, William McKinley is re-elected President. He is the third President assassinated, on September 14, 1901. 20 years after McKinley is re-elected, Warren Harding is elected President. Harding dies of a heart attack on August 2, 1923. 20 years after Harding was elected President, Franklin Roosevelt is re-elected for an unprecedented third term. On April 12, 1945, after being re-elected an unprecedented FOURTH term, he dies of cerebral hemorrhage. 20 years after Roosevelt is re-elected a third time, John F. Kennedy is elected President. Kennedy is the fourth President assassinated, on November 22, 1963. 20 years after Kennedy is elected, Ronald Reagan is elected President. Reagan is assassinated on March 30, 1981. Wait hold up. Reagan didn’t die because of that shooting. He survived the shooting! The curse is broken! So obviously there are a lot of coincidences here, but there are plenty of folks who criticize the so-called Curse of Tippecanoe. There are logical fallacies left and right. This supposed curse is an example of confusing correlation with causation, cherry picking information to fit a narrative, and moving the goalposts in order to make the narrative work. This is a similar case to all those Lincoln-JFK coincidences. While the Curse of Tippecanoe is fascinating, the closer you look at it, the less fascinating it becomes. For example, what about Zachary Taylor? He died while in office but was elected in 1848. What about the fact that FDR was still in office LONGER THAN ANY OTHER PRESIDENT AND LITERALLY DID MORE AND HAD MORE OF AN EFFECT ON THE COUNTRY THAN ANY OTHER PRESIDENT? What about the fact that all the Presidents died in different ways and in different situations? #americanpresidents #ushistory #politicalhistory

Mr. Beat goes through the religious beliefs of every American President in history. Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band) and Bad Snacks. All images and video owned by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. A special thanks to the AP Archive for use of some of their footage. Creative commons credits: John Phelan National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution Derek Jensen Andrew Jameson Carol M. Highsmith Sanfranman59 Billwhittaker Gryffindor Sources/further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_affiliations_of_presidents_of_the_United_States https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/01/20/biden-only-second-catholic-president-but-nearly-all-have-been-christians-2/ https://www.statista.com/chart/23992/religion-of-us-presidents/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/godinamerica-white-house/ https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/jeffersons-religious-beliefs https://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/11/23/how-catholic-was-john-f-kennedy/ https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2018/04/11/faith-jimmy-carter https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/sunday-services-biden-s-faith-display-renewed-presidential-ritual-n1255460 Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Apparently religion is on the decline in the United States However, it’s still very difficult for a political candidate today to get elected if they are not religious. In fact, candidates often hype up how religious they are by making sure media outlets know when they are going to church. See! Look at me! I’m going to church! I’m a good boy! The current U.S. President, Joe Biden, identifies as a Roman Catholic, making him only the second American President in history to be Catholic. Article 6, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution says you can’t be forced to take a religious test in order to hold a government position, but obviously, voters can be biased against or for candidates based on their religion. In this video, I’m going to briefly look at the religion of every President in American history, and some of them might just surprise you. #americanpresidents #ushistory #politicalhistory George Washington: 2:17 John Adams: 2:39 Thomas Jefferson: 3:05 James Madison: 4:09 James Monroe: 4:28 John Quincy Adams: 4:45 Andrew Jackson: 5:16 Martin Van Buren: 5:33 William Henry Harrison: 5:46 John Tyler: 6:02 James Polk: 6:22 Zachary Taylor: 7:11 Millard Fillmore: 7:29 William Seward: 8:01 Franklin Pierce: 8:13 James Buchanan: 8:51 Abraham Lincoln: 9:04 Andrew Johnson: 10:36 Ulysses Grant: 11:18 Rutherford Hayes: 11:50 James Garfield: 12:29 Chester Arthur: 13:11 Grover Cleveland: 15:01 Benjamin Harrison: 15:30 William McKinley: 15:54 Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt: 16:29 William Howard Taft: 16:50 Woodrow Wilson: 17:46 Warren Harding: 18:15 Calvin Coolidge: 18:52 Herbert Hoover: 19:06 Franklin Roosevelt (FDR): 19:47 Harry Truman: 20:08 Dwight Eisenhower: 21:01 John F. Kennedy (JFK): 21:49 Lyndon Johnson: 22:01 Richard “It’s Just The Storm, Dick” Nixon: 22:19 Gerald Ford: 22:46 Jimmy Carter: 23:03 Ronald Reagan: 23:28 George H.W. Bush: 23:54 Bill “Relation-less” Clinton: 24:10 George W. Bush: 24:26 Barrack Obama: 25:19 Donald Trump: 25:58 Joe Biden: 26:23 Conclusion: 26:35

This video is sponsored by Bokksu. Get 10% off (save up to $47!) your own authentic Japanese snack box from Bokksu using my link: https://bit.ly/3sds8ka and code MRBEAT10. Mr. Beat examines why people tend to live longer in Japan than in any other country. Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). All images and video owned by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. A special thanks to the AP Archive for use of some of their footage. Creative commons credits: Teo Romera Mixtures Jordy Meow Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Sources/further reading: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41430-020-0677-5 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3893302/ https://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.688 https://www.aetnainternational.com/en/about-us/explore/living-abroad/culture-lifestyle/the-real-secrets-behind-japans-high-life-expectancy.html https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2020/10/the-worlds-oldest-people-and-their-secrets-to-a-long-life https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/why-japanese-diet-so-healthy http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20191006-what-japan-can-teach-us-about-cleanliness https://www.agewatch.net/secrets-of-longevity/japanese-longevity/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/30/japan-life-expectancy-factors All my fabulous links: Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Here are the main reasons why the life expectancy is so high in Japan. #1 They Never Really Retire Older folks in Japan tend to live with more purpose after they retire. They tend to be more involved in the local community, spend more time around younger family members, and work by choice, rather than economic necessity. They also tend to stay active. #2 They Prioritize Public Health Overall, Japan has invested heavily in public health for hundreds of years. From childhood vaccination programs, to universal healthcare, to public service campaigns calling for citizens to regularly check their blood pressure and reduce salt consumption. In Japan, regular check-ups are very common. #3 It’s All About The Social Cohesion, Baby Communitarianism is big in Japan. There is a strong group orientation there, which some experts argue gives them a deeper sense of belongingness to society. #4 There Is Less of a Hierarchy In Japan A big reason why there is more social cohesion in Japan is because some research shows that there is more equality in Japan compared to most other countries. Sure, there are still social hierarchies, but it’s more common in Japan for folks at different parts of the hierarchy to regularly interact and be friends with each other. In addition, folks there at different parts of the hierarchy tend to share the same values. #5 Um, Yeah, They Eat Well But yeah, a big reason why Japanese residents live longer is because they tend to eat better. At least one study found that there are lower rates of heart disease and cancer there because of a lower intake of red meat. Specifically, Japanese residents tend to eat less saturated fatty acids, but more of the good fatty acids found in fish, plant foods, and green tea. That same study also found lower rates of brain-related diseases due to moderate increases in animal and dairy consumption combined with decreases in salt consumption. #japan #geography #culture

Have a history teacher explain all those weird Abraham Lincoln-John F. Kennedy coincidences. Mr. Beat does. Some supposed coincidences between Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy: 1. Both men were elected to congress in ’46 (Lincoln in 1846, Kennedy in 1946) 2. Both men were elected to the presidency in ’60 (Lincoln in 1860, Kennedy in 1960) 3. Both men were concerned with civil rights (Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, Kennedy proposed what became the Civil Rights Act) 4. Both men married in their 30s to women in their 20s 5. Both men lost a son while living in the White House 6. Both Presidents had 4 children (and both lost two before they reached their teens) 7. The doctors for Lincoln and Kennedy had the same name: Charles Taft 8. Lincoln’s private secretary was called John (John Nicolay), Kennedy’s private secretary was called Evelyn Lincoln. 9. Both men were shot on a Friday 10. Both men were shot in the head 11. Both men were shot in the presence of their wives 12. Lincoln was sitting in box number 7 of Ford’s Theatre when he was killed. Kennedy was riding in car number 7 in the cavalcade (in a Lincoln car made by the Ford Motor Company) 13. Both were assassinated by Southerners (John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald) 14. The law-enforcement officer who detained John Wilkes Booth was called Lafayette Baker, as was the man who detained Lee Harvey Oswald was Marrion L. Baker. 15. Both their presidential successors were named Johnson (Andrew Johnson and Lyndon B. Johnson) 16. Both men were succeeded by Southerners. 17. Both successors were born in ’08 (Andrew Johnson in 1808 and Lyndon Johnson in 1908) 18. Both assassins are known by three names (John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald) 19. Both assassins’ names have 15 letters 20. Booth ran from the theatre and was caught in a warehouse; Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theatre 21. Both assassins were themselves assassinated before their trials. 22. John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald were both originally thought to be lone-gunman but it was later discovered that they were part of a conspiracy. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band) and Joel Cummins. Creative commons credits: Michael Dorosh Sources/additional reading: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/06/fact-check-1964-lincoln-kennedy-comparisons-only-partly-accurate/5311926002/ http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~demon/issues/nov_20_1999/lincoln-kennedy/lincoln-kennedy.html (funny) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261835314_Abraham_Lincoln_and_John_F_Kennedy_Evidence_of_Reincarnation_Through_Coincidence_and_Synchronicity https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/linkin-kennedy/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%E2%80%93Kennedy_coincidences_urban_legend https://www.near-death.com/reincarnation/cases/lincoln-and-kennedy-coincidences http://kenrahn.com/JFK/Misc._documents/Kennedy_and_Lincoln.html I'm now on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links.

Sign up for Brilliant FOR FREE by going to https://brilliant.org/MrBeat/ The first 200 people that go to that link will also get 20% off the annual Premium subscription. Thanks to Brilliant for sponsoring this video. In this video, Mr. Beat explores why most of us have a 40-hour work week. Also, why the heck do we still work 40 hours a week? Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Bad Snacks. Creative commons credits: Daniel Schwen Sources/further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-hour_day https://www.weareteachers.com/teacher-overtime/ https://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-the-40-hour-workweek-2015-10 https://www.cultureamp.com/blog/40-hour-work-week-the-history-and-evolution/ https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/overtime https://www.cbsnews.com/news/most-americans-are-hourly-workers/ https://www.tinypulse.com/blog/the-origin-of-the-8-hour-work-day-and-why-it-no-longer-matters https://www.lib.umd.edu/unions/labor/eight-hour-day https://www.wired.com/story/eight-hour-workday-is-a-lie/ https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/01/85percent-of-us-workers-are-happy-with-their-jobs-national-survey-shows.html https://www.pbs.org/livelyhood/workday/weekend/8hourday.html https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200117-the-modern-phenomenon-of-the-weekend https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2020/0211/Four-day-workweek-Why-idea-of-shorter-hours-gains-support Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Why do we work 40 hours a week, or 8 hours a day? Well, throughout most of human history, the work schedule was more fluid. Take the hunter gatherers. Hunters hunted when they needed to hunt. Gatherers gathered when they needed to...you know...gather. And then once agriculture became a big deal, farmers plowed their fields, planted their seeds, harvested their crops, and fed their animals, as needed. Even today, it’s rather ridiculous to think of farmers clocking in to work at 9:00 and clocking out at 5. If anything, there are times of the year where they are just constantly working. During the Industrial Revolution, those machines helped, but factory owners still greatly relied on the productivity of their workers. Without their workers, they would be screwed, as those expensive machines would just be collecting dust. So factory owners kept their factories open all day long and forced, er...I mean, ASKED their workers to work as much as possible. This led to the average factory worker working 90 hours a week. What’s crazy is that the better the technology got, the harder the workers had to work. When more and more struggling farmers fled the countryside to the cities to seek work in the early 1800s, soon there were too many available workers, and so factory owners now had the leverage. This is why they began to get away with treating their workers like crap. Factory conditions sucked. Often, factories were poorly ventilated, so the air was dirty. They were also poorly lit. Workers were on their feet all day. And since the machines were often very dangerous, all of this combined led to many injuries on the job. Needless to say, eventually the workers began to unite to demand better working conditions. After all, the factory owners would be screwed if ALL of them decided not to go into work. And thus, the labor union was born. #8hourworkday #laborunions #history

A special thank you to Ground News for supporting this channel! Download the Ground News app for free ▶️ http://check.ground.news/MrBeat to break free from your echo chamber and see the full story. Mr. Beat counts down his top ten favorite Supreme Court justices in American history. Who is YOUR favorite? His Supreme Court Justice Scorecard: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HwyLt1jWkurnzXNmQaFJAhRjAlb40MI5lzSSIGU1Rqc/edit?usp=sharing Produced by Matt Beat. All images found in the public domain, used under fair use guidelines, or owned by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Sources/additional reading: https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/institution.aspx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_justices_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_justices_by_time_in_office Since 1869, there have been nine justices in the Supreme Court at a time. These justices never have to worry about being elected. They can serve for life if they want to. If there’s a vacancy, the President appoints a new justice, but the Senate has to approve of their appointment. Oh, by the way, there is nothing in the Constitution about qualifications for justices. Heck, technically you could be in the Supreme Court and never passed the bar or went to law school. There’s not even an age or citizenship requirement. Since 1790, there have been 115 justices in the Supreme Court. Here are my top 10. But first, what are MY standards? Standard number one...did I agree with how they decided in cases? If I agreed with how the justice decided in the case, I gave them a point. Granted, these are cases I knew a lot about. Obviously I couldn’t look at every Supreme Court case in history. My second standard was leadership ability. Did this justice have integrity? Was this justice principled? Did they ignore partisanship and politics? Did they have a consistent interpretation of the U.S. Constitution? If the answer was yes to all these questions, they got some more points. My third standard was impact. If a justice had tremendous impact in the direction of not only the Court but of the entire government and even country, they also got points. My top 10: 10. Joseph Story Find out more: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1361/joseph-story 9. Antonin Scalia Find out more: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1356/antonin-scalia 8. Potter Stewart Find out more: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1359/potter-stewart 7. Byron White Find out more: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1371/byron-white 6. John Marshall Harlan Find out more: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1335/john-marshall-harlan-i 5. Thurgood Marshall Find out more: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1345/thurgood-marshall 4. Earl Warren Find out more: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1370/earl-warren 3. William O Douglas Find out more: https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1328/william-douglas 2. William Brennan Find out more: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1321/william-brennan-jr 1. John Marshall Find out more: https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1344/john-marshall #supremecourt #scotus #apgov

Redeem a Harry’s Trial Set for just $3 when you go to https://harrys.com/mrbeat Subscribe to @geography_joe and check out his video about the history of East Cleveland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU6Hzqs2VYI Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two crossroads states, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Reed Mathis and Electric Needle Room. Thanks to the AP Archive for use of additional footage. Creative Commons credits: Fishhawk JC1008 Jimmy Emerson, DVM Farragutful Jschnalzer Stu_spivack Nicholas A. Tonelli Pat N. Lewis Smallbones Douglas Muth Sources/further reading: https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/tbb-84-revised.pdf https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/state-size-comparison/pennsylvania-usa/ohio-usa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio https://datausa.io/profile/geo/ohio https://datausa.io/profile/geo/pennsylvania https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Ohio/Overview https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Pennsylvania/Overview https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/ohio/ https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/pennsylvania/ https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/ohio.pennsylvania https://www.forbes.com/places/oh/?sh=775d1b4a742a https://www.forbes.com/places/pa/?sh=65dd79104fc1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Pennsylvania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Ohio https://www.policymattersohio.org/research-policy/quality-ohio/revenue-budget/budget-policy/ohio-after-covid-19-looking-to-the-future-learning-from-history Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Ohio and Pennsylvania The Buckeye State and The Keystone State Two neighboring Midwestern states in these United States. Ok, well, western Pennsylvania feels Midwestern, but eastern Pennsylvania definitely feels Mid-Atlantic. Heck, you could even classify parts of Pennsylvania as part of the Northeast region of the country. It’s a crossroads state, really. Um, but yeah, this video is about Pennsylvania AND OHIO and you know what? BOTH are crossroads states, with easy access to so many great places. Both states sure do have a lot in common, for real. First of all, both are part of the Rust Belt, a region of the country known for declining industry and run down factories. Even decades after most of these factories have shut down, several cities in both states continue to lose population each year. Both are probably about to lose one electoral vote in the Electoral College, because the population of both hasn’t grown much in recent years. Hey speaking of the Electoral College, if a presidential candidate wins either Ohio or Pennsylvania, odds are they are winning the entire election. Ohio and Pennsylvania pick winners, baby! Pennsylvania picked the winner for all but two presidential elections between 1789 and 1880. Both Ohio and Pennsylvania tend to be swing states in recent years, although Ohio seems to be more reliably Republican lately. Both have one Republican U.S. Senator and one Democratic U.S. Senator. Now, the governor of Ohio is a Republican and the governor of Pennsylvania is a Democrat. But the state legislatures in both states currently have Republican majorities. #ohio and #pennsylvania #geography #mrbeat #compared

Mr. Beat reacts to an episode of the Joe Rogan Experience featuring Ben Shapiro to point out and define common logical fallacies. Join me for my upcoming seminar about logical fallacies! https://www.speakeasy.com/e/logical-fallacies Thanks to Paul and The Felt Show for helping me make this video! Subscribe to his channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCC38u45KCmNDe9X4ozxqlA The full episode I'm reacting to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl0iNRXcUbE&t Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Much of this video was based on the book "The Fallacy Detective." Purchase here: https://amzn.to/3rChcgJ Additional sources/additional reading: https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_81.htm https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/ https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ I'm now on Cameo! https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Creative commons credits: Larry D. Moore I regularly listen to both Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro’s podcasts. So I was excited last summer to see that Shapiro had once again appeared as a guest on The Joe Rogan Experience. Episode 1512 on July 22, 2020. However, something really stood out to me as I listened. There were A LOT of logical fallacies in this episode. Like, more than normal. This was disappointing to me, especially since Shapiro is known as a logical dude (clip at 2:10) Logical fallacies are common errors in reasoning based on bad logic. Puppet: Wait, what is logic? Well I’m glad you asked puppet. There are many definitions of logic. The one I’m gonna use for this video is reaching a reasonable conclusion by adequately analyzing facts. For example, if someone spends too much money to a point where they can’t afford basic necessities, then it is logical to conclude they should save their money to have more of it. At first glance, a logical fallacy seems to be true, but once we apply the rules of logic, it is problematic. Often, we use logical fallacies and we don’t even realize it. Logical fallacies hurt our ability to argue, but more importantly, they cause us to fall for crappy arguments. So back to the latest Joe Rogan Experience with Ben Shapiro. What I’ll do is first play the clip and then explain the logical fallacy you just heard. I even have puppets to help me out again. I know I was a bit nitpicky, and perhaps I even got some of these wrong, but I just wanted to show you how two smart, entertaining people, can be guilty of a lot of logical fallacies in just an hour and a half of conversation. I counted _____ of them. For the record, I still enjoyed the episode. And I am also definitely guilty of using logical fallacies himself. One of my goals lately has been to stop using them when I form arguments. So join me. Let’s all be logical. And boring. Yeah. Woohoo. #logicalfallacies #benshapiro #joerogan

Sign up for Brilliant FOR FREE by going to https://brilliant.org/MrBeat/ The first 200 people that go to that link will also get 20% off the annual Premium subscription. Thanks to Brilliant for sponsoring this video. Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two Koreas. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Thanks to the AP Archive for use of additional footage. Also, a special shout out to Jacob Fridman for his help researching this episode. Helen's new channel about her dad (and mom)! Old Korean Dad Stories: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPaPk4cb0kCa8bWpSp49-aw Polymater North Korea statues video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHaILWPP33I Creative commons credits: Henrik Ishihara Globaljuggler Johannes Barre Michael Day Yeowatzup Kok Leng Yeo Uri Tours Republic of Korea Roman Harak TowerCard Joseph Ferris III Laika ac Clay Gilliland Sources/further reading: https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare/north-korea.south-korea/demographics https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-15292674 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-15278612 https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/korea-north https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/korea-south/ https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/north-korea/south-korea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea https://borgenproject.org/tag/poverty-in-north-korea/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-020-0417-4 https://www.ft.com/content/0fd71f12-bf10-11e9-89e2-41e555e96722 https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/North-Korea/South-Korea/Environment https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-report-on-international-religious-freedom/north-korea https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49346262 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17774210 https://borgenproject.org/top-10-facts-about-education-in-north-korea/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-southkorea-dmz-factbox/factbox-some-facts-about-the-dmz-separating-the-two-koreas-idUSKCN1TV071 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40273728 https://ourworldindata.org/covid-exemplar-south-korea I'm now on Cameo! https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1614915028 Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. North Korea and South Korea Or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea Wait a second, North Korea is also called the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea? Hahahaha that’s a good one. Anyway... Two East Asian countries on the Korean Peninsula that are opposite in so many ways. And yet, not that long ago, relatively speaking, they were just one country. Korea. Yeah this one’s gonna be lopsided, folks. I’ll start by showing you this, which many of you have probably seen before. One picture sums up so much, doesn’t it. Most already know South Koreans enjoy a much higher standard of living and much more freedoms, but in this video, let’s dig a bit deeper. That said, since North Korea is such a secretive country, there’s a lot we don’t know about it. But it’s difficult for North Korea to hide the fact that South Korea is doing so much better than it, based on a variety of factors. #northkorea #southkorea #geography

Download this song for free here: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/donald-trump Stream it here: https://soundcloud.com/electricneedleroom/donald-trump It's on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5R3YWW3FOoYU3EXxU9ilII?si=zenA0GjTRlu6L23WRXsmMQ And Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/donald-trump-single/1554504603 And Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08X1V6G88/ref=ap_ws_tlw_trk1 And Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/artist/electric-needle-room/donald-trump-single/ALZqK3hwxmxZpkg The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020), is now available! https://amzn.to/3b0fIpvYY "Donald Trump," by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Written, arranged, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Matt Beat. Performed by Matt Beat. (keys, beats, trumpet, guitar) Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) https://amzn.to/3b0fIpv Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Podcast: https://www.jobsoletepod.com/ Lyrics: Inherited lots of real estate from the empire his father did create Turned his last name into a brand of everything from menswear to bottled water to even steaks Global fame from reality TV When he ran for President, few took him seriously But they came to his rallies from far and near He told them what they wanted to hear They shouted "liar, liar, pants on fire" He replied "Build a wall, and oh you're fired." Shocked the world when elected President Thrived on division, said "America First" Tried to reverse Obama's legacy To satisfy his ego, he held lots of rallies Helped pass tax cuts and eased regulations Made some new trade new trade deals but a trade war with China Tried to bring the troops home, but increased drone warfare Started the Space Force and a few travel bans Some shouted "liar, liar, pants on fire" He replied "Build a wall, and oh you're fired." Many said he only cared about himself and making money He bragged about his wealth But many said he (America First!) could drain the swamp (America First!) take on the elites (America First!) and run them all out (America First!) But loyalty was (America First!) more important to him (America First!) and marketing (America First!) his own image (America First!) Historic meetings with North Korea Made strides for criminal justice reform but got himself in trouble on social media His followers believed every word he said First President to be impeached twice Reacted slowly to COVID-19 After losing re-election, refused to concede Kept promoting self-serving conspiracy theories Most shouted "liar, liar, pants on fire" He replied "Build a wall, and oh you're fired." They shouted "liar, liar, pants on fire" He replied "Build a wall, and oh you're fired." He's Donald Trump Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020), is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Additional footage by @JJMcCullough. The 59th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In the crazy 2020 election, the country struggles through a pandemic and the worst division its seen since the Civil War. #mrbeat​ #presidentialelectionsinamericanhistory​ #elections​ Creative commons credits: Gage Skidmore (The Legend) Matt Johnson Christopher Michel Marc Nozell David Oks Lorie Shaull Tyler Merbler Sources/further reading: https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ https://www.270towin.com/2020-election-results-live/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-politics-media-1bf96bf3910bdcbe0f125958357c8f1a http://www.electproject.org/2020g Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) https://amzn.to/3b0fIpv Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Podcast: https://www.jobsoletepod.com/ Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. In episode 59 of Supreme Court Briefs, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island try to help out struggling private schools. But wait, what about the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment? Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. #supremecourtbriefs #lemonvkurtzman #mrbeat Creative commons credits: F McGady Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1970/89 Other sources used/further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_v._Kurtzman https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/403/602 https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/437/lemon-v-kurtzman-i https://law.jrank.org/pages/22903/Lemon-v-Kurtzman-Significance.html http://www.palrb.us/pamphletlaws/19001999/1968/0/act/0109.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alton_Lemon https://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/lemon-v-kurtzman/ Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links Harrisburg, Pennsylvania June 19, 1968 The Pennsylvania General Assembly passes a law called the Pennsylvania Non-Public Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1968. I know, I know. Impressive name for a law, right? Anyway, the law said the state government could supplement the salaries of teachers of secular subjects in religious schools, as well as pay for their textbooks and other instructional materials. Look, the reason why they passed this law is because religious schools were struggling and needed help. Under the law, eligible teachers could only get the funding if they taught courses offered in the public schools, using only materials used in the public schools, and couldn’t teach courses in religion. At the time, 25% of Pennsylvania’s students attended private schools, and about 95% of those were Roman Catholic schools But hold on sonny boy. This was tax-payer money to church-affiliated schools. Didn’t that go against the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment? Ya know, the one that said the government couldn’t establish any religion? Well this lemon thought so. No, not that lemon. Yeah, THAT Lemon. Alton J. Lemon, the First Amendment Hero himself. After criticizing the law at a Philadelphia American Civil Liberties Union meeting, a bunch of folks organized and asked him to be the lead plaintiff to fight the law. He was a tax-paying, Pennsylvania citizen, after all, with a kid attending public school there. Lemon was like “sure,” and yep, Philadelphia newspapers literally called him a “First Amendment Hero” for volunteering as tribute. Anyway, Lemon and the others claimed that Pennsylvania went against the First Amendment by “respecting” an establishment of religion, especially since the Catholic Church seemed to benefit a lot from it. Representing the other side was David Kurtzman, the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Well, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed the case. However, Rhode Island had ALSO passed a similar law, and after it passed had citizens that fought it in court. Oh, and IT’S district court sided with the citizens. #supremecourtbriefs #supremecourt #apgov

Sign up for Brilliant FOR FREE by going to https://brilliant.org/MrBeat. The first 200 people that go to that link will also get 20% off the annual Premium subscription. Thanks to Brilliant for sponsoring this video. For years, I was biased against George Soros. After exhaustive research for this video, I am now just indifferent about him. Here is everything you should know about one of the world's most hated men, George Soros. Check out all of #projectshoah: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTZaOylOgJT-op_3d-UJebBuzRUSEe0Gi Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band): https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/ #georgesoros #newworldorder Creative commons credits: CGP Grey Umezo KAMATA Jim Larrison Chatham House Henri Bergius from Finland West Midlands Police Horacio Cambeiro The Noun Project Stand-Up Sucks, LLC Sources/further reading: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-easteurope-soros-idUSKBN16U17Y https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-false-george-soros-claims/fact-checkfalseclaims-about-george-soros-idUSKBN23P2XJ https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/george-soros https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Soros https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros https://www.influencewatch.org/person/george-soros/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/feb/10/facebook-posts/no-george-soros-wasnt-nazi-soldier/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-george-soros/2020/08/06/ad195582-d1e9-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2020/06/fact-check-protester-was-joking-when-he-told-tyt-george-soros-paid-him.html https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jul/06/the-george-soros-philosophy-and-its-fatal-flaw https://www.bbc.com/news/world-44301342 https://theweek.com/articles/811191/how-george-soros-became-bogeyman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Society_Foundations https://momentmag.com/the-vilification-of-george-soros-in-israel/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/31/us/politics/george-soros-bombs-trump.html?module=inline Soros, George In Defense of Open Society (New York: PublicAffairs, 2019) Tamkin, Emily The Influence of Soros (New York: HarperCollins, 2020) Kaufman, Michael Purchase: https://amzn.to/2Yh8gQH Soros: The Life and Times of a Messianic Billionaire (2003) Purchase: https://amzn.to/3ccgCkL Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat's Podcast: https://www.jobsoletepod.com/ Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links George Soros is one of the most hated men on the planet. In this video, Mr. Beat explores why. Overall, there are plenty of billionaires who influence elections and political movements around the world, but Soros doesn’t hide it that much. In fact, he’s very outspoken. So yeah, basically George Soros is just another billionaire trying to pull the puppet strings, but let’s be honest here. Most of the time he comes up short. Most billionaires who try to solve all the world’s problems struggle because it’s not easy. There are always unintended consequences. And Soros has struggled to make himself look good. It’s ironic- he says he’s always just tried to make the world a better place, and even wrote books to try to explain how his intentions are always pure. But despite all that, today millions think he’s the devil himself. Just ask my aunt.

Try out Bright Cellars! Oh, and get 50% off your first 6 bottle box by going to https://www.brightcellars.com/mrbeat. Mr. Beat compares and contrasts two sparsely-populated northwestern states. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). "Grizzly Bear" by Electric Needle Room: https://open.spotify.com/track/3Jr8O2Xx9scSOSi9SdSv59 Creative commons credits: Stephen Sanford Joshua Wells Marla Lysliwski Trougnouf (Benoit Brummer) Fredlyfish4 Diogeninja Goldman60 Larry D. Moore David Taylor Tim Evanson Ron Reiring Parkerjh Henry Mulligan Navajo Nation Washington Laura Kelly Fhynek00 Ken Gallager Ryan Van Duzer Tracy Katy David Michael Pennington J.B. Chandler Famartin Matt Lavin Dennis Jarvis 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho vlogbrothers Alan Levine Allaroundthewest Jeremy Segrott Pahcal123 Sources/further reading: https://datausa.io/profile/geo/idaho https://datausa.io/profile/geo/montana https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/MT https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/ID https://mtstandard.com/news/local/mining-city-history-idaho-montana-boundary-myths-dispelled/article_4b3267cf-4bfa-55f1-9b6c-58ec44a067cd.html https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/montana.idaho https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/montana.idaho https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_of_Death_(Yellowstone) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT8TXLC3HcI https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/tbb-84-revised.pdf https://www.forbes.com/places/mt https://www.forbes.com/places/id https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/idaho/ https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/montana/ https://www.governing.com/archive/state-education-spending-per-pupil-data.html https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/idaho https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/montana https://digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/geog/explore/essay.pdf https://missoulian.com/opinion/columnists/about-that-name-montana/article_af8155e8-2841-5956-bb96-19c23e05faa8.html Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links. Idaho and Montana. Both states are in the northwestern part of the country. Both border Canada to the north, but Idaho barely. Apparently its Canadian border is less than 800 football fields long? Montana, meanwhile, is the only state to border three Canadian provinces. A lot longer. Looking at a map, Idaho looks like a seat that Montana is sitting on but way too big for. Both are two of the fastest growing states in the country, although Idaho more so. In fact, last year Idaho was the number one fastest growing state. That said, both are sparsely populated. Montana is the third least densely populated state after Wyoming and Alaska. I mean, if you see a gas station in Montana, you probably better just go ahead and fill up your tank just to be safe, and cell service can still be spotty in many isolated areas there. It’s easy to understand why so many people are moving to both Montana and Idaho. Both are beautiful places where you really still can get away from it all, and have some of the largest areas of wilderness left in the contiguous United States. And yeah, I predict more and more people will discover this in the coming years. #idaho #montana #geography

Check out Jobsolete! http://podcasts.iheartradio.com/EQXfiLvM?sid=jobsoletemattbeatsocialmedia Jobsolete on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6vJIrKIUwHyv8TuaNcA1E5?si=JyxTcWryT0GwuzO7FFd3Ew Jobsolete on Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/jobsolete Jobsolete on Iheartradio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-jobsolete-75145608/ Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links

Sign up for Blinkist and get 25% off by going to https://www.blinkist.com/mrbeat Premium subscribers get special member pricing: up to 65% off the regular retail price Mr. Beat examines what really caused the Great Depression. Odds are, your interpretation of the true causes of the Great Depression are strongly influenced by your already strongly held beliefs. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band): https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/ Download the Franklin Pierce song for free: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/franklin-pierce Download the Calvin Coolidge song for free: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/calvin-coolidge-2 #greatdepression #apush #ushistory Creative commons credits: Andrii Makukha Shirley Li/Medill Sources referenced: Econclips: The Great Depression | What Caused It? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0SW3BgwL14 Crash Course: The Great Depression: Crash Course US History #33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCQfMWAikyU Reading Through History: History Brief: The Causes of the Great Depression https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5YPWRjSVJE Additional sources used/further reading: https://www.britannica.com/story/causes-of-the-great-depression https://www.researchgate.net/publication/30386656_The_Collapse_of_the_United_States_Banking_System_During_the_Great_Depression_1929_to_1933_New_Archival_Evidence https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/tbb-0303-14.pdf https://fee.org/articles/what-caused-the-great-depression/ Eichengreen, Barry. "Hall of Mirrors: The Great Depression, the Great Recession, and the Uses—and Misuses of History." Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. https://www.socialstudies.org/system/files/publications/articles/se_710270.pdf https://www.stlouisfed.org/~/media/files/pdfs/great-depression/the-great-depression-wheelock-overview.pdf https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/regional-economist/july-2015/asset-bubbles-detecting-and-measuring-them-are-not-easy-tasks https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Senate_Passes_Smoot_Hawley_Tariff.htm Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links After scouring as many different sources as possible over the years, I have compiled one giant list of 18 possible causes of the Great Depression, and here they are: Lack of economic diversity Unequal wealth distribution Unstable banking system Bank panics Too much credit in 1920s Not enough credit in 1930s Money supply was too high in 1920s Money supply was too low in the 1930s Federal Reserve raising interest rates at wrong time The gold standard holding back economy Decreased international lending Increased tariffs (Smoot-Hawley Tariff) Lack of consumer confidence Trying to balance the budget Asset bubbles Drought conditions Overproduction of goods Government intervention with labor While all of those causes are correct to a certain degree, some are less credible than others. Plus, some of these can be combined and are definitely related. And I do get that this list might be overwhelming. And so I’ve come up with a TOP FIVE LIST. 5. An unstable banking system 4. Asset bubbles 3. Increasing tariffs and other taxes when people were struggling 2. Too much money supply in the 1920s, too little in the 1930s 1. Too much credit in the 1920s and too little credit in the 1930s

Mr. Beat takes a look at all the Presidents' Kids throughout American history. Some turned out to be pretty famous. Most did not. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band): https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/ Download the Franklin Pierce song for free: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/franklin-pierce Download the Calvin Coolidge song for free: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/calvin-coolidge-2 #presidents #ushistory #americanpolitics Creative commons credits: Gage Skidmore Andrew Jameson Bluerasberry Ali Shaker/VOA Sources/additional reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_children_of_the_presidents_of_the_United_States https://www.potus.com/presidential-facts/presidential-children/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/16/us/sally-hemings-exhibit-monticello.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/president-clevelands-problem-child-100800/ https://www.businessinsider.com/where-are-they-now-children-of-former-us-presidents-2017-6#amy-lynn-carter-illustrated-a-childrens-book-that-her-father-wrote-13 All the Presidents' Children- Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America's First Families by Doug Wead Buy it here: https://amzn.to/34oIJsp Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links Soon Joe Biden will be the 46th President in American history. Biden has had some major tragedies in his life. On December 18, 1972, just weeks after he was elected to the U.S. Senate, his wife, Neilia, was Christmas shopping with their three kids, Naomi, Beau, and Hunter, when their vehicle was struck by a truck pulling out of an intersection. Both Neilia and Naomi, who was just one year old at the time, died in the accident. Beau and Hunter were injured, but survived. However, on May 30, 2015, Beau died at the relatively young age of 46 from brain cancer. Perhaps a parent’s worst fear is to lose their children, and Joe Biden has had to bury two of his four children. However, throughout American history, it has been more common than you probably think for American Presidents to outlive their own children. In this video, let’s look at every single son or daughter of every single American President. Some of the presidents’ children were famous. The vast majority of them, however, were not. Heck, they don’t even have Wikipedia pages, and we don’t even know the names of all of them. The average number of children for all the Presidents is 4.1 Now, keep in mind that I am also going to mention some “alleged” children throughout this video.

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Thanks to Curiositystream for sponsoring this video. Use code "mrbeat" to sign up, just $12 (40% off) for the whole YEAR. https://curiositystream.com/mrbeat Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the North Pole and South Pole. They are polar opposites. Get it? hahahahaha Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by the 126ers. #northpole #southpole #geography Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links Sources/further reading: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/north-pole https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/south-pole/ https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/arctic-zone/gallery_np_tour.html https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/arctic-zone/gallery_np.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pole https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-buzz-aldrin-20161203-story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_the_Arctic#Arctic_Basin_2 https://traveltips.usatoday.com/kind-animals-found-south-pole-63624.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/05/150525-north-pole-expeditions-arctic-climate-change/ https://www.cruisecritic.com/articles.cfm?ID=4359 https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/explore/race-south-pole-1911 https://www.theexpeditioner.com/wordpress/2012/01/19/how-many-people-visit-the-north-pole-every-year https://www.redbull.com/us-en/how-to-get-to-the-north-and-south-poles https://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/ Creative commons credits: NASA Stephan Richter D Ramey Logan Amble MF-vista Special thanks to Christopher Michel for his wonderful polar pictures World Squares Daniel Leussler Cookson69 Eli Duke Jaco Karlpphotography Abdul Explorer KSA Jason Auch Alan Light Lee Abbamonte The North Pole and South Pole The northernmost point on earth, and the southernmost point on earth, on opposite ends of the globe. Both kind of get one really long day each year, with six months of daylight, followed by six months of night. So only one sunrise and sunset a year, yo. This is due to the earth being tilted on its axis. The axis of the earth is almost always pointing in the same direction in space. However, relative to the Sun, the tilt direction changes as the earth orbits it. Each pole tilts toward the Sun for half the year and then away from the Sun the other half of the year. Anyway, this is also why it gets very, very, very freaking cold at both places. However, it gets much,much colder at the South Pole. The lowest temperature ever recorded at the South Pole was -82.8°C, or -117°F, whereas the lowest temperature ever recorded at the North Pole was -50°C, or -58°F. Now, the lowest temperature ever directly recorded at ground level on Earth was −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F). And that was at the Vostok Station in Antarctica, which is about 798 miles, or 1,284 km, from the South Pole. Now, the HIGHEST temperature ever recorded at the South Pole was only -12.3°C, or 10°F. Yep, it never gets anywhere close to above freezing there. The North Pole, on the other hand, once recorded a temperature of 13 °C, or 55 °F. This is why some wildlife has been spotted near the North Pole, but basically only a rare type of bacteria has ever been actively observed at the South Pole, although that has been disputed. Even animals like polar bears and arctic foxes have been known to wander near the North Pole, and one animal, a type of sea anemone, apparently lives in the water at and around the North Pole. Craziness.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. In episode 58 of Supreme Court Briefs, Estelle Griswold and Dr. C. Lee Buxton open up a clinic and start giving out birth control to married couples. There's only one problem with that. In Connecticut, birth control is illegal. Useful Charts video about Charles Curtis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjhqIxOlsTQ&feature=youtu.be Useful charts! https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 More Supreme Court Briefs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1964/496 Other sources used: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/griswold.html https://connecticuthistory.org/people/catherine-roraback/ https://www.legalreader.com/griswold-and-barrett-in-your-bedroom/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griswold_v._Connecticut https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_griswold.html http://landmarkcases.c-span.org/Case/21/Griswold-v-Connecticut https://connecticuthistory.org/connecticut-and-the-comstock-law https://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=3689&context=mlr New Haven, Connecticut November 1961 Estelle Griswold and Dr. C. Lee Buxton open a clinic where they give advice and resources to married couples in order to help them avoid getting pregnant. They also prescribed contraceptives, or birth control, for married women. Well this got them in trouble. Local authorities arrested them for breaking a law that prohibited anyone from using “any drug, medicinal article, or instrument for the purpose of preventing conception.” Yep, Connecticut straight up banned using birth control. With the help of P.T. Barnum apparently, the state passed the law way back in 1879. Well Griswold and Buxton, as well as many others, thought the law banning birth control was wrong. After they were found guilty for breaking it and fined $100 each, they appealed to the Appellate Division of the Circuit Court. Griswold and Buxton argued that banning birth control went against the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Well the Appellate Division of the Circuit Court disagreed, and upheld their conviction, so Griswold and Buxton appealed again, this time to the Connecticut Supreme Court, who...uh...yeah...also upheld it. So Griswold and Buxton appealed again, this time to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on March 29 and 30, 1965. The lawyer representing Griswold and Buxton was Catherine Roraback, who claimed that the birth control ban violated the right to marital privacy guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Now, the word “privacy” does not appear anywhere in the Constitution. However, there was that sneaky Ninth Amendment, which essentially said that there were other rights we all had not specifically listed in the Constitution. On June 7, 1965, the Court announced they had sided with Griswold. It was 7-2. And guess what? They brought up the Ninth Amendment. They also brought up that the right to privacy was inherent in the First, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments, and said the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment should be applied to incorporate Bill of Rights protections to the states. #supremecourtbriefs #supremecourt #apgov

Mr. Beat compares and contrasts his home country of the United States with its northernly neighbor, Canada. Oh Canada. Check out @DrawnofHistory's new video about The War of 1812: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXh_ayDQ12U&feature=youtu.be Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Thanks to Tim Betts for help with animations in the video. Music by Ready for Freddy and South Street Strut. Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links Sources/further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93United_States_relations https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/united-states/canada https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/12/why-do-the-us-and-canada-celebrate-thanksgiving-day-on-different-dates https://www.vox.com/2016/5/5/11584064/canada-population-map https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/1012/u.s.-or-canada-which-country-is-best-to-call-home https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare/canada.united-states/demographics https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Canada https://fortune.com/2020/10/23/canada-unemployment-cerb-economy-growth-coronavirus/ https://thecanadaguide.com/places/geography/ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/united-states Creative commons credits: Martin C. Barry Paul Gierszewski Lindsay Nicole Terry Wladyslaw Wbaron Marc Nozell #canada #unitedstates #geography Canada and The United States of America The two biggest countries in North America Both have a lot in common... Woah, are we really gonna do this? Ok, let’s do this… Both have very close cultural and economic ties. So actually, both are two of the biggest countries in the world. Canada is slightly bigger than the United States. Both share the world’s longest border between two countries. The border stretches 5,525 miles….or...I mean, 8,891 kilometers. Yeah while Canada has officially adopted the metric system as a whole, the United States is only one of three countries in the entire world that hasn’t. That said, plenty of Canadians don’t always use the metric system to measure stuff, and plenty of Americans do often use the metric system. Anyway, let’s stick with more similarities first, ok? Both are two of the wealthiest, most developed countries in the world. Immigrants have flocked to both countries for economic opportunity for centuries, which is why major cities in both are some of the mostly ethnically diverse in the world. Both have mixed economies and have a progressive tax system on income. However, Canadians definitely pay higher taxes overall. Oh lots of trading be going on between the two. The United States is Canada’s largest trading partner, and Canada is consistently a top three trading partner for the United States. Both are in NATO and have historically fought as allies in wars. Both have lots of natural resources. Both have a wide variety of climates and rainfall patterns. Both are democratic. Specifically, the United States is a democratic republic, and Canada is a parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy. Both are growing at about the same rate. (C- .7%, US- .8%) Residents of both generally like their space. Indeed, everything is more spread out in both countries.

PragerU gets a lot wrong in their propaganda videos. Here is what they get wrong in their video called "A Nation of Immigrants." → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYvKcAh1zdo Thanks to Define American for their support making this video. Specifically, thanks to Paul Rivet for providing animations and William Johnston-Carter for help with research. Music by Electric Needle Room. Produced and hosted by Matt Beat. Snail mail: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat My book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa Sources/further reading: https://bridge.georgetown.edu/research/factsheet-prageru/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/08/20/key-findings-about-u-s-immigrants/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/us-government-turned-away-thousands-jewish-refugees-fearing-they-were-nazi-spies-180957324/ https://blog.ititranslates.com/2020/02/25/a-brief-history-of-native-american-languages-in-the-us/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3884518/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/04/real-immigration-crisis-people-overstaying-their-visas/587485/ https://www.huffpost.com/entry/right-wing-videos-public-schools-prageru_n_5f889a29c5b6e9e76fbb6db8?8nq PragerU, which is short for Prager University, is an organization that creates short, animated videos to promote a conservative agenda. So what does PragerU’s version of “conservative” look like? Well, their website says they believe in “economic and religious freedom, a strong military that protects our allies, and in the religious values that inform Western civilization, also known as Judeo-Christian values.” So I guess religious freedom is cool to them but they like Jewish and Christian values better? Anyway, the conservative radio talk show host Dennis Prager and his colleague Allen Estrin created it in 2010 to fight what they perceived a “liberal bias” in the American education system. It’s propaganda. PragerU is straight up propaganda. Their mission is not to inform and educate, but to indoctrinate. And if you want to release propaganda, that’s fine. I’m quite ok with that. But the problem with PragerU is that they present themselves as a legitimate educational institution. On their YouTube channel, they state “PragerU is an online video resource promoting knowledge and clarity on life's biggest and most interesting topics. We gather some of the world's best thinkers and distill their best ideas into free, 5-minute videos on things ranging from history and economics to science and happiness.” My point for reading that is that I’ve found a lot of people don’t know they make propaganda videos. Unsuspecting folks may think they are simply an educational channel, when they are not. When I first came across them, I know I thought that. And PragerU is highly influential, especially to younger folks. Their videos have billions of views. They also recently started a program to try to get their videos in more social studies curriculums. Craig Strazzeri, the chief marketing officer of PragerU, said thousands of educators have already signed up, adding: “Ideally, every school in American would show PragerU videos in the classroom on a regular basis to help educate the next generation.” Educate? More like “indoctrinate.” If you Google “PragerU Debunked,” you’ll get thousands of videos and articles debunking PragerU videos. Often however, the videos are like 30 minutes long, because of how much bull crap the debunking videos have to call out. But that is precisely what I’m going to do in this video. I’m going to fact check a five-and-a-half minute video PragerU made called “A Nation of Immigrants,” and hopefully do it in well less than 30 minutes, although that intro was already way too long. #immigration #prageru #mrbeat

Thanks to Curiositystream for sponsoring this video. Use code "mrbeat" to sign up, just $14.99 for the whole YEAR. https://curiositystream.com/mrbeat Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the last two states to join the Union. Mr. Beat and his brother Steve drove to Alaska from Kansas 10 years ago and documented it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fhVy4echYM Produced by Matt Beat and Adam Christians. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Corbyn Kites and Patrick Patrikios. Snail mail me something (not a bomb or anthrax spores): PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 Have an idea for a video for Mr. Beat to make? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat My book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links Sources/additional reading: https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/state-size-comparison/hawaii-usa/alaska-usa https://www.adn.com/opinions/editorials/2018/07/21/the-price-of-alaska-cost-of-living-data-shows-us-where-we-must-improve/ https://datausa.io/profile/geo/alaska https://datausa.io/profile/geo/hawaii https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/tbb-84-revised.pdf https://taxfoundation.org/2020-sales-taxes/ https://taxfoundation.org/state-individual-income-tax-rates-and-brackets-for-2020/ https://www.businessinsider.com/which-state-nearest-japan-2016-7 https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/hawaiian-volcano-observatory/hazards https://www.axios.com/kilauea-eruption-adds-a-mile-to-hawaii-coast-78e10966-30e1-4de6-993b-881c80926ca7.html https://www.newsmax.com/FastFeatures/industries-hawaii-strongest-economy/2015/03/05/id/628087/ https://www.newsmax.com/fastfeatures/industries-in-alaska-strongest/2015/02/19/id/625842/ https://www.forbes.com/places/ak/ https://www.forbes.com/places/hi/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii https://www.vice.com/en/article/mgx7yx/why-hawaiians-are-utterly-obsessed-with-spam http://alaskaweb.org/russam/interactions https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/you-can-mail-coconut-anywhere-world-post-office-hawaii-180972406/ Creative commons credits: RadioKAOS Vadim Kurland Alan D. Wilson Analogick W Nowicki Luca Galuzzi Ewen Roberts TravelTouristVideos Alaska and Hawaii or The Last Frontier and The Aloha State The two states that don’t border another state in these United States Both the last two states to join the Union. Both have a really high cost of living. This is because not only are the two desirable states to live in, but they are so isolated, so far away from most other places where most things are produced. The high cost of shipping causes everything in both states to be much more expensive. That said, Alaska has a lower cost of living compared to Hawaii. Perhaps because of the high cost of living, both states are slowly losing residents. Both are dominated by their largest cities. Anchorage, in Alaska, and Honolulu in Hawaii. Around half of all Alaskan residents live in the Anchorage metropolitan area, and more than 2/3 of all of Hawaii’s residents live in the Honolulu metropolitan area. Both have dramatically diverse and beautiful natural scenery, and both have dramatically diverse rainfall patterns. It’s kind of crazy actually. Ok, so in southeast Alaska in the coastal mountain ranges there, they can often get more than 200 inches (508 cm) of precipitation a year! While just south of the Alaska Range they get about 60 inches (152.4 cm) a year, 12 inches (30.5 cm) a year in the interior, and less than 6 inches (15.2 cm) a year in the North Slope. #alaska #hawaii #geography

Here are Mr. Beat's top ten proposed Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Try out Typesy, and help out my channel: http://www.tinyurl.com/typesy-mrbeat Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Talkin' Mountain and Elfsquad. Have an idea for a video for Mr. Beat to make? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat My book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links Sources: https://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/current-citizen-efforts-reform-redistricting https://www.fairvote.org/rcv#where_is_ranked_choice_voting_used https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_finance_reform_amendment https://jeffersonpapers.princeton.edu/selected-documents/thomas-jefferson-james-madison https://www.heritage.org/the-constitution/commentary/some-conservatives-want-repeal-the-17th-amendment-heres-why-theyre https://time.com/5423623/house-representatives-number-seats/ https://history.house.gov/Institution/Apportionment/Apportionment https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/05/31/u-s-population-keeps-growing-but-house-of-representatives-is-same-size-as-in-taft-era/ https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324504704578413182814140480 Creative commons credits: DXR #10 The right of citizens of the United States, who are sixteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age. #9 Congress cannot make any laws that apply to American citizens that don’t apply equally to themselves. (and vice versa) #8 "Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. "Sec. 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. "Sec. 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification." #7 Section 1. The rights protected by the Constitution of the United States are the rights of natural persons and do not extend to for-profit corporations, limited liability companies, or other private entities established for business purposes or to promote business interests under the laws of any state, the United States, or any foreign state. Section 2. Such corporate and other private entities established under law are subject to regulation by the people through the legislative process so long as such regulations are consistent with the powers of Congress and the States and do not limit the freedom of the press. Section 3. Such corporate and other private entities shall be prohibited from making contributions or expenditures in any election of any candidate for public office or the vote upon any ballot measure submitted to the people. Section 4. Congress and the States shall have the power to regulate and set limits on all election contributions and expenditures, including a candidate’s own spending, and to authorize the establishment of political committees to receive, spend, and publicly disclose the sources of those contributions and expenditures. #6 Term Limits for Congress and the Supreme Court. U.S. Representatives can’t serve more than 12 years. U.S. Senators can’t serve more than 18 years, and Supreme Court justices can’t serve more than 24 years. U.S. Representatives serve four-year terms, with election years being the non-presidential election years. #usgovernment #apgov #usconstitution

Thanks to Curiositystream for sponsoring this video. Use code "mrbeat" to sign up, just $14.99 for the whole YEAR. https://curiositystream.com/mrbeat Mr. Beat explains the secret formula for predicting who wins American presidential elections. Thanks to @LetsTalkElections for collaborating with me! Check out Ethan's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHE7nWOE4pY&feature=youtu.be Play the Campaign Trail: https://www.americanhistoryusa.com/campaign-trail/ Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band) and Tabby Cat. Download songs for free at: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/ and https://seasonalmenswear.bandcamp.com/ Have an idea for a video for Mr. Beat to make? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat My book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links Sources/further reading: https://www.econedlink.org/resources/economic-misery-and-presidential-elections/ https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2020/10/01/q2-real-gdp-per-capita-31-69-versus-the-31-4-headline-real-gdp https://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/18/which-economic-indicators-best-predict-presidential-elections/ https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/current-inflation-rates https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf Ok so what’s the most important outcome determining an election? No matter what the election is, even this one, what people care about the most is whether or not they can put food on the table, and if you just look at the economic data, you can almost always predict who will actually get elected. But which economic data? Well first of all, we only have fairly reliable economic data since the 1940s. Second, it’s always about comparing that data...comparing data from the election year to the data from the year BEFORE the election. So what do we look at? Nate Silver once put together a set of 43 economic indicators and ranked them by how reliable they were predicting the next President. At the top of the list? The ISM manufacturing index. (nodding) Obviously….the ISM manufacturing index...wait what’s the ISM manufacturing index? Apparently that’s a way to measure manufacturing activity based on a monthly survey by the Institute for Supply Management, or ISM. Ok, who are these folks taking this survey? Purchasing managers at more than 300 manufacturing companies. So is it safe to say that if the ISM manufacturing index has gone up since the last election, then the incumbent gets re-elected? And if it’s gone down, the challenging candidate gets elected? Well, not quite. Silver admitted that all of those indicators were individually not that great at predicting who would win the election. However, we do still have some economic rules that work quite well. First, there’s the real GDP per capita growth rule, which basically is that the incumbent political party usually wins if the growth rate of real GDP per capita is increasing at a higher rate in the election year compared to the previous year. Well, it’s been going down since last year. That doesn’t bode well for President Trump. Now wait a second, what about the Misery Index Rule? The Misery Index Rule says the incumbent usually wins if The Misery Index has not gone up in the election year compared to the previous year. Wait Misery Index? That sounds like something from a Stephen King book. The Misery Index is simply adding together the rate of inflation and the unemployment rate. #2020election #ushistory #mrbeat

Mr. Beat takes a political compass test for every President in American history. Download Newsvoice for free here to support my channel: https://newsvoice.com/mrbeat Shout out to @EmperorTigerstar for inspiring me to make this video. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band) and Tabby Cat. Download songs for free at: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/ and https://seasonalmenswear.bandcamp.com/ Have an idea for a video for Mr. Beat to make? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat My book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Mr. Beat favorites: POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ Recommended books: Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ Studio equipment: Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/referral/mrbeat/ FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links Sources/further reading: Take the test yourself, for reals: https://www.politicalcompass.org/test https://thecentrerightreview.wordpress.com/2017/07/02/political-compass/ https://www.splicetoday.com/politics-and-media/the-political-compass-test-is-garbage If you regularly watch this channel, it is almost certain that you know about and have probably taken the Political Compass Test. Despite it definitely having many flaws, it remains one of the most popular websites to quickly see where one’s values and beliefs fit on a political spectrum. The spectrum is based on two axes, a social one, and an economic one. The social one ranges from authoritarianism/fascism to anarchy. The economic one ranges from collectivism/communism to libertarianism/liberalism. Two of my biggest criticisms of the test is 1) that every issue doesn’t fall neatly onto the two spectrums, and you need a lot of different spectrums. The 8values and 9axes test do a better job simply because they offer more spectrums. And 2) the questions are just not the best They are often loaded and you can’t just give a neutral response- it lumps you into a box pretty quickly. And I get it, you gotta draw the line somewhere, but that’s one reason why every time I take the quiz I get different results. It’s also a mysterious test- no one knows who exactly runs it, but apparently created by a New Zealand political journalist named Wayne Brittenden. Some even speculate that it’s designed to make everyone think they lean libertarian. Ok, so yeah, it’s far from a perfect test, but screw it. Let’s have some fun with it anyway. Since I’m the American President History guy on YouTube, let’s pretend that every President in American history was actually able to take the Political Compass Test. Based on my knowledge of all the American Presidents, I just might be able to pull this off. #politicalcompasstest #ushistory #politicalhistory

Mr. Beat compares and contrasts two major German rival cities. Don't forget to check out @KhAnubis's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucu15Cp56a8&feature=youtu.be Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Topher Mohr and Alex Elena. Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat My book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Special thanks to the AP Archive for additional footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Creative commons credits: dronepicr Michael J Fromholtz Brunswyk Jörg Zägel Martin Falbisoner Thomas Wolf Ludmiła Pilecka Julian Herzog Richard Bartz Arne Müseler Martijn van Exel Sources/additional reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/07/the-heritage-of-berlin-street-art-and-graffiti-scene/https://www.kemwel.com/travel-ideas/munich-vs-berlin-best-city-germany https://www.wanderingeducators.com/travel-journals/europe/berlin-versus-munich-insiders-comparison.html https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Germany&city1=Munich&country2=Germany&city2=Berlin https://versus.com/en/berlin-vs-munich https://www.businesslocationcenter.de/en/business-location/berlin-at-a-glance/demographic-data https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/munich-population https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/berlin-population http://www.total-munich.com/2014121849/info/language-in-munich.html https://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/stau-ranking-wo-autofahrer-die-meiste-zeit-verlieren-a-1270539.html https://www.dw.com/en/why-berlin-and-munich-are-among-the-worlds-best-cities-according-to-monocle/a-40740587 https://www.britannica.com/place/Munich-Bavaria-Germany #germany #berlin #munich Berlin and Munich Two major cities in Germany, about a 70 minute flight apart, or a five hour train ride apart, or a six hour car ride apart. Both highly influential, both cosmopolitan, both highly desired places to live and work due to an overall high standard of living. In fact, my friend Willie from the channel KhAnubis actually moved from the United States to Berlin, and he loves it there. He loves it there so much he actually also just released a video all about Berlin over on his channel. Check it out when you’re done here, if you shall dare. But hey Munich often is at the top of “most livable cities in the world” lists. So let’s compare these two rivals, starting with their similarities. First of all, the population of the metropolitan areas of both is about the same. (B- 6.1 million, M- 6 million) However, in each city proper, Berlin has a lot more residents than Munich. (B-3.8 million, M- 1.5 million) Berlin also is MUCH bigger in actual area. It’s more spread out, yo. Both are capitals! Ok, well Munich is just the capital of the German federal state of Bavaria, while Berlin is capital of ALL OF GERMANY. Oh, and it’s literally its own German federal state. Both have some of the most prestigious universities on the planet and finest museums. Berlin has over 100. Both have an oceanic climate, and get about the same amount of sunshine on average. However, Munich gets much more precipitation. (B- 515.2 mm, M- 944 mm) Berlin gets a bit colder in the winter, while Munich gets a bit warmer in the summer. Public transportation is amazing in both cities, but is better in Berlin and yeah more expensive there, too. You’ll see lots of cyclists in both, as both have highly developed bike lane systems. Because both are in Germany, it’s quite legal and quite common to see folks out and about drinking alcohol. Both have a stock exchange. Residents of both are not that religious. In fact, around half of all Munich residents and 60% of all Berlin residents have no registered religious affiliation. Both have hosted the Summer Olympics. Berlin, in 1936, and Munich, in 1972. That Olympics is sadly known for the Munich massacre, in which terrorists killed members of the Israeli Olympic team. The Berlin Olympics is sadly known as the one in which Hitler was in power and he was trying to promote racism and antisemitism at the games.

Mr. Beat goes through the history of voting by mail. Please vote. https://www.nass.org/can-I-vote Track your vote: https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-track-your-election-ballot-online-after-you-vote-follow-these-steps/ Download Newsvoice for free here to support my channel: https://newsvoice.com/mrbeat Don't forget to check out@CynicalHistorian's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu2RyBVC-Gk&feature=youtu.be Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Download songs for free at: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/ Have a great idea for a Mr. Beat video? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy my Presidential Elections book? https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for additional footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Sources/further reading: https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/08/how-mail-in-voting-began-on-civil-war-battlefields/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_voting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_voting_in_the_United_States https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/how-do-you-know-voting-mail-works-u-s-military-n1186926 History of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire edited by Duane Hamilton Hurd https://www.theusconstitution.org/blog/president-trump-ignores-the-long-history-of-absentee-ballots/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/j.1662-6370.2007.tb00075.x https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/vote-by-mail-states/ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/poll-majority-americans-intend-vote-early-election-n1238912 #mailinvoting #votingbymail #2020election It all started in what would become the United States of America. One of the earliest known instances of voting by mail was during the American Revolution. Say what? It’s true. In December 1775, a group of Continental Army soldiers couldn’t make it back home to vote in Hollis, New Hampshire. So, the town let the soldiers deliver their votes via a letter. Some soldiers also voted by mail during the War of 1812. During that war, Pennsylvania let soldiers vote by mail if they were stationed more than two miles from their home. Woah, TWO WHOLE MILES. Hey that was even before trains ok? The first widespread use of voting by mail occurred during the American Civil War. For the thousands of soldiers stationed far away from home, nineteen states changed their laws to allow them to vote using an absentee ballot. An absentee ballot is a ballot completed and mailed in advance of an election by a voter who simply couldn’t be physically present in their home district. The first time I voted was through an absentee ballot in the election of 2000. I was in college and couldn’t make it back home on Election Day. Not all mail-in ballots are absentee ballots, though. Just a few years after the Civil War ended, on the other side of the world, parts of Australia had begun experimenting with voting by mail. By 1906, the whole country was letting certain citizens send in ballots through the mail. Just a side note, Australia has a long history of being ahead of the curve when it comes to democracy. Anyway, back in the United States, more and more states were passing laws to expand absentee voting to civilians. By 1924, almost all of the states had allowed at least some of its citizens to vote by mail in certain circumstances. And this idea even spread around the world. Canada, in 1917. West Germany, in 1957. Switzerland, 1970. In fact, the Swiss liked mail-in voting so much that today the majority of Swiss vote by mail. In 1998, the U.S. state of Oregon became the first state to require ALL elections be conducted by mail. That said, voters still have the option to drop their ballots off at official drop sites. Since, Oregon has saved a lot of money but has spent much more time tallying up the votes. Today, Washington State, Colorado, Hawaii, and Utah also conduct their elections entirely by mail, and many other states also have counties and/or small elections where everyone votes by mail. Not only that, but today dozens of countries around the world also allow voting by mail. Still, it remains controversial. In fact, it has been controversial ever since it was first widespread back during the Civil War.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. Make sure you are registered to vote: https://www.nass.org/can-I-vote In episode 57 of Supreme Court Briefs, Shelby County, Alabama, thinks voter discrimination against African Americans in the South is totally over, man. Corrections 02:02 I meant to say "Voting Rights Act" here Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Buy his Presidential Elections book? https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music: "Beatbox Lighter" by Kwon Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2012/12-96 Other sources used: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/07/how-shelby-county-broke-america/564707/ https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/block-the-vote-voter-suppression-in-2020/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_County_v._Holder https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-96_6k47.pdf https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/court-cases/shelby-county-v-holder https://ballotpedia.org/Shelby_County_v._Holder https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/us/politics/voting-suppression-elections.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/09/can-congress-salvage-rbg-voting-rights-legacy.html https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1532673X20916426 Creative commons credits: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Lorie Shaull from the Noun Project WyoFile Shelby County, Alabama April 2010 The county sues the United States Attorney General, who at the time was Eric Holder. Why? Well Shelby County said that parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were unconstitutional. You know, the law that Martin Luther King, Jr. and many others fought so hard to get passed to end voter discrmination that often targeted African Americans in the South? Shelby County had an issue with Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which required certain state and local governments to get clearance with the Attorney General if they wanted to change their election laws. Section 4b of the Voting Rights Act described a formula used to determine which governments would be subject to that preclearance requirement in Section 5. Shelby County was basically like, “we ain’t discriminating anymore, so why discriminate against us?” It argued Sections 5 and 4b of the Voting Rights Act were unconstitutional, and that the times had changed, so they were outdated anyway. Well, the judge, John D. Bates, sided with the Attorney General, saying that such requirements were still needed to fight discrimination. Oh you know that Shelby County went all up and appealed, but on May 18, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit agreed with the lower court. So Shelby County appealed again, this time to the Supreme Court, who agreed to hear oral arguments on February 27, 2013. The Court had a lot to consider for this case. Obviously, the Voting Rights Act, but also the 14th Amendment, which protects everyone’s right to due process under the law, the 15th Amendment, which protects everyone from having their right to vote taken away based on “race, color, or previous condition of servitude,” and finally the 10th Amendment, which reserves all rights not granted to the federal government to the states. Whew. The big question? Did state and local governments still have to follow Sections 5 and 4b of the Voter Rights Act? The Court said “no,” but boy this was a close one. On June 25, 2013, they announced they had sided with Shelby County by a vote of 5-4. The Court argued that Section 4b of the Voting Rights Act was unconstitutional because the coverage formula was based on information that was more than 40 years old. The Court did NOT strike down Section 5, but without Section 4b, no jurisdiction could be subject to a preclearance, unless Congress established a new coverage formula. To this day, Congress has not done that by the way. The Court added that Congress can’t subject a state to preclearance simply based on past discrimination. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts argued that federal protection was no longer needed. #supremecourtbriefs #supremecourt #apgov

Mr. Beat looks at the Schlesingers' Cyclical Theory to see if history really repeats itself. Download Newsvoice for free here to support my channel: https://newsvoice.com/mrbeat A special thanks to Denis Blinov for his help researching for this video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SFvmne833v_fEB2WJNhW5Rs5kXV7YjLA/view?usp=sharing Also thanks to Patreon supporter Andrew B. for suggesting the topic! Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Download songs for free at: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/ Have a great idea for a Mr. Beat video? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy my Presidential Elections book? https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for additional footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Creative commons credits: Beyond My Ken Elvert Barnes TheMachineStops Sources/additional reading: Schlesinger, Arthur Sr. (1949). Paths to the Present. Macmillan. Schlesinger, Arthur Jr. (1999). The Cycles of American History. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2013/10/24/the-u-s-is-entering-a-new-phase-in-the-cycle-of-history/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclical_theory_(United_States_history) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_recurrence https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LQwTyt5A7Lzw6PdCZ5dmyGMEP2rxymqpbUoeZQhW3gQ/edit?usp= http://crab.rutgers.edu/~goertzel/cycles.htm The Schlesingers argued the first phase of American history was 1765 to 1787. This is basically from the time of the Stamp Act Congress, or first gathering of colonial representatives to unite in protest against British taxation, and the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. This was a liberal phase due, you know, the colonists breaking away from Britain and forming their own republic, with a very limited government. The Schlesingers said the second phase was from 1787 to 1801, from the ratification of the U.S. Constitution to when Federalists lost power in the executive branch. According to them, it was a conservative phase since Hamiltonian federalism dominated, and so did merchants. The third phase, between 1801 and 1816, was a return to liberalism, as Jeffersonian democracy took root. 1816 marks the beginning of the fourth phase and a return to conservatism, as after The War of 1812 the country raised tariff protections and the federal government took more control with the establishment of the second national bank and building roads and canals. 1829 marks the beginning of the fifth phase and a return to liberalism, after Jacksonian democracy takes root, and for the first time pretty much every man in the country can vote. It’s also a time when people turn against federal aid to big businesses. The sixth phase, from 1841 to 1861, marks the rise in power of the Whig Party and is another return to conservatism. This is a time when slaveholders get a lot more power in the federal government and the U.S. military gets more aggressive acquiring new land through wars and treaties. The seventh phase, from 1861 to 1869, is what I call the Radical Republican era. It is a return to liberalism in which we see the abolition of slavery, the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments, and other Reconstruction policies to help the newly freed slaves. From 1869 to 1901, in the eighth phase, we see a long period of conservative rule, with big businesses having dominating influence over Washington D.C., the return of high tariffs, imperialism, and holding onto the gold standard. Liberalism returns with the ninth phase, from 1901 to 1919, and is basically the Progressive Era, although I’d argue progressive reforms really had a lot of momentum in the 1890s. Here’s where we get much more democracy with the 17th and 19th Amendments, referendums, recall elections, and initiatives, which is when ordinary citizens were generally first able to originate legislation. Conservatism returns with the tenth phase, from 1919 to 1931. Business interests once again are prioritized during this time. And then of course the country swiftly swings back in the other direction when the Great Depression hits. The eleventh phase, a famous liberal phase actually, lasted from 1931 to 1947, and is mostly associated with Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal policies. #history #americanhistory #ushistory

Mr. Beat compares and contrasts two Rust Belt cities that, despite being on the decline in recent decades, are trying to reclaim their past glory. Download Newsvoice for free here to support my channel: https://newsvoice.com/mrbeat Shout out to @scottman895, a Detroit native, and @xylafoxlin (@BeautyandtheBolt), a Cleveland native, for looking over my script! Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Joe Bagale. Best travel videos about Cleveland...EVER: I've seen it 15 times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmLA5TqbIY I've seen it 20 times: Oh and the sequel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM I've seen it 10 times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIbmT2Rs8vw&feature=emb_title Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat My book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Special thanks to the AP Archive for additional footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Creative commons credits: Joanne Urbex Dane Avis Rambin Detroit Video Daily University of Michigan School of Natural Resources Tim Evanson Michael Righi Andy B Christopher Busta-Peck Andrew Jameson Ken Lund Oydman Eli Pousso Nheyob Dig Downtown Detroit Shwalamazula Dave Parker Michael Barera Erik Drost Sources/further reading and watching: https://datausa.io/profile/geo/detroit-mi/ https://datausa.io/profile/geo/cleveland-oh/ https://www.forbes.com/places/mi/detroit/#306991ed58c2 https://www.forbes.com/places/oh/cleveland/#9da8d4a7d1ba https://detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-detroit/eight-mile-road https://versus.com/en/cleveland-vs-detroit https://case.edu/ech/articles/a/automotive-industry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XVtWYTRdk8 https://www.forbes.com/sites/petertaylor/2016/10/27/why-cleveland-is-americas-hottest-city-right-now/#3322e45b6488 http://www.city-data.com/forum/city-vs-city/121928-cleveland-vs-detroit-20.html#:~:text=Per%20Capita%2C%20Pound%20for%20Pound,Cleveland%20has%20transit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/05/21/detroit-population-drain-census-data/5213287002/ https://www.bestplaces.net/city/ohio/cleveland https://www.bestplaces.net/city/michigan/detroit https://clevelandmagazine.com/cleader/government/articles/cleveland-was-the-first-city-of-light https://www.good.is/features/chateau-hough-cleveland-winery #geography #detroit #cleveland Indeed, both cities have had their struggles in recent decades, and thus have developed a reputation for being not desirable cities to live in. When we often see Cleveland and Detroit in videos, we see huge abandoned buildings and dying neighborhoods. Now, fortunately, in the last few years both cities have made significant improvements. Both actually rock. (Clip of the Drew Carey Show theme of “Cleveland Rocks” by the Presidents of the United States of America) (Clip of live performance of “Detroit Rock City” by Kiss) And yes, look at all these things they have in common! Both are in the Great Lakes region of the country. While both are near Lake Erie, Cleveland is right up on it. Detroit is actually right up on the Detroit River, but is also next to Lake St Clair, which is not great. Er, I mean, it’s not technically a Great Lake, but it IS part of the Great Lakes system. The Detroit River is actually a strait, and divides the metropolitan area of Detroit from Windsor, Ontario. Indeederoo, Detroit borders Canada. Downtown Detroit is about 110 miles from downtown Cleveland. Driving by car around Lake Erie, the two cities are about 2 and a half hours apart. Of course, you could take a 30-minute flight between the two. Or even take a boat. That’d take around two hours. Or you could swim. Eh, I don’t recommend swimming between the two. Both have shrinking populations. As far as the actual cities, the population peaked for both of them in the 1950s. Back then, Detroit had almost 1.9 million people, and Cleveland had almost a million. Detroit was the fifth biggest city in the country, and Cleveland 7th. Since then, however, both have steadily been losing people.

Mr. Beat counts down the Presidents from poorest to richest. Money can't buy happiness after you make more than $90,000 a year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/money-can-buy-happiness/2020/07/01/3c2fc554-bb5a-11ea-8cf5-9c1b8d7f84c6_story.html Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band) and Reverse Snow Angel: https://myspace.com/rsa Have a great idea for a Mr. Beat video? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy my Presidential Elections book? https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Main source: https://247wallst.com/special-report/2019/02/26/the-net-worth-of-the-american-presidents-washington-to-trump-2/ Additional sources/further reading: https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020/04/majority-of-lawmakers-millionaires/ https://ballotpedia.org/Net_worth_of_United_States_Senators_and_Representatives https://www.rollcall.com/2018/02/27/wealth-of-congress-richer-than-ever-but-mostly-at-the-very-top/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/07/11/fact-check-donald-trump-donates-salary-but-he-still-makes-money/5410134002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/02/13/donald-trump-george-washington-net-worth-us-presidents/39011559/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/02/18/poorest-president-us-harry-truman-tops-list-least-wealthy/39011445/ https://www.history.com/news/how-ulysses-grant-died-memoirs-mark-twain https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/interviewing-nixon-cost-me-16337m-david-frost-reveals-421137.html Creative commons credits: Mikehelms Daniel Schwen Nyttend Dbergere Rolf Müller Eric Draper, LBJ Foundation Pi3.124 Crunch Chatham House Billwhittaker Pthomaskmadigan slave by Adrien Coquet from the Noun Project Jim Bowen Martin Falbisoner Otherspice First of all, the annual American presidential salary is currently $400,000, with a measly $50,000 annual expense allowance. And let’s give it up for President Donald Trump. (clap hands) Like Presidents Herbert Hoover and John F. Kennedy before him, he donates his annual salary to various government agencies, like the National Park Service and Department of Veteran Affairs. However, Trump is a billionaire. The country’s first billionaire President, as a matter of fact, so he can easily afford to donate his salary. Plus, the idea that he is “working for nothing” is incredibly misleading, since President Trump continues to make money from all the real estate he owns or manages. He has actually faced multiple lawsuits for this. Those suing him argue that by making money through his real estate ventures while in office, he has violated the U.S. Constitution’s emoluments clauses. But anyway, yeah Donald Trump is the richest President in history, but looking into this got me curious, so let’s just see how rich every President was in American history, from the poorest to the richest. Now that said, we are going to look at peak wealth for the sake of this video. There were several Presidents who had debts when they died so they literally had a negative net worth. #uspresidents #ushistory #americanpresidents

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. In episode 56 of Supreme Court Briefs, a principal doesn't let students publish stories about teen pregnancy and divorce in the high school newspaper. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Buy his Presidential Elections book? https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Creative commons credits: Loadmaster US Department of Education Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1987/86-836 Other sources used: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/795/1368/376517/ https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/657/hazelwood-school-district-v-kuhlmeier https://slate.com/technology/2020/08/north-paulding-coronavirus-suspension-free-speech.html https://www.scarymommy.com/social-media-platforms-not-violating-free-speech-take-down-videos/ https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/facts-and-case-summary-hazelwood-v-kuhlmeier https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/484/260 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazelwood_School_District_v._Kuhlmeier https://www.leagle.com/decision/1988744484us2601726 St. Louis, Missouri May 10, 1983 Robert Reynolds, the principal at Hazelwood East High School, looks over the page proofs that were to be published for The Spectrum, the school-sponsored newspaper. The Spectrum was a student newspaper, published every three weeks as part of a Journalism II class. The class distributed around 4500 copies not only to other students, but also sold copies to community members. Hazelwood School District paid for most of the costs of producing the newspaper, however. Normally, principal Reynolds would be excited to read each new issue. However, this time he found two of the articles in the upcoming issue inappropriate. One story was about teen pregnancy, and included interviews with students at Hazelwood East who had been pregnant. That said, the story used fake names for the girls. Reynolds thought that folks would still figure out who they were, though. Reynolds also thought the article’s references to sex and birth control were not appropriate for younger kids at the school to read about. The second article dealt with divorce, and also brought up personal things that might reveal embarrassing personal family matters involving the students interviewed for it. Now, instead of giving the students who reported on and edited the story a chance to respond, Reynolds went ahead and cut out the stories from the issue, and in doing so had to omit seven articles from it. So instead of being a six-page issue, it was a four-page issue. The students only found out that the articles had been left out when the issue had been released on May 13. The three students involved with the two articles were reporters Leslie Smart and Lee Ann Tippett, and the editor Cathy Kuhlmeier. As you could imagine, they were very upset the articles didn’t get published, especially since The Spectrum’s advisor, Robert Stergos, had previously approved them. Kuhlmeier, Smart, and Tippett all confronted Principal Reynolds about what he did. Reynolds told the girls that the stories were “inappropriate, personal, sensitive, and unsuitable.” Well they were certainly not cool with that explanation, and made copies of the deleted articles and distributed them to other students on school premises anyway. They were not punished for that, by the way. Later, arguing that the school had violated their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech AND freedom of the press, Kuhlmeier, Smart, and Tippett sued the school district and got their case to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The District Court agreed with Hazelwood, saying that because Hazelwood mostly paid for the newspaper, they could control what was in it. Kuhlmeier and the rest appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, which reversed the lower court’s decision, saying that nope, the newspaper was a “public forum” that went beyond the walls of the school. And wouldn’t you know it, this time Hazelwood appealed to the Supreme Court. It heard oral arguments on October 13, 1987. Yep, by this time the girls had long graduated from Hazelwood East High School. Still fighting, though. I like it. #supremecourtbriefs #apgov #firstamendment

Download Civil War: War and Peace: https://warandpeace.onelink.me/g1tb/56a28d73 Mr. Beat compares and contrasts two states in the middle of the country, and two that he knows very well. Music featured in this video: "When Kansas Met Nebraska" by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Download for free at: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/when-kansas-met-nebraska Additional music by the 126ers. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Special thanks to the AP Archive for additional footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Creative commons credit: Babymestizo Tony Webster Teton Council Site Don Middleton Fredlyfish4 Bkell City of Greensburg, Kansas Capitolist rayb777 James St. John Sources/further reading: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/NE,KS/PST045219 https://countryeconomy.com/countries/usa-states/compare/kansas/nebraska https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/03/science-several-us-states-led-by-florida-are-flatter-than-a-pancake/284348/ https://beef2live.com/story-cattle-inventory-state-rankings https://www.disruptivegeo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/FlatMap_GeographicalReview_DobsonCampbell_2013Nov.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska https://www.arborday.org/celebrate/documents/history.pdf https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/kansas.nebraska https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/kansas/ https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/nebraska/ https://datausa.io/profile/geo/kansas https://datausa.io/profile/geo/nebraska https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/tbb-84-revised.pdf https://www.bestplaces.net/cost_of_living/state/kansas https://www.bestplaces.net/cost_of_living/state/nebraska https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/kansas https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/nebraska https://kasb.org/blog/kansas-ranks-30th-in-total-k-12-funding-per-pupil-in-latest-report/ #compared #kansas and #nebraska Two bordering states that I am VERY familiar with in these United States. Both can trace their beginnings to the Kansas–Nebraska Act. I guess you can call this whole video the Kansas Nebraska Act amirite? Ha ha! Both have been settled by humans for thousands of years. Some were nomadic, others were sedentary. By the time Europeans got to the area in the 1500s and 1600s, prominent American Indian nations in modern-day Kansas included the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kansa, Kiowa, Osage, Pawnee, and Wichita. Wait, the Kansa? Yeah, Kansas is named after the Kansa Indians, for real. Prominent American Indian tribes in modern-day Nebraska included also the Cheyenne and Pawnee, but additionally the Lakota, Omaha, Otoe, and Ponca. Nebraska is named after the Otoe Indian word Nebrathka, which means “flat water,” in reference to the Platte River, which runs through the state. As you probably already guessed by now, the biggest cities in both states today, Wichita and Omaha, are both named after the Indian tribes. Anyway, in 1541, a Spanish conquistador named Francisco Vásquez de Coronado and his expedition were the first Europeans to reach modern-day Kansas. Modern-day Nebraska wasn’t really checked out by Europeans much until the 1700s. The French claimed it. In 1714, Etienne de Bourgmont and his crew checked it out for the first time. Both the French and Spanish did not settle modern-day Kansas, but the French did do some trading along the Missouri River, which led to a trading post in modern-day Nebraska. The future states both completely were part of the Louisiana Purchase. Yep, the United States bought them in 1803. The next year, Lewis and Clark checked both out on their famous expedition. In 1806, Zebulon Pike’s expedition passed through Kansas and assumed the area was too dry for farming. Thanks to him and particularly a dude named Stephen Long, who checked out both modern-day Kansas and modern-day Nebraska in 1820, the western part of the Great Plains mistakenly got called the Great American Desert. Later on, when the American government was forcing American Indians off their lands back east and needed a place to relocate them, they were like, let’s send them off to the crappy land we can’t farm out in the Great American Desert?

Thanks to Keeps for sponsoring this video! Go to https://www.keeps.com/mrbeat to get 50% off your first order of Keeps hair loss treatment. I know, I know, it's a bit weird they are sponsoring this video, but most of you reading this right now are men. Mr. Beat explains the long and difficult struggle for women to get the right the vote, while looking at the ridiculous justifications folks used to make for women to NOT vote. The 19th Amendment passed 100 years ago on August 18th. Check out Virtual History 360's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agYohnWElj8&feature=youtu.be Subscribe to Virtual History 360: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIyzYE0LR-7HrbsqueGbFZA Thanks to the following folks who helped read quotes of men who justified why women should not be allowed to vote! (In order of appearance): Sheryl (The Roving Naturalist): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdZqc1TlY7AF07n31GyfOqA Molly (Science IRL): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSarDm_DBa-OiD9M7iWLcpA Nancy (SciBugs): https://www.youtube.com/user/SciBugs Virginia (Virginia Schutte): https://www.youtube.com/virginiaschutte Alex (Alex Dainis): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzl8GEjZbjgtVj0ppupdBbg Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Have a great idea for a Mr. Beat video? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Buy my Presidential Elections book? https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Sources/additional reading: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1903/09/why-women-do-not-wish-the-suffrage/306616/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-some-women-campaigned-against-vote-women-180961738/ https://suffrage100ma.org/silent-sentinels/ https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34425615 https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/amendment-19 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_women%27s_suffrage https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/womens-suffrage-nineteenth-amendment-pseudoscience/593710/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/menstruation-women-suffrage-voting-nineteenth-amendment/593260/ https://www.insider.com/when-women-around-the-world-got-the-right-to-vote-2019-2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_women%27s_suffrage https://www.centerwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/iroquois_native_american_hagan https://www.pbs.org/native-america/blogs/native-voices/how-the-iroquois-great-law-of-peace-shaped-us-democracy https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43740033 http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/anthony/sbaaccount.html https://www.history.com/news/night-terror-brutality-suffragists-19th-amendment This month marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. That’s the Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that finally gave women the right to vote, aka women’s suffrage. In other words, finally every adult could vote. Hey Ellie, can we take a look at it? I just want to show for the folks. That’s my cat, Ellie, over there. I’m trying to train her to help me out with these videos. Yeah just click that button. There we go. Thanks! "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." It’s simple enough, right? But it still blows my mind that it took so freaking long. I mean, 1920. That’s really not that long ago. It’s crazy. In this video, let’s briefly look at the long and difficult struggle for women to finally get to vote, particularly here in the United States. It all started with the Iroquois in modern-day upstate New York. Also known as the Six Nations- they referred to themselves as the Haudenosaunee. The Iroquois Confederacy formed in 1142, and when they did they didn’t say only men could vote. They let all adults vote on all major decisions. It wasn’t just voting. The Iroquois generally treated men and women equally. After democracy made a comeback during The Enlightenment, you did see random circumstances where women were able to vote. For example, there was Lydia Taft, the first woman known to legally vote in colonial America, but it really was on behalf of her dead husband. Back then, being able to vote was almost always tied to owning property, and who owned the property? Men. #womenssuffrage #19thamendment #ushistory

Download Newsvoice for free here to support my channel: https://newsvoice.com/mrbeat Check out @JabzyJoe's video about the Second Congo War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIW648jFLmU Also, check out my new book: The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Mr. Beat compares and contrasts two Central African countries, The Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Confused yet? Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Creative commons credits: MONUSCO/Myriam Asmani Oscar W. Rasson Creative Studio Next Einstein Forum Google Maps - assistance sci diam Google Maps - Noé Diakubama Google Maps - Synthia Thaliane Google Maps - Flo et Gilou MCRTV-NF Ratelki Amerique Prasadkrishnapn Bsm15 Cai Tjeenk Willink Google Maps - Lukas Engel Cai Tjeenk Willink El.Sarmiento Google Maps - Barbara Kofler UCLA IoES Valerius Tygart JMGRACIA100 Max Chiswick Jclaboh Muhammad Wasi Wcalvin Julien Harneis Radio Okapi Oxfam East Africa USAID Sources/further reading: https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Congo&country2=Congo&city1=Kinshasa&city2=Brazzaville&tracking=getDispatchComparison https://theculturetrip.com/africa/congo/articles/congo-vs-d-r-c-whats-the-difference/ https://www.thoughtco.com/which-congo-is-zaire-1434545 https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare/republic-of-the-congo.democratic-republic-of-the-congo https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/compare/democratic-republic-of-congo/republic-of-congo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/jan/17/congo-rivalry-kinshasa-brazzaville-river-drc https://www.africanews.com/2019/05/16/road-rail-bridge-between-brazzaville-and-kinshasa// https://tradingeconomics.com/republic-of-the-congo https://tradingeconomics.com/congo/ https://www.britannica.com/place/Republic-of-the-Congo/History https://www.reckontalk.com/the-congo-republic-picture-photos-currency-facts-poorest-country/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lake-tele https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cg.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cf.html https://globalforestatlas.yale.edu/congo/land-use/history-settlement-congo-basin Both are separated by that magnificent Congo River, the second longest river in Africa, second biggest in the world by discharge volume, and deepest river in the world. The capitals of both countries, the aforementioned Kinshasa and Brazzaville, both sit across from each other along that river, as matter of fact, less than 1 mile, or 1.6 km apart. They are the closest capital cities between two sovereign countries in the world. Well, second closest if you count Vatican City and Rome. Also, Kinshasa is by far the largest city in the DRC, with more than 12 million people, which is around 13% of the country’s population, and Brazzaville is by far the largest city in the Congo Republic, with more than 1.8 million people, which is around 1/3 of the country’s population. Despite being so close to one another, there are no bridges connecting Kinshasa and Brazzaville. Instead, the most common way to get back and forth between the two cities is by boat, crossing the Congo River, and thousands cross it every day. That said, you can also travel by plane- apparently 5-minute flights go back and forth between the two. However, a road/rail bridge that links the two cities is currently in the works, and construction should be resuming soon after this video releases. The metropolitan area of both Kinshasa and Brazzaville, by the way, makes up the third largest urban area in all of Africa. Due to the legacy of foreign influence, residents of both speak French. While French is the official language, residents speak many different languages in both, depending on what region you’re in. An estimated 242 languages are spoken in the DRC, but its four national languages are Kikongo, Lingala, Swahili, and Tshiluba. The Congo Republic has two national languages- Kituba and also Lingala. #congo #africa #geography

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Download Newsvoice for free here to support my channel: https://newsvoice.com/mrbeat Mr. Beat counts down his five least favorite Vice Presidents in American history. #vicepresident #ushistory #veep Here are my favorite five Vice Presidents in American history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yibbqcRG3Nw Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Check out Electric Needle Room's children's album, "Just Kidding Around:" Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/yyf65v47 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5ayqjhn YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y374maup Apple: https://tinyurl.com/y6rjckls Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/y5ukdrnf Have a great idea for a video you want Mr. Beat to make? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Almost exactly two years ago, I released a video about the top five Vice Presidents in history, and holy crap since then 147,646 people have watched it. Anyway, since that video did surprisingly well, now it’s time to be negative. So here are the WORST five Vice Presidents in American History, in my opinion. And, similar to my top five Vice Presidents video, I am judging them based on their actions over their entire adult lives, not just during their time as Veep. Also, Vice Presidents who later became President are exempt from this list, and that Mike Pence dude who is currently the Vice President is also exempt. Creative commons credits: Daderot soldiersmediacenter Tony Webster #5 Dan Quayle Additional reading: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/08/19/dan-quayle-and-the-vietnam-question https://www.ontheissues.org/Dan_Quayle.htm #4 John C. Breckinridge Additional reading: https://www.nps.gov/people/john-c-breckinridge.htm https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/expulsion/038Breckinridge_expulsion.htm https://www.nytimes.com/1862/04/20/archives/the-traitor-breckinridge.html #3 Spiro Agnew Additional reading: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9apw73/throwback-thursday-spiro-agnew-shanks-golf-balls-the-vice-presidency https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/19/us/spiro-t-agnew-point-man-for-nixon-who-resigned-vice-presidency-dies-at-77.html https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/15/archives/article-6-no-title.html https://brewminate.com/vp-spiro-agnews-war-on-the-press-during-the-nixon-administration/ #2 Aaron Burr Additional reading: https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/aaron-burr.htm http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/aaron-burr-jr/ https://npg.si.edu/blog/aaron-burr-forgotten-feminist American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America by David O. Stewart https://amzn.to/3eNWOlG #1 Dick Cheney In My Time by Dick Cheney https://amzn.to/2CNuz9n Cheney: The Untold Story of America’s Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President by Stephen F. Hayes https://amzn.to/2CRWR2f https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/feb/08/vice-what-movie-gets-right-and-wrong/ https://www.cs.cornell.edu/gries/howbushoperates/haliburton.html https://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/168/34798.html https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/08/remembering-why-americans-loathe-dick-cheney/244306/ Additional sources referenced: https://time.com/4314491/americas-worst-vice-presidents/

Thanks to Newsvoice for sponsoring this video. Download Newsvoice for free here to support my channel: https://newsvoice.com/mrbeat Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Kentucky and Tennessee, the two long and narrow southern states that actually are more different than they are alike. Wait a second, is Kentucky really a "southern" state? Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Music by Dyalla. Creative commons photo credits: Kevin Oliver Corey Heitz Farragutful Doc Searls Peter Fitzgerald Pollinator David Ohmer Mobilus In Mobili Daniel Schwen Dave Bunnell Zzzuucx Sources/further reading: https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article242082671.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky%E2%80%93Tennessee_rivalry https://www.wdrb.com/news/survey-kentucky-is-tennesseans-least-favorite-state-but-the-feeling-is-mutual/article_df5a3638-4170-11ea-8f18-bb3faa3b2b1d.html https://countryeconomy.com/countries/usa-states/compare/kentucky/tennessee https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/health/2020/04/15/tennessee-kentucky-coronavirus-measures-stoke-rivalry/2985815001/ https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/tennessee.kentucky https://geog.ucsb.edu/when-the-mississippi-flowed-backwards/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/28816/welcome-bubbleland-life-strange-little-chunk-kentucky http://www.new-madrid.mo.us/132/Strange-Happenings-during-the-Earthquake https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Tennessee/Overview https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Kentucky/Overview https://datausa.io/profile/geo/kentucky https://datausa.io/profile/geo/tennessee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee https://www.forbes.com/places/ky/#120f43652bbc https://www.forbes.com/places/tn/#43bf7f05dd85 https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/kentucky/ https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/tennessee/ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/kentucky https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/tennessee Kentucky and Tennessee The two bordering, kind of long and narrow states, right here in these United States Both are in the American South, although Kentucky feels more like a mix of the Midwest and the South. I’d argue it has more in common with Indiana than Tennessee. There’s quite a college sports rivalry between the University of Kentucky Wildcats and University of Tennessee Volunteers that goes back 127 years. But apparently the rivalry goes beyond sports. The two states even used to have a border dispute. So yeah, let’s jump into the history of both states first. Eh? Humans have lived in the area for thousands of years. At the time of European arrival, the two dominant American Indian tribes in modern-day Tennessee and Kentucky were the Chickasaw and the Cherokee, although the Shawnee were also dominant in modern-day Kentucky. Europeans made it to what is now Tennessee first. During the 1500s, three different Spanish expeditions passed through there, the first being the Hernando de Soto expedition in 1540. It wasn’t until at least 133 years later that Europeans first arrived in what is today Kentucky. Several French expeditions traveled to it via the Mississippi River. The English first came to what is now both states in the 1670s, and it’d be them that came out in the greatest numbers compared to other European groups over the next 100 years. By the time of the American Revolution, there were English settlements out that way. In modern-day Tennessee, the Watauga Association kind of did their own thing until North Carolina took over it. Daniel Boone was famously one of the first settlers of European descent to regularly check out both Tennessee and Kentucky, eventually living in Kentucky. He helped build a couple trails so other pioneers could do the same. The more famous one, the Wilderness Road, cut through the Cumberland Gap near the Kentucky-Tennessee border. In 1774, Harrod’s Town, named after James Harrod, became the first permanent English settlement in Kentucky. #kentucky #tennessee #geography

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy today! http://amzn.to/45Wzhur In episode 55 of Supreme Court Briefs, an undercover detective stops and frisks three men who were acting "suspiciously" outside of a jewelry store. Was that an invasion of their Fourth Amendment rights? #supremecourtbriefs #4thamendment #stopandfrisk Want a specific SCOTUS case covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Thanks to the AP Archive for additional footage. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1967/67 Other sources used: https://dcist.com/story/20/06/08/dc-black-lives-matter-blm-demands-change-how/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_v._Ohio https://www.acluohio.org/archives/cases/terry-v-ohio https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/criminal-law/terry-ohio/ https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/392/1/ https://olemiss.edu/depts/ncjrl/pdf/katzMSLJ04.pdf Images https://www.freshwatercleveland.com/features/ohio-civics-essential-terry-vs-oh.aspx https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/terryvohio_newspaper/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop-and-frisk_in_New_York_City Creative commons credits: Xvex7 longislandwins Cleveland, Ohio October 31, 1963 That’s right, Halloween Martin McFadden, a Cleveland detective with 39 years of experience, gets suspicious when he sees two men pacing back and forth in front of a jewelry store. The two men, John Terry and Richard Chilton, would go back and forth, according to various reports, between 12 and 24 times. They took turns starting a block or two away, and then would routinely walk up to the jewelry store window to peek in, and return back to chat about it. Soon, a third man, named Carl Katz, approached Terry and Chilton and talked with them and then left. McFadden had seen enough. After the three men rejoined in front of Zucker’s, a clothing store, McFadden decided to approach them. McFadden was in street clothes, but identified himself as a police officer and asked them for their names. After the men “mumbled something” in response, McFadden frisked them. Frisk, by the way, means patting someone down to search for hidden weapons or illegal stuff. Well after McFadden frisked the men, he found a .38-caliber automatic pistol in Terry’s overcoat pocket and a .38-caliber revolver in Chilton’s pocket. Later McFadden would argue he only did a pat-down before reaching into their pockets for the guns. At the trial, Terry and Chilton’s lawyer argued the evidence of the guns couldn’t be used in court since McFadden’s frisk of them went against the Fourth Amendment. It was an illegal search and seizure. You see, there was this law called the exclusionary rule. The exclusionary rule said you couldn’t use evidence if the police got it illegally. The Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court disagreed, finding Terry and Chilton guilty. They ruled that, due to both the suspicious nature of their behavior and McFadden’s concern for his own safety, the “stop-and-frisk,” as it’s now commonly known, was reasonable. Terry appealed to the Ohio District Court of Appeals, which agreed with the lower court. So he appealed again, this time to the Supreme Court of Ohio, but it dismissed the appeal saying that it involved “no constitutional question.” By the time Terry had tried to appeal his case to the United States Supreme Court, it was 1967, a time when more and more Americans were losing their trust in the police. Especially African Americans. Oh, by the way, here is what Terry looked like. Here is what Chilton looked like. Here is what Katz looked like. The Supreme Court did hear arguments on December 12, 1967. The big question: was the stop and frisk of Terry and the other men a violation of the Fourth Amendment? The Court said no. On June 10, 1968, it announced it had sided with Ohio. It was 8-1. They said that the police could stop-and-frisk suspects as long as there was a “reasonable suspicion” that the suspect was actually about to commit a crime. So the search and seizure was reasonable in Terry and the others’ case since it did seem like they were gonna rob that jewelry store. After all, McFadden had 39 years of police experience, so he would know better than about anyone what an armed robbery was about to look like.

Download Newsvoice for free here to support my channel: https://newsvoice.com/mrbeat Check out the @UsefulCharts video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vWQvV-HM5I Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Croatia and Serbia, two Balkan countries that surprisingly have a lot in common and get along well. A special shout out to @Suibhne for looking over the script. Check out his awesome video over the history of Croatia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TABlbP-tTkk Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Creative commons credits: Bjoertvedt David Boquelet Tomislav Ž. Popović anjči Roberta F. Petar Milošević Christian Maréchal VasenkaPhotography Michal Klajban Dejan Krsmanovic Tatiana dronepicr Dani Lavi 0007 Sources/additional reading: https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare/croatia.serbia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia%E2%80%93Serbia_relations Language differences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIXAckt4Bqw Language differences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZLJpN2zgDg https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/print_hr.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ri.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia https://balkaninsight.com/2019/10/31/croatia-faces-long-term-stagnation-of-demographic-decline/ https://apnews.com/8767299d712918e495b8713907e6d637#:~:text=Near%2Dempty%20villages%20with%20abandoned,well%2Dbeing%20of%20the%20country.&text=According%20to%20the%20World%20Bank,to%205.8%20million%20by%202050. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-22316083 Croatia and Serbia Two bordering Southeastern European countries in the Balkans, a geographic area that gets its name from the Balkan Mountains. Separated by the Danube River, the second-longest river in Europe, there actually remains a border dispute there between the two countries. And awkwardly sitting in between them is Bosnia and Herzegovina. Both used to be part of a country called Yugoslavia, and both went to war with each other after that country fell apart in the early 1990s. More on that in a bit. But overall, these two beautiful countries have a lot in common. Let’s first get this out of the way. Serbia has the province of Kosovo. Or does it? Kosovo actually declared independence from Serbia back in 2008, but Serbia doesn’t recognize it as a sovereign state. At the time of the making of this video, half of the United Nations member states recognize Kosovo as an independent country. Both have a continental climate and mediterrean climate. Both have mountains that greatly influence those climates. Croatia is split by the Dinaric Alps, and west of those mountains they got that nice and mild mediterrean climate and east of it can get a bit more hot and cold. Also in eastern Croatia all of a sudden you’re in the Great Hungarian Plain, or probably more accurately called the Pannonian Basin, with flatter land and fertile soil that’s great for farming. Serbia has some of that sweet Pannonian Basin farmland in the north, too, but also has lots of hills and is surrounded by multiple mountain ranges, including the aforementioned Dinaric Alps, the Serbian Carpathians, and Balkan Mountains. Both regularly get earthquakes. Both have capitals that are also the largest cities in each country. However, Belgrade is bigger than Zagreb. Both are parliamentary republics. Both used to have monarchies up to the 20th century. Hey, this reminds me. This video is a collaboration with Useful Charts, which just released a video about the family tree of Serbian royalty, as well as some Croatian kings. Be sure to check it out when you’re done watching this one. But anyway, yeah, today people vote for their governments in both countries. None of this being born into it crap. Both have about the same percentage of urban residents. (C- 57%, S- 56%) Both have relatively low crime compared to the rest of the world. Football, aka soccer, is the most popular sport in both. Rakia, this fruit brandy with a really high alcohol content, is a popular drink in both. The median age in both is higher than most countries, but is younger in Serbia. (C-43.1, S-40.5) #Serbia #Croatia #geography

Go to https://expressvpn.com/mrbeat and find out how you can get 3 months free. @CasualHistorian 's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0AC1qD3Y1E&feature=youtu.be Mr. Beat examines why we used to back up our currency with gold and silver, and why we don't today. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Check out Electric Needle Room's children's album, "Just Kidding Around:" Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/yyf65v47 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5ayqjhn YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y374maup Apple: https://tinyurl.com/y6rjckls Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/y5ukdrnf Have a great idea for a video you want Mr. Beat to make? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Creative commons photo credits: Money Metals Gage Skidmore Harald Dettenborn Sources/additional reading: https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/GoldStandard https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/29/why-the-us-dollar-is-still-considered-such-a-safe-currency.html#:~:text=%22The%20dollar%20is%20strong%20because,in%20circulation%20around%20the%20world. https://www.forbes.com/sites/investopedia/2014/04/21/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-the-gold-standard/#212dcbe12716 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_use_of_the_U.S._dollar https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12715/why-did-us-abandon-gold-standard Currently the United States dollar, the official currency of the United States since 1792, is worth something because nearly everyone in the world believes it to be worth something. It’s true, if everyone decided they didn’t like it as a form of payment, then it wouldn’t be valuable at all. But because the United States has such a strong economy and it has for a long time, people around the world still believe in it. Yep, even during these somewhat chaotic times, most around the world consider the United States stable, both economically and politically. It’s true. Most global central banks hold U.S. dollars in reserves, and traders use it as the standard unit of currency in international markets for commodities like petroleum and gold. Up until 1971, gold used to back up this. In other words, the value of the U.S. dollar used to be linked directly with gold. They called it the gold standard, and it wasn’t just the United States that used it. Countries converted paper money into a fixed amount of gold while also setting a fixed price for gold. That fixed price would determine the value of the currency. So, for example, if the United States set the price of gold at $1,000 an ounce, the value of the dollar would be 1/1,000th of an ounce of gold. So why did countries do this? What were the benefits of the gold standard? Three big reasons why countries used it was 1) to supposedly bring price stability to markets 2) to provide a fixed international exchange rate for trading 3) and to combat risky monetary behavior by governments that spend money they don’t have and therefore cause too much inflation. Basically, the gold standard prevented debt and deficits from getting out of control and helped reduce the size of government. So why gold and silver? I mean, sure they’re pretty, but why have gold and silver been so valuable historically? Well, both silver and gold are rare enough that it’s like “woah” when you have them, but common enough that you could turn them into coins. Both have a fairly low melting point to turn into coins, and as coins, they were durable, easy to get around, and held value for a very, very long time. Even during tough times, gold and silver have value. Not only that, but you can make highly desirable stuff out of them. Humans have been emotionally connected to (silver and gold) like few other items. Now, gold always wins out over silver since silver tarnishes over time and it’s more rare. So that’s why folks used silver and gold as currency. Over time, though, they were both just TOO rare to make a practical currency anymore, and so governments just began LINKING their currencies to them. For example, in 1704, the British West Indies began linking its currency to the Spanish gold doubloon. However, there was also this thing called bimetallism, in which governments linked BOTH gold and silver to their currencies, and at a fixed ratio to each other. Sooo, back to the United States. #history #goldstandard #economics

Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Indiana and Illinois, two Midwestern states that have a lot in common. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Music by Francis Preve. Creative commons photo credits: Alexbaumgarner David Wilson Cntrlaltdel33t Farragutful Skubasteve834 Jim Simonson Ben Jacobson Tony Webster Joe Lencioni Sources/further reading: https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Illinois/Overview https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Indiana/Overview https://datausa.io/profile/geo/illinois https://datausa.io/profile/geo/indiana https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/illinois/ https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/indiana/ https://www.forbes.com/places/il/ https://www.forbes.com/places/in/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/indiana.illinois https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/tbb-84-revised.pdf https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-census-illinois-cities-population-loss-20200608-elh5s7pq7vcjriqnlii6hyaiea-story.html http://www.city-data.com/forum/city-vs-city/2030898-illinois-vs-indiana-12.html https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/indiana-is-better-than-illinois-think-again/article_75644cf7-08cb-51b5-8b82-0ccc459190f6.html https://www.bestplaces.net/state/illinois https://visitindiana.com/about-indiana/fun-facts https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/indiana https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-one-of-few-states-limiting-freedom-to-choose-fireworks-on-independence-day/ Illinois and Indiana Two bordering Midwestern states in these United States. Both also border Lake Michigan and the Ohio River. And yes, both have a lot in common, starting with the fact that, according to some metrics, both share Chicagoland, or the Chicago metropolitan area. Well yeah, sure Chicagoland is mostly in Illinois, as is...well...Chicago, the third largest city in the country, but Northwest Indiana is also often lumped into the Chicago metro. Chicagoland makes up around 65% of the entire population of Illinois and 10% of the entire population of Indiana. Both are part of the Rust Belt, a region of the country known for declining industry and run down factories. Even decades after most of these factories have shut down, several cities in both states continue to lose population each year. And yet, manufacturing is still a major industry in both. Indiana is the country’s leading steel producer and second largest car manufacturing state. Illinois is known for making machinery, electrical equipment, transportation equipment, and food processing. Related to this, both rank towards the bottom of all 50 states in terms of pollution, although Illinois ranks better. Other major industries in both include healthcare, retail, and education. The average age of residents in both is the same. (38) The biggest religion in both is Christianity, but of those more identify as Roman Catholic in Illinois and more identify as Evangelical Protestant in Indiana. Oh, and Illinois residents are more religious, overall. Both have very similar climates. Specifically, a humid continental climate throughout most of the states, and humid subtropical climate in the southern portions. Basically, the further south you go in both states, the more precipitation and the more hot it gets in the summer and less cold it gets in the winter. Both get tornadoes, but flooding is definitely the most common natural disaster in both. For thousands of years, various American Indian tribes lived in the area. Illinois gets its name from another French dude named René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, who explored the area in the 1600s. He named a river after a group of American Indian tribes known collectively as the Illinois Confederation, or Illiniwek, which translates to “the best people.” A Philadelphia trading company promptly came out that way to make some money, and, long story short, ended up working out a deal to get some land out there. They called the area “Indiana,” or “Land of the Indians.” Wow, how creative. #illinois #indiana #geography

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. Snail mail me something: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 In episode 54 of Supreme Court Briefs, a man illegally gambles on sports, and the FBI catch him in the act since they were spying on him on a payphone. Wait, can they do that? #supremecourtbriefs #4thamendment #privacy Thanks to Patreon supporters Matt Standish and Kit Walker for both suggesting this case! Want a specific SCOTUS case covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1967/35 Other sources used: https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/katz-v-united-states-the-fourth-amendment-adapts-to-new-technology/ https://www.mcgeorge.edu/Documents/Publications/06_Schneider_Master1MLR40.pdf https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2020/05/22/an-invisible-battle-in-a-war-against-an-invisible-enemy-the-fourth-amendment-and-the-right-to-travel-in-the-age-of-covid/?slreturn=20200503005122# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katz_v._United_States https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/389/347/ http://landmarkcases.c-span.org/Case/22/Katz-v-United-States http://users.soc.umn.edu/~samaha/bill_of_rights/case%20materials/katz/katz_background.pdf Los Angeles, California February 25, 1965 Charles Katz makes a phone call at a public telephone booth near his apartment on Sunset Boulevard. Katz had made these calls to various states regularly for years. He was a professional gambler, mostly placing bets on college basketball games, and he would conduct his gambling business on these pay phones. Well, wouldn’t you know it...interstate sports gambling was illegal, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, aka the FBI, was spying on him. Yep, they were recording his conversations after installing hidden listening devices attached to the outside of the phone booth. Shortly after recording these conversations the FBI arrested him at his apartment. They charged him with eight counts of knowingly transmitting wagering information by phone between U.S. states. But there was one big problem with the FBI’s plan- the agents had not secured a search warrant before spying on Katz. And the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that, unless law enforcement officers have probable cause, they need a warrant to spy on a suspect. Wait, do they? Well, perhaps the agents were not that worried since in the case Olmstead v. United States, the Supreme Court said that the Fourth Amendment did not apply to wiretapping phones to listen in on conversations. In fact, the Court determined that private phone conversations were basically no different from conversations overheard in a public area. Unless there was physical intrusion by law enforcement, it was ok, and this became known as the “trespass doctrine.” So sorry Katz. But wait just a second, the Olmstead case was 37 years prior. Times had changed. Katz was like, “I’m fightin’ this.” In the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, he tried to prevent the FBI’s phone booth recordings from being used as evidence since, ya know, they didn’t have a warrant. The judge denied the request, and Katz was convicted based on them. With the help of a young lawyer named Harvey Schneider, Katz appealed his conviction to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, but it agreed with the lower court, so Katz appealed again to the Supreme Court, and they agreed to hear oral arguments on October 17, 1967. The biggest issue was, did Katz deserve privacy by stepping into the phone booth to make those calls? The Court said “yes.” On December 18, 1967, it announced it had sided with Katz. It was 7-1. So yep, the Court overruled the Olmstead case and therefore overruled the trespass doctrine. Justice Potter Stewart wrote the opinion. “The Fourth Amendment protects people, not places. What a person knowingly exposes to the public, even in his own home or office, is not a subject of Fourth Amendment protection. But what he seeks to preserve as private, even in an area accessible to the public, may be constitutionally protected.”

Thanks to Keeps for sponsoring this video! Go to https://www.keeps.com/mrbeat to get 50% off your first order of Keeps hair loss treatment. Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two Rocky Mountain square states, Wyoming and Colorado. Both are remarkably different. Why? Well, uh, Mr. Beat explains it in the video. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Music by Futuremono. Creative commons credits by order of appearance: Jacob Barlow Daniel Schwen Bureau of Land Management Michael Fraley Matthew Trump Jeffrey Beall Paul Hermans Philip Stewart Vasiliymeshko DimiTalen Sources/further reading: https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Colorado/Overview https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Wyoming/Overview https://datausa.io/profile/geo/colorado https://datausa.io/profile/geo/wyoming https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/colorado/ https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/wyoming https://www.forbes.com/places/co/ https://www.forbes.com/places/wy/ https://countryeconomy.com/countries/usa-states/compare/wyoming/colorado https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/colorado.wyoming https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/visitation-numbers.htm https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/tbb-84-revised.pdf https://www.bestplaces.net/state/colorado https://www.bestplaces.net/state/wyoming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming https://www.outtherecolorado.com/north-americas-highest-incorporated-town/ https://www.statesman.com/news/20171003/herman-the-escalators-of-wyoming https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/us/04cheyenne.html Colorado and Wyoming The two square states that border each other in these United States And sure, they are next to each other, but wow are they dramatically different. But first, let’s look at what they have in common. Both are about the same size in area, and two of the largest states by area. (C- 8th, W- 10th) Colorado is a bit bigger. Both have more men than women, which is rare ya know. Only two states, North Dakota and Alaska, have a lower percentage of women than Wyoming. Both have the Rocky Mountains. No, but seriously, both are known for their beautiful mountains. That said, folks forget that the eastern portion of both states does look like that, as it’s part of the Great Plains. So yeah, both have lots of (wide open spaces). Because of those gigantic mountains causing a rain shadow for the eastern portions of both, and because of other mountains further west, much of both states is fairly dry, with the precipitation mostly coming at those higher elevations. Colorado is the seventh driest state overall in the country, while Wyoming is the fifth driest. Wyoming also has the Black Hills which creep into the eastern portion of the state. In that area, the magnificent Devils Tower dramatically rises. You know, the butte where aliens landed in that movie? Teddy Roosevelt designated it the first National Monument back in 1906. Both have the highest elevation overall, on average. (C-1, W-2) Colorado has the highest incorporated city in all of North America, Alma, although don’t tell the folks in Leadville that. Tourism is big in both. Colorado has four national parks, Wyoming, just two, but its two parks are two of the most popular in the country. Yellowstone, the country’s very first national park, and Grand Teton. Here’s one of the most overused calendar pictures in the world of that park. Ok, so Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado is pretty darn popular, too. In addition to tourism, major industries in both include healthcare, retail, and education, although oil and gas is also big in Wyoming and professional services is also big in Colorado. Both have climates that are somewhat continental and semiarid, but are really all over the place. Generally, of course, the higher up you are, the cooler it is, but the orientation of mountain ranges and valleys in connection with general air movements can cause lots of variation even within short distances. There are also deserts in both. Since Wyoming’s further north, it does get colder than Colorado. #colorado #wyoming #compared

Mr. Beat spends way too long analyzing the word "normalcy" and President Warren G. Harding's role popularizing it. But did he invent it? Thanks to my brother, Steven, for appearing in this video. If you need a website built, he can help you: https://beatswebdesign.com/ Applying for college? Check out: http://checklistprogram.com/?ref=mrBeat President Trump solves COVID-19: https://tinyurl.com/covid19newpossiblecure @CynicalHistorian's 1919 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4Pi2nYcYNw @iammrbeat's famous Worst Presidents video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtKJTulTrAs Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band) and Bad Snacks. Check out Electric Needle Room's children's album, "Just Kidding Around:" Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/yyf65v47 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5ayqjhn YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y374maup Apple: https://tinyurl.com/y6rjckls Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/y5ukdrnf Have a great idea for a video you want Mr. Beat to make? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Sources/further reading: https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/04/how-normalcy-became-a-safe-word/609805/ https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/may-14-1920-readjustment https://www.dictionary.com/e/normalcy-and-squirmishes/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/dont-be-so-quick-to-repudiate-sarah-palins-refudiate/article1368775/ https://www.history.com/news/us-election-1920-warren-harding-return-to-normalcy https://oilpatchwriting.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/normalcy-vs-normality/ Normalcy, it seems normal to say that word now, but the word never used to be normally said. In fact, it only recently seems to be more um...normal...to use it in conversation. Check out Google Trends, see that bump in the middle of March, right when the pandemic was beginning to cause lockdowns across the world? “Normalcy” even caught up with “Rickrolling” for a bit. Impressive. Anyway, we can thank Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States, for first popularizing the word, normalcy. He apparently first used it in a speech in Brooklyn in February 1920, just over 100 years ago. It might have been an accident. After all, Harding was not known to be a good speaker, nor even a very intelligent man. Regardless, he later began using the word more and more as he liked the sound of it, even making it part of his official campaign slogan as he ran for President. “Normal times and a return to normalcy” On May 14th, 1920, he gave a well known speech that brought the word into the mainstream. “America’s present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration.” Harding later clarified he didn’t want the country to go back to traditional ways that hindered progress. Rather, he just wanted there to be less chaos and more routine to ease the nation’s anxieties. You see, 1920 was after two years of lots of chaos. World War One had just ended in November 1918, but things remained crazy due to a horrifying pandemic commonly known as the Spanish Flu. It killed anywhere from 50 to 100 million people worldwide, and had a frighteningly high mortality rate for young adults, an age group that normally doesn’t have to worry as much about influenza outbreaks. Not only that, but 1919 saw an increase in race riots, the First Red Scare, and a President who was unable or unwilling to do much about it. Anyway, so yeah, the country was anxious and yearned for normality, or as Harding called it normalcy. While Harding seemed so proud of himself using that word, his critics most definitely made fun of him for using it. They mostly said Harding was an idiot because that word didn’t exist, and that indeed he was mixing the word up with “normality.” One such critic said “The friends of Senator Harding are defending his language now by saying that ‘normalcy’ is a perfectly good word. Well, so is jackasstical, when applied to fantastic verbiage.” Newspaper editors literally changed Harding’s quoted “normalcy” to “normality,” assuming he made an error. After Harding’s unexpected death in 1923, the historian George N. Clark said “if ‘normalcy’ is ever to become an accepted word it will presumably be because the late President...did not know any better.” Even today, one of the most popular Google searches related to the word is “is normalcy a word?” #normalcy #warrenharding #presidents

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. In episode 53 of Supreme Court Briefs, a man refuses to get vaccinated for smallpox and has to pay a fine. He obviously fights back. #supremecourtbriefs #jacobsonvmassachusetts #vaccines Song featured in this video: "Hooray for Propaganda!" by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band) https://open.spotify.com/track/41IW4iqc4iRcu1vgTdq6N7?si=U7KMeIZwQzixZTsfJyiTVQ Recommended reading Wilrich, Michael (2011). Pox: An American History. Penguin. Buy it here: https://amzn.to/3curkAn Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/197us11 Other sources used: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/197/11/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/apr/21/jay-inslee/are-stay-home-orders-laws-jay-inslee-said/ https://biotech.law.lsu.edu/cases/vaccines/Jacobson_v_Massachusetts_brief.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobson_v._Massachusetts https://reason.com/2020/04/30/when-the-supreme-court-upheld-a-compulsory-vaccination-law/ https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/the-limits-of-constitutional-rights/ https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/10/politics/pandemic-coronavirus-jacobson-supreme-court-abortion-rights/index.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1449224/ https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/henning-jacobson-loses-his-freedom-to-the-board-of-public-health/ Dobson, Mary (2007) Disease: The Extraordinary Stories Behind History’s Deadliest Killers Cambridge, Massachusetts 1902 Henning Jacobson, a local minister, refuses to be vaccinated for smallpox by the city’s board of health. Now, smallpox is one of the most awful and devastating diseases in human history. Even though Edward Jenner had discovered a vaccine to help prevent smallpox back in 1796, in 1902 the average mortality rate for the disease was as high as 25 to 30%. In fact, between around 1902 until when it was finally eradicated thanks to the World Health Organization in the late 1970s, smallpox killed an estimated 300 million people around the world. As much of a threat as smallpox still was in 1902, Jacobson didn’t think it was worth it to get vaccinated. You could call him an “anti-vaxxer” of sorts. You see, Jacobson grew up in Sweden, where they had a law that required all children get vaccinated for smallpox. So yeah, as a child, Jacobson got the vaccine as well, but later claimed the vaccine caused him “great and extreme suffering” that he had to deal with permanently. Later, his son also went through “adverse effects” after getting the vaccine as a child. And thus, Jacobson and his wife both were like “nu-uh, nope. No more vaccines.” Meanwhile, the state of Massachusetts had passed a law saying city boards of health could force their citizens to get vaccinated “when necessary for public health or safety.” Cambridge, which had seen a surge in smallpox outbreaks in June, forced everyone to get the smallpox vaccine or face a fine of $5, which is around $150 today. Now, the vaccine was not guaranteed to last your entire life, so adults who were vaccinated as children had to get vaccinated again. Despite many of his neighbors dying from smallpox, Jacobson still refused to get vaccinated again, and the city fined him. Others also refused and appeared in court together in July. Jacobson argued the vaccine was an “invasion of his liberty.” Eh, they made him pay the fine anyway. He and others appealed to the Massachusetts Supreme Court, but it agreed with Cambridge. So Jacobson appealed again, this time to the Supreme Court, who heard oral arguments on December 6, 1904. Jacobson and his lawyers brought up the almighty Fourteenth Amendment, saying the Massachusetts law requiring vaccination overstepped personal liberty and could lead to more government control of individual behaviors. The Court announced their decision on February 20, 1905. They sided with Massachusetts. It was 7-2. While the Court agreed that individual liberties were important, public safety, and the state’s obligation to get rid of smallpox, were both more important. Those who did not get vaccines literally endangered the lives of others, and ultimately, the Court decided that forced vaccinations were a legitimate way to protect the lives of citizens.

@iammrbeat counts down his favorite U.S. Senators in American history. Check out his Worst Senators here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj_GLOrfWN8 E Pluribus Unum's Best Senators video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU8MFjmA1b0&t Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Check out Electric Needle Room's children's album, "Just Kidding Around:" Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/yyf65v47 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5ayqjhn YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y374maup Apple: https://tinyurl.com/y6rjckls Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/y5ukdrnf Have a great idea for a video you want Mr. Beat to make? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Honorable mentions: Russ Feingold Mike Gravel Burton Wheeler Robert Wagner Arthur Vandenberg Ted Kennedy Barry Goldwater Rufus King Robert Taft Arlen Specter Eugene McCarthy Roger Sherman Richard Lugar Harry Truman Robert F. Kennedy Bob Dole Estes Kefauver Hannibal Hamlin Edward Brooke Paul Wellstone Edmund Muskie Garret Wall Claiborne Pell Olympia Snowe Thomas Gore Marion Butler Sources/additional reading: A comprehensive list of all the U.S. Senators in American history: https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/chronlist.pdf https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_Famous_Five.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Reception_Room http://www.citypages.com/news/john-c-calhouns-life-shows-he-was-never-worthy-of-our-lake/473853963 #10 Thomas P. Gore Learn more about him: https://amzn.to/35ylv2c https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=GO013 https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fgo46 #9 John P. Hale Learn more about him: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/chron/civilwarnotes/hale.html https://amzn.to/2Yp9SJA #8 Daniel Webster Learn more about him: https://law.jrank.org/pages/11253/Webster-Daniel.html https://amzn.to/2KTZmC5 #7 Nancy Kassebaum Learn more about her: https://doleinstitute.org/get-involved/programs/dole-leadership-prize/nancy-kassebaum/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nancy-Landon-Kassebaum https://amzn.to/35B57ye https://emilytaylorcenter.ku.edu/womens-hall-of-fame/kassebaum-baker-nancy #6 George Norris Learn more about him: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1949944?seq=1 https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/George_Norris.htm https://amzn.to/2yuxSQV #5 Henry Clay Clay is arguably the most influential U.S. Senator of all time, serving in the Senate from 1806 to 1807, and then again from 1810 to 1811, and again from 1831 to 1842, and again from 1849 until his death in 1852. Learn more about him: https://www.thoughtco.com/henry-clay-1773856 https://amzn.to/3b5Jvex #4 Lyndon Johnson You may know him as the 36th President of the United States, but before that he was a Senator representing Texas from 1949 to 1961. Learn more about him as a Senator: https://millercenter.org/president/lbjohnson/life-before-the-presidency https://amzn.to/35HVbmF https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/People_Leaders_Johnson.htm #3 Charles Sumner Most famously known as the Senator who got the crap beat out of him by a cane in the Senate chamber for trashing those who supported slavery, Sumner served as Senator for Massachusetts from 1851 until his death in 1874. Learn more about him as a Senator: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Sumner https://amzn.to/2WtfMH0 https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=S001068 #2 Oliver Ellsworth A Founding Father, he was a big reason why Connecticut ratified the Constitution, and was one of its two first Senators, serving from 1789 to 1796. Learn more about him: https://amzn.to/3fgL6kI https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-most-underrated-founding-father-oliver-ellsworth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Ellsworth #1 Robert La Follette That’s right! It’s once again Fighting Bob, the Wisconsin Senator from 1906 until his death in 1925. You may remember he held the number one spot for my best governors video, but if I were to make that video again, I don’t think he would because the more I thought about it, his real impact was in the U.S. Senate. Learn more about him: https://amzn.to/3f9vtf3 https://lafollette.wisc.edu/images/publications/otherpublications/LaFollette/LaFLegacy.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._La_Follette https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS14863 #bestsenators #americanhistory #apush

Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two most populous states in the United States, California and Texas. Oh yes, the trash talking has already begun. Here is the @WorldAccordingToBriggs video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkx8WoNNjsQ A special shout out to @Corporis, a California native, and Sam, a Texas native from the channel Until Now, for looking over the script. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Music by Bad Snacks. Creative commons credits by order of appearance: Darryn Rose John Wiley Leaflet Lairich Rig Geographer Ken Lund amboo who? Scott Schiller Zereshk George Longenecker Greenstrat Zorin09 Sources/further reading: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/business/growth/article239570433.html https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/state-size-comparison/texas-usa/california-usa https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/the-truth-about-the-california-exodus/605833/ https://twitter.com/gregabbott_tx/status/1220462311506415617 https://www.forbes.com/places/tx/ https://www.forbes.com/places/ca/ https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/CA https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/TX https://datausa.io/profile/geo/california https://datausa.io/profile/geo/texas https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/tbb-84-revised.pdf https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-volcano-california-20181025-story.html https://www.bestplaces.net/state/texas https://www.bestplaces.net/state/california https://statisticalatlas.com/state/California https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California California and Texas The Golden State and The Lone Star State, and there are important reasons why the two have those nicknames. More on that later. Anyway, the two big ones. Sure, Alaska is quite a bit bigger than both of them in terms of actual size, but both have a higher population than any other state in these United States. California has the highest population, and has around 10 million more people than Texas. (C- 39.9 million, T- 29.9 million) Still, Texas is one of the fastest growing states in the country. And more folks are moving to the two than most other states. The channel The World According to Briggs has just released a video going over how and why so many have moved to California and Texas. Be sure to check it out when you’re done watching this one. While many Texans have moved to California in recent years, more Californians have moved to Texas than any other state. And while you could fit more than two Texases into Alaska, you can almost fit two Californias into Texas. How big is Texas? El Paso, Texas is closer to San Diego, California, than it is to Houston, Texas.. How big is Texas? There’s a ranch there bigger than the state of Rhode Island. Ok, I’ll stop the how big is Texas stuff. Being the two states with the most people and the two biggest economies, both heavily influence the rest of the country, and I’ve noticed the trash talking between the two has only gotten worse recently. However, based on my research, it seems to be mostly Texans talking trash on all those Californians moving to their beloved state. Yeah, even the Texas governor has been in on the trash talking. But perhaps Texas has more in common with California than most would assume. First of all, both are so big they are hard to stereotype, even though I’d argue the two are more stereotyped than any other states. East Texas has more in common with Louisiana than El Paso, and El Paso arguably has more in common with New Mexico than East Texas, but then go up to the upper Panhandle and it feels like Kansas. Even the four biggest metro areas in Texas- Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin, seem radically different from one another. And California, first of all the major coastal cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego, are dramatically different from any other part of the state, especially Northern California and the Central Valley. #california #texas #compared

Mr. Beat explains why Americans (as well as a growing number of folks from around the world) are disgusted by even the idea of eating cats, dogs, and horses. Thanks to @TREYtheExplainer for collaborating with me! He is a talented creator AND just a really nice dude. Subscribe to him, and check out his video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utktjkh3Fhc&feature=youtu.be Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Check out Electric Needle Room's children's album, "Just Kidding Around:" Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/yyf65v47 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5ayqjhn YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y374maup Apple: https://tinyurl.com/y6rjckls Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/y5ukdrnf I read this researching for this video. It's great. Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism by Melanie Joy Buy it here: https://amzn.to/2JXEYj6 Have a great idea for a video you want Mr. Beat to make? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Sources/further reading: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/06/horse-meat/529665/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/04/dna-evidence-suggests-humans-may-have-domesticated-dogs-twice/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/feb/08/no-horsemeat-please-british https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_and_Cat_Meat_Trade_Prohibition_Act_of_2018 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_meat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_meat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_meat https://www.eater.com/2017/12/15/16741848/horse-meat-restaurants-america-diners-canada https://www.globalmeatnews.com/Article/2017/07/20/Majority-of-Americans-don-t-support-horse-slaughter https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2019/02/25/south-koreans-eat-more-than-2-million-dogs-every-year-but-thats-changing/2930025002/ https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2017/07/16/why-chinas-dog-meat-market-has-expanded https://dogtime.com/advocacy/49933-still-legal-eat-dogs-united-states-yes-happens Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism by Melanie Joy https://amzn.to/2JXEYj6 https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/people/dog-meats-controversial-history-from-the-ancients-to-the-winter-olympics.aspx Creative commons credits: Sara Yeomans Rob Sheridan Rawpixel Ltd CGP Grey Phil Roeder Brian Gratwicke Why don’t Americans eat horses, cats, and….uh….dogs? First of all, let’s remember that human beings are animals. Wow, look at those animals. So yeah, we’re omnivores who historically have eaten whatever we could in order to survive. That includes cats, dogs and horses...heck even other humans in some cases. However, historically we have been nicer to animals that are more like us. Specifically, mammals, especially mammals that we’ve had a working relationship with throughout history. And then obviously, those mammals we’ve had as pets. Horses, dogs, and cats all fit this category. Yes, even cats have been assigned as “working cats” to keep pests out of an area. But you might be thinking...Mr. Beat, what about cows and pigs? Those are two mammals that Americans eat A LOT of. And this is true, but this is because of how the chain of meat production has made it so people can easily separate the meat from the actual animals. When you go to the grocery store, you buy hamburger patties or bacon, you’re not seeing this. But that’s just a small part of it. The bigger reason why Americans are generally not ok with eating horses, dogs, and cats, but ok with eating cows and pigs, is because they literally deny that cows and pigs have minds and can be intelligent and emotional creatures. Despite evidence that cows and pigs are likely just as smart as cats, dogs, and horses, Americans generally either deny that, or are ignorant of that and justify they only eat meat of animals that can’t think anyway so it’s ok right? Now, the purpose of this video is to not turn you into a vegan. I’m not a vegan or vegetarian myself. I’m just trying to answer the question….(turning to cow) why do people eat you but not my pets? In case you hadn’t figured it out by now, it’s culture. Today, it is illegal in the United States to eat cats and dogs. However, in most states in the country and in some cases you can still legally kill and eat horses. But this is unthinkable to nearly every American. #socialstudies #culture #vegan

Download Newsvoice for free here to support my channel: https://newsvoice.com/mrbeat Mr. Beat explains the handshake. Why do we do it? Will we ever stop shaking hands? Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Check out Electric Needle Room's children's album, "Just Kidding Around:" Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/yyf65v47 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5ayqjhn YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y374maup Apple: https://tinyurl.com/y6rjckls Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/y5ukdrnf Have a great idea for a video you want Mr. Beat to make? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Sources/further reading: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/491917-fauci-i-dont-think-we-should-shake-hands-ever-again https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/37713970 https://www.npr.org/2020/04/16/836424330/dr-fauci-says-no-more-handshakes-some-never-liked-them-to-begin-with https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/2020/03/ways-people-around-world-say-hello-without-touching-coronavirus/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handshake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY1tP40jeW4 https://www.history.com/news/what-is-the-origin-of-the-handshake https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/03/harvard-experts-weigh-in-on-the-fate-of-the-handshake/ Creative commons credits: Kance Siouxsie Wiles and Toby Morris Adam Sandler thinks we're never gonna shake hands again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJEjPX91LCA Generally speaking, the two main reasons why we shake hands are 1) for greetings or farewells 2) to show we have reached an agreement or made a deal So when we first meet up with our friends, especially when we haven’t seen them in awhile, we often shake hands. When we leave our friends, one of the last things we sometimes do is shake their hands. Anyway, we often do it to introduce ourselves. And we do it to show we agree with someone, or made a deal with that person. You know, like a contract. We shake hands to congratulate others, or to thank them. It’s a gesture that shows trust and respect, which is why you see athletes shaking hands at sporting events. Now, there are parts of the world where they don’t shake hands as often. There are also other parts of the world where they don’t even do it at all, and we’ll get to that in a moment, but the vast majority of human beings around the world regularly shake hands with other humans. So when did it start? Well, there is this which might just be the earliest documented handshake in history. That was way back in the ninth century B.C. And we also know the ancient Greeks shook hands as early as the fifth century BC. But likely, humans were shaking hands long before the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Greeks. So why? Well, some historians believe the handshake originated as a way to show others that your hand holds no weapon, and by making contact with another’s hand, you would not be stealing their weapon. It was a gesture of peace. The Romans later made the practice of handshakes more widespread. Handshakes quickly spread around the world, but they looked different in different places. Historians often credit the root of the modern handshake with the Quakers of the 1600s, who valued the handshake as a better way to show folks you meet that you’re not better than them. Today, while folks in nearly every country on the planet shake hands, there are alternatives to show greetings and mutual respect. For example, there is the customary Hindu greeting of Namaste. And just straight up bowing is common in places like Japan. Meanwhile, in Nazi Germany, at least according to Jojo Rabbit. But again, actually right now most people are NOT shaking hands due to this current pandemic. But what about after the pandemic? Is the handshake going away any time soon? There is evidence that the handshake was losing popularity before this pandemic. Meanwhile, the fist bump has been rising in popularity, and so has the magical elbow bump since the pandemic began. Still, we’ve been through plenty of pandemics before, and the handshake has persisted. I really don’t think it’s going away any time soon. We’ve been doing it for literally thousands of years, and it is such a pervasive way to quickly show trust, respect, and love. Now, if they’re close friends or family, obviously we might hug them instead. #covid19 #shakinghands #socialstudies

Download Newsvoice for free here to support my channel: https://newsvoice.com/mrbeat Buy my new, groovy T-shirts to support my channel: https://www.bonfire.com/gw-s-tier Most Awkward Channel in History T-shirt: https://www.bonfire.com/most-awkward-channel-in-history Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two South American countries outsiders often get mixed up- Paraguay and Uruguay. @EmperorTigerstar's video about the Paraguayan love of Rutherford B. Hayes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK-tmueoxWE&feature=youtu.be A special shout out to @CogitoEdu for looking over the script. He spends a lot of time in Uruguay! Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Music: Cumbia No Frills Faster by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100275 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Photos/video: pukupukuch paraguay FFE.Franco Myparaguay Marcelo Campi Felipe Restrepo Acosta FF MM Ricardogomezize Ilosuna Tetraktys Iwan GFDL Diego Delso Súbete a mi moto Wikitongues Caacupé Leandro Neumann Ciuffo Agência Brasil Municipalidad de Miraflores Jonas de Carvalho Martin St-Amant Sources/further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare/uruguay.paraguay https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/compare/uruguay/paraguay https://tradingeconomics.com/paraguay/indicators https://tradingeconomics.com/uruguay/indicators http://theconversation.com/from-paraguay-a-history-lesson-on-racial-equality-68655 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/uy.html https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_countries_result.jsp?country1=Uruguay&country2=Paraguay https://www.atlapedia.com/online/countries/paraguay.htm https://www.atlapedia.com/online/countries/uruguay https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2014/10/30/360126710/the-place-where-rutherford-b-hayes-is-a-really-big-deal Further watching by @NameExplain: Why Do Paraguay & Uruguay Have Such Similar Names? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63GASVsnwTk Paraguay and Uruguay Or officially the Republic of Paraguay and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay No way. Yes way The two South American countries that outsiders often get mixed up that are both between Brazil and Argentina. The way I’ve always remembered where each is located is P U, and the P is always over the U. Yeah, I’m a weird guy, what can I say. But while folks confuse the two, they are actually both quite different. For starters, Paraguay is about twice as big as Uruguay. It also has about twice the population of Uruguay. (P- 7,152,703, U- 3,449,285) 90% of Paraguay lives east of the Paraguay river. Paraguay is also growing at a faster rate. Paraguay is landlocked, Uruguay borders the Atlantic Ocean, for crying out loud. But hold up, despite being landlocked, the country has coasts and ports on the Paraguay and Paraná rivers, and the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway does exit to the Atlantic Ocean. See those beaches? They are in Paraguay, yo. Oh and Paraguay has the largest navy of any landlocked country in the world. Paraguay and Uruguay don’t even border each other. Paraguay borders another landlocked country, actually...Bolivia. Being further south and by the ocean, Uruguay has a more temperate climate. He never gets too hot or cold there, but in Paraguay it's much more varied. This map sums it up. Southeast Paraguay has a climate more similar to Uruguay, but the more north and west you go the more tropical it gets. Paraguay actually has two distinct geographic regions, divided by the Paraguay River. The eastern region, which is mostly grassy plains and wooded hills, and the western region, also known as the Chaco, which is mostly marshy plains with random big hills in certain spots. Paraguay also has a wet and dry season. Uruguay, for the most part, does not. The median age is younger in Paraguay. (P- 26.3, U- 35.8) The life expectancy is higher in Uruguay. (P- 74.6, U- 78.4) And the infant mortality rate is also much lower there. #paraguay #uruguay #compared #mrbeat

Mr. Beat gives a rundown of all of the pets of all of the American Presidents while they lived in the White House. Yes, all of them. A special thanks to Patreon supporter Zachary F. Parker for suggesting this video! I have NEW SHIRTS. These are exclusive, and only available for a limited time: George Washington S-Tier shirt: https://www.bonfire.com/gw-s-tier/ Mr. Beat is really awkward shirt: https://www.bonfire.com/most-awkward-channel-in-history/ Want a specific social studies topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). All images and video either by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. #presidents #ushistory #presidentialhistory Electric Needle Room's new children's album, "Just Kidding Around:" Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/yyf65v47 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5ayqjhn YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y374maup Apple: https://tinyurl.com/y6rjckls Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/y5ukdrnf Sources/further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_pets http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/ https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/history/presidential-pets/ https://www.thoughtco.com/white-house-pets-4144590 Photo credits (Creative Commons): Steffen Heinz Neurodoc Birgit Balzer David Shankbone Angus Farquhar Magicwolf Christina DanDee Shots Radovan Rohovsky Ron Armstrong Cody Pope Lizzy Foulkes Daly69 Sannse Hank Gillette Wilson44691 SheltieBoy Meghaduta Sloberdog Peter Trimming [email protected] Oliver Herold TunedAutomotive Sannse Karen Arnold Elf Benjamint444 Rufus46 Alicia Nijdam It’s estimated that there have been more than 400 pets who have called the White House home, even though it wasn’t called the White House until Teddy Roosevelt began calling it that, but you know what I meant. Guess what? There’s a Presidential Pet Museum in Annapolis, Maryland. Unfortunately, it’s closed right now for renovations, but once it’s back open you should definitely check it out. Oh geez. He pooped on my rug. A shout out to Zachary F. Parker, one of my Patreon supporters who suggested this video topic. He donates to me on Patreon, which is why I made the video. Thanks Zachary! So which President had the coolest pets? What kind of pet should President Trump get for the White House? Let me know in the comments below. I vote ferret, by the way. Thanks for watching! Charles J Sharp Clinton & Charles Robertson

Mr. Beat compares New York and New Jersey. What could go wrong? #newyorkstate #newjersey #compared #geography I have NEW SHIRTS. These are exclusive, and only available for a limited time: George Washington S-Tier shirt: https://www.bonfire.com/gw-s-tier/ Mr. Beat is really awkward shirt: https://www.bonfire.com/most-awkward-channel-in-history/ Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Thanks to @MrBettsClass for joining me for this video! Check out his channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/MrBettsClass Keith Hughes channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/hughesDV Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Sources/further reading: https://nyulocal.com/across-the-river-a-world-away-why-we-trash-new-jersey-d10dd1aa00b https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/state-size-comparison/new-york-usa/new-jersey-usa https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/new-jersey.new-york https://nypost.com/2019/12/30/new-york-is-losing-residents-at-an-alarming-rate-report/ https://www.statenislandhistorian.com/staten-island-part-new-york-instead-new-jersey.html https://dailygazette.com/article/2018/11/04/editorial-upstate-downstate-divide-is-real-and-severe https://pat-mc.com/upstate-vs-downstate-new-york-locations/ https://www.forbes.com/places/ny/ https://www.forbes.com/places/nj/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_%E2%80%93_New_Jersey_Line_War https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/new-york/ Creative commons attribution: Zeete DASonnenfeld lisa cee (Lisa Campeau) Roman Pavlyuk UpstateNYer wadester16 After watching this video, I’m sure you’ll understand why many prefer New Jersey over New York. Let’s start with what both states have in common. First, both have a shrinking population. Yep, they’re losing people. But, New York has more than twice as many people as New Jersey. (NY-19.4 million, NJ- 8.9 million) Most of the population in both states live in the New York metropolitan area, the biggest metropolitan area in the world. Look at that! Despite not having one city within it with a population greater than 300,000, New Jersey is the most densely populated of the 50 states. Residents of both states are mostly Christian, but both have sizeable minorities who identify as Jewish and Muslim. Both do share quite a bit of history. American Indians had lived in what would become the two states for thousands of years. At the time of European arrival, Algonquian and Iroqouian-speaking tribes dominated what would become New York, while the Lenape dominated what would become New Jersey. In 1609, Henry Hudson explored much of what would later be the two states, and soon the Dutch were establishing trading posts, establishing the colony of New Netherland. Soon after, the Swedes settled parts of future New Jersey, establishing the colony of New Sweden, which lasted just 17 years before the Dutch, led by Peter Stuyvesant, conquered it and made it part of New Netherland. But in 1664, the English conquered the Dutch and took over, changing the name to New York and also establishing the colony of New Jersey. In 1673 the Dutch recaptured New York City and renamed it New Orange. One year later the English got it back. Whew. During the colonial era, both New Jersey and New York attracted immigrants from all over the place, and thus became diverse places. And then, one long border dispute. Between 1701 and 1765, the two colonies led skirmishes and raids against each other in what became known as the New York – New Jersey Line War. The King finally settled it on October 7, 1769. Between 1708 and 1738, New York governors ruled over New Jersey, and this of course made Jersey residents mad. During the American War of Independence, both colonies saw lots of action, but more than a third of all battles fought in the war took place in New York. After the United States became a country, New York City was the capital until 1790. New Jersey was the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, New York the 11th. While both states had banned slavery by the early 1800s, it was a gradual thing, and even as late as the Civil War Jersey had a small slave population. Canals in both states drove growth and industry.

​@iammrbeat tells you all about Jane Addams, one of the most important figures in American history. This is part of another mega-collaboration of a bunch of history YouTubers to celebrate women's history month. We're calling it #ProjectHerStory. Check out the complete playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKReeL22jTQB6c0WGw8KfzJvMc Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). All images and video either by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. #janeaddams #hullhouse Electric Needle Room's new children's album, "Just Kidding Around:" Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/yyf65v47 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5ayqjhn YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y374maup Apple: https://tinyurl.com/y6rjckls Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/y5ukdrnf Sources/further reading: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/jane-addams https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/addams-jane/ https://www.hullhousemuseum.org/about-jane-addams https://www.nps.gov/people/jane-addams.htm http://janeaddams.ramapo.edu/about-jane-addams/ https://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/436 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Addams http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/615.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-02-06-0702060273-story.html https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1931/addams/biographical/ https://view.ceros.com/the-guardian/ejf2017-jane-addams/p/1 Fair use/creative commons credits: IvoShandor Jeremy Butler Chicago Architecture Today Wolfgang Sauber Daniel Schwen Americasroof Here’s the story of one of the most important people in American history...Jane Addams. But her impact as a reformer went way beyond the United States. In my opinion, she’s the face of the entire Progressive Era, that period of widespread reform and activism between the 1890s and 1920s. Jane Addams was born in Cedarville, Illinois on September 6, 1860. The youngest of eight children, by most measures Jane’s family was very well off. Her dad, John, was a successful businessman and a member of the Illinois Senate who even knew Abraham Lincoln. Jane adored her father. He definitely was a big influence on her life. Sadly, she never really knew her mother, who died in childbirth when Jane was just two. Growing up, Jane was mostly taken care of by her older sisters. When Jane was four, she got Pott’s disease, which was basically tuberculosis of the spine. This caused a curvature in her spine, which led to health problems the rest of her life. Growing up, she had a limp due to this, and often could not run as quickly as the kids she played with. Jane’s father remarried when she was eight to Anna Haldeman. Jane and Anna got along quite well, and Jane was quite influenced by Anna’s devotion to the poor who lived in Cedarville. That, combined with reading about the poor in Charles Dickens novels, would eventually cause Jane to want to devote her life to helping the poor. With the encouragement of her father, Jane decided to attend college, which is not something most girls did in the 1870s. But Jane was extremely smart, and college wasn’t no thing, yo. She graduated from Rockford Female Seminary, which is now Rockford University, in 1881 at the top of her class, also among the first there to ever get a bachelor’s degree. That summer, Jane’s father suddenly died of appendicitis. I’ve had appendicitis, by the way, and it sucks. I didn’t die from it, though. Anyway, this video isn’t about me. Jane and her sibling each inherited $50,000, which today translates to nearly $1.3 million. Jane decided she wanted to study medicine. That fall, she joined her sister Alice to go to the Woman’s Medical College of Philadelphia. While she was driven and ambitious, a few things came up that took her away from her goals. First of all, she still had health problems. Her spine was still giving her trouble, and her brother-in-law Harry performed surgery to attempt to straighten it. She ended up having a nervous breakdown which caused her to have to withdraw from med school. After this, Jane returned to Cedarville to take care of her stepmom, Anna, who had gotten very sick. Meanwhile, Jane was in a funk, now not knowing what to do with her life. So she went to Europe. Beginning in August 1883, and over the following four years, she would travel all over Europe, constantly looking for direction.

​@iammrbeat and @MrBettsClass team up to tell the true story of Paul Revere. According to Mr. Beat, Paul Revere was definitely overrated, and most of us only know about him because of a poem written decades after his death. #paulrevere #ushistory #americanrevolution Be sure to check out Mr. Betts' video about The Pilgrims: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHKY_9RvRRA&feature=youtu.be Yep, THOSE Pilgrims. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). All images and video either by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Electric Needle Room's new children's album, "Just Kidding Around:" Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/yyf65v47 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5ayqjhn YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y374maup Apple: https://tinyurl.com/y6rjckls Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/y5ukdrnf Sources/further reading: http://www.paul-revere-heritage.com/biography/early-life.html https://www.paulreverehouse.org/biography/ https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/04/did-paul-reveres-ride-really-matter/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2010-featured-story-archive/intelligence-history-paul-revere.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/exploring-paul-reveres-legacy-beyond-his-famed-midnight-ride-180973121/ https://www.paulreverehouse.org/the-real-story/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere%27s_Ride Paul Revere was born in Boston’s North End some time in December 1734. His dad, Apollos Rivoire, was a Huguenot silversmith who came to Massachusetts as a refugee after being persecuted in France. He later changed his name to Paul Revere, by the way, and so yeah, Paul had the same name as his dad. His mom, Deborah Hichborn, had deeper roots in Boston as her family had been around for awhile. They owned a shipping wharf. So yeah, Paul Revere junior was the third of their 12 kids. He went to the North Writing School, but at 13 left to begin training to become a silversmith like his dad. As a teen, he was drawn to the West Church and the controversial Congregationalist minister Jonathan Mayhew, who did not hide his political views during Sunday services. Paul senior did not approve of this, by the way. He also got work as a bellringer for another famous Boston church that later became important during the Revolution, the Old North Church. Paul senior died when Paul junior was nineteen, and Paul was expected to take over the family business, even though his silversmith training wasn’t done yet. But he was resourceful, learning how to make surgical instruments and engraved printing copper plates to make more money. Two years later, he joined the British army to fight in the French and Indian War, perhaps also for the money. He returned from the war in the fall of 1756 and resumed working as a silversmith. The next year, he met a woman named Sarah Orne and they fell in love, getting married in August. They’d eventually have eight children together. Revere would also eventually end up running his silver shop for 40 years, producing items ranging from simple spoons to intricate tea sets. But when times were tough, like in the years following the French and Indian War, he branched out and got creative with how he made money, making illustrations for books, magazines, business cards, and political cartoons, and he even got into some dentistry. Yep, he cleaned teeth, fastened in false teeth, and sold toothpaste. Revere also quickly got into local politics, especially after the British kept trying to tax everything to pay for the French and Indian War. Yeah he didn’t like that so much. He became a Patriot, aka Continental, or American Whig, basically anyone who opposed British rule in the colonies. Revere became a leader in various politically active groups, like the North End Caucus, the Long Room Club, Masonic Lodge of St. Andrew, and the Sons of Liberty. He became friends with fellow Patriots like Dr. Joseph Warren, James Otis, John Hancock, and Samuel Adams. In 1770, Revere began delivering messages for the Boston’s committees of safety, who secretly took control of local government affairs away from royal officials. That same year, he published an engraving of a famous drawing of the Boston Massacre, an incident in which British troops set fire on Bostonians. Yep, this was effective propaganda meant to get folks riled up against the British.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. In episode 52 of Supreme Court Briefs, two students get caught smoking in the high school restroom, and one denies it, so the principal searches her purse. #supremecourtbriefs #newjerseyvtlo #apgov Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music: "Voyage" by Density and Time. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1983/83-712 Other sources used: https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/new-jersey-v-t-l-o-the-fourth-amendment-in-public-schools https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_v._T._L._O.?scrlybrkr=e70a7623 https://billofrightsinstitute.org/educate/educator-resources/lessons-plans/landmark-supreme-court-cases-elessons/new-jersey-v-tlo-1985/ https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/16/us/high-court-eases-search-strictures-in-public-schools.html http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/tlo.html Photo credits (Creative Commons): Jeff Barton Piscataway, New Jersey March 7, 1980 A teacher catches two students smoking in a bathroom of Piscataway High School. Since smoking in the bathroom perhaps obviously went against school rules, the teacher took the two girls to the Principal’s office. Assistant Vice Principal Theodore Choplick interrogated the two girls. One of them admitted to smoking. The other girl, a 14-year old freshman later known simply by her initials to protect her privacy, T.L.O., denied that she had been smoking. Choplick thought T.L.O. was lying, of course. He forced her to come into his office so he could search her purse. Inside the purse, he found a pack of cigarettes. Next to the cigarettes, in plain view, were rolling papers, which he thought might be used for marijuana, so he kept searching the purse. He also found a pipe, empty plastic bags, a bunch of $1 bills rolled up together, an index card that apparently listed students who owed T.L.O. money, and even two letters seeming to show that T.L.O. was dealing marijuana. Choplick reported what he found to the police, giving what he found in the purse to them as evidence. T.L.O. later voluntarily confessed to police that she had been selling marijuana at the high school. Based on the confession and seized evidence, the state of New Jersey charged T.L.O. with possession of marijuana in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court of Middlesex County. However, her lawyer argued the evidence from the purse shouldn’t be allowed in court, as it was obtained illegally since this went against the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. That’s a law known as the “exclusionary rule,” by the way. The Court allowed the evidence to be used anyway, and found her guilty, sentencing her to probation for one year. She was also fined $1,000 and expelled from school. But T.L.O. appealed to the Superior Court of New Jersey. But it agreed with the lower court, saying the exclusionary rule did not apply to school officials and they could certainly search a student’s personal property. So T.L.O. appealed again, this time to the New Jersey Supreme Court, who reversed the lower decision and sided with T.L.O. It argued the Fourth Amendment does apply to searches and seizures made by school officials in public schools. So this time New Jersey appealed, and the Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments on March 28, 1984, and then again on October 2, 1984. The big question was “does the exclusionary rule apply to searches conducted by school officials in public schools?”

Mr. Beat explains the Barbary Wars. Check out @Hikma History 's video about the Barbary pirates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z31mdgz19pM&feature=youtu.be Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ His Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Tabby Cat. All images and video either by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Sources/additional reading: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1801-1829/barbary-wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/first-barbary-war https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/heritage/banners/battle-streamers/barbary-wars.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Barbary_War http://projects.leadr.msu.edu/usforeignrelations/exhibits/show/barbary-wars/second-barbary-war The story begins with the Barbary pirates, who operated from the coast of North Africa and pretty much terrorized ships sailing in the Mediterranean Sea. They came from the Ottoman Empire provinces of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, as well as the Sultanate of Morocco, collectively known as the Barbary States. The pirates, also known as corsairs, seized ships mainly in order to kidnap passengers to sell them as slaves. Historians estimate that the Barbary pirates captured at least 1 million Europeans between the 1500s and 1800s. For centuries, European countries had been fighting these pirates. And now these pirates set their eyes on a new target- merchant ships from a brand new country called the United States. You see, countries like Britain and France were able to avoid the pirates by bribing the Barbary state governments and simply just having an intimidating navy force. The United States, did not have much of a navy, and could not afford to bribe the Barbary States, and so...pirates constantly preyed on American merchant ships. Throughout the 1790s, however, the United States government did start paying the Barbary state governments to protect its ships. In 1801, the leader of Tripoli, Yusuf Qaramanli, demanded more money from the Americans, but Thomas Jefferson, the American President at the time, refused to pay him. In response, Qaramanli declared war on the United States. This was the beginning of the Barbary Wars, and it was the first time the United States encountered the Islamic world. Jefferson didn’t know Qaramanli had declared war, though, and sent some battleships, under the command of Commodore Richard Dale, with gifts and heartfelt letters to attempt to keep the peace with the Barbary states. Now, Jefferson suspected a declaration of war might have been possible, and told Dale to defend his ships if they were attacked and to blockade the harbors of any states who had declared war on the United States in order to protect merchant ships. A group of Swedish ships joined them, but here’s the thing..the Swedes were already at war with Tripoli. After they got to the Mediterranean Sea, they found out about the declaration of war. But the Americans got lots of help from King Ferdinand IV of the Kingdom of Naples and confidently sailed toward the Barbary States. On August 1, 1801, the Americans defeated and captured a Tripolitan pirate ship. The next year, Congress gave President Jefferson more resources to continue fighting the pirates, slowly building up a navy. Throughout 1803, Commodore Edward Preble created several successful blockades of Barbary ports, while also organizing raids against Barbary cities that protected the pirates. However, in October, Tripoli was able to capture the USS Philadelphia and take its crew as hostages. But before Tripoli could do much with the ship, an American navy team under Lieutenant Stephen Decatur snuck into the harbor and set fire to it on February 16, 1804. On July 14, Preble led a full on attack on Tripoli which led to the Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor. Master Commandant Richard Somers led a bold attack with his fire ship USS Intrepid. That ship didn’t make it, however. Though it was not entirely clear, it’s likely it was Tripoli who destroyed the ship through gunfire hitting explosives on it. After this, Jefferson was able to persuade Congress to get him more ships to send to the Mediterranean. The navy appointed Commodore Samuel Barron to lead eleven ships to enforce its biggest blockade yet of Tripoli. Did it work? Well, it definitely put the pressure on Tripoli. #apush #barbarywars #ushistory

Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Atlanta, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina, two of the fastest growing major cities of the American South. #atlanta #charlotte #compared #geography Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music: "Fine Line" by Geographer. Check out these Atlanta-based channels... That Was History: youtube.com/thatwashistory Heimler's History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_bOoi0e3L3SJ1xx5TZWHPw Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Sources/further reading: https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/behold-the-sprawl-of-2060-when-atlanta-and-charlotte-finally-converge/ https://insight22.com/2019/08/03/how-does-charlotte-compare-to-atlanta/ https://www.bestplaces.net/compare-cities/charlotte_nc/atlanta_ga/people https://versus.com/en/atlanta-vs-charlotte http://marynewsom.blogspot.com/2009/05/atlanta-vs-charlotte-for-king-of-south.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TuGG7pyHvk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlZv_pN-1C8 https://www.forbes.com/places/nc/charlotte/ https://www.forbes.com/places/ga/atlanta/ https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/you-know-when-youre-an-atlantan-when/ https://datausa.io/profile/geo/atlanta-ga https://datausa.io/profile/geo/charlotte-nc/ https://www.atlantaga.gov/visitors/history https://www.charlottesgotalot.com/articles/history/the-history-of-charlotte https://blog.cudoo.com/10-interesting-facts-about-atlanta-ga Creative commons photo credits: James Willamor frankieleon J. Glover (AUtiger) Lee Coursey RTABus Kristain Baty dbking AlexiusHoratius seanpinto Grant Baldwin the US National Whitewater Center Bz3rk treybunn2 Michael Barera Ken Lund Saibo Murr Rhame Charlotte, North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia or Queen City and The ATL Two of the biggest cities in the Southern United States, just four hours apart on Interstate 85. In fact, the rivalry between the NFL teams of both cities, the Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons, is even called the “I-85 Rivalry.” But it’s not just a football rivalry. Plenty of folks from both cities talk trash about each other. Atlanta has more than twice as many residents. But both have a similar population density. Both have about the same median age. (A-33.5, C-33.9) Both have a lot of African American residents, although Atlanta has more (A-54%, C-35%). Both have similar climates. A humid subtropical climate, to be specific. Both get a lot of rain each year, but Atlanta gets more (A- 52 in, C- 43 in). Both don’t get much snow, but since it gets slightly colder in the winter in Charlotte due to it being further north, it does get more. Mostly, though, both are known for somewhat mild winters, which is a big reason why so many folks have been moving to both in recent decades. Speaking of which, Atlanta was the 8th-fastest growing city last year and Charlotte was the 9th. Both are far enough inland that they rarely get hit by hurricanes. Both have a bike sharing system. Both are known for great barbecue. Both call any soft drink not soda or pop but Coke. Ah, but it’s Atlanta that is home to the world headquarters of Coca-Cola, the largest Coke company in the world. Er, I mean, the largest soft drink company in the world. Atlanta has lots of huge companies headquartered there, actually, like UPS, Delta, Newell Rubbermaid, and Home Depot. Oh yeah? Well Charlotte has Bank of America, Honeywell, Duke Energy, Brighthouse Financial, and Lowe’s. Wait, Atlanta has Home Depot and Charlotte has Lowe’s? This is getting good. Major industries in Atlanta include financial services, telecommunications, and technology, although the city is also known for its TV and film industry. Due to Georgia’s generous tax credits, producers have filmed A LOT of movies and TV shows in the city in recent years. Hollywood South represent. Major industries in Charlotte also include financial services, but also energy, and automotive ...particularly motorsports. Wait...what? Motorsports? Heck yeah. And Charlotte has a growing TV and film industry presence, too. But yeah, let’s just focus on differences for the rest of the video. First of all, Atlanta is Georgia’s state capital.

Mr. Beat walked to Iowa to check out the 2020 Iowa caucuses. The whole world has its eyes on Iowa tomorrow, but why? And...should it really care what happens in Iowa? Is the Iowa Caucus overrated? A special thanks to @JJMcCullough for collaborating with me for this episode, and for helping me film and providing footage for my video as well. J.J.'s Iowa Caucus video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-yWA0SAeWg Subscribe to J.J.: https://www.youtube.com/user/wartmamu Why is Iowa first for the caucus and primary elections? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4phP9AEnFOE Also, thanks to Dan Dutcher for helping film, and thanks to the AP Archive for additional footage and Gage Skidmore for additional images. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ His Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). All images and video either by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Electric Needle Room's new children's album, "Just Kidding Around:" Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/yyf65v47 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5ayqjhn YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y374maup Apple: https://tinyurl.com/y6rjckls Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/y5ukdrnf Sources/additional reading: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/01/06/do-iowa-caucus-winners-win-presidency-party-nomination-general-election/2828834001/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_caucuses?scrlybrkr=b0564c8d First of all, what IS a caucus? Well, it’s a gathering of local members of a political party who register their preference among candidates running for public office. Based on how much support candidates get, they get a certain number of delegates to represent them at their political party’s national convention. The caucus in Iowa is different than a primary that most other states later do, in that people literally shout at each other in schools and community centers in order to convince each other to support one candidate, and then count up the winners. Each candidate needs at least 15 percent of the support in the room to get recognized in the precinct. So is the Iowa Caucus overrated? Is it too much hype? Can it really predict the nominee? Well maybe? Actually, it kind of depends on the political party the candidate is in. Since 1972, when the Iowa caucus first became a thing, USA TODAY reported that 70% of the Democratic Party’s Iowa caucus winners went on to become its presidential nominee. However, just 37.5% of the Republican Party’s Iowa caucus winners went on to become its presidential nominee. So based on this short history, one of these people, ok except Deval Patrick...sorry Deval...has a 70% chance of becoming the nominee if they win the Iowa caucus. And now the bad news for one of these people… Iowa caucuses are terrible at predicting who will actually be the next president. Just two Democrats and one Republican since 1972 have made it all the way to winning the presidency after first winning the Iowa caucus. #iowacaucus #2020election #presidentialelection

Mr. Beat explains the scary India/Pakistan rivalry. Here is the Cynical Historian's video looking at England vs. France: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HZTEmflKj4&feature=youtu.be Subscribe to the Cynical Historian: https://www.youtube.com/user/CynicalCypher88 Special thanks to Syawish from the channel Al Muqaddimah for looking over the script. Subscribe to Al Muqaddimah: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf0O2efB4K66UUaT7QJPVNA #indiavspakistan #india #pakistan Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ His Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). All images and video either by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Electric Needle Room's new children's album, "Just Kidding Around:" Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/yyf65v47 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5ayqjhn YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y374maup Apple: https://tinyurl.com/y6rjckls Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/y5ukdrnf Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Creative Commons image credits: Anil Kaushik Azm Rehman Usman Nandanupadhyay Sources/further reading: https://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/day-nuclear-conflict-was-averted https://sites.hks.harvard.edu/fs/akhwaja/papers/The%20Big%20March%20-%20Migratory%20Flows%20After%20Partition%20of%20India%20Feb%202008.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India–Pakistan_relations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2017/08/india-pakistan-bangladesh-formed-170807142655673.html https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/06/29/the-great-divide-books-dalrymple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_wars_and_conflicts https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/india-revokes-kashmir-special-status-latest-updates-190806134011673.html https://www.timesnownews.com/international/article/pakistan-downscales-diplomatic-relationship-suspends-bilateral-trade-with-india/465213 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47412884 India and Pakistan. Two major Asian countries. Both own nukes, and the world was scared they might actually use those nukes against each other back in 1999. Some folks are scared that might use them against each other TODAY. Holy crap. But woah...don’t click away now...I don’t mean to get you scared. Let’s go back and take a look at the history of India–Pakistan relations. We will begin this story with the end of British Raj...aka British rule on the Indian subcontinent. Yep, the British controlled all that. But in 1947, the British Parliament granted all of it independence. But it would be tricky. It created two new dominion states: the Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan. However, there were over 500 sovereign princely states ruled by local monarchs, as well as French, Portuguese, and Omani territories on the subcontinent. The princely states had the option to join India or Pakistan by signing the Instrument of Accession, or they could remain independent. So why just these two new states? Why just Pakistan and India? Well it all was rooted in what is known as the two-nation theory. The two-nation theory argued that the main unifying force for Muslims on the Indian subcontinent was their religion, not their language or ethnicity, and that they should all be together in one country. And therefore, Hindus and Muslims were two distinct nations. The Dominion of Pakistan would mainly be a Muslim state, and the Union of India would mainly be a Hindu state. At midnight on August 15th, 1947, India and Pakistan legally came into existence. Within a period of less than 4 years, at least 14.5 million people migrated on the subcontinent. Millions of Muslims left everything they had behind to either West Pakistan or East Pakistan, which later became Bangladesh, and millions of Hindus headed the opposite direction. It was one of the biggest and most rapid migrations in human history. And this mass migration wasn’t pretty. Hundreds of thousands did not make it. Although Hindus, Muslims, and this other religious group called the Sikhs had got along for the most part for hundreds of years, now there was an outbreak of sectarian violence, usually with Hindus and Sikhs on one side and Muslims on the other. It’s estimated as many as 2 million people were killed after the Partition of India. It also led to a refugee crisis. Things were particularly violent in Punjab, a region in India that was the heart of the largest Sikh community in the world and bordered West Pakistan, and Bengal, a region in India that bordered East Pakistan.

Mr. Beat takes an 8th grade graduation test from 1895. Well, supposedly. This test has been floating around the internet for years, but was it really an 8th grade graduation test? #history #socialstudies #geography Thanks to John Johnson, my Patreon supporter who suggested this video topic. Also, thanks to my lovely wife, Mrs. Beat, for grading the test and helping me out with this video. Have an idea for a video Mr. Beat should do? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music: "Stay Golden" by Dyalia Sources/further reading: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/1895-exam/ Here is the test: http://www.korpisworld.com/Mathematics/math%20leftovers/could_you_have_passed_the_8th_gr.htm Answers to 1895 Salina 8th grade graduation test: http://freedom-school.com/aware/1885-8th-grade-exam-answers.html https://www.truthorfiction.com/1895exam/ https://progressive.org/dispatches/debunking-ben-carson-better-educated-1830s/ https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1483383/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgYJTwciKD0 A few years ago, I saw stories floating around the internet about how an 8th grade graduation test from 1895 was so difficult that most adults today would not be able to pass it. These stories were essentially saying we are all so dumb today that and they were so smart back then, right? The logic also being that my grandparents, who stopped going to school after 8th grade, actually got more schooling than these darn kids today do. Darn kids. But hold on...let’s take a look at this test. How difficult WAS it?

Here are the 10 best governors in American history, according to Mr. Beat. For his 10 WORST governors in American history, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eQjl2Br-XY Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Honorable mentions: James Blanchard Sam Houston Bill Weld Floyd Olsen George Clinton Mario Cuomo Pat Brown Epaphroditus Ransom - Shout out to Mr. Dunn for bringing him to my attention Gary Johnson Adelbert Ames Oliver Morton Terry Sanford Benjamin Gatz Brown Earl Long William Milliken Edwin Johnson Andrew Gregg Curtin Music by Tabby Cat. Produced by Matt Beat. All images found in the public domain, used under fair use guidelines, or original content from Matt Beat. Creative commons image credits: CC-BY-SA-3.0/Matt H. Wade at Wikipedia Runner1928 McGhiever Gage Skidmore Famartin Joe Loong Matthew D. Wilson Mr. Beat's top 10 governors, with sources referenced: #10 James Beaver https://web.archive.org/web/20070501001930/http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/governors/beaver.asp?secid=31 https://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-3BD #9 Ann Richards https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/archive/html/exec/governors/31.html https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Lessons-from-governor-Ann-Richards-Play-12707682.php #8 Jesse “The Body” Ventura https://www.thenation.com/article/ventura-legacy/ http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/200212/17_mccalluml_venturalegacy/ Don't Start the Revolution Without Me! by Jesse Ventura #7 Clyde Tingley https://www.abqjournal.com/327880/clyde-tingley-a-man-for-all-seasons.html https://www.abqjournal.com/637303/author-seeks-help-in-telling-other-half-of-clyde-tingley-story.html Clyde Tingley's New Deal for New Mexico: 1935-1938 by Lucinda Lucero Sachs #6 Percival Baxter https://www.friendsofbaxter.org/park/baxters-vision https://maineanencyclopedia.com/percival-p-baxter/ #5 DeWitt Clinton https://www.nga.org/governor/dewitt-clinton/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWitt_Clinton #4 George Romney https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/08/how-george-romney-championed-civil-rights-and-challenged-his-church/261073/ #3 William Seward https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/78406/10-resolute-facts-about-william-seward #2 Huey Long https://time.com/4020709/huey-long-anniversary/ https://www.hueylong.com/life-times/governor.php https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/06/12/the-big-sleazy Yeah, I know...he’s turned into a meme, and he still is a controversial figure, but the more I’ve learned about Huey Long over the years, the more I appreciate him. Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932, today he is known as your standard populist...or even demagogue. And that’s fair, he often told people what they wanted to hear, but I think he really believed what he said. When he ran for governor, he ran under the slogan “every man a king, but no one wears a crown.” His whole thing was that the rich were exploiting the poor in his state, so it was time the poor finally got their due. He campaigned in the rural areas of the state often neglected by the New Orleans and Baton Rouge elite. It’s important to realize that in 1928, during a time of widespread poverty and 75% illiteracy in Louisiana, a poll tax and literacy tests kept most of the poor from voting in the state. But Long handily won in the election thanks to those rural voters, and he scared the crap out of the political establishment, especially with all this talk of taxing the rich more. Long got a bad rap since he did fire many of his opponents once in office. Loyalty was huge to him. But once he consolidated his power, he got lots done, creating a free textbook program for schoolchildren and building up roads, bridges, hospitals, and schools. He literally would show up announced to the Senate or House to almost bully his legislation through when opponents tried to block it. He didn’t feel bad, though, since these opponents were usually funded by business interests. #1 Robert La Follette https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-035/ Robert La Follette cared. And he was extremely influential. Governor of Wisconsin from 1901 to 1906, La Follette was one of the key figures of the entire Progressive Era. He became the poster child of “The Wisconsin Idea,” which called for the breaking up of monopolies and trusts and an end to out of control income inequality. La Follette also believed it was due time that democracy had expanded in the country. As governor, he was able to weaken the railroad monopoly by taxing and regulating the industry. He also made direct primary elections a thing and reformed the state civil service. Fighting Bob was also a charismatic speaker who inspired tens of thousands. #bestgovernors #ushistory #usgovernors

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. In episode 51 of Supreme Court Briefs, animal guts in the drinking water of New Orleans leads to the first major interpretation of the 14th Amendment by the Supreme Court. #supremecourtbriefs #slaughterhousecases #apgov Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Merch: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Electric Needle Room's new children's album, "Just Kidding Around:" Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/yyf65v47 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5ayqjhn YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y374maup Apple: https://tinyurl.com/y6rjckls Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/y5ukdrnf Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/83us36 Other sources used: Age of Betrayal: The Triumph of Money in America, 1865-1900 by Jack Beatty Race Matters, Animal Matters: Fugitive Humanism in African America, 1840-1930 by Lindgren Johnson https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/83/36 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaughter-House_Cases https://ij.org/center-for-judicial-engagement/programs/victims-of-abdication/the-slaughterhouse-cases-1873/ https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/happy-birthday-john-bingham-one-of-americas-forgotten-second-founders https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-slaughterhouse-cases-interpreting-the-reconstruction-amendments https://lasc.libguides.com/c.php?g=860861&p=6200421 Photo credits/Creative Commons: Tom Bastin New Orleans, Louisiana, 1867 3,000 residents die from cholera, a horrible disease characterized by having violent diarrhea until you’re dehydrated. How did they get cholera? From drinking the water. This is not surprising, as New Orleans water at the time was filthy. The president of the Board of Health testified, “When the river is low, it is not uncommon to see intestines and portions of putrefied animal matter lodged immediately around the pipes.” Yep, animal guts were in the drinking water, and citizens were dying horrible deaths after drinking it. So how did the animal guts get in the drinking water in the first place? Well, just outside of the city, around 1,000 butchers gutted over 300,000 animals per year. New Orleans begged the Louisiana state legislature to do something about it. They did, passing a law that granted a monopoly to the Crescent City Livestock Landing and Slaughtering Company, saying that only it could run a slaughterhouse in New Orleans. The company would not actually butcher animals, but rent out space to other butchers in the city for a fee. Well, it turns out the Crescent City folks had bribed the Louisiana legislature to give them the monopoly, and a bunch of butchers didn’t like this so much. More than 400 butchers of the Butchers’ Benevolent Association- what a great name- joined up to sue the Crescent City Company, saying that their monopoly created involuntary servitude, which went against the 13th Amendment of the Constitution. They also argued the monopoly prevented them from getting property and hurt their freedom to make money, bringing up the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the recently ratified 14th Amendment. There were many lawsuits, and the butchers lost every single one of them. However, six of the butchers appealed to the Louisiana Supreme Court, which agreed with the lower courts. So the butchers appealed again to the Supreme Court, since this is a Supreme Court Briefs episode, ya know, and the Court agreed to look at their cases, hearing oral arguments in January and February of 1873. Remember, the 14th Amendment had passed less than five years prior, and the Court was still trying to figure out its implications. John A. Campbell, who represented the butchers and used to be a federal judge but stepped down due to his Confederate loyalties, argued that the 14th Amendment should be interpreted broadly to protect equality not just for the recently freed slaves, but all Americans. Matthew H. Carpenter, who represented Louisiana, argued the monopoly of the Crescent City Company was justified as a way to protect public health and safety. The Court announced their decision on April 14, 1873. They sided with Louisiana. It was a close one. 5-4. The Court held the monopoly did not go against the 13th and 14th Amendments because the 13th was about ending slavery and the 14th was about then giving equality to former slaves. In other words, you couldn’t expand those two Amendments to all groups of people.

Sponsored by Dashlane — Go to https://www.dashlane.com/mrbeat to get a 30-day trial, or use promo code “MRBEAT” to get 10% off of Dashlane Premium. #dashlane Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two Iberian Peninsula countries that once dominated the entire world. #spain #portugal Check out The Exploration: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyuAKnN3g2fZ7_R9irgEUZQ Check out The Felt Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCC38u45KCmNDe9X4ozxqlA Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Doug Maxwell. Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Sources/further reading: https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/spain/portugal https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare/spain.portugal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Portuguese_and_Spanish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/portuguese-population-shrinking/49936 https://www.jetsetter.com/magazine/spain-vs-portugal-for-vacation/ https://www.statista.com/topics/2481/portugal/ https://www.statista.com/topics/2503/spain/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/santa-marta-coffin-parade https://time.com/longform/portugal-drug-use-decriminalization/ Photo credits/creative commons: Marco.veloso Christof1887 RedCoat10 Magica Henrique José Teixeira Matos Celestebombin Jtspotau Vernaccia Tamorlan Portugal and Spain, or the Portuguese Republic and the Kingdom of Spain The two neighboring southwestern European countries that make up most of the Iberian Peninsula. At one point in history, the two had major empires around the world, and were two of the early major players during the Age of Exploration, but more on that a little later. Despite both not being that particularly big as countries go, both have had a tremendous influence over the entire world. One example of that? Well around 250 million people around the world today speak Portuguese, the official language of Portugal. Around 525 million people around the world today speak Spanish, the official language of Spain, making it the fourth most-spoken language in the world. The largest city in both countries is also the capital. However, Madrid, the capital and largest city in Spain, is two and a half times bigger than Lisbon, the capital and largest city in Portugal. Both have among the highest life expectancy in the entire world. (S-83.3, P-81.3) The average age in both is about the same. (S-43, P-42.2) Both have islands quite a ways off the mainland in the Atlantic Ocean. Spain has the Canary Islands down here. Portugal has the Azores and Madeira here and here. Spain also has the Balearic Islands of its east coast. On the mainland, both generally don’t have to worry about natural disasters that much. Sure, there are occasional earthquakes, but rarely do the earthquakes do that much damage. One big exception is a devastating earthquake that almost completely destroyed Lisbon in 1755. Both have a lot of debt, although Portugal’s debt is worse. The poverty rate is about the same in both, although it’s a bit higher in Portugal. (S-21.6%, P- 23.3%) Both are in the European Union. Both don’t have the death penalty nor life in prison for crimes. In fact, Portugal was the first country in the world to get rid of life in prison, way back in 1884. Football, aka soccer... is the most popular sport in both countries. Well duh. The running of the bulls is a regular crazy event in both countries, although it’s the one in Pamplona, Spain that gets worldwide attention every year. A passionate minority in both also loves bullfighting. But what about their differences? There’s actually quite a bit more. Spain also has almost five times as many people. (S- 49 million, P- 10.3 million) While Spain’s population has been growing at a slow pace, Portugal’s population has been shrinking for several years now. Spain borders not only Portugal to the west, but also France and the tiny country of Andorra to the north. Morocco is also just a 14 km jump over the Strait of Gibraltar. Portugal, the westernmost country of continental Europe, is only bordered by Spain and is often like, “Spain, get off me bro!” Spain is more religious. While the majority of residents in both identify as Roman Catholic, over 27% of Spain residents have no religion.

Was John Brown a hero or terrorist? The answer is not so simple. In this documentary, Mr. Beat examines the life and times of the most (in)famous abolitionist in history. I recently had the opportunity to stand on John Brown's nose: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NED1G4aaFjI Check out the book John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights https://amzn.to/2XR0FY6 A special thanks to Grady Atwater for letting me interview him. I'd argue Atwater is one the world's leading experts on John Brown. Also, a special thanks to John Crow, a student of mine who colored the opening picture of Brown. Have an idea for a video Mr. Beat should do? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music: "New Moon" by Bad Snacks and "The Fires" by Otis McDonald. Photo credits/creative commons: Mobilus In Mobili Lcm1863 Tony Fischer Mwanner | Talk Sources/further reading: https://www.vmi.edu/archives/stonewall-jackson-resources/john-brown-execution-eyewitness/ https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/john-brown/11731 http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/jbrown/family.html https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/florella-brown-adair/11963 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_(abolitionist) https://www.americanheritage.com/father-american-terrorism?page=show https://www.famous-trials.com/johnbrown/614-browconstitution https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/John_Brown https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/1872apr/sanborn.htm http://www.wvculture.org/history/jbexhibit/jbchildren.html http://www.wvculture.org/history/jbexhibit/jbchapter2.html Fire From the Midst of You: A Religious Life of John Brown by Louis A. DeCaro (2002) Brown, Justus Newton (September–October 1916). "Lovejoy's Influence on John Brown". Magazine of History with Notes and Queries. 23 (3–4). pp. 97–102. Great video about the Battle of Black Jack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUp1cS2ec0M John Brown was born in Torrington, Connecticut on May 9, 1800. His parents, Owen and Ruth Brown. He was the fourth one born of their eight kids. No, he didn’t look like that when he was a baby. No one knows what he looked like when he was a baby, silly. Brown’s family moved around a lot when he was a kid, but he spent most of his youth in Ohio. He had a very religious upbringing. Owen and Ruth also raised John to absolutely hate slavery. At 16 years old, he left his family and went to Plainfield, Massachusetts, where he studied to become a Congregationalist minister. Ultimately, though, Brown went into the same business as his dad. He raised cattle and worked as a tanner. You know, making leather from animal skins. At one point he was also a surveyor. You know, checking out the land and stuff. In 1820, he married Dianthe Lusk. The couple eventually had 7 children together, and ended up settling in New Richmond, Pennsylvania. This is what’s left of the tannery John Brown ran while living there. Between 1825 and 1835, the tannery was an important stop on the Underground Railroad. No it wasn’t an actual railroad, you silly goose. The Underground Railroad was just what they called the secret network of routes and safe houses used to aid runaway slaves. It’s estimated that Brown helped more than 2,500 slaves at that tannery. The 1830s didn’t begin so well for Brown. In 1831, his 4-year old son Frederick died. Brown himself got really sick and his businesses struggled, causing him to get in big debt. The next year, Dianthe died while giving birth to an unnamed son who also died shortly afterward. Clearly, this was a low point in Brown’s life, but he soon met someone new...Mary Ann Day. She was 16. He was 32. They married on June 14, 1833. Eventually, they had 13 more kids together, although only six of them made it to adulthood. In 1836, the Browns moved to what is now Kent, Ohio. The next year, after a pro-slavery mob murdered the influential abolitionist Elijah Parish Lovejoy, Brown stood up in the back of a church and said “Here, before God, in the presence of these witnesses, from this time, I consecrate my life to the destruction of slavery.” Meanwhile, in Ohio he had attempted again to operate a tannery, but struggled to make money from it. By 1839, he was again heavily in debt, and ended up losing his farm and getting arrested when he refused to give it up to its new owner. #johnbrown #apush #americanhistory

Mr. Beat and Mr. Barris explain political spectrums and why the whole left versus right paradigm does more harm than good. Be sure to subscribe to This is Barris! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfveSKkxngPNNHLoDhqjaOg Thanks again to Mr. Barris for helping me make this video! Have an idea for a video Mr. Beat should do? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Electric Needle Room's new children's album, "Just Kidding Around:" Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/yyf65v47 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5ayqjhn YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y374maup Apple: https://tinyurl.com/y6rjckls Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/y5ukdrnf #politics #leftwing #rightwing Sources/further reading: https://time.com/5673239/left-right-politics-origins/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/06/the-left-right-political-spectrum-is-bogus/373139/ https://unionwatch.org/avoiding-the-oversimplifications-of-right-wing-vs-left-wing/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_spectrum http://www.rationalrevolution.net/articles/redefining_the_political_spectru.htm https://www.politicalcompass.org/ What do people mean when they say that they are “right wing” or “left wing” or on The Right or The Left? Well, the whole left vs. right political spectrum started during the French Revolution. For more about this, I’m going to send you to Barris, from the channel This is Barris! So HERE is Barris. Thank you for having me over Mr. Beat! To discover the origins of the left v right paradigm, one must go as far as 1789 with the creation of the National Constituent Assembly, whose main task was to create a constitution. Now, while France is proudly republican today and any trace of royalty has long been guillotined away, that wasn’t always the case and a large portion of the population supported the King, or at least those who represented that population. As such when on November 11th, 1789, the assembly had to vote on whether the constitution would grant the King an absolute veto or a partial veto, those who favored an absolute veto were asked to sit on the right of the President of the Assembly and those who favored a partial veto, which was the more radical position, were asked to sit on the President of the Assembly. This wasn’t done symbolically but… to make the vote count easier for the President of the Assembly who felt a bit overwhelmed by the 1,500 deputies. And just like that, France started this idea of change vs tradition, of liberalism vs conservatism which still shapes the political landscape to this day! It would take another century before the left vs right spectrum became popular outside of France. In the beginning of the 20th century, as revolutions were sprouting across the world, the press and academics needed a quick way to categorize the different ideologies that were fighting each other, especially as these ideologies, both left and right, became increasingly radical. For example, the Bolsheviks, who loved anything related to the French revolution, immediately embraced the leftwing v rightwing spectrum but used themselves as the center. In England, however, it took longer to become popular and books only started referencing it in the late 1920s. Adoption in the US was just as slow but eventually, as partisanship increased in the 1960s during the civil rights movement, the idea of a left vs right political spectrum cemented along the beliefs of both parties. Well, often the political spectrum looks something like this. On the left side of politics, you tend to see ideas like liberty, equality (aka egalitarianism), progress, and internationalism. On the right side of politics, you tend to see ideas like authority, hierarchy, tradition, and nationalism. On the left, you often see reform, while on the right, you often see reaction. Those on the left tend to want MORE government involvement to make society better. They want it more top down, while those on the right tend to want LESS government involvement to make society better. They want it bottom up. Ideas on the left are often called “liberal” and ideas on the right are often called “conservative.”

Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/LiTA30prDWy Check out AlternateHistoryHub's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKNv0zWENlc Subscribe to AlternateHistoryHub: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClfEht64_NrzHf8Y0slKEjw Mr. Beat tries to start a country in Antarctica. Wait a second...CAN he do that? Have an idea for a video Mr. Beat should do? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). #antarctica #geography #socialstudies Sources/further reading: http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/people-in-antarctica/who-owns-antarctica https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/icebridge/multimedia/fall11/antarctica-US.html https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/first-landing-antarctica https://www.wired.com/2010/05/polar-race-gallery/ https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/explore/race-south-pole-1911 https://www.ukaht.org/learn/the-mechanical-age/ https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/science/can_you_live_in_antarctica.php https://www.grunge.com/94688/secrets-living-antarctica/ https://www.thelostgirlsguide.com/destinations/antarctica/5-types-people-visit-antarctica https://ehne.fr/en/article/europe-europeans-and-world/colonial-expansion-and-imperialisms/antarctica-european-invention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_claims_in_Antarctica?scrlybrkr=519786bb https://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/eco-tourism/stories/a-few-unclaimed-lands-still-there-for-the-taking Photo credits/fair use: Antarctic96 Government of Argentina Daniel Leussler Kuno Lechner UnturnedFighter Antarctica? Yes, that frozen continent at the bottom of the globe. It’s the highest, driest, coldest, windiest, and brightest of all the continents. And it’s probably bigger than most folks realize, about the size of the United States and Mexico combined, bigger than Europe, and almost twice the size of Australia. 90% of all ice on Earth is in a giant ice sheet on Antarctica. We’re talking millions of years of snowfall piled up, most which has never melted. This ice is up to three miles high, and would raise sea levels worldwide by more than 200 feet if it ever melted. So anyway, why would I, let alone anyone, want a country in a frozen wasteland? Well, for almost all of human history, no one did. The first documented discovery of the continent by humans was in 1820, when a Russian expedition spotted it. The Russians were like, the heck with this place, and for most of the rest of the century no one dared set foot there since it is such a hostile environment. Not only is it so cold there, it is isolated, surrounded by sea ice, and those seas are also very rough. Finally, on January 24, 1895, a team of Norwegians and one New Zealander were able to land on Antarctica. Several others would soon follow. During what’s known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration of the late 1800s/early 1900s, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, France, Japan, Norway, Australia, and New Zealand all led expeditions on the continent. They were brutal. 22 men died in total on these expeditions. In 1911, Norway’s Roald Amundsen and Britain’s Robert Falcon Scott literally were in a race to be the first person to ever reach the South Pole. Amundsen got their first, and tragically Scott ended up dying on his way back after getting there second. In 1928, Hubert Wilkins and Ben Eielson made the first successful flight to Antarctica. 7 years later, Lincoln Ellsworth and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon made the first successful flight across the entire continent. Meanwhile, by that time, the United Kingdom, France, Norway, and Germany had all claimed territory in Antarctica. So you might be wondering….when did people actually start living there? Well, no one has ever lived there permanently. They are temporary residents, most just living a few months or maybe years at a time then returning to their home country. Actually, Argentina was the first to send settlers to be there for longer periods way back in 1904. It set up a small base on one of the South Orkney islands after purchasing a meteorological observatory, even though the United Kingdom had claimed that area. Argentina and Chile were both worried about those aforementioned European countries and later Australia claiming territory in Antarctica, and both set out to make as many claims as they could.

The first 100 people to go to https://www.blinkist.com/mrbeat are going to get unlimited access for 1 week to try it out. You’ll also get 25% off if you want the full membership. A special thanks to Peter from the channel Stacks and Facts for reading over my script! Check out his channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC37J30wHpQOtc1vzuN6OdDA Check out J.J. McCullough's Vancouver video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3SxUWbsPKw&feature=youtu.be Subscribe to his channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyhOl6uRlxryALlT5yifldw Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Cascadia's two largest cities, Seattle and Vancouver. #geography #compared #cascadia Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room. Check out Electric Needle Room's new children's album, "Just Kidding Around:" Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/yyf65v47 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5ayqjhn YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y374maup Apple: https://tinyurl.com/y6rjckls Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/y5ukdrnf Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Sources/further reading: https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article207070764.html https://www.metromba.com/2019/08/seattle-or-vancouver/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/data/114000-more-people-seattle-now-this-decades-fastest-growing-big-city-in-all-of-united-states/ https://versus.com/en/seattle-vs-vancouver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Canada&city1=Vancouver&country2=United+States&city2=Seattle%2C+WA https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-most-expensive-housing-market-canada-2019 https://matadornetwork.com/life/why-vancouver-owns-seattle/ https://creamofilms.com/2018/06/01/why-does-everything-seemed-to-be-filmed-in-vancouver/ https://www.forbes.com/places/wa/seattle/ http://www.metrovancouver.org/metro2040/sustainable-economy/employment-right-places/jobs-sectors/Pages/default.aspx https://www.bls.gov/regions/west/summary/blssummary_seattle.pdf https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Geo2=PR&Code2=01&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&TABID=1&B1=All&type=0&Code1=5915022&SearchText=vancouver http://mentalfloss.com/article/78450/25-things-you-should-know-about-vancouver http://mentalfloss.com/article/67858/25-things-you-should-know-about-seattle https://vancouver.ca/green-vancouver/goals-and-target.aspx https://www.britannica.com/place/Vancouver https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/liquor-flows-and-blood-spills-in-seattle-prohibition-bootleggers-rumrunners-graft-in-the-queen-city/ Creative commons/photo credits: Visit Seattle Steve Morgan Globalknitting Ron Clausen Clusternote Cornelia Schneider-Frank Xia li Mickey JT Diego Delso Wonderlane Two cities which, at first glance, seem very similar to each other. Although Seattle is an American city and Vancouver is a Canadian city, both are part of the same region, known as the Pacific Northwest, or sometimes known as Cascadia. Both have a temperate oceanic climate known for their generally cool temperatures and rainy weather. While both have four seasons, it never gets too cold in the winter and never too hot in the summer. Both can get snow in the winter and get A LOT of precipitation from November through January. Yep, those three months are cold, dark, and rainy. Both are in the infamous Ring of Fire, an area where lots of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions tend to occur. Both have about the same population in the actual city limits. (V- 675,218, S- 724,745). However, Seattle’s metro population has about 1.5 million more people. (V- 2.5 million, S- 4 million) But you could say Vancouver is a bigger deal in its home country, as it has the 3rd largest metro in all of Canada, while Seattle has the 15th largest metro. Seattle has been the fastest growing American big city of the past decade. While both are ethnically diverse, Vancouver is more so. 40% of Vancouver’s population is made up of immigrants. Around 28% of Vancouver residents are Chinese. It’s been called the “most Asian city outside of Asia.” Both have low pollution and are environmentally friendly. Both have pledged to go carbon neutral by 2050. I mean, overall both have a high quality of life, and thus...both cities are really expensive.

Mr. Beast asked YouTubers to plant trees. Since Mr. Beast is Mr. Beat's son (not really), he decided to plant a tree. #teamtrees #fundraiser Visit https://teamtrees.org/ How did #TeamTrees get started? #TeamTrees started in May 2019 when the internet challenged MrBeast to plant 20 million trees to commemorate hitting the 20M subscriber milestone. Fans then suggested he band together with a bunch of other YouTubers and influencers to make it happen. A growing group of them have been working hard for the past five months to set up the framework for this insane goal to have a fighting chance of success. Who exactly is the Arbor Day Foundation and why did you choose them over other tree planting NGOs? We quickly realized that to plant trees in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way we would need to partner with the professionals. After speaking with a number of people in the environmental space, the Arbor Day Foundation stood out as being the best. They are the longest-running tree planting NGO, with 47 years of experience, and they have the same Charity Navigator rating as the American Red Cross. Does my donation go directly to the Arbor Day Foundation? Yes. Donations through either TeamTrees.org, the YouTube donate button, Arbor Day’s #TeamTrees Facebook fundraiser, or the #TeamTrees tiltify fundraiser are sent directly to the Arbor Day Foundation to fund tree-planting. One dollar plants one tree. Is this donation tax-deductible? Since the Arbor Day Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization, there’s a good chance your monetary donation is tax deductible, but we recommend that you consult your tax professional, who’s familiar with your specific tax situation, to be sure. The Foundation’s Federal Tax ID number (also known as an EIN, Employer Identification Number) is 23-7169265. What does my donation actually go towards? For every dollar you donate, one tree will be planted in a forest of high need around the globe. It's that simple! Where are the trees are being planted? Due to the sheer volume of trees planted (20 million), they will be planted in a variety of forests on public and private lands in areas of great need. Many of these forests will be state and national forests managed by government agencies. The goal is to plant trees on every continent not named Antarctica! Click here to see a list of the Arbor Day Foundation’s previous work around the globe. Who will plant the trees? The Arbor Day Foundation works closely with professional forestry partners including the U.S. Forest Service, and other government agencies and NGOs. They collect donations and send the funds to their reforestation partners, enabling them to cover the costs required to plant the trees. When will the trees be planted? Trees will be planted throughout the year starting in January of 2020 and completed no later than December 2022. We treat your donation with the greatest respect, so we’re working with Arbor Day Foundation to ensure high survivability rates for all the trees planted as part of Team Trees. Sure, you could plant trees faster, but you’d be risking the integrity of this vision. What species are going to be planted? The Arbor Day Foundation always emphasizes planting native species where local conditions and forest plans allow. Their motto is to plant the right trees, in the right place, for the right reasons. Why are you planting trees instead of preserving ones that already exist? It is vitally important to protect, manage, and restore forests globally. We are focused on restoration because, according to the National Academy of Sciences, forest restoration has the most global climate mitigation potential compared to all other natural climate solutions. Restoring lands through tree planting is the Arbor Day Foundation’s area of expertise and something they’ve been doing for nearly five decades. There’s no silver bullet for fixing climate change, just silver buckshot, so we should actively pursue many different approaches including both preservation and restoration. I’m not signing up for junk mail am I? No. And we will never sell your data. Many people are requesting updates on our progress, so we will send those (sparingly) if you tell us you want them when you make your donation. How do I make my donation with Apple Pay? Apple Pay payments can only be processed through the Safari browser. To use Apple Pay, open Safari on your desktop or mobile browser and select the Apple Pay logo at the top of the Donate widget. How do I get in touch with #TeamTrees? If you have questions about your donation, contact [email protected]. For media inquiries, contact [email protected]. For everything else, email [email protected].

Get 70% off NordVPN! Only $3.49/mo, plus you get an additional month FREE at https://nordvpn.com/mrbeat and use code mrbeat Thanks to NordVPN for sponsoring this video Mr. Beat compares and contrasts two landlocked countries in the African Great Lakes region. Finally, Africa! #geography #compared Check out the whole #projectafrica playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLivC9TMdGnL_nFh7EtyLykEbzxCMH7nkB Previous episode: History Hustle: The East Africa Campaign (1914 – 1918) – WWI in Africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA-sG1gwl8M&list=PLivC9TMdGnL_nFh7EtyLykEbzxCMH7nkB&index=20 Next episode: The Cynical Historian: African History Disproves “Guns Germs and Steel” by Jared Diamond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OQmvRUdr3U&list=PLivC9TMdGnL_nFh7EtyLykEbzxCMH7nkB&index=22&t= Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room. Check out Electric Needle Room's new children's album, "Just Kidding Around:" Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/yyf65v47 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5ayqjhn YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y374maup Apple: https://tinyurl.com/y6rjckls Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/y5ukdrnf Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Sources/further reading: https://www.newsweek.com/burundi-and-rwanda-east-africas-bad-neighbors-460859 https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare/rwanda.burundi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burundi?scrlybrkr=e1d7cb18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda https://www.dw.com/en/rwandas-president-kagame-stokes-tension-with-neighbors/a-46951302 https://www.news24.com/Columnists/GuestColumn/burundis-president-nkurunziza-no-longer-considers-rwanda-a-partner-but-an-enemy-20181216 https://www.businessinsider.com/countries-youngest-populations-most-children-2019-9 https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/aug/08/burundi-malaria-outbreak-at-epidemic-levels-as-half-of-population-infected https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/african-countries-by-population-density.html https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/eg.elc.accs.zs?most_recent_value_desc=false https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/11/29/poorest-countries-world-2018/38429473/ https://freedomhouse.org/country/rwanda https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2018/burundi https://globaledge.msu.edu/countries/burundi/government https://globaledge.msu.edu/countries/rwanda/government https://tradingeconomics.com/burundi/indicators https://tradingeconomics.com/rwanda/indicators https://www.u4.no/publications/overview-of-corruption-in-rwanda https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/central-africa/burundi/burundi-deepening-corruption-crisis https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/cost-of-living/rwanda/burundi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Rwanda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Burundi https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/07/18/628364015/how-rwanda-tidied-up-its-streets-and-the-rest-of-the-country-too https://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/rwanda/history https://www.britannica.com/place/Burundi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Rwanda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Burundi Creative commons image credits: MONUSCO / Myriam Asmani Worldtraveller Dave Proffer Anynobody Jonathan Serex SuSanA Secretariat kevincure Dave Proffer Adam Jones, Ph.D. Dylan Walters PWRDF Carine06 FRANCESCA ANSALONI Amakuru CIAT IRRI Images Susa group Rwanda Environment Management Authority Burundi and Rwanda, or...officially the Republic of Burundi and the Republic of Rwanda Two small, bordering, landlocked countries in East Africa. Both in the African Great Lakes region. Burundi borders Lake Tanganyika, the second-largest and second-oldest freshwater lake in the world. And Rwanda borders Lake Kivu, a lake that is one of three known lakes to go through limnic eruptions. A limnic eruption is a rare type of natural disaster in which deep lake waters burst into a gas cloud that can kill any living creature near the lake. So if that ever happens, Rwanda would be very vulnerable. Tensions have been high between the two for a few years now. However, even though the current leaders of both have been talking trash, the two countries have a lot in common. For starters, they used to be part of the same kingdom. Ruanda-Urundi, which was once part of German East Africa, a territory ruled by Belgium between 1922 and 1962.

Mr. Beat explains why plurality voting is one of the worst ways to determine the winner of elections. Thanks to the Center for Election Science for their support in the making of this video. https://www.electionscience.org/ Want Mr. Beat to make a video about your suggested topic?Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music: "Mizuki" by Bad Snacks. Sources: https://medium.com/everylibrary/plurality-voting-and-how-to-improve-u-s-elections-be11a56eaba6 Herrade Igersheim, François Durand, Aaron Hamlin, Jean-François Laslier. Comparing Voting Methods: 2016 US Presidential Election. 2018. Ffhalshs-01972097f https://www.electionscience.org/commentary-analysis/approval-voting-honest-voters-had-a-preference-in-2016 https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_registered_2020_presidential_candidates https://www.electionscience.org/commentary-analysis/approval-voting-breaks-duvergers-law-gives-voters-more-options/ https://www.electionscience.org/library/the-center-squeeze-effect/ Photo credits/Creative Commons: Gabriel Vanslette First of all, what is plurality voting? It’s when a citizen only gets to vote for one candidate, and the candidate who gets the most votes, aka a plurality, wins the election. Ok, so why is plurality voting terrible? It only allows you to share your opinion about one candidate. You have opinions about everything. Think about it. You probably have strong opinions about types of music, or coffee chains, or even different toothpastes. And your opinion gets to be heard about those things due to participating in the economy. You choose what songs to listen to on Spotify, what coffee chain to satisfy your caffeine addiction, and what toothpaste will help you keep your breath so fresh and so clean clean. And just because you like one toothpaste, doesn’t mean you hate all the others. You may like all these coffee chains, so you buy coffee from all of them. But what about voting for those running for public office? Well, lots of people run for President. At the time of this video’s release, 880 Americans have officially filed to run for President in 2020. One of them is a friend from college, Ryan Von Bevern. Ryan has some great ideas, but chances are, you’ve never heard of him. As a matter of fact, you likely would think that many of those 880 candidates are terrific leaders who have terrific platforms. Even if you don’t follow politics closely, you likely already have opinions about more than just two of the 880 candidates running for President in 2020. Like, I’m sure you not only have an opinion about this candidate (DT) and this candidate (JB), but you also already have opinions on this one (BS) and this one (EW). Once the election is closer, you’ll likely have opinions on other candidates. And you may very well share that opinion with friends and family or online, but with plurality voting, only your opinion about one candidate gets heard. It forces voters to pick the “lesser of the two evils.” In my Electoral College video, I implied that having two crappy choices for President was like getting to choose only between a Chrysler PT Cruiser and a Geo Metro. So let’s consider that example. Plurality voting makes it so that we often only have two crappy choices when we go to the voting booth. Ok, so we can vote for a third party, or we can even write in our own name, but because we are often indoctrinated into thinking third parties or write-in candidates have no chance at all to win, we feel pressured to pick between two choices that we are often not that excited about. And so, we vote out of fear. Sure, we WANT to vote for the candidate we really like, but instead we compromise by choosing the less bad frontrunner because we’re scared the more bad frontrunner will win. Voter turnout for the American presidential election hasn’t been over 60% since the 1960s. In the 2016 election, despite many Americans fearing BOTH of the frontrunner candidates, just 56% of Americans showed up to vote. More than 111 million Americans did not show up to vote, and I’d argue that most of them were not motivated to. They simply didn’t care. One big reason why they didn’t care? They didn’t want to vote for the lesser of two evils. #voting #presidentialelections #apgov

Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two countries on the island of Ireland. #ireland #northernireland #geography Electric Needle Room's new children's album, "Just Kidding Around:" Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/yyf65v47 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5ayqjhn YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y374maup Apple: https://tinyurl.com/y6rjckls Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/y5ukdrnf Check out Jabzy's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmZUsa9oEF0&feature=youtu.be Subscribe to Jabzy: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoUkea_dZioNSJbi1vWDZkA Thanks to Dom from Cogito, the Irish Revolution Channel, and Lee from The Singing History Teachers for looking over the script! Subscribe to their channels as well. Cogito: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKMnl27hDMKvch--noWe5CA The Singing History Teachers: https://www.youtube.com/user/SinginHistoryTeacher The Irish Revolution Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCabMtg2KWId5LBTP4Bo7BAw Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music: "Half Day" by Bad Snacks. Sources/further reading: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/20930976/northern-irelands-violent-history-explained https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/north-vs-south-ireland/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-41397806 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/ireland-s-population-one-of-most-rural-in-european-union-1.2667855 https://www.marketplace.org/2018/06/20/ireland-multinational-companies-blessing-and-curse/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita https://sluggerotoole.com/2018/03/26/is-northern-ireland-dramatically-poorer-than-the-republic/ https://transferwise.com/us/blog/healthcare-system-in-ireland https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/northern-ireland/economy-watch-just-how-different-are-the-two-economies-on-the-island-of-ireland-37233173.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland) https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-43823506 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Ireland https://passage.cappelendamm.no/c104241/artikkel/vis.html?tid=120161 https://www.rareirishstuff.com/about-us/about-you.406.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celts https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/apr/22/lost-moment-exhibition-northern-ireland-civil-rights-1968-troubles-what-if A solid video about the history of both Ireland and Northern Ireland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCJMQgfHXNI Knowing Better’s Ireland video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIiAI1oRt88 Suibhne’s Animated History of Ireland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQvaGt9B6H0 Creative commons credits: D LN Aapo Haapanen Raymond Okonski Joehawkins Marek Novotnak Silar Gorinin Rosemania Paul McIlroy Geir Are Johansen Blight55 Chmouel Boudjnah SeanMack Mike Peel Fribbler Diego_cue Alistair Cunningham Ireland and Northern Ireland Two bordering countries on the North Atlantic island of Ireland. Well, Northern Ireland is kind of a country. It’s also often called a province, or just a region. Regardless, IT is part of the United Kingdom. Ireland is not. Ireland, aka the Republic of Ireland, has officially been around since 1937 and has been at least a somewhat independent country since December 6, 1921 and the Anglo-Irish Treaty, which ended the Irish War of Independence. The capital cities and biggest cities in both, Dublin and Belfast, are along the east coast of the island, and just a two hour trip apart by car. But Dublin is more than twice as big as Belfast. (D-1.3 million, B- 700,000) And the Republic of Ireland as a whole has 2 and a half times more people than Northern Ireland. In terms of land area, Ireland is about five times bigger. Northern Ireland has less than 3% of the United Kingdom’s population. Around 1/3 of Ireland residents live in or near Dublin, and just over 1/3 of Northern Ireland residents live in or near Belfast . Both are more rural than most of the rest of Europe. Both have little islands around them. Aw, how cute. Both are green. Very green. Due to the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf Stream, both get A LOT OF FREAKING RAIN. Well, mostly in the western portions. It’s also cloudiest out west. Ireland does get more precipitation overall.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. In episode 50 of Supreme Court Briefs, a man with lighter skin is arrested after refusing to leave the whites-only railway car of a segregated train in the Jim Crow South. #supremecourtbriefs #plessyvferguson #apgov Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). A special thanks to Phoebe Ferguson and the Plessy AND Ferguson Foundation. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/163us537 https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/uno-p16313coll86:collection Other sources used: http://www.plessyandferguson.org/history/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Plessy https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/supremecourt/antebellum/landmark_plessy.html http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/plessy.html http://users.soc.umn.edu/~samaha/cases/van%20woodward,%20plessy.htm https://www.nola.com/news/article_a11a310a-0f86-54f6-9a34-89372abf0c91.html https://neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/320 New Orleans, Louisiana June 7, 1892 Homer Plessy buys a first-class ticket and boards a train headed to Covington. He sits in a vacant seat in a whites-only train car. You wouldn’t think Plessy would draw any attention since he was seven-eighths white and one-eighth black. There are no known pictures of Homer Plessy, but historic records describe him as a white man. And yet, the conductor knew that he was one-eighth black, and he told Plessy he had to get up and move back to the blacks-only car. After Plessy refused to leave his seat, almost immediately a detective named Christopher Cain came over and arrested him. Wait a second, how did this detective dude know Plessy was one-eighth black? Well, this was all planned. Plessy was acting on behalf of a civil rights group called the Citizens’ Committee. They had carefully planned for this moment to protest the Separate Car Act, a law recently passed by the Louisiana legislature that required “equal, but separate” train cars for Blacks and Whites, and defined what it meant to be...uh...“black” and “white.” So get this. The Citizens’ Committee not only let the railroad company know ahead of time of Plessy boarding, but they also hired that private detective I mentioned, Christopher Cain, to make sure he arrested him for breaking the Separate Car Act and not vagrancy or some other crime. The railroad company, by the way, also hated the Separate Car Act because it meant they had to spend more money on additional train cars so it cut into their profits. So it all went according to plan. Plessy later appeared in the Criminal District Court for New Orleans, arguing that the Separate Car Act denied him his rights that were protected under the 13th and 14th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. The judge, a dude named John H. Ferguson, ruled that Louisiana had the right to regulate railroad companies as long as they ran within state boundaries. So Plessy filed a petition against Ferguson at the Louisiana Supreme Court. The Louisiana Supreme Court sided with Ferguson, citing a precedent that came before the 13th and 14th Amendments. :sigh: Anyway, so Plessy appealed again, this time to the Supreme Court of the United States. And heck yeah, the Court agreed to take on the case, hearing oral arguments on April 13, 1896. Justice David Brewer wasn’t there to hear the oral arguments due to the death of his daughter, so he did not participate in the case. The main thing the Court focused in on was the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. DID the Separate Car Act go against the 14th Amendment? The Court said “no.” On May 18, 1896, they announced they had sided with Ferguson, and upheld the law. It was 7-1. Justice Henry Billings Brown wrote the opinion, saying yeah, the 14th Amendment guaranteed equality for all Americans regardless of skin color, but that separate treatment didn’t mean that blacks were inferior to whites. As evidence, Brown stressed how there wasn’t a meaningful difference in quality between the whites-only and blacks-only railway cars. In other words, segregation didn’t automatically mean discrimination. Not only that, but the Court said ALL segregated facilities based on skin color were ok, again as long as both facilities were the same quality. This became known as the “separate but equal” doctrine.

Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/mrbeat. Enter promo code MRBEAT for 83% off and one extra month for free! Mr. Beat compares and contrasts two MAJOR Asian cities...Seoul and Tokyo. #tokyo #seoul #geography #japan #korea Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music: "Shibuya" by Bad Snacks. Sources/further reading: https://www.webjet.com.au/travel/tips/seoul-vs-tokyo/ https://versus.com/en/seoul-vs-tokyo https://qr.ae/TWKyac https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_by_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo https://manga.tokyo/columns/otaku-travel/visit-the-birthplace-of-anime-nerima-ward-via-the-seibu-ikebukuro-line/ https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/beauty/news/a42515/cosmetic-surgery-capitals/ https://asia.nikkei.com/NAR/Articles/The-complex-culture-and-history-behind-K-beauty http://mentalfloss.com/article/558406/worlds-10-most-visited-cities-and-what-it-costs-spend-day-there https://www.businessinsider.com/a-third-of-the-worlds-biggest-companies-are-located-in-these-20-cities-2013-10 https://www.encyclopedia.com/places/asia/japanese-political-geography/tokyo#INTRODUCTION https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/05/27/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-begins-immigration-experiment/#.XX03TZNKj5Y http://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/seoul-population/ https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/ethnic-groups-and-nationalities-in-japan.html https://www.numbeo.com/pollution/compare_cities.jsp?country1=South+Korea&country2=Japan&city1=Seoul&city2=Tokyo&tracking=getDispatchComparison https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_cities.jsp?country1=South+Korea&country2=Japan&city1=Seoul&city2=Tokyo&tracking=getDispatchComparison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Tokyo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Seoul https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/SEOUL-lives-life-on-the-edge-Just-35-miles-from-2557590.php https://www.citylab.com/life/2017/08/seoul-isnt-worried-even-if-you-are/536526/ Photo credits/Creative Commons: Hyolee2 Wiiiii Emmanuel DYAN BehBeh Karakara Nesnad / Wikimedia Commons Hikosaemon Rs1421 Kakidai hyolee2 Jtm71 Blmtduddl Hoodinski Johannes Barre Cheek To Cheek - tistory Aiena Zahira Daim Mjaap Trueshow111 Uploader Seoul, South Korea and Tokyo, Japan Not only are they two of the most important cities in Asia, they're two of the most important cities in the world. Both the biggest in their respective countries, and yeah, both dominate politically, economically, and culturally in their respective countries. It's really hard not to be overshadowed by them. About 25% of all Japanese residents live in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Oh yeah, and that metropolitan area is THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD, with 37.8 million people. Sooooo many people. But Seoul has the fifth largest metropolitan area in the world. Look at all THOSE people. Wow. It has a population of around 25.6 million people. And even though it only makes up about 12% of South Korea’s total area, it’s home to almost HALF of South Korea’s total population. Woahness. Both are the capitals of their respective countries. Both are filled with magnificent modern buildings that could easily provide a reliable backdrop for any film set in the near-future. Why? Because war devastated both cities during the 20th century. Even though both are megacities, both are surprisingly clean and sleek. Both are all about trade, leading the world in both exports and imports. It’s easy to get around in both cities. Both have amazing public transportation, and huge rail networks. Tokyo has the busiest metro system in the world, and Seoul has the third busiest. Tokyo is famous for having so many people packed onto subways during rush hour that they literally have to be pushed onto trains to fit. The city has pushers, or railway station attendants who push people onto trains so they fit. Yes, this is real footage. Public transport is cheaper in Seoul. Both are two of the most visited cities in the world. (T-8th most, S- 10th most) Both have a fairly homogeneous ethnic population. Most Seoulites are Korean, and most Edokkos are Yamato Japanese. Now, this is starting to change since the foreign born population in both cities has steadily increased in recent years.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. In episode 49 of Supreme Court Briefs, New Jersey tries to legalize sports betting, so NCAA and four professional sports leagues sue them. #supremecourtbriefs #10thamendment #apgov Mr. Sinn's video about loot boxes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88hAQXlKtv4&feature=youtu.be Subscribe to @MrSinn Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music: "In the Atmosphere" by Bad Snacks. Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Photo credits (Creative Commons): Postdlf Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2017/16-476 Other sources used: https://blog.jipel.law.nyu.edu/2018/04/sports-gambling-the-anti-commandeering-argument-against-paspa/ https://www.natlawreview.com/article/us-supreme-court-defends-state-sovereignty-anti-commandeering-doctrine https://www.sporttechie.com/ncaa-basketball-tournament-sports-bets-predictions/?scrlybrkr=d2a50f0d https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/387653-murphy-v-ncaa-its-about-much-more-than-gambling-on-sports https://observer.com/2018/05/supreme-court-decision-murphy-v-ncaa/ https://www.nj.com/news/2011/11/election_day_2011_nj_polls_are.html https://www.njonlinegambling.com/sports-betting-atlantic-city-recovery/ New Jersey November 8, 2011 Citizens vote to make betting on sports legal. This was a big deal. At the time, 97% of all sports bets placed in the country were illegal. The New Jersey state legislature then passed and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law the Sports Wagering Act of 2012, which let citizens place sports bets at casinos and racetracks. Well the NCAA, NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB were like “nuh-uhh.” They sued Governor Christie, arguing that New Jersey legalizing sports betting went against the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, aka PAPSA, passed by Congress back in 1992. This law banned betting on sports except for a few special places that were exempt. Well apparently New Jersey was not special enough. Governor Christie was like “Yeah, I KNOW New Jersey legalizing sports betting went against PAPSA, but the Tenth Amendment is on our side.” You see, the Supreme Court had previously established this thing called the Anti-Commandeering Doctrine in two cases, New York v. United States (1992) and Printz v. United States (1997). The doctrine basically said the federal government can’t force states or state officials to adopt or enforce federal laws. Soon the U.S. Department of Justice joined forces with the sports leagues, and when they went to U.S. District Court in February 2013, their main argument was that sports gambling not only hurt their leagues, but hurt the integrity of the sports. The judge agreed and ruled with the sports leagues and Justice Department. Governor Christie and New Jersey appealed to the Third Circuit Appeals Court, but they upheld the ruling. After the Supreme Court refused to hear another appeal in the spring of 2014, the New Jersey legislature went back to the drawing board. Since the Sports Wagering Act was unconstitutional, they just went back and repealed parts of existing New Jersey laws from 1977 that had banned sports gambling. Oh snap. What a sneaky way to legalize sports gambling. But Governor Christie was like “sorry, not sorry” and vetoed the repeals, saying “we can’t just bypass the Third Circuit’s ruling, guys. However, just a few months later, Christie changed his mind and signed it into law. Welp, the five sports leagues sued New Jersey again in November 2014. Yet again, the District Court and Third Circuit ruled in favor of the sports leagues. But Christie and New Jersey begged the Supreme Court to consider an appeal again, specifically bringing up the question “Does a federal statute that prohibits modification or repeal of state-law prohibitions on private conduct impermissibly commandeer the regulatory power of States?” and they cited good ol’ New York v. United States as precedent. Well that got the Court’s attention this time. They agreed to hear the case on June 27, 2017. The Court heard oral arguments on December 7, 2017. By this time, New Jersey had elected a new governor, Phil Murphy.

Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/LiTA30prDWy BEFORE YOU MAKE A COPYRIGHT CLAIM, PLEASE EMAIL ME. Mr. Beat compares and contrasts New Mexico and Arizona, the two sunniest states in the country. Thanks to The Great Courses Plus for sponsoring this video. The Great Courses Plus is currently available to watch through a web browser to almost anyone in the world and optimized for the US, UK and Australian market. The Great Courses Plus is currently working to both optimize the product globally and accept credit card payments globally. #newmexico #arizona #geography Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Creative commons/credits: Santa Fe New Mexican Visitor7 Joe Parks Staplegunther Don Graham Ken Lund Woody Hibbard Mike Licht Sources/further reading: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewMexico/comments/22p8lh/new_mexico_vs_arizona/ https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/arizona.new-mexico https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/cost-of-living/new-mexico-usa/arizona-usa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-10-driest-states-in-the-united-states-of-america.html https://wrcc.dri.edu/narratives/ARIZONA.htm https://weather.nmsu.edu/climate/about/ https://gonm.biz/why-new-mexico/climate-geography https://www.abqjournal.com/1305553/renewed-enthusiasm-optimism-reign-in-nm-film-industry.html https://www.forbes.com/places/nm/ https://statisticalatlas.com/state/New-Mexico/Overview https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Arizona/Overview https://www.investopedia.com/articles/retirement/020117/most-popular-states-retire-us.asp https://www.usatoday.com/border-wall/us-mexico-interactive-border-map/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migrant_deaths_along_the_Mexico%E2%80%93United_States_border https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/immigrants-in-new-mexico https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/NM https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/AZ https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/new-mexico/ https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/arizona/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_Territory https://azlibrary.gov/arizona-almanac/arizonas-chronology https://matadornetwork.com/notebook/17-facts-new-mexico-never-guessed/ Arizona and New Mexico Two bordering states in these United States. Both are in the heart of the American Southwest. Both are about the same size...New Mexico is just slightly bigger. However, Arizona has more than three times as many people, and it’s growing at a higher rate. In fact, Arizona is one of the fastest growing states in the country, while New Mexico is definitely not. A big reason why is Phoenix, which is the fifth biggest city in the country. Phoenix attracts all the concerts, all the professional sports teams, all the best comedians, and all the best indie films in theaters that people think they’re cool for seeing. Arizona also has Tucson, which has a larger metropolitan population than New Mexico’s biggest city, Alburquerque. Still, it has an amazing balloon festival called the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Plus Albuquerque is a way cooler name for a city. I just love saying it. Both states are known for their deserts, for both are two of the driest states in the country. However, both have these little areas that get higher rainfall due to having a higher elevation. Due to these elevation differences, both do have some climate variation. I mean, Arizona has the high plateau in the northeast part of the state, the mountainous region that runs from the northwest to southeast, and the low ranges and desert valleys down in the southwestern part. Its biggest desert is the Sonoran. The Chihuahuan Desert is the big one in New Mexico, and it even creeps into Arizona. New Mexico also has the Rocky Mountains in the north, the Great Plains in the east, and basically high plateau throughout the rest of the state. Where the elevation is high, they also tend to get four seasons. Otherwise, folks have been moving to both states for decades due to their mild winters and generally beautiful weather. Or at least snowbirds just head down there for the winter.

Mr. Beat performs a cringeworthy parody of the Red Hot Chili Peppers hit "Give It Away" to attempt to teach you about the Korean War. A special thanks to Afton Boone and William Weatherford for making the lyrics! Have an idea for a video Mr. Beat should do? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. Performed by Matt Beat. Lyrics by Matt Beat, Afton Boone, and William Weatherford. All images found in the public domain or used under fair use guidelines. #giveitawayparody #ushistoryparodysongs #apush

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. Want to learn more about this case? Click here to buy Jeff Benedict's "Little Pink House:" https://www.amazon.com/shop/mr.beat City Beautiful's video about eminent domain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0cCF2pG13U&feature=youtu.be Subscribe to@CityBeautiful In episode 48 of Supreme Court Briefs, a woman gets kicked out of her home. She fights back. #supremecourtbriefs #eminentdomain #law Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2004/04-108 Other sources used: https://www.wnpr.org/post/little-pink-house-hits-big-screen-reviving-new-london-eminent-domain-saga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelo_v._City_of_New_London https://www.courant.com/ctnow/movies/hc-fea-new-london-little-pink-house-eminent-domain-0408-story.html http://historicbuildingsct.com/the-kelo-house-1890/ http://www.ncsl.org/research/environment-and-natural-resources/summary-of-kelo-v-new-london635308174.aspx https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/03/12/the-devastation-caused-eminent-domain-abuse/yWsy0MNEZ91TM94PYQIh0L/story.html Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage by Jeff Benedict https://ij.org/case/kelo/ https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/nyregion/13pfizer.html https://newengland.com/today/living/a-house-divided/ http://castlecoalition.org/?option=com_content&task=view&id=2412&Itemid=129 Creative commons photo credits: Nard Pi.1415926535 Beyond My Ken John Phelan Jackie Phil Roeder Fibonacci Blue New London, Connecticut 1997 Susette (Suzette) Kelo drives by a run down house along the Thames (Tames) River that has been for sale for awhile. Even though the house is run down, she falls in love with it and buys it. She spends months completely renovating the 107-year old Victorian-style cottage, painting it pink. The house had a great view of the water, and was in a working-class neighborhood called Fort Trumbull. Unfortunately, the neighborhood had been in decline for years, as there were few decent paying jobs nearby. But Susette didn’t care. She loved her little pink house and its view of the harbor. She soon met a dude named Tim LeBlanc, who helped her do exterior work on the house. Eventually the two would get married and live there together. But then, in January 1998, real estate agents began knocking on her door, offering lots of money to buy her house on behalf of “an unnamed buyer.” Kelo was suspicious, and turned down all offers. However, agents began to tell her if she didn’t sell her house, she would be forced out of her home by the city due to something called “eminent domain.” Eminent domain, you say? What the heck is that? Eminent domain is the right for a government to just take private property for public use. In other words, if the government thinks it is in the best interest of all its citizens, it can kick you out of your house. Both the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment and the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution say the government can use eminent domain, but it just requires “just compensation.” Susette Kelo didn’t care how much money New London was offering her. She loved her little pink house, and wasn’t going anywhere. Neither were 14 other Fort Trumbull residents. They decided to fight. Wait a second, why was New London trying to kick them out? Well Pfizer, a multinational pharmaceutical corporation, was opening a new facility in New London, right next to the Fort Trumbull neighborhood. Part of the deal were plans to “fix up” Fort Trumbull, including building a new hotel, conference center, and fancy housing for the scientists working at Pfizer. This would require major government help. $73 million in help. Yep, the state of Connecticut would pitch in $73 million to kick out the Fort Trumbull residents, demolish their homes, and update the area with new roads and utilities. Once Kelo and the other Fort Trumbull residents who didn’t want to leave their homes found out about this, they sued the city. Meanwhile, an organization called the New London Development Corporation, or NLDC, was already demolishing homes. By the time of the trial, which went to the New London Superior Court in July 2001, the NLDC already had acquired around 80 buildings and destroyed most of them.

Use code "Beat10" to save 10% on your order from https://ampeduplearning.com. Remember to share this video to win this T-shirt: https://ampeduplearning.com/youve-died-of-dysentery/ Thanks to Amped Up Learning for sponsoring this video. BEFORE YOU MAKE A COPYRIGHT CLAIM, PLEASE EMAIL ME. Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Rhode Island and Delaware, the two smallest states (by area) in the United States. #delaware #rhodeisland #geography Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music: "Easy Sunday" by Bad Snacks. Sources/further reading: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/why-is-rhode-island-called-an-island-when-it-isn-t-one.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/cleanest-and-dirtiest-beaches-America-180951869/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2019/07/24/americas-dirtiest-beaches-here-is-the-poop/#b5112d9623ec https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/tbb-84-revised.pdf http://mentalfloss.com/article/76951/why-are-so-many-us-companies-incorporated-delaware https://scijinks.gov/noreaster/ https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/delaware.rhode-island https://www.welfareinfo.org/poverty-rate/rhode-island/ https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2018/09/18/delaware-one-only-two-states-where-poverty-rate-went-up/1335395002/ https://www.forbes.com/places/de/ https://www.forbes.com/places/ri/ http://social.rollins.edu/wpsites/hist120/2012/11/17/native-americans-in-delaware-2/ https://www.theodysseyonline.com/youre-slower-lower-delaware http://mentalfloss.com/article/70917/25-delightful-facts-about-delaware https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2015/07/05/delaware-backstory-lovin-bob-marley/29753145/ https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/business/how-delaware-thrives-as-a-corporate-tax-haven.html Creative Commons photo credits: Kit Conn Dough4872 Peter Rintels Jef Nickerson Doug Sun Beams Michele Dorsey Walfred Notyourbroom Doug Kerr Ron Cogswell Lee Cannon GB fan Kenneth C. Zirkel John Phelan Nyehob David Shankbone Gage Skidmore Eddie Mallin likeaduck Although I will begin by saying you shouldn’t judge a state by its size, Delaware and Rhode Island are the two smallest states in these United States. But Delaware can brag that it’s twice as big as Rhode Island. Ah, but Rhode Island has a bigger population, as well as the second highest population density of any state. (RI- 1.1 million, D- 970,000) Yep, despite being the smallest state, Rhode Island also has a bigger population than South Dakota, North Dakota, Alaska, Vermont, and Wyoming. Delaware’s population IS growing at a much quicker pace, though. Both are coastal states by the Atlantic Ocean, but Delaware is further south, part of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the country. More specifically, part of the Delmarva Peninsula. Rhode Island is part of a region known as New England, not to be confused with Old England.hahaha That was a really bad joke. I do that sometimes and I’m sorry. Rhode Island is nicknamed The Ocean State. A big reason why is because bays and inlets make up around 14% of its total area. It has lots of beaches. Narragansett Bay is the big one. It’s actually New England’s largest estuary, and over 30 islands are within it. Oh but Delaware has lots of beaches as well. The Delaware Beaches are often ranked as some of the nicest in the country, and the water tends to be cleaner than in Rhode Island. Delaware’s big bay is called the Delaware Bay, of course. Both states are flat and have low elevation. Delaware has the lowest elevation, on average, of all states in the country. Rhode Island has the fourth lowest average elevation. Delaware has a humid subtropical climate, whereas most of Rhode Island has a humid continental climate. Basically, while the ocean can moderate temperatures in both states, it certainly gets colder in Rhode Island with it being further north and all. While both states have four seasons, Rhode Island summers are more mild and its winters colder. While both states get about the same amount of annual precipitation, Rhode Island generally gets more than twice as much snow as Delaware. Both can get hurricanes, although Delaware often gets lucky and doesn’t get directly hit by them.

For more documentaries about Brazil, check out CuriosityStream free for a month by going here to https://curiositystream.com/mrbeat and entering the code "mrbeat." Thanks to CuriosityStream for sponsoring this video. Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two largest cities in Brazil: São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. #geography #brazil #rio #sãopaulo #riodejaneiro Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music: "Sunshine Samba" by Chris Haugen. Sources/further reading: https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/brazil/articles/sao-paulo-vs-rio-de-janeiro-where-should-you-go/ https://www.urbantravelblog.com/info/rio-vs-sao-paulo-brazil/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/brazil/articles/8-stereotypes-every-local-from-sao-paulo-hates/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_by_population https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-china-railways/china-wants-to-revive-brazil-high-speed-train-project-sources-idUSKCN10N15C https://versus.com/en/rio-de-janeiro-vs-sao-paulo https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jan/11/a-game-of-patience-and-persistence-life-in-sao-paulo-internet-deserts http://www.rio.com/rio-carnival/about-rio-samba-parade https://www.britannica.com/place/Rio-de-Janeiro-Brazil/People https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Sao-Paulo-1.pdf https://www.forbes.com/sites/ricardogeromel/2013/07/12/all-you-need-to-know-about-sao-paulo-brazils-largest-city/#6f86e98221ad https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/brazil/articles/why-sao-paulos-traffic-problem-is-overstated/ https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Brazil&city1=Sao+Paulo&country2=Brazil&city2=Rio+de+Janeiro https://www.georgetownjournalofinternationalaffairs.org/online-edition/2019/5/3/brazils-persistent-unemployment-challenge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Rio_de_Janeiro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_S%C3%A3o_Paulo https://www.lonelyplanet.com/brazil/rio-de-janeiro/history https://www.thoughtco.com/the-history-of-sao-paulo-2136590 https://99percentinvisible.org/article/clean-city-law-secrets-sao-paulo-uncovered-outdoor-advertising-ban/ Creative commons credits: By ABC paulista - File:SaoPaulo MesoMicroMunicip.svg by Raphael Lorenzeto de Abreu, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36175481 Odair Faléco odair_faleco AHLN Daniel Basil Wilfredor Alexandre Breveglieri Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz) Governo do Estado de São Paulo Hamilton B Furtado dany13 FlaviaC Felix Tansil Pierre André Lima Andruška Rio de Janeiro, aka just Rio, and São Paulo often called SP The two largest cities in Brazil. Heck, with a metropolitan area population of 21.3 million people, São Paulo is the largest Portuguese speaking city in the world, the second largest city in the entire Southern Hemisphere and 12th largest in the world overall. It’s actually part of an even bigger São Paulo Macrometropolis, which has about 31.5 million people. Geez. Rio de Janeiro, with a metropolitan area population of 13 million people, is the fourth largest city in the Southern Hemisphere and 37th largest city in the world. About 437 km, or 272 miles apart, or a five and a half hour drive by car, the Brazilian government recently postponed plans to build a $9 billion high speed rail line connecting the two cities that would reduce the trip to just 80 minutes because it would cost...you know…$9 billion. Don’t be fooled...even though they seem to be hiding down there in the southeast corner of Brazil, both are megacities that dominate the economy and culture of the entire country. Both are near the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Ok, well Rio is right on the coast, and SP is about an hour from it. Rio de Janeiro is the capital city of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Well hey what a coincidence because São Paulo is the capital city of the state of São Paulo. Citizens in Rio are often called Cariocas, while citizens of São Paulo are often called Paulistanos or Paulistanas. Both cities are located in the rugged area known as the Brazilian Highlands, an area filled with cliffs, large hills, and mountains. Both are near the Serra do Mar, a system of mountain ranges that go along the coast.

Mr. Beat compares and contrasts two iconic Texas cities, Dallas and Houston. #houston #dallas #geography Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Download free ENR stuff here: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/ Sources/further reading: https://myhoustonmajic.com/2870431/houston-vs-dallas-10-reasons-were-better-than-your-city-in-every-way/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/dallas-is-better-than-houston/ https://matadornetwork.com/read/11-differences-houston-dallas-always-cause-arguments/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston https://traveltips.usatoday.com/climate-dallas-vs-houston-104487.html https://www.houstontx.gov/abouthouston/houstonfacts.html https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hdd01 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Houston https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Dallas https://realestate.usnews.com/places/texas/dallas-fort-worth https://realestate.usnews.com/places/texas/houston https://www.bestplaces.net/cost-of-living/dallas_tx/houston_tx/23000.aspx https://www.bestplaces.net/cost-of-living/taxes/dallas_tx/houston_tx/50000 https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/metro-area/houston-metro-area/ https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/metro-area/dallasfort-worth-metro-area/ https://datausa.io/profile/geo/houston-tx/ https://datausa.io/profile/geo/dallas-tx/ https://www.areavibes.com/houston-tx/livability/ https://www.areavibes.com/dallas-tx/livability/ https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2015/11/who-has-a-better-rail-transit-houston-or-dallas/ https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Despite-progress-Houston-air-quality-among-worst-13791574.php https://versus.com/en/dallas-vs-houston https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Weirdest-images-from-Houston-s-lack-of-zoning-laws-9171688.php#photo-10794964 https://www.visitdallas.com/about/diverse-dallas/-lgbt.html Creative commons credits: Jeremy Monin Uyvsdi Hequals2henry Michael Barera Patrick Feller WhisperToMe Mmyers1976 NahItsNick Houston and Dallas Space City and Big D The biggest and third biggest cities in Texas, which is impressive, because everything is bigger in Texas. To say there is a rivalry between the two iconic cities is an understatement. They are 240 miles, or 386 km apart. About 3 and a half hour drive. And yeah, both are huge. In fact, with around 2.4 million people, Houston is the 4th largest city in the United States. With 1.4 million people, Dallas is the 9th largest. Houston actually is the biggest city in the country by total area. I know, I know. Dallas is part of the 4th largest metro area in the country (7.6 million). I mean, it’s close to Fort Worth and Arlington. Their metro is also known as DFW, or simply The Metroplex. Houston’s metro area is 5th (7 million). And for the rest of this video, I will give you statistics based on their metros areas, unless I state otherwise, mmk? First of all, Dallas has a lower population density. Ok next, so apparently there are these rankings by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network that look at global cities. While it considers both Dallas and Houston global cities, Houston is ranked Alpha - and Dallas is ranked at Beta +. Have fun with that in the comments. Houston is a short drive from the ocean. More specifically, the Gulf of Mexico or even more specifically, Galveston Bay. It’s a Gulf Coast city. Dallas is...uh...a longer drive from the ocean. It’s at the edge of the Great Plains, and you’re not going to see as many palm trees there. Due to this, Dallas gets more tornadoes and Houston gets more hurricanes. Dallas is at the southern end of what’s known as Tornado Alley, where tornadoes are more common. Dallas has been directly hit by tornadoes multiple times in its history. Houston has been hit by hurricanes multiple times. Most recently, in 2017 Hurricane Harvey caused parts of Houston to flood. Flooding is actually a regularly occurring problem in Houston, but not in Dallas as they’ve figured out a way to tame the mighty Trinity River, for the most part. Related to this...Houston is sinking. Literally. Dallas is not.

Mr. Beat tells the story of the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, which shook NASA and the country as a whole as the first civilian tried to go to space. Check out the entire WeCreateEdu Space playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlt1h57yoMAGlmwJ7FaF3PzOR81qSUXj2&jct=2KhJBcvjDtdjV3aU3B9IWAZlOBO3lg&disable_polymer=1 Have an idea for a video Mr. Beat should do? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). #spaceshuttle #christamcauliffe #challengerdisaster #nasa Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. http://www.aparchive.com Creative commons credits: Acroterion Sources: https://www.britannica.com/event/Challenger-disaster https://www.space.com/31760-space-shuttle-challenger-disaster-30-years.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teacher_in_Space_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster https://gawker.com/thirty-years-ago-the-challenger-crew-plunged-alive-and-1755727930 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqcd_3daPQ8 https://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/march-1986-challenger-cabin-recovered-13058713 https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/30/us/bodies-of-astronauts-flown-to-delaware.html https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/01/challenger-space-shuttle-anniversary-spacex/431685/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/civilians-in-space-faq-1.828625 https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-opens-international-space-station-to-new-commercial-opportunities-private If you Google “Teacher in Space,” Christa McAuliffe appears. How did she get to go? Well, in 1984 President Ronald Reagan announced the Teacher in Space Project, a NASA program meant to honor teachers while simultaneously inspiring students, getting them more excited about STEM and space. The program called for bringing teachers into space as non-astronaut workers. Around 11,000 teachers applied, but NASA accepted just two. The aforementioned McAuliffe, a high school social studies teacher from Concord, New Hampshire. And Barbara Morgan, an elementary school teacher from Idaho, who would serve as McAuliffe’s backup. Even in space McAuliffe would be required to teach- NASA made her make up lesson plans to present aboard the Space Shuttle. Space Shuttle? Yes, that’s how she would get to space. Space shuttles are rocket-launched spacecrafts that are able to be reused and can land like an unpowered aircraft. NASA developed space shuttles to make more routine trips back and forth between the earth’s surface and Low Earth Orbit. NASA built six space shuttles, the first one launching in 1981 and the last one in 2011. One of those six was called the Challenger. That one was the one McAuliffe got to be on. STS-51-L, as the mission was called, was the 25th of the Space Shuttle program. It was mostly a routine mission meant to launch a satellite, but part of what the crew was gonna do was check out Halley’s Comet for six days. The commander was Dick Scobee, pilot Michael J. Smith, the mission specialists Ellison Onizuka, Judith Resnik, and Ronald McNair, and payload specialist Gregory Jarvis. McAuliffe was also classified as a payload specialist. January 28, 1986. Cape Canaveral, Florida. A cold and icy morning. Liftoff was delayed, in fact, due to all the ice on the launch pad. Around 17 percent of all Americans were watching live on television, mostly due to the presence of McAuliffe, who had trained for months for this moment. At 11:38 AM local time, everything looked normal as Mission Control told Scobee “Challenger, go with throttle up.” However, just 73 seconds after liftoff, at an altitude of around 46,000 feet, or 14,000 meters, the Challenger began to disintegrate and all communication with the crew was lost. The shuttle had no escape system, so the crew remained trapped inside. Americans back on the surface watched in horror after witnessing what looked like an explosion, and as major chunks of the shuttle orbiter fell back to the earth. Meanwhile, the crew was still alive inside. The fuel tank exploded, but the crew compartment was still intact. They got as high as 12 miles, or 19 km above the surface. At some point they fell back to the earth, and less than 3 minutes later hit the water at approximately 207 mph, or 333 km per hour. Upon impact, all seven crew members immediately died. It all happened so quickly.

To celebrate recently reaching the milestone of 100,000 subscribers, Mr. Beat gets roasted by his friends and family, as many of them read the most lovely hate comments underneath his videos. Thank you for subscribing to my channel! It means so much that you have subscribed and watched my videos. My hope is that we have all learned a lot by watching them. I have learned a lot making them. Here's to 100 billion more subscribers! Watch out Pewdiepie. I'm coming for you. THANKS to all my friends and family who appeared in this video. Subscribe to their channels! (In order of appearance): MrBettsClass: https://www.youtube.com/user/MrBettsClass Steve Heimler: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_bOoi0e3L3SJ1xx5TZWHPw Professor Dave Explains: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0cd_-e49hZpWLH3UIwoWRA Cynical Historian: https://www.youtube.com/user/CynicalCypher88 Stefan Milo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ9jWH_8tJ-Nmaj8dSQdEYA US 101: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB00L77s7NdrhlWxi9UU14Q Cogito: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKMnl27hDMKvch--noWe5CA Knowing Better: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8XjmAEDVZSCQjI150cb4QA KhAnubis: https://www.youtube.com/user/tobirates City Beautiful: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGc8ZVCsrR3dAuhvUbkbToQ The Felt Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCC38u45KCmNDe9X4ozxqlA The Casual Historian: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGwO43-vnmkQ2i1v886JjVw Step Back History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxTdWpLJurbGlFMWOwXWG_A S7 Touring: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgFfTR5gYQD9CtkDJ4iphRA Archaia Istoria: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWUjdruImbtXlipS8Ecc9dQ History and Headlines: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ38_Et4NgYVS7MpwbXy-3Q Stay Interested: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1lFa9y2dL48v_WTgaaFS2w House of History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQRdvnY4J28 The Exploration with William C. Fox: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyuAKnN3g2fZ7_R9irgEUZQ Useful Charts: https://www.youtube.com/user/usefulchartsdotcom Mrs. Beat: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3psSYUTFC5deK9FP9xUSYg Donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Creative commons credit: Luigi Novi Soft Srufaces LTD Cory Doctorow Jaysin Trevino

BEFORE YOU MAKE A COPYRIGHT CLAIM, PLEASE EMAIL ME. Mr. Beat compares and contrasts North Dakota and South Dakota, two Upper Midwestern American states that folks often mix up. #southdakota #northdakota #geography Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music: "Bodélé Depression (Mega-Chad Mix)" by Jesse Gallagher Sources/further reading: https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/north-dakota.south-dakota https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitting_Bull_Trophy https://time.com/4377423/dakota-north-south-history-two/ https://www.argusleader.com/story/blogs/mickgarry/2019/01/08/north-dakota-south-dakota-merger-not-dumbest-idea-ever/2519342002/ https://www.change.org/p/donald-trump-merge-south-and-north-dakota-into-megakota-fa69def5-27c1-44e1-b206-e8674c2e0f5e https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/south-dakota/differences-east-river-west-river-sd/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Dakota https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Dakota https://www.forbes.com/places/nd/ https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/tbb-84-revised.pdf https://statisticalatlas.com/state/North-Dakota/Overview https://statisticalatlas.com/state/South-Dakota/Overview https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/north-dakota/ https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/south-dakota/ Photo/video credits (Creative Commons): Aerotography Arizona NDSUExtension Roderick Eime Richie Diesterheft National Park Service Martin Kraft Stefan Fussan Carrie Scarr Jim Bowen Public.Resource.Org Navin75 Ratsbew NDSU Center for Writers Bobak Ha'Eri Parkerdr JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD University of South Dakota The Dakotas South Dakota and North Dakota, two northern plains states in these United States, but they are not as plain as you might assume. Once part of the mighty Dakota Territory, one of the last areas of the country Americans settled, they split up, and today there is a mild rivalry between the two. People get them mixed up, although in this video I’m going to explain how they are quite different, despite sharing part of a name. But first, what do they have in common? Well, other than being irregularly-shaped rectangles. Both are about the same size, although South Dakota is a bit bigger. There’s also not a big difference between the population of the two states, although South Dakota has more people. Historically, their populations have rarely been far apart, with North Dakota’s population even surpassing South Dakota’s a few times. Currently, North Dakota is growing at a faster rate. Both don’t have a metro area that even gets near half a million people, which is why Minneapolis-St. Paul is pretty influential over both. Both states are considered part of the Midwest. Most of the two states are made up of mostly prairie, part of what’s known as The Great Plains. Both have mostly continental climates, and generally the further west you go in each state, the drier it gets. For example, the annual precipitation in Fargo, North Dakota is 22.6 inches, while it’s 14.4 inches out west in Williston. It’s 26.3 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, while it’s 16.3 out west in Rapid City. While both have four seasons, both have fairly mild summers and long, extremely cold winters. North Dakota does get a little colder in the winter being further north. The Missouri River is the major river that runs through both states. Both are about as far from the ocean as you can get. West of the Missouri River in both states, the land becomes much more rugged, with badlands and buttes. Both are mostly rural states with lots of agriculture. Residents of both states are younger, on average, than most of the country. (36.8 SD, 35 ND). Residents of both also tend to be Christian. 77% in North Dakota and 79% in South Dakota identify as such. And most residents in both are of European descent. The largest ethnic minority in both states today is American Indian. Both states lean conservative politically, and reliably have voted for the Republican Party since the 1960s. So how about those differences? The poverty rate is lower in North Dakota (10.3%-13%). However, crime is a little lower in South Dakota. More North Dakota residents have college degrees. And the cost of living is generally higher in North Dakota.

Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Alabama and Mississippi, two American states that are about as "Southern" as a state can get. Thanks to Shannon Beat for providing footage for this video. #mississippi #alabama #geography Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Drew Gerber. https://soundcloud.com/babyfood Sources/further reading: https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/alabama.mississippi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi https://mapfight.appspot.com/us.ms-vs-us.al/mississippi-us-alabama-us-size-comparison https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/AL,MS/PST045218 https://time.com/5000792/youngest-oldest-us-states/ https://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ms_intro.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Territory http://www.digitalhistory.uh.e https://www.forbes.com/places/ms/du/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3096 https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Mississippi/Industries https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Alabama/Industries https://www.forbes.com/places/al/ https://www.forbes.com/places/ms/ https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/tbb-84-revised.pdf https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/10/07/why-the-south-is-the-worst-place-to-live-in-the-u-s-in-10-charts/?utm_term=.3ec4a6c55462 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/18/arts/design/jackson-mississippi-civil-rights-museum-medgar-evers.html Creative Commons photo/video credits: Formulanone The Pug Father AuburnPilot Quentin Melson Mac. H. Alford Golbez Citynoise Dudemanfellabra Magnolia677 Xnatedawgx John Morse University of Alabama Joe Haupt Mike Tilley Fredlyfish4 Alabama and Mississippi Two bordering Southern states in these United States that are about as “Southern” as you can get. One time I mixed them up on a map in a video because my brain messes up sometimes. But yeah, both are in what’s known as the “Deep South,” and unfortunately, both have bad reputations. When I searched “Alabama jokes” on YouTube, a video about incest was one of the top results. I’m not joking. Anyway, so while a lot of people joke about how bad they are, in this video I’m taking a serious look at the two states. First of all, Alabama is just slightly bigger than Mississippi. Both have a small border with the Gulf of Mexico. Both have a humid subtropical climate and get A LOT of rain. Both have long, hot, humid summers and short, mild winters. You are rarely going to see snow in these two states. You will see lots of thunderstorms, and the occasional hurricanes. And surprisingly, some of the worst tornadoes in American history have gone through both states. Mississippi has a more flat topography compared with Alabama. A big reason why is because Alabama has the southern tip of the Appalachian Mountains. Alabama has a bigger population. Almost 2 million more people. Both are not that urban compared with the rest of the United States. Jackson is Mississippi’s only city with more than 100,000 people, whereas Alabama has five with over 100,000. Mississippi is also one of the few states in the country that has a shrinking population in recent years. Alabama residents are older than Mississippi residents, on average. Perhaps because more retirees have recently been moving to Alabama? And they don’t call it the “Bible Belt” for nothing. Both states are religious. 83% of Mississippi residents identify as Christian. In Alabama, it’s 86%. A lot of those Christians identify as Evangelical, and specifically Baptists are the largest Evangelical group in both states. Both states have a high percentage of African Americans relative to the rest of the country. (26.6% AL, 37.4% MS) In fact, Mississippi has the highest percentage of African American residents of all states in the country. A big reason why there are so many African Americans in both states is the legacy of slavery. Many of their ancestors were forced to live in this part of the country as slaves. Still, the majority of residents in both states today trace their ancestry to Europe.

Click my link will get two months of Skillshare Premium for FREE! https://skl.sh/mrbeat3 Mr. Beat compares and contrasts the two biggest cities in Australia, Sydney and Melbourne. #australia #sydneyvsmelbourne #geography Thanks to Jade from the channel Up and Atom and Toby from the channel Tibees for looking over my script. Check out their channels! Up and Atom: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSIvk78tK2TiviLQn4fSHaw Tibees: https://www.youtube.com/user/tibees Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Drew Gerber. https://soundcloud.com/babyfood Sources/further reading: https://www.budgetdirect.com.au/interactives/costofliving/compare/melbourne-vs-sydney/ http://frugalfrolicker.com/sydney-vs-melbourne/ https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Australia&city1=Sydney&country2=Australia&city2=Melbourne https://travelfreak.net/melbourne-vs-sydney/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne https://www.hostelworld.com/blog/sydney-vs-melbourne/ http://www.eiu.com/Handlers/WhitepaperHandler.ashx?fi=The_Global_Liveability_index_2018.pdf&mode=wp&campaignid=Liveability2018 https://mccrindle.com.au/insights/blog/sydney-vs-melbourne-rivalry-infographic/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Sydney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Melbourne https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-has-the-highest-poverty-rate-of-any-capital-city-in-australia-20150701-gi2ijx.html https://vcoss.org.au/news/poverty-atlas/ https://versus.com/en/melbourne-vs-sydney https://www.movinginalivableregion.ca/comparing-transit-in-sydney-and-melbourne-and-the-winner-is/ https://architectureau.com/articles/melbourne-or-sydney-this-is-how-our-two-biggest-cities-compare-for-liveability/ https://theconversation.com/the-truth-about-john-batman-melbournes-founder-and-murderer-of-the-blacks-1025 https://www.globalpropertyguide.com/Pacific/Australia/Taxes-and-Costs https://humantransit.org/2010/03/sydney-grid-networks-for-gridless-cities.html https://theculturetrip.com/pacific/australia/articles/battle-for-the-capital-architectural-rivalry-in-melbourne-and-sydney/ Photo credits (creative commons folks are amazing): Bernard Gagnon Matthew Field Bernard Spragg Rexness Toby Hudson Skyscraper297 Tony Hisgett David Dusink CIVL3703JoeyZhu Nicolás Boullosa WANG-HSIN PEI Liamdavies 9News Michael Coghlan Marc Dalmulder Bob T Phillip Capper Donaldytong Christopher J Ryan Andrew Thomas Paul Hudson Paul Carless Jason Persse Lost Parables Sydney and Melbourne The two largest cities in the country of Australia. And the continent of Australia (Nah, man...it’s called Meganesia) Mega what? (The continent is called Meganesia, man) Oh, ok. So yeah, the two largest cities on that continent...uh, and Oceania for that matter However, Sydney’s (5.2 million) metropolitan area is slightly bigger than Melbourne’s (5 million) The two cities are about 878 km or 546 miles from each other...about a 9-hour, fairly boring drive. Sydney is the capital of the state of New South Wales. Melbourne, the capital of the state of Victoria. Both are iconic, cosmopolitan, global cities, but tourists often have a difficult time deciding which one to visit. Well hopefully this video will help them choose. According to the most recent Global Liveability Index, put out by The Economist each year, Melbourne is the second most liveable city in the world. Woah, good job, Melbourne. But Sydney’s not far behind. It’s the fifth. Hold up, Australia’s got three cities in the top 10? Geez. Maybe one reason why Melbourne is higher up on that list is because it’s cheaper to live there than in Sydney. It’s true. Just about everything is more expensive in Sydney. As I said earlier, Sydney has a larger population, but Melbourne has been growing at a faster rate. At the current rates IT will be Australia’s largest city in about 20 to 30 years. More than 40% of all of Australia’s population lives in either the Sydney metro area or the Melbourne metro area. Despite being smaller, Melbourne has a much higher population density. Sydney does seem to have a faster pace about it. And it has more traffic. Sydney is more culturally diverse. 43% of Sydney residents were born in another country, compared with 36% of Melbourne residents.

Mr. Beat tells the story of the only revolution in world history that was all about singing- The Singing Revolution. Project Revolution playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0MwcDYjQCaNWvMbxAcLoTxvqOxfC24MW Hikma History's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2sSucpCoyU Stefan Milo's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hP4U7yFMYs&feature=youtu.be Have an idea for a video Mr. Beat should do? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). #projectrevolution #singingrevolution #apeuro Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. http://www.aparchive.com Sources: https://singingrevolution.com/about-the-history http://www.estonica.org/en/The_Singing_Revolution/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing_Revolution http://www.estonica.org/en/Phosphorite_War/ https://artsci.washington.edu/news/2013-12/when-songs-trumped-rifles https://theculturetrip.com /europe/estonia/articles/a-story-of-defiance-a-brief-history-of-estonias-independence-movement/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Barricades The Singing Revolution- Nonviolent Protest in Estonia (2006) (excerpts shown in the video) Photo credits: Kusurija Ave Maria Mõistlik NordNordWest James St. John M.Strīķis archer10 (Dennis) Rimantas Lazdynas Apdency Skelanard August 23, 1989. Around two million people join hands to form a continuous human chain spanning 676 kilometers, or 420 miles, across three countries. Those three countries, also known as the Baltic States, are Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Well, today they are independent countries. Back then, not so much. The Soviet Union bossed them around quite a bit. And that is precisely why these two million people had joined hands. They were protesting being controlled and oppressed by the Soviet Union, a country that uh, does NOT exist today. But hold up, what do I see here? They’re singing? And they’re all smiling? What kind of protest is that? Well, it’s one that worked. The Baltic states were the first three Soviet Republics to successfully declare independence, eventually leading to fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 after 12 other Soviet Republics also declared independence. The Singing Revolution usually refers to all the events between about 1987 and 1991 that led to the restoration of independence of the Baltic states. Heinz Valk, an Estonian artist and activist, first popularized the term, and I think it fits. It started out on February 25, 1987, when Estonian TV reported the Soviet Union’s plans to mine phosphorite in the northeastern part of the state. The ruling government of Estonia, the Estonian Communist Party, had hid the plans from the public and even lied about saying it would give Estonians a say before they approved the mining. Well Estonians didn’t like this so much. These mines would cause a lot of environmental damage. Not only that, the new mines would bring a predominately Russian workforce into their state, and thus further threaten their culture. So they protested, which was a lot easier to do now that Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader of the Soviet Union, had implemented a policy called glasnost, or a policy of having a more transparent government that in turn listened more to the citizens of the Soviet Union. Before, protesting could get you in jail. Now, protesting was easier. Besides, the Estonians protested peacefully. It was classic non-violent resistance. But what about the singing? Well before Estonians had to sing Soviet songs. Now, they could sing whatever. And then two dudes named Alo Mattiisen and Jüri Leesment made a song called “No Land Is Alone,” a song about the bond all Estonians had. A bunch of pop stars performed the song and it became a national hit. And with the song came a huge wave of patriotism across Estonia. Meanwhile, in neighboring Latvia, they had been protesting the Soviet Union’s plan to build another hydroelectric power plant along its largest river, the Daugava, which also would have caused environmental damage. But the Singing Revolution really took off in May 1988, after the aforementioned Mattiisen and Leesment debuted the “Five Patriotic Songs” series at the Tartu Pop Festival. They basically modernized old choral songs, giving them lyrics that referenced the neglect and oppression by the Soviet government. In June, more patriotic songs debuted at the Old Town Festival in Tallinn.

Mr. Beat explains the history of the Rothschild dynasty and the origins of the conspiracy theories based on the beliefs that the Rothschilds control the world. Check out the Usefulcharts video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr1hisvjoAI&feature=youtu.be Subscribe to Usefulcharts: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7o-UFkoAPCoKxpKOfrs4zQ Have an idea for a video Mr. Beat should do? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). #rothschilds #conspiracytheories #antisemitism Sources: https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4311 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_family https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rothschild-family https://www.investopedia.com/updates/history-rothschild-family/ https://www.forbes.com/profile/benjamin-de-rothschild/#651a37556454 https://anonhq.com/forget-about-the-8-billionaires-the-rothschild-family-wealth-has-it-covered/ https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/27/25-richest-families-in-the-world-are-worth-more-than-1-trillion.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYCDT44qxJ0 https://www.thejc.com/news/news-features/the-rothschilds-the-banks-and-antisemitism-the-truth-and-the-myths-1.450112 https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/retropod/how-the-antisemitic-conspiracy-theories-about-the-rothschilds-began/?utm_term=.e6d0d6290881 https://www.heyalma.com/jewish-conspiracies-surrounding-british-royal-family/ Photo/video credits: A. Wintschalek Revalation Studios Swanker Luca Babini Martin Hirsch National Trust, Waddesdon Manor / John Bigelow Taylor Waddesdon Manor Let’s have a serious look at the Rothschild family. Also known as the Rothschild dynasty, they are an extremely wealthy family that all descend from a dude named Mayer Rothschild, known as the "founding father of international finance.” Mayer and his five sons all built up a fortune by loaning money to princes who were going to war with each other. Yep, they were bankers. Money lenders. Everybody loves money lenders, amIright? And war was good for business. Through both the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars, they made a huge fortune. After the fall of Napoleon and the death of Mayer, his sons set up shop all over Europe- London, Paris, Frankfurt, Vienna, and Naples, to be specific. In all places, they loaned money to the aristocracy and the government. Meanwhile, they had joined the aristocracy themselves, eventually become some of the most powerful people in the world. Historically, since Christians weren’t allowed to lend money for profit but Jews could, Jews often turned to money lending to build up wealth since they often weren’t allowed to own land and were often forced to live in Jewish ghettos. Mayer Rothschild actually lived in one of those Jewish ghettos, in Frankfurt, which at the time was part of the Holy Roman Empire. He had a rough childhood. His parents had both died by the time he was 12. So it was quite amazing Mayer was able to rise to power the way he did. Speaking of impressive, Matt of Useful Charts has released an impressive family tree that clearly shows the Rothschilds dynasty. If you’re not familiar with Useful Charts, it’s basically Matt’s company that releases these beautiful historical diagrams. He sells them as posters on his website and also has a YouTube channel highlighting his diagrams. This video is a collaboration of his Rothschild family tree. Be sure to check out his video going over it when you’re done watching this one. Anyway, before Mayer Rothschild died in 1812, he gave very clear instructions to his sons for how to handle the finances of the family. He wanted their wealth kept within the family, and encouraged marriages between cousins. Ew. And he went as far to say never give a direct inheritance to daughters. But yeah, this explains why so much of the wealth stayed with the Rothschilds throughout the 1800s. However, by the end of the 1800s, there were other plutocrats, man. The Rothschilds were no longer the top dawgs in the world in terms of wealth. Not only that, but family rivalries, politics, and wars greatly decreased Rothschild wealth. The Naples branch closed in 1863, and no male heirs led to the Frankfurt branch closing in 1901. The Vienna branch closed after the Nazis invaded Austria in 1938. Most of the Rothchilds in Vienna fled, selling their bank for a fraction of what it was actually worth.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. My Ampeduplearning store: https://ampeduplearning.com/teacher-contributor-stores/social-studies-teachers/mr-beats-classroom/ My Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH In episode 47 of Supreme Court Briefs, it's the story of the Scottsboro Boys, the nine African American teenage boys who were falsely accused of raping two white women. #supremecourtbriefs #scottsboroboys #apush Want a specific SCOTUS case covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Drew Gerber. Thanks to John Crow for restoring and colorizing old photos for this video. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/287us45 Other sources used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottsboro_Boys http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/SB_chron.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powell_v._Alabama https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/scottsboro-boys-trial-and-defense-campaign-1931-1937/ https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog/scottsboro-boys https://www.sigtheatre.org/scottsboro/a-miscarriage-of-justice/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norris_v._Alabama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson_v._Alabama https://famous-trials.com/scottsboroboys/1562-scottsboroboys https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/26/obituaries/clarence-norris-the-last-survivor-of-scottsboro-boys-dies-at-76.html Jackson County, Alabama March 25, 1931 African American teenage boys get into a fight with six white teenage boys on a freight train they all illegally hitched a ride on. After the fight, the six white males were kicked off the train because they had apparently started it. Well them boys didn’t like that so much, so they went to the sheriff in the nearby town of Paint Rock to say they were assaulted. The sheriff got together a mob of people and ordered the train stopped and every African American on board arrested. Yep, they really did arrest every African American on that train. Eventually, they were able to narrow down the suspects to nine boys. The nine were Clarence Norris, age 19. Charlie Weems, age 19. Andy Wright, age 19. Haywood Patterson, age 18. Olin Montgomery, age 17. Ozie Powell, age 16. William Roberson, age 16. Eugene Williams, age 13, and Roy Wright, age 12. William could barely walk due to a severe case of syphilis. Andy and Roy were brothers, who had left their homes for the first time ever. Olin couldn’t see and was hoping to get a job to pay for some glasses. And Haywood, Haywood had ridden freight trains for so long that he claimed he could light a cigarette on top of a quickly moving one. Of these 9 boys, only four knew each other before getting arrested together. While the boys were in custody, two white women who were also on that train, Victoria Price and Ruby Bates, approached authorities and claimed they had been raped by the boys after the white boys had been kicked off. A doctor examined Price and Bates for signs of rape, but did not find any. Historians have speculated that Price and Bates may have have told police they were raped to distract the police from looking at the fact that both had been involved with prostitution in Tennessee. Regardless, after word got out about those charges, a rather large mob formed outside the jail. Due to the racism of the time and place, the mob automatically thought these black teenage boys were guilty. They demanded the boys be released to be lynched. The authorities did not release the boys. In fact, Sheriff Matt Wann actually stood in front of the jail blocking entrance, saying he would kill the first person to come through the door. The Alabama Army National Guard soon came to protect the jail. The nine boys were later called the Scottsboro Boys since their case was first heard in nearby Scottsboro, Alabama. From the very beginning, the justice system made it so these boys were guilty until proven innocent. Before the trials, they were not allowed to seek legal counsel or even contact their families. The trials were completed in just four days. Each of those four days, a huge crowd of all spectators booed and hollered. The two lawyers who defended the boys were not given enough time to prepare for the case, and didn’t even give closing arguments. The only evidence considered was the testimony of Victoria Price and Ruby Bates.

Are you under arrest? Know your rights. Mr. Beat explains the American judicial system with both criminal and civil cases and at the federal and state levels. Check out Supreme Court Briefs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRef-x3QBDpwvJsr6i1Z3I6TN Have an idea for a video Mr. Beat should do? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat/ A special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Thanks to my brother, Steven Beat, for helping me make this video! #apgov #law #government Sources: https://www.justice.gov/usao/justice-101/federal-courts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_courts_of_appeals https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/about-educational-outreach/activity-resources/supreme-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_court_(United_States) https://theoutline.com/post/2066/most-criminal-cases-end-in-plea-bargains-not-trials?zd=1&zi=74vtiogh https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/watchdog/2014/09/06/cost-death-penalty-defense-per-case/15207931/ https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/types-cases/civil-cases https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/court-role-and-structure/comparing-federal-state-courts https://today.law.harvard.edu/book-review/in-new-book-shugerman-explores-the-history-of-judicial-selection-in-the-u-s/ Photo/video credits: Willjay Shizzy9989 Phil Roeder Videoplasty.com AgnosticPreachersKid Nydia Tisdale Say you’re accused of breaking a federal law, or a statute, or a treaty, or anything in the U.S. Constitution really. First of all, woah. Second of all, you go straight to the federal court system. You start out in district courts, aka the general trial courts. There are 94 districts in the country. Some states, like my home state of Kansas, have just one district. Other states, like Texas, have four. Even some of the United States territories get district courts. Ah, that’s nice. Each district court has at least one judge, appointed by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. They can serve for life...unless they misbehave, of course. One of the judges in my district, a dude named Sam Crow, has been a district court judge literally my entire life. He is 93 freaking years old. But he’s joined by 10 others. I should say that Crow would be considered a youngin’ compared to this guy. Wesley Brown, who died in 2012 at the age of 104, was actively hearing cases also in the District of Kansas up until a month before he died. He was the oldest person to serve as a federal judge in American history. Anyway, at the district level, there are also subject-specific courts, you know...courts that specialize in certain areas, like taxes, claims against the federal government, and international trade. Also, each district has its own bankruptcy court. So say they find you guilty in district court. (gasp!) No worries, you can appeal to the circuit courts. Also called the U.S. courts of appeals, they mostly hear appeals from district courts in a designated area. Hey, could you please put up that map again? Uh, thank you. Yeah so I’d be appealing in District 10...no not that District 10. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Each circuit court has multiple judges, ranging from six in the First Circuit all the way to 29 in the Ninth Circuit. Again, all of them appointed by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Again, they can serve for life...unless they misbehave. Some circuit courts also deal with specific subjects, such as veterans claims and military matters. So say they find you guilty in circuit court. (gasp!) No worries, it’s not over yet! Although you might worry a bit. You can appeal again, this time to the highest court in the land, as they say, the Supreme Court of the United States, who meet in the capital, Washington, D.C.. You’ve got to petition to them. Basically, suck up to them so they’ll hear your case. The fancy phrase for this is a writ of certiorari. Unfortunately for you, less than 1% of all appeals are actually heard by the Supreme Court. It’s made up of nine justices, again nominated by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. No surprise here...they can serve for life...unless they misbehave, but who are we kidding here, no justice has ever been kicked out of the Supreme Court.

Mr. Beat gives a brief history of the American Mafia, also known as La Cosa Nostra, or simply The Mob. One book used for the research of this video was Gotti's Rules, by George Anastasia. To purchase, click here: https://amzn.to/2Y9mhhc The first 500 people to click my link will get two months of Skillshare Premium for FREE! https://skl.sh/mrbeat2 Have an idea for a video Mr. Beat should do? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat/ A special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music: “Trieste” by Josh Lippi & The Overtimers and an additional instrumental by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). #themafia #themob #americanmafia Sources: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/218555.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Mafia-related_words?scrlybrkr=632ac3cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Mafia?scrlybrkr=632ac3cf http://umich.edu/~themafia/RevisedHistory.htm?scrlybrkr=0efa4127 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valachi_hearings https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/organized-crime/history-of-la-cosa-nostra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_14,_1891_New_Orleans_lynchings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castellammarese_War https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-senator-and-the-gangsters-69770823/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apalachin_meeting https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/17/us/mafia-crime-families-have-evolved/index.html https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kwxbpa/what-happened-to-the-american-mafia-712 Gotti's Rules by George Anastasia Photo credits: Jim Henderson Norbert Nagel Sikeri I’m sure you’re already aware of the Mafia, thanks to The Godfather or Martin Scorsese films. But I hate to break this to you, The Godfather and Martin Scorsese films aren’t exactly all that historical. So first of all, the media and law enforcement first used that term Mafia, to describe criminal groups in Sicily. You know, the Mediterranean island in Southern Italy. Or the rock that Italy is kicking. Anyway, Giuseppe Esposito, the first known Sicilian Mafia member to move to the United States, fled to New York City after killing a bunch of politicians and wealthy landowners back in Sicily. Esposito ended up in New Orleans, where, in 1881, detective David Hennessey caught him and sent him back to Italy. By this time, the Sicilian Mafia spread throughout both New Orleans and New York City. They wanted revenge. On October 15, 1890, they found Hennessey, now the superintendent and chief of police, and murdered him, execution style. In response, New Orleans police arrested hundreds of Sicilians, eventually accusing 19 for Hennessey’s murder. However, after a bunch of acquittals and mistrials and rumours the jury had been bribed, an angry mob formed outside the prison. On March 14, 1891, they broke into the prison, dragging out the indicted Sicilian men and killing 11 of them. These killings are perhaps the largest known mass lynching in American history. After the lynchings, the term “Mafia” now entered the American national dialogue. More Americans had anti-Italian feelings, calling for more restrictions to prevent Italians from immigrating to the country. Oh yeah, and the whole Italian mob stereotype was born. So how did the Sicilian Mafia evolve into the American Mafia? Well, from the 1890s to the 1920s, the rise and fall of various gangs would lead to their organization. And yes, many of these gangs attracted young, poor, Italian men with ties to Sicily. However, it’s important to point out that not all of these gangs were Italian. For example, the Five Points Gang was mainly made up of Irish Americans. Although, its leader, Paul Kelly, was Italian. Well that’s not a very Italian sounding name, Mr. Beat. Yeah, his real name was Paolo Antonio Vaccarelli. He changed his name so it sounded more Irish. The big rival gang to the Five Points Gang was the Eastman Gang, who were mostly Jewish. Other gangs in the mix in New York City in the early 20th century were the Cherry Hill Gang, White Hand Gang, and the Yakey Yakes. Many of these gangs participated in an extortion racket known as The Black Hand. The name came from gang tactics like sending a letter to someone threatening to kill them or kidnap a loved one unless she or he paid a specified amount of money. These letters often were signed with a hand held up as a gesture of warning, which was usually imprinted with black ink.

Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Montreal and Toronto, the two largest cities in Canada. #geography #canada #torontovsmontreal Tristan's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dZM_A7O7Mk&feature=youtu.be Subscribe to Step Back History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxTdWpLJurbGlFMWOwXWG_A Thanks to Aven and Mark of the channel Alliterative and This is Barris! for looking over my script. Check out their channels! Alliterative: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG6tBbWzY_ZR4_rd72vp6CA This is Barris!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfveSKkxngPNNHLoDhqjaOg Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Drew Gerber. Sources: http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/33481/canadian-cities-montreal-vs-toronto https://www.quora.com/Is-French-spoken-in-Toronto-as-one-of-the-main-languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Montreal https://versus.com/en/montreal-vs-toronto https://globalnews.ca/news/3770977/best-cities-driving-montreal-toronto/ https://www.mtlblog.com/news/canada/montreal-ranked-3-best-city-in-canada-for-public-transit-toronto-somehow-ranked-1 https://www.narcity.com/ca/on/toronto/news/twist-more-people-ride-the-montreal-metro-than-the-ttc https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Canada&city1=Montreal&country2=Canada&city2=Toronto https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/comparison/montreal/toronto https://generationcentraide.ca/en/montreal-love-20-poverty-way-much/ https://nowtoronto.com/news/year-in-review-2018-toronto-poverty-doug-ford/ https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Canada&city1=Montreal&country2=Canada&city2=Toronto https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/as-sa/fogs-spg/Facts-cma-eng.cfm?LANG=Eng&GK=CMA&GC=462&TOPIC=7 https://globalnews.ca/news/2578128/why-toronto-has-never-hosted-the-olympics/ https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/montreal-spends-more-on-roads-than-rest-of-canada-with-worse-results http://www.citiesjournal.com/top-21-reasons-montreal-is-better-than-toronto/19/ Photo credits (creative commons folks are amazing): Paolo Costa Baldi Tony Webster Wladyslaw Secondarywaltz Alexcaban Tony Webster Secondarywaltz Ypsilon from Finland TravelJournalNetwork (P.J. Harris) Gary J. Wood Stéphane Duquesne Resolute Johnmaxmena Guilhem Vellut Diego Delso Toronto and Montreal or Tronno and The City of Saints The two largest cities in Canada. Just about 547 kilometers, or 340 miles, apart from each other. While the two cities are dynamic, cosmopolitan, global cities with amazing attractions, both are quite different. Let’s start with the language. French is the primary language of Montreal, while English is the primary language of Toronto. But wait Mr. Beat. Aren’t both English and French official languages in Canada? Well, yeah, but Montreal is in Quebec (I know, I know also pronounced KUH- bek or KEH-bek), which is the only province where the majority of residents speak French. But have no fear English-speaking peoples. More than 59% of Montreal residents can speak both English and French. Less than 1% of folks who live in Toronto mostly speak French, although most Toronto residents know at least some French, or at least they were supposed to learn it in school. Pay attention in school, kids. Why the language difference? Well let’s get into some history. Montreal is 151 years older than Toronto. Woah dude. Montreal began as a fort called Ville-Marie. French settlers founded Ville-Marie on May 17, 1642 to help expand its colonial empire, New France. In those early years, Ville-Marie became a major center for the fur trade and made lots of money for France until France lost it in 1760 to the British army in the Seven Years’ War. After the British moved in, THEY made lots of money in the fur trade. Meanwhile, the British established the Province of Upper Canada. Its first Lieutenant-Governor, a dude named John Graves Simcoe, established what would become Toronto on August 27, 1793. He named it York, to kiss King George’s butt, since the Duke of York was King George’s son. It was meant to be the temporary capital of Upper Canada, but folks liked it so much it ended up becoming the permanent capital. During the War of 1812, American troops attacked the fort which protected York, called Fort York of course.

Ever wonder why people become less openminded as they get older? You do? Well good news, because Mr. Beat explains why, you openminded person you. Check out Heimler's History video about Outrage Culture here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U5JB4euF5s Subscribe to his channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_bOoi0e3L3SJ1xx5TZWHPw A special thanks to my wife, Mrs. Beat, for helping me with this video, and to Drew Gerber, my former student, for lending his music: https://soundcloud.com/babyfood Have a great video topic idea? Your idea gets picked when you donate at least $10 a month on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Drew Gerber. Sources: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/old_open-minded https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_is_it_so_hard_to_change_peoples_minds https://www.inc.com/melanie-curtin/how-open-minded-are-you-science-says-this-simple-eye-test-will-tell-you.html http://cocosci.princeton.edu/tom/papers/LabPublications/GopnicketalYoungLearners.pdf https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-is-change-so-hard-for-some-people-especially-older-ones/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belief_perseverance https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mr-personality/201410/why-are-older-people-more-conservative http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180622-the-surprising-reason-people-change-their-minds https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797617738814 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/10/how-to-change-someones-mind-according-to-science/?utm_term=.49cbd4a32d28 https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/8vx8tv/cmv_steven_crowders_change_my_mind_series_is_a/ Photo credits: Bryanjao Senate Democrats I am Mr. Beat. But can I actually change your mind? These folks on the subreddit /r/changmyview SEEM to want their minds changed. Steven Crowder SEEMS to want his mind changed. Oh well this is interesting. This person defending Steven Crowder’s Change My Mind series also wants their mind changed. And holy crap. They changed their mind! Delta awarded! hahaha! But yeah...no. I probably can’t change your mind, as you’re likely more attached to emotion and group affiliation than you are facts. However if you are over 30 years old, it’s even MORE unlikely that I can change your mind. Me: Don’t believe me? Shannon: No Me: Well maybe I can change your mind. Think of it as this graph that I totally didn’t just crudely draw up and is sooo scientific. On the y axis is a measure of open mindedness. In other words, how willing someone is to change their minds. On the x axis is age. As you can see on the graph, we begin life extremely open minded, but that goes steadily down once we reach our teenage years, then become a bit more open minded in our twenties as this is when we break away from families to start our own families, go to college and start new careers, move away, and just are willing to take bigger risks. But after that, the pattern resumes and we become less and less open minded until the day we die. I tried changing my grandpa’s mind once. It didn’t go so well. And this trend takes place across all cultures. It’s pretty universal. What’s that? You don’t believe me? Well perhaps I can change your mind. So why are older folks generally less open minded? But first, this video is a collaboration with Mr. Heimler of Heimler’s History. He made a video about the outrage culture we see on the internet these days. Be sure to check it out when you’re done watching this one! So why are older folks generally less open minded? First of all, older folks tend to be smarter. The very fact that they know more makes it more difficult for them to learn something new. Since they have more existing knowledge, this causes them to inevitably have more biases. Second, younger learners have inherently more flexible minds. We apparently evolved this way. One theory says that we have to be exploratory when we are younger in order to act more effectively as adults. As children get older, frontal areas of the brain- the part of the brain associated with a more focused attention, better planning, and executive control- limit what the rest of the brain can do. In other words, adults may be pretty good at stuff, but only because they were easily able to experiment and discover during the learning process. Third, older learners process new information slower than younger learners. #psychology #socialstudies #sschat

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. In episode 46 of Supreme Court Briefs, Arkansas tries to get rid of career politicians through indirect term limits. Yeah but is it legal? #supremecourtbriefs #apgov #termlimits Check out Professor Politics' video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0xCWWAr5Zw&feature=youtu.be And subscribe to his channel! @ProfessorPolitics Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). A special thank you to the AP Archive for allowing me to use footage. AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1994/93-1456 Other sources used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Term_Limits,_Inc._v._Thornton?scrlybrkr=855a1fbc https://www.termlimits.com/term-limits-amendment/ https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/23/us/high-court-blocks-term-limits-for-congress-in-a-5-4-decision.html https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/how-term-limit-congress http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=4166 http://mclaughlinonline.com/2018/02/08/ma-poll-voters-overwhelmingly-support-term-limits-for-congress/ https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/04/politics/term-limits-ted-cruz-proposal/index.html Sound effects credits: Mike Koenig Photo credits: Rodasmith Arkansas November 3, 1992 Citizens vote to approve Amendment 73 to the Arkansas Constitution, which says any federal Congressional candidate who has already served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives or two terms in the U.S. Senate can’t be on the ballot in elections. Now, representatives could still run for a fourth term and Senators could still run for a third term- their names would just have to be written-in on the ballot. For people who can’t spell, though, this might be a problem. Anyway, Bobbie Hill, a member representing the League of Women Voters, was not happy Amendment 73 passed. She sued Arkansas, arguing the amendment went against the United State Constitution, yo. Specifically, it’s Article 1, Section II: No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen But wait, there’s more. It’s Article 1, Section III: No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen . And of course Hill brought up the 17th Amendment as well. Ray Thornton, a U.S. Congressman representing the 2nd district of Arkansas, was one of the folks who would not have his name on the ballot in the next election. He joined Hill and the League of Women Voters with another lawsuit. Representing Arkansas in the lawsuit by Hill was Attorney General Winston Bryant. Representing Arkansas in the lawsuit by Thornton was U.S. Term Limits, the organization who helped get Amendment 73 to pass to begin with. The Arkansas Circuit Court sided with Thornton and Hill. On appeal, the Arkansas Supreme Court also ruled in favor of Thornton and Hill. U.S. Term Limits and Bryant appealed yet again to the Supreme Court, who agreed to hear both cases, hearing oral arguments on November 29, 1994. U.S. Term Limits argued that Amendment 73 didn’t actually prevent anyone from running for an additional term- she or he could run as a write-in candidate. But Thornton and Hill argued this additional obstacle was enough to overstep Article 1, sections 2 and 3 of the U.S. Constitution. So, could states do that as indirect way to prevent career politicians being in government? The Court said “no.” On May 22, 1995, they announced they had sided with Thornton and Hill. It was a close one. 5-4, and split based on political ideology. The more conservative justices sided with U.S. Term Limits. Justice John Paul Stevens wrote the majority opinion, using the 17th Amendment to back it up. “The Congress of the United States...is not a confederation of nations in which separate sovereigns are represented by appointed delegates, but is instead a body composed of representatives of the people.”

The first 500 people to sign up via http://skl.sh/MRBEAT get 2 months of Skillshare Premium free. Mr. Beat explains the difference between nationalism and patriotism. A special thanks to Paul Santos of The Felt Show for helping with this video. It made is so much more interesting. Subscribe to the Felt Show here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCC38u45KCmNDe9X4ozxqlA Have an idea for a video Mr. Beat should do? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). #nationalism #patriotism #politics Sources: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/patriotism-vs-nationalism https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/trump-nationalism-patriotism-difference.html https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/world/2019-02-12/why-nationalism-works https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2016/12/26/why-is-nationalism-dangerous/ https://mises.org/wire/difference-between-good-globalism-and-bad-globalism https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/03/6-things-the-eu-has-achieved-60-years-on-from-its-founding-treaty-7609e02c-01bb-4763-8cbf-716d2287a647/ Photo credits: Tom Page Nationalism is a word that often has a negative connotation these days. In fact, the word is often used to attack people. It’s often automatically associated with white nationalism. And lately Trump and others, like PragerU, (clip) are trying to change that. But French President Emmanuel Macron said “nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism.” Wait, patriotism? Well that word is often glorified. And yet, nationalism and patriotism are two words that people constantly get mixed up. Wikipedia even says this, for crying out loud. While the two terms are related and used to basically mean the same thing, today they no longer mean the same thing. So let’s clear this up. Patriotism is love and devotion to one’s country. Nationalism is love and devotion to one’s country ABOVE ALL OTHERS Now, nationalism does have other meanings, and there are different kinds of nationalism, but I don’t want to complicate things too much. For the rest of this video, I do want to analyze why so many people think nationalism is dangerous and patriotism is not. Understanding that will hopefully help give you a deeper understanding of the difference between the two. First of all, nationalism often leads to revolution and war. Patriotism usually does not. In fact, nationalism was one of the primary causes of both World War I and World War 2. Second, nationalism is exclusionary. Patriotism does not have to be. Nationalism creates this in-group/out-group mentality, and often justifies doing whatever possible to help just one nation while ignoring, neglecting, or even hurting other nations. This automatically makes every global issue an “us vs. them” issue. You’re either with us or against us! Novelist George Orwell was a big critic of nationalism. He once said, “A nationalist is one who thinks...mainly in terms of competitive prestige...his thoughts always turn on victories, defeats, triumphs, and humiliations.” And finally, the third problem with nationalism is that it often leads to breaking laws of other countries. Patriotism does not. With nationalism, the laws of one country always super cede the laws of all other countries. It also leads to the breaking of treaties. For example, time and time again we’ve seen countries break the Geneva Conventions due to nationalism. In conclusion, remembering the difference between patriotism and nationalism should is key to recognizing how nationalism could be a threat to world peace. Yes, individual countries should have sovereignty, but cooperation between sovereign nations is the way forward if we want humans to stick around for awhile. And I like humans. I really do! They’re great.

Here is why Ohioans and Michiganders have a long history of hating each other. This is the second episode of a series with The Cynical Historian examining different state rivalries. This episode's companion piece, why Virginia Hates West Virginia, can found on his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYK-24D2oHU Subscribe to the Cynical Historian: https://www.youtube.com/user/CynicalCypher88 #ohiovsmichigan #staterivalries #ushistory Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ His Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). All images and video either by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Photo credits: Malindialau scott stuart Eric Garcetti Nyttend Trimalchio William F. Wood Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan%E2%80%93Ohio_State_football_rivalry https://www.michigan.gov/dmva/0,4569,7-126-2360_3003_3009-16934--,00.html http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Toledo_War http://geo.msu.edu/extra/geogmich/toledo_war.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War https://ss.sites.mtu.edu/mhugl/2015/10/21/the-battle-of-phillips-corner/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2008-02-24-chi-10-things-ohio-story.html https://www.thescore.com/ncaaf/news/1550850 A special thanks to Cody from KnowledgeHub for looking over my script. Here is his video about the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gotod9dPAlg Today, when Americans think of a Michigan and Ohio rivalry, they think of college football. “The Game,” is a major match-up each year between the Michigan Wolverines and the Ohio State Buckeyes. It’s one of the most well known sports rivalries around, mostly due to the fact that geographically the schools are close, and the two football teams are usually both very good and competing for their conference championship. The two teams have played every year since 1918, and the rivalry actually goes all the way back to 1897. At that first game in 1897, In the stands at the game were at least some fans who were alive when their two states freaking went to war with each other, and I’m sure this helped fuel the rivalry. Yep, you heard that right. Michigan and Ohio went to war with each other. But before we get there, let’s go back away. The story begins with the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which the United States passed to create the Northwest Territory, the first organized territory in the country. It stretched from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River, between British North America and the Great Lakes in the north and the Ohio River in the south. In order to create future states, the U.S. gave Ohio Country a northern boundary that went from the southern tip of Lake Michigan straight east to Lake Erie. North of this line would be the future state of Michigan. South of this line, the future state of Ohio. However, the cartographers who drew up the map of the border didn’t do a good job. The maps were...how do you say...inaccurate, to say the least. Like this map, which showed the border giving Ohio the entire eastern coast of Lake Erie and even possibly Detroit. During the Ohio constitutional convention of 1802, a fur trapper showed up and said the northern boundary was actually much further south. In fact, south of a crucial waterway out of Lake Erie called the Maumee River. Well this freaked the Ohioans out. Hoping to push their luck, they went ahead and made the northern border just north of the Maumee River, and hoped the federal government wouldn’t notice when it admitted Ohio as a state in 1803. Well guess what. People noticed. In 1805, when folks tried to establish the territory of Michigan, surveyors, realized the southern tip of Lake Michigan was further south of the Maumee River. So, there was a classic border dispute. And for many years, the federal government did not step in. Finally, in 1817, it sent a dude named Edward Tiffin to check it out. His team concluded that the border that went just north of the Maumee, as recognized by the Ohio constitution, was indeed the accurate one. The problem, though, was that Tiffin might have been a little bit biased. You see, he used to be the governor of Ohio. So of course Michiganders were gonna protest. Michigan Territorial Governor Lewis Cass went to President James Monroe to ask for another survey at the border. The second team, led by John Fulton, came out to more accurately put the border directly east of the southern tip of Lake Michigan, which was well south of the mouth of the Maumee River.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. First Wecreateedu collab: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlt1h57yoMAFO4xgAMh-_t6OW_fV8L-MD In episode 45 of Supreme Court Briefs, a man claims to be reverse discriminated against when he applies for UC Davis Medical School. Does affirmative action go against the Constitution? #supremecourtbriefs #apgov #affirmativeaction "First" Edutuber collaboration: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlt1h57yoMAFO4xgAMh-_t6OW_fV8L-MD Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). A special thank you to the AP Archive for allowing me to use footage. AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1979/76-811 Other sources used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regents_of_the_Univ._of_Cal._v._Bakke?scrlybrkr=1b189037 https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/10/how-lewis-powell-changed-affirmative-action/572938/ https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/when-the-supreme-court-first-ruled-on-affirmative-action https://www.britannica.com/event/Bakke-decision#ref809296 https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/affirmative-action-hanging-thread-bakke/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/06/05/Bakke-graduates-from-medical-school/7223392097600/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/06/29/allan-bakke-determined-to-be-a-doctor-not-a-test-case/b4623f92-bb4a-450c-8b6d-676a639e952f/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.dcc795941a99 http://landmarkcases.c-span.org/Case/27/Regents-Univ-Cal-v-Bakke https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/02/13/harvard-case-judge-appears-skeptical-plaintiffs/edyDesuJv9eedn6sRqhfuK/story.html https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4729984/allan-bakkes-life-decision Photo credits: Arlen Chyu83 Epolk Omar Bukhari Allan Bakke , a 33-year old man of European origin, wants to be a doctor, and applies to various medical schools. Bakke was an accomplished NASA engineer and Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam. He had always done well in school and scored well on the Medical College Admissions Test, or MCAT. Despite all this, all 12 medical schools he applied to rejected him. One of those schools that rejected his admission was the University of California at Davis. Bakke applied there in 1973, and the university committee gave him 468 points out of 500 on their rating scale. A 470 automatically got you in, by the way. Dr. Theodore West, who interviewed Bakke, said he was “a well-qualified candidate for admission whose main hardship is the unavoidable fact that he is now 33.” Dr. West recommended him. Yeah, despite that, Bakke was rejected. He complained to Dr. George Lowrey, the chairman of the admissions committee at the medical school. Lowrey directed him to Assistant Dean Peter Storandt, who probably made the mistake of telling Bakke essentially “yeah, buddy, you were close. You should apply again, and if you don’t get in after the second time, maybe consider suing the college.” Yeah later Storandt likely was fired due to that. So Bakke applied again. And UC Davis rejected him again. In addition, at the time Bakke was rejected, the school had a special admission program, which was basically an affirmative action quota system. Affirmative action, aka positive discrimination, means favoring folks belonging to groups previously discriminated against. And of course the United States had a long history of discriminating against ethnic minorities. The UC Davis med school automatically held 16 spots for each new class of 100 for “qualified” minorities. This meant that several students with considerably lower academic scores than Bakke were admitted due to being a minority. On June 20, 1974, Bakke sued the Regents of the University of California, which was the group that supervised UC Davis. It went through the Superior Court of California in Yolo County. Bakke argued that the special admission program for minorities at UC Davis went against the Civil Rights Act. Specifically, Title 6, which said there should not be discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in any program or activity that gets money from the federal government. UC Davis’s legal team argued that Bakke wouldn’t have been admitted to the medical school even if the special admission program for minorities didn’t exist.

Who was Daniel Boone? Will the real Daniel Boone step up? Well, there's a lot of misinformation and mythology about him out there, so in this video Mr. Beat hopes to clear some things up. Here is the story of the most interesting man in America, Daniel Boone. #danielboone #westwardexpansion #apush To buy The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer by John Mack Faragher: https://amzn.to/2HimVDX To buy The American Heritage History of the Great West by David Lavender: https://amzn.to/2UpQLdo Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). All images and video either by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Sources: Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer by John Mack Faragher The American Heritage History of the Great West by David Lavender https://www.history.com/news/8-things-you-might-not-know-about-daniel-boone https://shsmo.org/historicmissourians/name/b/booned/ https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/yadkin-county-1850/ http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p249901coll22/id/76866 http://www.booneassociation.com/timeline.html http://genealogytrails.com/main/danielboone_bio.html http://danielboonetrail.com/history/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Boone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Discovery,_Settlement_and_Present_State_of_Kentucke http://blogs.britannica.com/2007/10/daniel-boone-myth-and-reality http://www.booneassociation.com/genealogy.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonso_Boone https://allthingsliberty.com/2016/05/daniel-boone-facts-vs-hearsay/ Photo credits: Smallbones Kbh3rd Wilson44691 Bms4880 Famartin Marginair Nealparr Jared422 Yinan Chen Kbh3rd Rvannatta Googie Man Chrisjnelson Sound credits: Mike Koenig Today, Boone is one of the most misunderstood figures in American history. This is mostly due to how he was portrayed later in books in the 19th century, and in numerous comic strips, radio shows, and films in the 20th century. Then of course, there was this TV show about him that was popular in the 1960s. The actor in that show, Fess Parker, basically acted like the same way he did in a previous role, playing Davy Crockett. Needless to say, the show was not historically accurate AT ALL. Daniel Boone was born on November 2, 1734 in what became Berks County, Pennsylvania, today an hour’s drive from Philadelphia. His parents, Squire and Sarah Boone, were Quakers who escaped persecution for their religious beliefs back in England. Daniel was a middle child, sixth of eleven children. The family lived just down the road from future President Abraham Lincoln’s ancestors. In fact, Abraham Lincoln’s great-grandfather, also named Abraham Lincoln, married Daniel’s cousin Ann. As a kid, Daniel spent most of his time at the edge of the frontier, often taking his family’s cattle out to graze. He loved wandering in the woods with those cows. He regularly interacted with the nearby Lenape Indians, who the Quakers as a whole had a good relationship with. Daniel actually learned how to hunt from the Lenape, in addition to other local settlers. He got his first rifle at the age of 12, and by 13 he was regularly providing meat for family meals. One time a panther leapt right at him and he calmly cocked his rifled and shot him through the heart. Yeah, that probably didn’t really happen, but the fact that that story got around is evidence Daniel had quite the reputation as a skilled hunter. Daniel never attended school, but family members did teach him how to read and write. Later, his go-to books were The Bible and Gulliver’s Travels. In 1750, Squire Boone moved the family to North Carolina, settling in the Yadkin River valley, near what is now Davie County. This was again an area at the edge of the frontier. Daniel joined the local militia to help defend the settlements from various local American Indian tribes. When North Carolina governor Matthew Rowan called for a militia during the French and Indian War, Boone, now 20 years old, volunteered. He served under General Edward Braddock as he led forces to attack at Fort Duquesne, a French military post located at present-day Pittsburgh. George Washington, future President but at the time a young colonial militia leader, was also on that march. Boone worked as a wagoner, meaning he was one of the dudes who drove the horse-drawn wagons. On the trip, Boone met and befriended a trader named John Findley. Findley had lots of experience trading with different groups of American Indians and had traveled quite a bit.

Mr. Beat counts down his least favorite U.S. Senators of all time. Have an idea for a video Mr. Beat should do? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). #apush #americanhistory #senate (DIS)honorable mentions: Strom Thurmond Sources: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/nevada-man-who-saw-mccarran-die-in-office-says-statue-should-remain-in-us-capitol/ https://morningconsult.com/2019/01/10/americas-most-and-least-popular-senators-q4-2018/ https://www.quorum.us/data-driven-insights/the-115th-congress-is-among-the-oldest-in-history/175/ https://politicaledu.org/2017/09/16/worst-senators-in-american-history/ https://www.columbiadailyherald.com/opinion/20160924/forgotten-story-of-william-blount https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/To_Arrest_An_Impeached_Senator.htm https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Ten_Senators_Expelled.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_R._Burton?scrlybrkr=91e1abc7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_expelled_or_censured?scrlybrkr=91e1abc7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Mitchell?scrlybrkr=91e1abc7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_land_fraud_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_A._Williams?scrlybrkr=91e1abc7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_McCarran?scrlybrkr=91e1abc7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Packwood?scrlybrkr=91e1abc7 https://www.npr.org/2017/11/27/566096392/when-bob-packwood-was-nearly-expelled-from-the-senate-for-sexual-misconduct https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_G._Bilbo?scrlybrkr=91e1abc7 https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/contested_elections/126Theodore_Bilbo.htm Photo credits: Martin Falbisone Gage Skidmore Golbez Bestbudbrian #10 James Simmons Senator from Rhode Island from 1841 to 1847 and again from 1857 to 1862, Simmons got caught getting a contract for two Rhode Island rifle manufacturers in return for $20,000 in promissory notes. So basically, he was bribed to help these two companies make lots of money from the U.S. government, which needed lots of rifles as it turns out since it was fighting the Confederate forces in the Civil War. The reason why Simmons isn’t higher up on this list is because technically there wasn’t a law saying you couldn’t do this, although Congress promptly passed a law banning it after this. #9 William Blount Senator from Tennessee from 1796 to 1797, Blount was a Founding Father, and the only Senator on this list to actually sign the U.S. Constitution. Originally from North Carolina, Blount was instrumental in opening up lands west of the Appalachians to settlement. He bought up millions of acres out there himself, but his risky land investments caused him to get a lot of debt. Due to this debt, he conspired with Britain to take over the Spanish-controlled Louisiana to try to raise the prices of his land. Well, he didn’t get away with it. When Congress found out in 1797, he became the first Senator kicked out of the Senate and also the first federal official to get impeached. Blount was arrested, but posted bail and went to Tennessee and never came back. He never showed up to trial, and the feds eventually gave up trying to arrest him again. #8 Joseph Burton Aw man, this dude’s from my home state. Senator from Kansas from 1901 to 1906, uh Burton had a little conflict of interest. He was getting paid for defending a company successfully against the United States government while he was Senator. Eventually, he was found guilty of public corruption, which means he was misusing the power he had as Senator for private gain. Burton became the first member of the Senate to actually be convicted of a crime. Now, does that mean other Senators weren’t doing stuff like this before this? Of course not. But he was the first one to get caught. #7 John Mitchell Weird coincidence, Mitchell was Senator the same time as Burton. He represented the state of Oregon from 1901 to 1905 and was all about Big Business and against most of the political reforms of the Populists. The biggest reason why he’s on this list is because of his involvement in the Oregon land fraud scandal. Yep, this was more public corruption. Mitchell abused his power, helping a client get patents to fraudulent land claims.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. In episode 44 of Supreme Court Briefs, Amish parents let their kids drop out of school after eighth grade. Wisconsin says they can't do that. The Amish fight back. #supremecourtbriefs #apgov #amish Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-110 Other sources used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_v._Yoder?scrlybrkr=ed4d8ce6 https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/406/205 https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/676/wisconsin-v-yoder http://www.phschool.com/atschool/ss_web_codes/supreme_court_cases/yoder.html https://www.wicourts.gov/courts/supreme/docs/famouscases18.pdf http://amishamerica.com/why-do-amish-only-go-to-school-until-8th-grade/ https://education.findlaw.com/education-options/home-schooling-and-the-u-s-constitution.html http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/freeexercise.htm Photo credits: Tgkrause Nick Youngson - http://www.nyphotographic.com/ Green County, Wisconsin September 1968 Three Amish students from three different families stop going to school at New Glarus High School. They were Frieda Yoder, age 15. Barbara Miller, also age 15, and Vernon Yutzy, age 14. But in Green County, not going to school if you were under the age of 16 was illegal. The school district tried to get them to go, but the parents said “no man, our kids are no longer going to school due to our religious beliefs.” Green County didn’t care if it was their religious beliefs or not. It fined the parents $5 for breaking the county’s compulsory-attendance law. Yeah. That will show them. Wait, just $5? Anyway, the parents argued it was Amish tradition to not enroll their kids in public school after 8th grade. In general, there are two reasons for this. One is practicality- Amish teenagers generally need to begin learning a trade after 8th grade and public high schools usually don’t offer adequate training for them. The second reason? The Amish tend to see high schools and colleges as institutions that might promote ideas that go against their traditional Christian values and hurt their chances at going to heaven, yo. Jonas Yoder, the father of Frieda, represented the parents in court, but the Amish generally don’t like going to court to settle disputes. Therefore, a Lutheran minister named William Lindholm took an interest in their case and decided to help them fight, as he believed the county’s compulsory-attendance law went against the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. They appealed to the Wisconsin Circuit Court, who agreed with the lower court, so they appealed again to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, who agreed with Yoder and the rest, overturning the decision. The Wisconsin Supreme Court said that the state of Wisconsin couldn’t show that having an educational system for all its citizens was more important than the Amish families’ rights to practice their religion freely. Wisconsin was like, “oh yeah? Fine. We’re appealing to the Supreme Court of the United States, so what up now?” I’ll tell you what up now. They kept on fighting, and the Court agreed to take on the case, hearing oral arguments on December 8, 1971. The two things at odds with each other were religious freedom versus compulsory education. Yoder argued that high school threatened his Amish way of life. Wisconsin argued that some Amish kids may decide to leave the Amish faith after they reach adulthood, and so therefore a public school education through high school was necessary so they could more easily adapt to the “real world.” If the kids were 2 or 3 or 4 years older, then it wouldn’t be an issue, because they’d be considered adults who could choose whatever religion they wanted. So was Wisconsin violating the kids’ First Amendment rights by forcing them to go to school? The Court said “yes.” On May 15, 1972, they announced they sided with Yoder. It was unanimous, although Justice William Douglas gave a partial dissent. But yeah, the Court said the 14th Amendment was applicable to the states in this case, and that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment DID protect the Amish parents’ right to take their kids out of school, even though they were under 16.

Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Mr. Beat compares and contrasts London and Paris, two cities that have dominated the world for hundreds of years. #geography #paris #london Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Jermaine Hysten. Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErY-2We_-Os https://www.toureiffel.paris/en/the-monument/lights My beautiful wife, Mrs. Beat http://parisjourney.com/toilets-in-paris-before-you-go-you-should-know http://mentalfloss.com/article/558406/worlds-10-most-visited-cities-and-what-it-costs-spend-day-there https://www.citymetric.com/politics/screw-it-heres-map-paris-superimposed-london-976 http://www.thelondonmagazine.co.uk/property-experts/expert-opinions/london-vs-paris.html https://www.parislogue.com/featured-articles/getting-from-london-to-paris/ https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=France&city1=Paris&country2=United+Kingdom&city2=London http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=met_gind3&lang=en http://pages.eiu.com/rs/753-RIQ-438/images/WCOL_2018_Free_report.pdf?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpVd09UY3lObVF4T0RabSIsInQiOiJQUkRNc3R0SUFGcGhPNXlMY0J3OUJhZGlCZjMxTjNYS3Y5OHMwUWMxcXZacWRaR01Xd0oweGFmd1BOODB0OVNqUlB2bENBUVQxWFc3WEp4QkIwSCsyZmZJNG5SS1NscHhaMG8yZHc5NkNVZ2VGU2Zad0MzNFA1d0xneGN4ZzJTbiJ9 https://financesonline.com/10-wealthiest-cities-in-the-world-its-not-new-york-or-london-at-the-top/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/07/french-police-evict-2000-refugees-and-migrants-sleeping-rough-in-paris https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-paris-evacuation/french-police-clear-out-paris-migrants-camp-idUSKCN1IV0FE https://versus.com/en/london-vs-paris http://debane.org/franck/weather-comparison-between-london-and-paris/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqopPs5Tp-I https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/paris-celebrates-2000th-birthday Photo credits: Rich Commander Keane Xtrememachineuk Sam Churchill Diliff Pline George Hodan Romazur Calips Josh Hallett Adam Peterson PHGCOM Alden Jewell Don O'Brien Guilhem Vellut Evan-Amos London and Paris Two of the largest, the most important, most famous, most powerful cities in the world. I mean, they both really are kind of a big deal. London is both the capital and largest city of England and the entire United Kingdom. Paris, is both the capital and largest city of France. Both cities not only dominate the culture of their countries, but dominate the culture of the entire continent of Europe. In terms of metropolitan areas, London is bigger. The London commuter belt has just over 14 million people, while the Paris metropolitan area has over 12.5 million people. So London is basically around 21% of the UK’s population and Paris is basically around 19% of France’s population. The two cities are just 284 miles, or 457 kilometers apart, and there are probably more options than you realize for ways to go back and forth between the two. You can fly. You can take a train and ferry across. You can drive all the way. Wait...huh? Drive?!? Well, kind of, thanks to the Chunnel, an underground tunnel underneath the English Channel. Channel plus tunnel equals Chunnel. What you really do with your car, though, is drive it onto a train, which then carries you through the Chunnel. The quickest way to get between Paris and London is a train that goes straight through the Chunnel. The journey only takes 2 and a half hours. Both are two of the most visited cities in the world. After Bangkok, Thailand, London is the second-most visited city in the world and Paris is the third-most visited city in the world. Both have horrendous traffic, although it doesn’t seem to be as bad in London. But yeah try not to drive if you go to either one. Both are two of the most expensive cities in the world to live in. However, the cost of living is lower in London compared to Paris. And yeah, both are among the wealthiest cities in the world. In terms of GDP, London is ranked 5th and Paris is 6th. Both are financial capitals of the world, although London is uh, more, yeah. The main industries of both are the service industries. Especially, the professional services in London and commerce in Paris. Both have lots of universities but London arguably has the highest concentration of prestigious universities in the world. Both have a bike sharing system.

Will the Colorado River dry up? Mr. Beat examines the dangers of cities like Las Vegas running out of water due to recent population growth and drought in the American Southwest. Check out Jacob's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqnmju-3Wkc&feature=youtu.be Subscribe to Jacob's Life in Vegas: https://www.youtube.com/user/JacobslifeinVegas Have an idea for a video Mr. Beat should do? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Tabby Cat. Sources: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/the-desert-city-in-serious-danger-of-running-dry-2248943.html?scrlybrkr=c672337d https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=cola_ug_research_anthropology https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/nevada-takes-first-sip-of-colorado-river-drought-plan-1528091/?scrlybrkr=3f4ec148 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River_Compact?scrlybrkr=91e1abc7 https://lasvegassun.com/news/2018/may/23/experts-alarming-drought-conditions-hit-us-southwe/ https://www.reuters.com/article/environment-lasvegas-water-dc/las-vegas-water-source-could-run-dry-by-2021-idUSN1226683520080212?scrlybrkr=1da842a0 https://lasvegaswx.com/wxdrought.php https://www.snwa.com/where-southern-nevada-gets-its-water/preparing-for-the-future/groundwater-development-project.html https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/las-vegas-water-09-12-2018.php https://www.livescience.com/43176-drought-pipeline-water-projects-arid-west.html?scrlybrkr=80453c7f https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/04/10/great-lakes-water-piped-southwest-our-future-says-nasa-scientist/100301326/?scrlybrkr=0782580d https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/desalinations-leftovers-negatively-affect-oceans-ecosystems/story?id=60443280 Photo credits: Shannon1 MarginalCost One of the driest cities in the world is one of my favorite places to visit. Las Vegas. 2.2 million people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. Every day, these 2.2 million people all need to drink water, bathe in water, wash their stuff with water, water their plants and lawns, and even play in water. The average household in Vegas uses around 222 gallons (840 liters) of water per day. So that’s 489 million gallons (1.9 billion liters) for everyone per day. That’s a lot of water needed in a city that gets just over 4 inches, or 10 cm, of rain each year. And recently, the city suffered its longest drought on record- a period of 116 straight days without rain. So where the heck does Las Vegas get its water? How can all of this continue to exist? Especially something like this in one of the driest places on earth? Well most of the water Las Vegas gets originated here….the Colorado River. A river that supplies water for...you know...just seven states in the country? I’m not joshing you. That one river is the lifeblood of these seven states. Because they all rely on the same river, they all signed an agreement called the Colorado River Compact, and it divided up the water from the river in this way (table). This agreement gave 97 billion gallons of water per year for Nevada. At the time the agreement went into effect, 1928, this was way more water than Las Vegas needed. Heck, it had less than 5,000 people living there back then. In 1935, the U.S. government completed the Hoover Dam, which then created the largest reservoir in the United States. Lake Mead. Over the past few decades, however, Lake Mead has started to go dry due to the recent 20-year long drought in the American Southwest and increased demand from Vegas. The lake hasn’t reached full capacity since 1983, and is currently at about 40% capacity, meaning it’s now technically the second-largest reservoir in the United States after nearby Lake Powell. See that bathtub ring? That’s how high the water used to be. Back in 2008, two researchers predicted Lake Mead would completely run out of water by 2021 if the drought continued and people in Vegas didn’t dramatically cut back on water. Since 2008, Vegas residents HAVE dramatically cut back on water, and the drought overall hasn’t affected the area as badly, but the Southern Nevada Water Authority has lately looked to other possible sources for water just in case Lake Mead DOESN’T make it. #lasvegas #geography #vegas

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. In episode 43 of Supreme Court Briefs, the North Carolina state legislature gerrymanders to help African Americans since North Carolina, ya know, doesn't historically doesn't elect African Americans. #supremecourtbriefs #apgov #gerrymandering Want a specific SCOTUS case covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1992/92-357 Other sources used: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/509/630 http://roseinstitute.org/redistricting/shaw/ https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/16/news/fairness-or-racial-gerrymander-justices-study-serpentine-district.html https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-government-and-politics/interactions-among-branches-of-government/congressional-behavior/a/shaw-v-reno?scrlybrkr=bec271b9 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3012670 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/where-did-term-gerrymander-come-180964118/?scrlybrkr=24495b2b https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaw_v._Reno?scrlybrkr=91e1abc7 https://www.voanews.com/a/us-supreme-court-acts-in-gerrymandering-cases-/4443836.html?scrlybrkr=ef3379ed Photo credits: Jim Bowen Steve Nass Sound credits: Mike Koenig North Carolina 1990 None of the state’s 11 Representatives in Congress are African American, despite the fact that 20% of the state’s population was. As matter of fact, since the Civil War North Carolina had only elected a total of 4 African Americans to the U.S. House of Representatives. After the 1990 census, North Carolina gained a district, so they were going to get a new Representative. The state legislature was like, we need an African American to represent this district, so they intentionally created a district made up of mostly African Americans under the assumption they would vote one in. After the legislature submitted their plans to the U.S. Department of Justice, Attorney General Janet Reno was like “nah, not good enough,” and rejected them, saying there needed to be another district where minorities would have a chance to represent constituents in order to comply with the Voting Rights Act. So the state legislature went back to the drawing board, this time drawing up another district to help get another African American to represent North Carolina in Congress. Now, this district was a bit...odd shaped. I mean, just look at it here. It ran along Interstate 85 for 160 miles, breaking up counties and towns and grouping together places that typically were NOT grouped together. In some places, the district was only as wide as the highway itself. And well...wouldn’t you know it...in 1992 residents of both of those redrawn districts elected African Americans to represent them. Both were North Carolina’s first African Americans to get into Congress in the 20th century. Well this made some North Carolina folks upset, you could say. They said that those districts were racially gerrymandered to get African Americans elected there. In case you didn’t know, gerrymandering means manipulating how the boundaries of districts are drawn to either favor one group or hurt another group. Gerrymandering is something of an infamous American tradition. As much as Americans hate the practice, it’s been around since the early days of the country. It was named after a dude named Elbridge Gerry (I know, his name is pronounced differently), who, as governor, signed the bill that approved a weirdly shaped district that benefitted his political party in the state of Massachusetts. The district’s shape somewhat resembled a salamander. So get it? Gerry which turned into Gerry plus salamander equals gerrymander? Anyway, in this case, five North Carolina residents, led by a person named Ruth Shaw, sued both the state and the federal government, arguing that District 12, in particular, was gerrymandered so much that it went against the 14th Amendment’s tubular Equal Protection Clause. Again, they argued it was racial gerrymandering, not political gerrymandering, and they argued the drawn district didn’t go against the “one person, one vote” established in the case Reynolds v. Sims. Arguments kept coming back to whether or not North Carolina’s redistricting plan went against the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Minnesota and Wisconsin, two fairly similar Upper Midwestern states. #geography #minnesota #wisconsin Want your pick for two places to be compared? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat I MADE A FREAKING SUBREDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Donate on Paypal: paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room. All images and footage either by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Sources: https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2018/05/16/data-wonk-yes-minnesota-beats-wisconsin/ https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/08/its-liberal-minnesota-vs-gop-wisconsin-study-economic-growth/590813002/ Katherine Beat (my wonderful sister-in-law) http://www.fox9.com/news/report-minnesota-has-only-split-legislature-in-country-hasn-t-happened-since-1914 https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-highest-lowest-tax-burden/20494/ http://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/local-stone-plays-monumental-part-in-ballpark/article_f558ccb1-4714-53ca-ab93-bfbb591602ac.html https://countryeconomy.com/countries/usa-states/compare/minnesota/wisconsin https://www.forbes.com/places/mn/ https://www.forbes.com/places/wi/ https://extension.umn.edu/vital-connections/getting-know-greater-minnesota https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/minnesota.wisconsin https://www.bestplaces.net/state/minnesota https://www.bestplaces.net/state/wisconsin http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:GSYlZmKfAu4J:https://www.wilderness.net/NWPS/chartResults?chartType%3DAcreageByStateMost&hl=en&gl=us&strip=1&vwsrc=0 http://actualityscience.blogspot.com/2010/08/lakes-of-minnesota-and-wisconsin.html https://www.hercampus.com/school/uw-stout/wisconsin-vs-minnesota-showdown https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2018/05/wisconsin-coming-minnesota-s-millennials/ Photo/footage credits: Adam Petersen Royalbroil Tony Webster Sodacan Golbez Adamantios TogaParty Jonathunder Pdlars DeepSouth2010 Danieljordahl GothEric Randallclarence Jonathunder Fibonacci Blue Saint Paul Public Schools Todd Murray Jasontish LightSoup Chris Gaukel Chris Light Lenarc Richard Hurd Minnesota and Wisconsin. Two bordering states in these United States. Both in the Upper Midwest. Both get very, very, very, very cold in the winter. And are still pretty cold in early spring and late fall as well. But the summers in both states are nice. Except for the crazy terrorist mosquitoes. But yeah, both have humid continental climates. Wisconsin gets a bit more precipitation, though. Both are great. And Great Lakes states. Minnesota borders Lake Superior. Ah, but Wisconsin borders Lake Superior AND Lake Michigan, so does that MAKE it superior? But yeah, both states don’t ever have to worry about having enough access to fresh water. Both have similar populations, although Minnesota is growing at a faster rate. Both states are more heavily populated in the southern portion of the state, with large areas of wilderness covering the northern portions. However, Wisconsin’s population is a bit more spread out throughout the state. About 2/3 of the population of Minnesota lives in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. Both have similar size economies. Minnesota’s GDP per capita is higher than Wisconsin’s though. Since the Great Recession, the economies of the two states have been compared a lot, and while there is a debate about the “why,” there is no doubt Minnesota’s economy has grown more. According to Forbes magazine, Minnesota is a better state for business, but both have similar unemployment rates and projected job growth. Wisconsin’s biggest industries include manufacturing, agriculture, and healthcare. And yep, it holds true to its stereotype. It’s the biggest producer of cheese in the country. Boy do they take their cheese seriously. Like, really seriously. There are cheese snobs everywhere man. Anyway, Minnesota’s biggest industries are also manufacturing and agriculture, but also professional and business services. The biggest religion in both states is...you guessed it...Christianity. Minnesota appears to be a bit more religious than Wisconsin. Both states have low crime compared to the rest of the country. You know, because they’re too cold to commit crime there. The majority of residents from both states have ancestors from Europe. While humans have lived in both areas for thousands of years, the first Europeans to settle both were the French.

Mr. Beat explains why people get mad when their political beliefs are challenged. #politics #civics #government Steve Heimler has just released about why Americans specifically have historically been so politically divided. It's great! Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvnLGni94X8 Mr. Beat's "Don't You Ever Talk Politics With Your Family" song: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/dont-you-ever-talk-politics-with-your-family-2 Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat I MADE A FREAKING SUBREDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Donate on Paypal: paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Tabby Cat. All images either by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K9kFiVEgh8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB81IBRzljQ The Red and the Blue by Steve Kornacki https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027715000578 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXR4-sQVu3g https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/us/politics/political-fights.html https://religionandpolitics.org/2016/08/15/the-moral-tribalism-of-contemporary-politics/ https://opentextbc.ca/introductiontosociology/chapter/chapter6-groups-and-organization/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/12/the-psychology-of-moral-divides/510569/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/evolution-explains-why-politics-tribal/ https://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2018/mar/27/how-social-science-can-help-us-understand-moral-tribalism-in-politics Photo credits: Andrew Bossi Julie, Dave & Family Ok, so let’s start with the fact that humans are tribal. This is evolutionary. Our ancient ancestors formed groups based on trust and cooperation. Humans are and always have been social animals, who are quick to see the benefit of forming groups and will go to great lengths to keep the group together. The longer we stay in groups, the more likely we are to have common goals and, more importantly, common morals. Here’s a little disclaimer- I probably should point out that I am also a human before we move forward with this video. So yeah, we humans are held together by these things called morals, or the beliefs and standards about how humans should behave. Morals hold us together but also makes us fear and hate other groups. And, we get pretty offended when individuals in our group want to leave and join another group. Humans have been around a couple hundred thousand years, and today we may think we are individuals, but we are still heavily dependent on groups. Some groups we have a much deeper sense of membership of. For example, we are usually pretty loyal to our families, or our religious group. However, we are usually not so deeply tied to our coworkers or classmates, for example. We have emotional connections to the groups we are loyal to. It really doesn’t matter what type of group it is. We can go all-in for any group, no matter how big or small, or no matter how nefarious it may be. Speaking of which, I’ve been meaning to start a cult. I’ll let you know when the Facebook page is finished. Once we are all-in, there is often no going back. The group becomes our identity, and our status in society becomes directly tied to the group. So why do we so often go all-in for political ideologies? Because politics is directly related to morals. Again, morals are the beliefs and standards about how humans should behave. Politics is about what the people in power do, and what they do directly affects the rest of society. Because we think our group is moral, then of course we passionately defend it and attack other groups. But here’s a great quote. “Too often, we judge other groups by their worst examples - while judging ourselves by our best intentions.” That quote was by someone who made my Worst Presidents video. George W. Bush. But it’s true. We tend to think we are more virtuous than others. We get so upset over politics because when someone criticizes are political beliefs, just like when they attack our religious beliefs, we perceive it as an attack on our identity. Look, at least politics is an important thing to get upset about. I mean, we get upset about petty things, like sports teams.

This is an ongoing pledge drive for my channel. In this video, I present the top 10 reasons to donate to his channel. Thank you to all my patrons! You are awesome. Donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Donate Bitcoin via BitPay: https://bitpay.com/m/189910/checkout Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ #10 You like my videos. Uh, yeah. That’s it. #9 I currently have 36 videos with limited or no ads because sometimes I cover controversial content. For example, I don’t get any revenue from most popular video ever about Antisemitism. #8 I create educational videos that aren't boring. In fact, I trick people into learning history and geography every week. It's all part of my evil plan to educate the masses. #7 I'm not just some random guy on the internet. Well actually, I guess I am. But still, I have master's degree in history and a bachelor's in education and a bachelor's in journalism. So yeah...student loan debt is great. Plus, I teach social studies in real life. In person, man. #6 If I don't know my stuff, then I know where to find the info, you realize? I don't mess around with my research. While I actually don't know much very well, I do know how to find the experts who do, and I pride myself in explaining what those experts are trying to communicate. #5 I run this channel by myself. Shout out to my wife, Mrs. Beat, for helping out sometimes, but mainly it's just me that does it all. That's not easy. #4 Social studies is the most important subject to learn, yet among the least represented on YouTube. Sure, there are plenty of military history channels on YouTube. But political history or geography? That's rare. #3 Perks! If you support me on Patreon, you get great perks, like getting your video topic suggestions heard by donating at least $15 or more a month. #2 Sometimes I even sing. Maybe that's a reason not to donate...I haven't quite determined if my singing is a good thing or not for this channel actually. #1 I know this sounds cliche, but I think I was meant to do this. My ultimate goal is to do this full-time so that I could release MORE videos. In fact, if I get to donations of at least $4000 a month I will start doing this full time. Your contributions also help me get newer and better equipment.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. In episode 42 of Supreme Court Briefs, the Supreme Court becomes kind of a big deal by getting judicial review. #supremecourtbriefs #apgov #apush Subscribe to @JackRackam Jack's video about Lil' John aka John Marshall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne0s4Z-k9a4&feature=youtu.be Subscribe to @EdonEdTech Subscribe to @StacksFacts Playlist to gif exchange videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlt1h57yoMAGu0kUH0550siK5QHGUmBT6 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band). Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1789-1850/5us137 Other sources used: https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/supremecourt/democracy/landmark_marbury.html https://www.britannica.com/topic/Judiciary-Act-of-1801 http://law2.umkc.edu/Faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/judicialrev.htm Sound credits: Mike Koenig Photo credits: Quarax The District of Columbia March 2, 1801 President John Adams just has a couple days left in office, but he’s been pretty busy making last-minute appointments for his Federalist friends to important positions. It’s basically a mad rush to get them in before the new President, his arch enemy Thomas Jefferson, takes over. He nominates 23 justices of the peace, basically judges in lower courts, in Washington county. One of those nominated was a dude named William Marbury. Like Adams, Marbury was a Federalist who talked a lot of trash about Jefferson when he ran against Adams before the election of 1800. Even though Adams nominated Marbury and the other 22 folks, and even though the Senate approved their nomination on March 3, and even though later that day Adams signed the commissions, which were basically the final orders so they could get to work, several of them didn’t get the job. Wait...what? Why? Well John Marshall (aka “Lil’ John”), the acting Secretary of State for President Adams, did not deliver those commissions on time. At noon the next day, March 4, Thomas Jefferson officially took over as President. He instructed his Secretary of State, James Madison to only deliver those commissions to some of the nominees. You know, the ones he liked. One of the people who never got his commission was William Marbury. Yeah Jefferson didn’t like him. Marbury was like “that’s messed up man, I was promised that job.” He wanted to force Madison to deliver that commission, so he petitioned the Supreme Court to hear the case and the Court actually said “sure, let’s do this.” They heard arguments on February 11, 1803. Oh, guess what? By this time, John Marshall was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Wait a second, isn’t that a conflict of interest? Shouldn’t Marshall recuse himself from making a decision for the c---nahhhh 4 of the 6 justices on the Court discussed three big questions for this case. Should Marbury and the other Justice of the Peace nominees get the jobs they were promised? Can they even sue in court to get their jobs? Hold up, does the Supreme Court even have the authority to say they COULD have their jobs? The Court announced their decision on February 24, 1803. All four sided with Marbury. They thought Marbury deserved that position and thought yeah, he should be able to sue to get it. However, hold up...Madison kind of won, too, because the law that enabled Marbury to sue to begin with, The Judiciary Act of 1789, was actually unconstitutional because it gave the Supreme Court more power than the Constitution allowed. Wait, so the Supreme Court decided to weaken their own power? Well, not exactly. You see, John Marshall knew what he was doing. He pretty much did this. He had the long term in mind, baby. While the Court gave up power by declaring the Judiciary Act unconstitutional, they also gave the Court a far greater power. The power of judicial review, meaning they could call out laws if they went against the Constitution. So if the Court could declare the Judiciary Act unconstitutional, they could declare ANY law Congress passed unconstitutional, you see? Lil’ John and the rest of the Court had made the Supreme Court kind of a big deal. Dare I say. DARE I SAY. This was the most important Supreme Court case in American history.

Mr. Beat teaches a geography lesson to help explain what caused the American Civil War. #civilwar #apush #ushistory Check out Mr. Betts' Civil War parody song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Yh_QRTyNU Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat I MADE A FREAKING SUBREDDIT: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Donate on Paypal: paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Tabby Cat. All images either by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Sources: Give Me Liberty! by Eric Foner The American Pageant by Thomas A. Bailey http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3756015&scrlybrkr=35a5161c Photo credits: Kenmayer 1:02 Maps, North and South 1:42 Climate and Geography 2:18 Economy 3:15 Demographics 3:56 Transportation (Railroads, Canals, Roads) 4:25 Culture/Education 4:57 Politics 5:50 Conclusion Before we look at the differences between the North and South, let’s define what we mean when we say “North” and “South.” Well, here’s a map of the United States in 1860. Here’s one after the Battle of Fort Sumter in 1861. One definition defines the South as the states where slavery was legal. However, several slave states, often known as Border States, remained loyal to the Union after the war broke out. Today, when people say “The South,” they often mean these states. But sometimes West Virginia gets lumped into the Midwest like Missouri is, and often Maryland and Delaware get lumped into the Mid-Atlantic region. For this video, when I say the South, I’m talking about all the slave states and when I say the North all states north of those. Climate and Geography The South has historically been more ideal for growing crops. The climate is warmer, the summers are longer, the winters mild, and the soil is fertile. While the North often has had warm, humid summers, it also has brutally cold and snowy winters. The growing season is much shorter, and farming can be much more difficult there. Economy The Southern economy was almost entirely based on agriculture. Farms and plantations dotted the landscape. Southerns sold cash crops like cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar cane, and indigo. Since the invention of the cotton gin in 1793, slaves were in high demand to pick cotton. In fact, the South’s economy greatly depended on slave labor. The North had a more diverse economy, but it was mostly based on industry. Specifically, manufacturing. For decades, factories popped up throughout the north. Large textile factories thrived producing clothes from cotton grown from...the South. Immigrants came in mass numbers to work in these factories. Nearly all industry in the country was in the North, which is a big reason why they had the advantage during the war, because they controlled the iron works, the railroads, and production of weapons. Demographics The North had more people. It had more than 17 million people, the South, less than 13 million, but 4 million of those were slaves. The North was more urban. There weren’t many big cities in the South. Like I basically said earlier, almost everyone lived on farms or plantations. These plantations were self-sufficient. The North had many big cities, all of them major trading centers, and all them crowded and dirty. Dirty? Yeah, because the factories were in these cities. Northern cities were where the arts, education and media thrived and also transportation hubs. Transportation The North had more canals, more roads, and more railroads. The South had some railroads, but just 9,500 miles of track compared to 22,000 miles of track in the North. I mean, at the beginning of the Civil War the South was still heavily dependent on the steamship, for crying out loud. Culture Northerners tended to be less religious and more educated than Southerners. They were more politically divided in the North. Southerners were often unified by the slavery issue. Southern culture was usually determined by the aristocratic plantation owners and their families. Children of plantation owners tended to be the only ones who got any kind of major formal education, but in the North common schools were set up so that even the poorest in society could get some schooling. Politics Other than obviously views about slavery, Southerners tended to be more against tariffs, while Northerners were for high tariffs. Northerners tended to have a more “loose interpretation” of the Constitution and wanted a stronger national government. Southerners tended to think that state governments should have way more power than the national government and a more literal, “strict interpretation” of the Constitution.

UPDATE- I made a follow-up video to this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kWF2Rhxx-c Mr. Beat explains how the Electoral College is the worst way to elect the President and Vice President in the United States. #electoralcollege #uspolitics #apgov Check out the Felt Show here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dR7SLuDYl8 Check out E Pluribus Unum here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqQwwB-aZiqEJJYQ7isLoSA Steven Crowder's sad attempt to defend the Electoral College: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBJmogy9d6U CGP Grey's classic, great Electoral College takedown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wC42HgLA4k Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room. All images either by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Special thanks to the AP Archives for use of some their footage! Sources: https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/electors.html#selection https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/provisions.html#provisions https://www.270towin.com/content/electoral-college-ties/ https://www.politico.com/magazine/thepeoplewhopickthepresident/2016/the-teenager-and-the-93-year-old https://www.fairvote.org/faithless_electors https://www.fairvote.org/maine_nebraska http://time.com/4558510/electoral-college-history-slavery/ https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/faq.html http://www.whydomath.org/node/voting/US_presidential_elections.html https://www.npr.org/2016/11/26/503170280/charts-is-the-electoral-college-dragging-down-voter-turnout-in-your-state https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/polls https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/12/06/why_we_need_the_electoral_college_132499.html https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-12-27/the-electoral-college-doesnt-work-the-way-the-founding-fathers-intended https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2012/11/defending-the-electoral-college.html Reform options to fix problems of Electoral College: http://archive.fairvote.org/e_college/reform.htm Photo credits: Ryanandlenny Gage Skidmore This video is about how the Electoral College works. Ok, you know what? Scratch that. This video is about how the Electoral College is horrible. So yeah, this is one of my rare opinion videos. Long-time viewers of my channel already know how much I hate the Electoral College, but here, finally, is my epic video making the case that it should be gone, or, at the very least, reformed. I’ve been wanting to make this video for a long time. So first, what is the Electoral College? It’s the system of electing the President and Vice President every four years in the United States. It’s described in Section 2, Article 1 and the 12th Amendment of the Constitution. First, in general, the political parties in each state pick these people called electors. They often choose these electors based on their service to the party, and typically these electors are elected state officials, state party leaders, or even people who have connections to their party’s Presidential candidate. These electors can’t be in the United States Congress, but otherwise each state is fairly loose with their requirements. In the 2016 election, the youngest elector was 19 and the oldest 93. There are a total of 538 electors in the entire country, which is a random number the Founding Fathers pulled out of their- what? Oh I guess there’s a good reason why there’s 538. The 538 number is based off of 100 Senators plus 435 representatives plus 3 for the District of Columbia because heaven forbid we forget them (23rd amendment). So it’s partially based on an equal vote for every state, and also based on population. Kansas currently has six electors because it has 2 Senators plus 4 representatives representing 4 districts in the House of Representatives. Together, these 538 electors make up the Electoral College. On Election Day, tens of millions of Americans go to a voting booth and cast their ballots for President and Vice President, except that they are not really casting their ballots for President and Vice President. What counts in the Electoral College are the votes of the 538 electors. Now, these electors usually look at who the majority of their state voted for and vote with them, but still, they COULD vote for whoever they want.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. In episode 41 of Supreme Court Briefs, a man born in the United States is denied entry into the country after his parents are forced out of the country. But wait, doesn't the 14th Amendment guarantee him birthright citizenship? Or does it? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Music by Something and the Whatevers: https://somethingandthewhatevers.bandcamp.com/album/epic-fail Produced by Matt Beat. All images by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/169us649?fbclid=IwAR1wCTle07UkPlMKtD07L5vcQpoVLsuAdQMrkdPfe-pEj14KAH2WvHH-14M Other sources used: http://encyclopedia.densho.org/United_States_v._Wong_Kim_Ark/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/10/30/birthright-citizenship-trump-inspired-history-lesson-th-amendment/?utm_term=.20b78725f100 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Wong_Kim_Ark?scrlybrkr=ad9549a0#Background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalization_Law_of_1802?scrlybrkr=ad9549a0 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/10/31/trump-takes-us-back-to-the-darkest-days-of-american-xenophobia/?utm_term=.b68170a7da32 https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/10/31/birthright-citizenship-wong-kim-ark-222098 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2610859 Photo credits: Franco Folini Ken Lund #supremecourtbriefs #scotus #apgov San Francisco 1868, or 1871...or perhaps 1873. Wong Kim Ark is born. His parents are Wong Si Ping and Wee Lee, both immigrants from China and not United States citizens. According to the Naturalization Law of 1802, the two could never become citizens because they weren’t “white.” Whatever the heck that means. Due to the Chinese Exclusion Act discriminating against them, the Wongs moved back to China, when Kim Ark was 9. But a few years later, Kim Ark came right back to California because he wanted to make much more money. This was not a problem for Kim Ark because, since he was born in San Francisco, he was automatically an American citizen thanks to the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment. In 1890, Wong went to China to visit his parents, and he came back home to the United States with no problem. However, four years later when he went back to China to visit them, he was denied re-entry upon his return. He was like “dude, I live here.” They were like, “nope, not anymore. You’re not a citizen.” During the five months when Wong fought for re-entry into the country, U.S. Customs kept him confined on different ships just off the coast of San Francisco. Fortunately for Wong, he got support from an organization called the Chinese Six Companies to help him fight for his citizenship. It went to federal district court. So let’s break out that 14th Amendment, shall we? So there’s the Citizenship Clause of it, and what they focused on the most was different interpretations of this phrase here: “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” Does that cover when a child is born in the U.S. to parents who both are not citizens? Wong’s lawyers argued yes. The United States had been waiting to test out the Citizenship Clause for awhile, and here was their chance. Henry Foote, a former Confederate soldier, represented the United States, calling Wong a “accidental citizen,” not the term you usually hear today, which is “anchor baby.” On January 3, 1896, the district judge sided with Wong, declaring him a citizen since he was born in the United States. The U.S. government appealed the decision directly to the Supreme Court because...well...they could, and the Court heard oral arguments on March 5, 1897. Soooo, COULD the government deny citizenship to people born in the United States in any circumstance? The Court said “no.” In a 6-2 decision, they ruled in favor of Wong, declaring that any child born in the country to parents of a foreign country is automatically a citizen. UNLESS...the parents are foreign diplomats, or the person is born on a public ship, or the parents are nationals of a foreign enemy country that is trying to take over the United States. But yeah, you’re born here? You a citizen, buddy! The Court relied on English common law tradition just as much as they relied on the 14th Amendment for this one. Leading the dissent was Chief Justice Melville Fuller, joined by justice John Harlan. They both argued that the history of American citizenship broke with the tradition of English common law after it declared independence in 1776. In particular, they wondered about the part of the citizenship clause that said “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.”

Mr. Beat tells the story of the voyages of the great Chinese explorer Zheng He. This is part of Operation Odysseus: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDb22nlVXGgd2rdNu1C44t-hoYXA9bL2M The rest of the Early Modern Period: Cogito: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R913npL7Cg8 Brandon F: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBYSoDpm1TE #operationodysseus #zhenghe #worldhistory Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Jermaine Hysten. All images and video either by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Sources: http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/china_1000ce_mingvoyages.htm Voyages in World History (AP History) https://exploration.marinersmuseum.org/subject/zheng-he/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zheng-He Photo credits: Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). Vmenkov jonjanego Zhu yihan 22Kartika 87 years before Christopher Columbus sailed for Spain to the “New World,” a Muslim dude from China set sail for a new world. Columbus had 3 ships. This dude had 317, and some of his ships were twice as big as Columbus’ ships. Columbus had a crew of 87. This dude had 30,000. Columbus traveled 4,000 miles (6400 km). This dude traveled 7,000 (11,000 km). And this dude didn’t steal resources from foreign lands or take over these foreign lands like Columbus did. Instead, he gave pretty gifts and brought folks home to introduce them to his family. His name was Zheng He, and here is the story of his voyages. At the beginning of the 1400s, China was the top dog in the world. This was when it was known as the Great Ming Empire, named after the ruling Ming dynasty. The third emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di aka the Yongle Emperor, wanted the world to know how strong China was. He had an aggressive foreign policy, leading military campaigns against the Mongolian tribes to the north and west. Di also brought back the traditional tribute system, which said countries on China’s borders all had to recognize China as their boss and basically kiss his feet. These countries would give gifts to China, and in return China offered its protection and access to goods. Di sent his favorite generals to meet with the Manchurian people to the north, the Koreans and Japanese to the east, and Vietnamese to the south. To the southwest and west, however, he had a different idea in mind. He decided to send out a gigantic naval expedition, and he chose his buddy Zheng He to lead it. Di and He went way back, since they were kids. After He’s father died resisting the Great Ming Empire, He was captured and promptly castrated and forced to be a servant. But as a servant is when he became friends with Di. Eventually, He became one of Di’s most trusted generals. So hey, it DOES pay to have friends in high places. In 1405, China had the best naval technology and the largest ships in the world. They had the best ships, man. It was during this time that Di sent Zheng He off on his first expedition. Their mission was not only to go forth and show everyone how awesome they were and collect tribute, but also to explore new lands, ideas and products. Zheng He commanded 317 of the world’s most advanced ships and around 28,000 men. On board, sailors, builders and maintenance workers, soldiers, diplomats, doctors, and even astronomers and religious leaders. Oh, also on board, the finest Chinese goods, as well as a bunch of gold and silver. Yep, they were all about that bling. The expedition went to modern day central Vietnam, Thailand, the island of Java, along the Straits of Malacca, and ended up on the southwest coast of India in Calicut. And yes, everywhere they went, the people they visited were very impressed. Some of the people joined He to return to China with the expedition. On their return to China in 1407, Zheng He even found the time to stop an attempted pirate uprising in Sumatra, bringing the pirate who led the whole thing back to Nanjing for punishment. But the same year He got back, he sent a second expedition, directing 68 ships back to Calicut to go to a big party celebrating the inauguration of a new king. In October 1409, He began his third expedition, this time joining them in person. Oh, and with 30,000 troops. You’ll find out why shortly. He went to a lot of the same places he went the first time, but also to Sumatra. On his way back, he also got into a bit of a tussle with King Alagonakkara of Ceylon, which is today known as Sri Lanka. Well, despite being outnumbered, He defeated Alagonakkara’s soldiers and even captured HIM, taking HIM back to Nanjing as prisoner.

Mr. Beat explains the difference between capitalism, socialism, and communism. Karl Marx was the one who first articulated it, but boy is he misunderstood by many today. #socialism #capitalism #communism Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room. All images either by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Special thanks to the AP Archives for use of some their footage! Sources: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1871/civil-war-france/postscript.htm Marx, Karl. Capital. https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/Capital-Volume-I.pdf Rothbard, Murray: Making Economic Sense, 2nd edition. (Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2006, ISBN 9781610165907), p. 426 http://adamsmithslostlegacy.blogspot.com/2009/01/free-capitalist-13-january-here-carries.html https://mises.org/library/marxs-theory-stages-withering-away-state-under-socialism https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-economics/chapter/public-goods/ https://www.bu.edu/sph/2016/01/10/public-health-as-a-public-good/ So it appears a lot of people have strong opinions about these three words. But there’s confusion about what they mean. These three words have also been weaponized. People often use these three words to attack and marginalize others. People misuse these three words. They conflate them with other words. For example, often people seamlessly interchange communism and totalitarianism, or capitalism and fascism, as if they mean the exact same thing. Alright, let’s look up the definition of capitalism and put that up on the screen. Capitalism: an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market Ok, so let’s break this down. First of all, it says “economic system,” meaning a way resources get around and trade stuff. By private or corporate ownership...ok let’s just say private ownership of capital goods. Ok, what are capital goods? Goods used to make other goods. Alright...let’s go on. By investments...so basically folks trying to get rich that are determined by private decision, prices, production and distribution of goods determined by competition in a free market….ok let’s simplify that. Folks trying to get rich by competing with each other. Everything else is implied, isn’t it? If you are competing in a free market, there is no government stopping you when trying to make money. You are making decisions on prices, production, and distribution in order to make a profit, and you are competing with others for customers. This is capitalism. Socialism: a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole. procedure or practice in accordance with this theory. (Ok well we don’t have to go over this definition, do we?) (in Marxist theory) the stage following capitalism in the transition of a society to communism,characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles. So first, it’s a theory OR a system. Why is socialism considered a theory and capitalism not? Probably because it’s never been fully practiced. But it is another economic system. But instead of private or corporate ownership we are talking about the community as a whole as the owners. With capitalism, it’s about owning capital goods. But with socialism, it’s about owning the production, distribution, land, everything...and everyone owns that. The community as a whole makes economic decisions, not the individual. Based on that definition, have we ever had that? No, not really, not since farming became a thing at least. Now, that third definition is the historical definition of socialism, and often leads to even more confusion about what socialism actually means. Marxist theory? Yeah, socialism, even though it had origins throughout human history, was first articulated by two dudes named Karl Marx and . Get it? MARXist because it was named after him? To this day, Engels is still mad it’s called Marxism and not Engelism, by the way. Anyway, the two criticized capitalism and said it would eventually be overthrown by a new economic system, aka socialism, and eventually communism. Socialism was just a transition from capitalism to communism. Marx and Engels said socialism would consist of everybody owning the means of production, and that the workers would control and manage it.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. In episode 40 of Supreme Court Briefs, a printer toner manufacturer sues a company that refills their printer toner cartridges and resells them for a lower price. How long does a patent last, anyway? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Special thanks to the AP Archives for footage for this video. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video used under fair use or found in the public domain. Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat). Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2016/15-1189 Other sources used: https://www.finnegan.com/en/insights/the-aftermath-of-impression-products-v-lexmark.html http://fortune.com/2017/03/21/supreme-court-lexmark-printers/?scrlybrkr=28062e76 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/business/supreme-court-patent-rights-lexmark.html https://www.wired.com/2017/06/impression-v-lexmark/?scrlybrkr=d88179eb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impression_Prods.,_Inc._v._Lexmark_Int%27l,_Inc.?scrlybrkr=ed4d8ce6 https://www.impressionproductsinc.com/about-us https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/15-1189 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/05/31/how-a-supreme-court-ruling-on-printer-cartridges-changes-what-it-means-to-buy-almost-anything/?utm_term=.56388ffe500b http://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Impression-Products-v.-Lexmark-cert-petition-no-appendix.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhaustion_doctrine_under_U.S._law?scrlybrkr=ed4d8ce6 https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3177040/lexmark-international-inc-v-impression-products-inc/ Photo credits: AgnosticPreachersKid #supremecourtbriefs #scotus #apgov A company called Impression Products makes money by buying up old printer toner cartridges, refilling them with more toner, and selling them at a much lower price than it’d cost to buy one brand new. Well, Lexmark, one of the companies that makes those printer toner cartridges, didn’t like that so much, as it was, you know, cutting into their profits. Lexmark sued Impression Products, arguing that by fixing up and reselling its old printer cartridges without their permission, Impression was not respecting the patent Lexmark held on them. Lexmark said it didn’t just own the patent for the product when it first sold- it owned it for future resales, and they thought they deserved some of that profit Impression was getting. So first, we are talking about United States patent law here, which Article 1, section 8, clause 8 of the Constitution talks about. “Promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries” But could you be more specific please? Well it’s all spelled out in Title 35 of the U.S. Code, which I’m not going to read to you because that would put you to sleep. One thing that is important here is what’s known as the exhaustion doctrine, which limits how much control someone has over their patent once the final sale is made. For example, if I make a guitar and sell it to Jim Bob, and Jim Bob later converts that guitar into a boat and resell it as a boat, the exhaustion doctrine applies. I don’t get some of that profit from Jim Bob selling the boats. Basically, there were two parts to this case. One, as I mentioned earlier, Impression was reselling the cartridges after it re-filled them with toner, but two, they were also importing cartridges Lexmark had sold in other countries. The district court said that patent was exhausted, yo. So Impression could refill those cartridges. However, it also said that didn’t apply to those imported cartridges because there wasn’t a law or case that said patent protections ended for stuff sold outside the country. So both sides appealed. In addition, the U.S. government stepped in to be on the side of Lexmark. It ended up in the Federal Circuit of DC. They voted 10-2 in favor of Lexmark for BOTH parts of the case, using two other federal circuit cases to back up their ruling. That said, they said buyers generally could do what they want with a patented product after they bought it. But if patent holders wanted restrictions, they should be respected. Impression appealed again, and the Supreme Court agreed to look at the case, hearing oral arguments on March 21, 2017. That wasn’t that long ago guys. The newly appointed justice Neil Gorsuch didn’t hear arguments, so he did not vote in this one. On May 30, 2017, the Court announced its decision. It sided with Impression Products. Impression Products v. Lexmark was a victory for consumers and a major setback for companies trying to use their patents to attack other companies.

BEFORE YOU MAKE A COPYRIGHT CLAIM, PLEASE EMAIL ME. Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Florida and Georgia, two quickly growing states in the American South. Want your pick for two places to be compared? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Or donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. All images used under fair use guidelines or found in public domain. Music by Jermaine Hysten. #georgia #florida #geography Also thanks to the AP Archives for additional footage. Watch all my Compared videos? https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRefK8YPhylfaziGy5pDjTycj Sources: https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/georgia.florida https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/movies/atlanta-explosive-film-and-growth-the-numbers/vJ5qcYzqz37YQDcRxOY48L/ https://mapfight.appspot.com/us.fl-vs-us.ga/florida-us-georgia-us-size-comparison https://www.homesnacks.net/most-diverse-states-in-america-128573/ https://www.bestplaces.net/state/georgia https://www.bestplaces.net/state/florida https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_information_legislation_(Florida) https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7bmp8a/weird-florida-news-america-florida-man https://www.forbes.com/places/fl/ https://www.forbes.com/places/ga/ https://www.tbo.com/news/florida/more-than-27-of-floridians-speak-other-languages-20130806/ https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-states-to-be-a-taxpayer/2416/ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/florida https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/georgia https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/011316/floridas-economy-6-industries-driving-gdp-growth.asp https://www.newsmax.com/fastfeatures/georgia-industries-top-5-strongest/2015/03/06/id/628277/ Photo credits: Lipsio Ken Lund Michael Rivera DonkeyHotey Craig O'Neal(minds-eye) Krystaleen David Shankbone Toglenn Adam Bielawski Steven Howard Pablo Corredor Georgia and Florida. Two bordering southern states in these United States. Two of the fastest growing states in the country right now. Florida is just slightly bigger. Both are two of the most ethnically diverse states in the country. 25.6% of those living in Florida identify as either Hispanic or Latino. 32.2% of those living in Georgia identify as African American. The largest cities in both are about the same size. Atlanta, in Georgia has a metropolitan population of about 5.9 million, and Miami, Florida, has a metro population of about 6.2 million. According to Forbes magazine, both have promising economic futures. The unemployment rate in both states is about the same. Top industries in Florida include tourism, agriculture, and international trade. Top industries in Georgia include agriculture as well, energy, and film. Wait...film? Huh? Yep, they film a lot more TV shows and movies in Georgia due to tax incentives. In fact, the only two states in the country that produce more big budget movies and TV shows is California and New York. Georgia will give 20% tax credits for big budget films...30% if the show or film shows its logo at the end of the credits. Both have similar percentages of citizens who got at least a bachelor’s degree or higher. Both are two of the oldest states in the country. However, Florida was settled by Europeans long before Georgia was. Most of the American Indian nations who resided historically in Florida and Georgia were wiped out due to disease brought over by the Spanish. Speaking of the Spanish, they had much more of a presence in Florida, controlling it off and on until 1819, after the United States basically just said, yeah it’s ours now. In 1565, the Spanish established St. Augustine in Florida, which today still exists and is the oldest city in the United States. In the 1700s, different American Indian tribes, notably the Muscogee, aka Creeks, moved into Florida. Over the years a new nation formed of these groups called the Seminole. The Seminole were well known for their resistance to American encroachment on their lands. The most notable American Indian nation in Georgia was the Cherokee, who lived fairly peacefully with Georgians until several of them wanted their land. Yeah, just like the Seminole, most of the Cherokee were eventually kicked out of Georgia, many sent via the infamous Trail of Tears. But about 100 years before that, Georgia was one of the original 13 British colonies and a place where American Indian land was respected. Founded by General James Oglethorpe in 1732, he wanted Georgia to be a place where English citizens who were imprisoned for debt, as well as “the worthy poor,” could start over. He was pretty strict with his rules in those early years, banning alcohol and even banning slavery.

Mr. Beat tells you everything you need to know about the Kent State shootings, a terrible and shocking tragedy that was symbolic of how hostile and chaotic things got at the height of the Vietnam War. #vietnamwar #apush #kentstateshootings Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat), Daniel Lewis Diedrich, and Jermaine Hysten. All images and video either by Matt Beat, Kyle Noyes, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Special thanks to the Kent State University Archives for images used in this video https://omeka.library.kent.edu/special-collections/items/show/3430 Also thanks to the AP Archives for additional footage. Sources: http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Kent_State_Shootings https://www.kent.edu/may-4-historical-accuracy https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-the-kent-state-shooting/rachel-souerbry?scrlybrkr=994cb406 https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/05/archives/supreme-court-asked-to-allow-suit-over-kent-state-killings-official.html https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/416/232/ Friday, May 1, 1970. Students at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio gathered to protest the war. Even though President Richard Nixon got elected promising to end the Vietnam War, U.S. troops had just invaded Cambodia, a country next to Vietnam. These students demanded the troops be brought home. They buried a copy of the Constitution to symbolize how Congress had never declared war like the Constitution says they were supposed to. On the evening of May 1st, protesters got pretty angry. They threw rocks and bottles at police officers. They built bonfires. Because of this, the police ordered local bars to be closed early in an attempt to limit the stupid behavior that often follows when people get drunk. Well this just made some protestors even angrier. A handful of them got violent and began to break windows and even loot stores. In no way did these few bad apples represent the vast majority of protesters, but obviously police began to blame all the protesters. The next day Leroy Satrom, Kent’s mayor, declared a state of emergency. He asked the governor, James Rhodes, to send the Ohio National Guard to his city to keep order. National Guard members got to town that night. As they arrived, someone set fire to the Reserve Officer Training Corps building on campus. No one knows who started the fire, but some of the protesters cheered it. Some even sliced the hoses the firefighters were using to put the fire out. Needless to say, these Guard members were a bit on edge after this. They released tear gas to break up the protesters. By Sunday, May 3rd, about 1,000 National Guard members were on campus. While most were friendly to each other, things became more tense throughout the day. Governor Rhodes talked some trash when he said “They're the worst type of people that we harbor in America. I think that we're up against the strongest, well-trained, militant, revolutionary group that has ever assembled in America.” Dude, that didn’t make the protesters happy. As the protesters refused to go home, some National Guard members threatened them with bayonets. More rocks were thrown, more tear gas released. Monday, May 4th. Classes resumed on campus, but the protesters returned, scheduling a rally at noon. University officials tried to prevent the gathering but there were just too many students- around 3000 ended up showing up. After the protest began, National Guard members released more tear gas at the students, but it wasn’t working due to the wind. Some protesters threw more rocks. In response, around 77 National Guard members moved toward the protesters with armed rifles and bayonets. Suddenly- some started firing their guns at the protesters. No one knows who fired the first shot. The gunfire lasted between 13 seconds and one minute. Between 28 and 29 of the National Guard members fired a total of between 61 and 67 shots. When the firing stopped, nine students lay wounded, four dead. Two of those killed weren’t even participating in the protests. Jeffrey Miller, age 20, who was shot in the mouth, was the only victim to die instantly. Here is a famous picture of him by John Filo that shows him lying on the ground as a woman above him screams. The average distance between the shooters and all the victims was about the length of a football field. The other three who later died were Allison Krause, age 19, William Schroeder, also age 19, and Sandra Scheuer, age 20. All of the students shot were in good standing with Kent State University.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. In episode 39 of Supreme Court Briefs, it's the most controversial Presidential election in American history (except maybe the Election of 1860 or Election of 1824), mainly because the Supreme Court ultimately decides its outcome. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Special thanks to the AP Archives for footage for this video. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video used under fair use, original content, or found in the public domain. Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat). Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2000/00-949 Other sources used: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-949.ZPC.html https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/supremecourt/future/landmark_bush.html https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/12/06/precedent-and-prologue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_v._Gore?scrlybrkr=ed4d8ce6 http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/righttovote.html http://old.post-gazette.com/election/20001217pztimeline.asp Sound effect credits: Mike Koenig Photo credits: Michael Rivera Elvert Barnes In one of the closest presidential elections in American history, George W. Bush held a narrow lead over Al Gore. Out of nearly 6 million ballots in Florida, only 1784 votes separated the two. Under Florida law, and since the United States has a winner takes all system, the candidate with the most votes in the state got all of its electoral votes. Because it was so freaking close, state law said there had to be a machine vote recount. After the recount, it was even closer! Now, Bush’s lead was just 327. No worries. Florida law also allowed Gore the option of a manual vote recount, meaning counting them by hand, in whatever counties Gore wanted. He was like, “Uh, yeah,” and picked four counties: Broward, Miami-Dade, Volusia, and Palm Beach. The problem, though, was that Gore was running out of time. Florida law also said (man Florida law says a lot) the state’s election results have to be certified within seven days of the election. Since election day was November 7, that meant the deadline was November 14th. Well three of those four counties didn’t get er done before the deadline. Despite those counties trying to get an extension, the Florida Secretary of State, Katherine Harris, went ahead and announced she would be certifying the votes, ending all the recounts. Al Gore was like nuh-uh. He and Palm Beach County tried to get an injunction against Secretary Harris to prevent her from certifying the votes until those three counties got their recounts done. The Florida Supreme Court said “sure,” and granted the injunction on November 17. On November 21, it ruled that Secretary Harris had to let those counties finish recounting with a new deadline of November 26th. But Miami-Dade county was like, “nah man, that’s not enough time,” and it gave up counting! Gore said “hey hey hey Miami-Dade, you must count,” and tried to get another court order to force them but that one failed. On November 26, Harris certified the election, giving Bush what was now just a 537-vote victory. You know what? Gore sued Harris, arguing the certified results were invalid because the recount process wasn’t finished yet. The Leon County Circuit dismissed his lawsuit, so Gore appealed to the Florida Supreme Court, which, on December 8, ruled in favor of Gore. They demanded that all votes not counted by voting machines had to be manually recounted if they hadn’t been already. Well George W. Bush stepped in and said “hey hey hey hey...now wait just a minute” and appealed this decision to the United States Supreme Court. And holy crap, THE VERY NEXT DAY the Supreme Court reviewed the case. Why did the Supreme Court respond quicker than it ever does? Well, this was obviously important. Soon, the deadline for electors to formally submit their choice would be there, and soon after the new President would have to be inaugurated. Things needed to move along. The Court heard oral arguments on December 11th. Through all of this, protesters lined the streets outside. Rarely throughout American history did the country seem so divided. Things were tense, to say the least. So what was the Court really looking at in this case? Well, the issue now was whether or not the Florida Supreme Court violated Article II Section 1 Clause 2 of the Constitution, specifically the part that says: “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors…” So could the Florida Supreme Court really step in on this? Also, Bush argued that the recounts went against the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. #supremecourtbriefs #scotus #apush

Want your pick for two places to be compared? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Or donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ BEFORE YOU MAKE A COPYRIGHT CLAIM EMAIL ME, PLEASE. Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Saudi Arabia and Iran, two Middle Eastern countries with governments that apparently hate each other. Special thanks to the AP Archive for footage for this video. It made a huge difference! AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/aparchive and https://www.youtube.com/c/britishmovietone Produced by Matt Beat. All images used with permission or fall under fair use guidelines or found in public domain. Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat). Sources: https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare/iran.saudi-arabia https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42008809 https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/05/07/the-first-saudi-iranian-war-will-be-an-even-fight/# https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/01/iran-saudi-sunni-shiite/422808/ https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2018/04/face-face-saudi-arabia-iran-180425140132414.html https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/01/04/five-flash-points-between-mortal-enemies-saudi-arabia-and-iran/78230580/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-dMM3HRnhY http://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/saudi-arabia/iran http://graphics.eiu.com/PDF/Democracy_Index_2010_web.pdf http://theduran.com/10-ways-iran-democratic-modern-saudi-arabia/ https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.php?page=oil_where Photo credits: Behrooz Rezvani Ninara Lawepw B.alotaby Ali Mansuri Gregor Rom Zakaryaamr Ninara Greger Ravik Adam Jones www.kremlin.ru Orijentolog Sekretärin PersianDutchNetwork Ehsan Mosleh Mardetanha marviikad Erik Albers Peter Dowley Directorsnote Saudi Arabia and Iran Separated by the Persian Gulf, the two neighboring countries that have been competing for dominance over the past few decades in a region referred to as The Middle East. Both apparently hate each other. Well, at least their governments do. In recent years, the two countries have been either directly or indirectly involved in several different conflicts throughout the Middle East. Both countries are run by theocracies, or governments made up of religious leaders. Their religion? Islam. However, Iran does have democracy and a constitution, making it officially a theocratic republic. Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy. The king is in charge, making decisions under the guidance of religious leaders and top princes of the royal family. In Saudi Arabia, the Quran is the official constitution of the country. But yeah, both countries have really authoritarian governments, both ranking near the bottom on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index. An example of this? Both have state-run broadcast media that dominate how citizens get information and regularly feed them pro-government propaganda. There are no private, independent broadcasters. Satellite dishes are even banned in both countries, although people still have them anyway. Private newspapers or magazines are heavily censored. That all said, Iran is a bit more free than Saudi Arabia. At least their government has to be somewhat accountable or they get the boot. And in Saudi Arabia, it’s illegal to be an atheist, punishable by death. Wait, what’s that? Oh, apparently you can get killed for being an atheist in Iran, too. The vast majority of citizens in both countries are Muslims. However, they are of two different branches of Islam. Around 90-95% in Iran practice Shia Islam, whereas around 85%-90% in Saudi Arabia practice Sunni Islam. This Shia-Sunni divide has been contentious for centuries and always demonstrated an underlying rift between the two countries. But Saudi Arabia can boast Islam started within its borders. It regularly attracts millions to Mecca and Medina, the two holiest cities for Muslims. Medina is where the founder of Islam, Muhammad, is buried. Mecca, the holiest city of them all, attracts Muslims from all over the world each year with the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage all Muslims are expected to make at least once in their life. Both countries have a similar birth rate and a similar population growth rate. However, Iran has 2 and a half times more people than Saudi Arabia, despite the fact that it has less land area.

Mr. Beat tells you everything you need to know about the Free Soil Party, the most important single-issue third party in American history. EmperorTigerstar tackles the Greenback Party here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNSWIdIbzl8 Subscribe to EmperorTigerstar: https://www.youtube.com/user/EmperorTigerstar #apush #americanhistory #freesoilparty Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Daniel Lewis Diedrich. All images and video either by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Soil_Party?scrlybrkr=0471f79c J.R. LeMaster and Donald D. Kummings, eds., Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia (New York: Garland Publishing, 1998) https://whitmanarchive.org/criticism/current/encyclopedia/entry_461.html It all started in 1848, with the New York State Democrats. Known as “Barnburners,” they walked out of the states Democratic Party convention after those dang Hunkers voted against the Wilmot Proviso, a proposed law that would have banned slavery in all territory gained by winning the Mexican American War. The “Hunkers” were for the expansion of slavery out west, so they obviously opposed the Wilmot Proviso. The Barnburners were for it, and even were against Lewis Cass, the Democratic Party nominee for President, who proposed popular sovereignty to determine how slavery expanded out west. So yeah, those Barnburners walked out, leaving the Democratic Party to knock on the door of the Conscience Whigs, or anti-slavery faction of the Whig Party. The Barnburners said, “want to start a new political party?” The Conscience Whigs were like “heck yeah dudes, but let’s get some more people.” So those two groups knocked on the door of the Liberty Party, an abolitionist political party that had existed for 8 years. The Barnburners and Conscience Whigs were like “want to join us so you actually have a chance to win a Presidential election?” and most of the Liberty Party folks said “sure, why not?” So together they formed the Free Soil Party, holding their first convention on August 9, 1848 in Buffalo, New York. Their slogan? “Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, and Free Men.” Hey...wait a second...what about women? Anyway, they nominated Martin Van Buren for President, the New York native and former President who had lost his re-election bid back in 1840. Noble dudes present at the convention included Salmon Chase, John Hale, and even Walt Whitman. The Free Soil Party was a pragmatic party. They weren’t necessarily calling for the end of all slavery, although that would be nice. They realized much of the South depended on slave labor. However, they all agreed there were enough slave states. No more! Oh, and several of them opposed slavery not for moral reasons, but because they didn’t want white laborers to have to compete with slaves out west. When some called for giving blacks the right to vote as part of the Free Soil Party’s platform, it actually got shot down. They had issues other than slavery. For example, they wanted more government money for infrastructure, a homestead law, and a way to pay off the debt and a new tariff to pay for it. Tariffs. Ew. So back to their Presidential candidate, Martin Van Buren, going for re-election again in the election of 1848, which you can find more about here. Go watch it and come back. Everyone else here will wait for you. Ok, thanks for doing that. Now, as you saw in that video, Van Buren lost the election of 1848, getting 10.1% of the popular vote and no electoral votes. But hey, guess what? The Free Soil Party was able to get 12 members elected to Congress that same election, as well as several more members getting elected to state government positions. Most importantly, the party had made slavery a central issue in American politics and raised awareness of the anti-slavery cause. So the Free Soil Party kept building. However, their momentum came to a quick halt in 1850, thanks to the Compromise of 1850 (sing), which the Free Soil Party officially did not approve of, as it vowed to never compromise on the issue of slavery. I also made a horrible video about the Compromise of 1850, but basically you need to know at this very moment that it was a huge way to at least temporarily calm both the North and South down about the slavery issue. Because it did calm both sides down, the Free Soil Party lost a lot of members. Most Barnburners went back to the Democratic party and most Conscience Whigs went back to the Whig Party. So the moderates left the party, leaving only the hardliner and passionate abolitionists.

Here is why Kansans and Missourians have a long history of hating each other. This is the first episode of a new series planned with The Cynical Historian examining different state rivalries. This episode's companion piece, why New Mexico hates Texas, can found on his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTA10aruS6Y Subscribe to the Cynical Historian: https://www.youtube.com/user/CynicalCypher88 #bleedingkansas #staterivalries #kansasvsmissouri Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat). All images and footage either by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Sources: https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/bleeding-kansas/15145 https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/kansas-nebraska-act/15159 https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/new-england-emigrant-aid-company-sign/10231 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_War_(Kansas%E2%80%93Missouri_rivalry) http://www.civilwaronthewesternborder.org/encyclopedia/wakarusa-war https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/battle-of-osawatomie/19722 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6154397 http://www.civilwaronthewesternborder.org/encyclopedia/bushwhackers http://www.casscountyorderno11.com/the-burnt-district.html Earle, Johnathan. Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Missouri: The Long Civil War on the Border. University Press of Kansas, 2013. Etcheson, Nicole. Bleeding Kansas - Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era. University Press of Kansas, 2004 Goodrich, Thomas (1992). Bloody Dawn: The Story of the Lawrence Massacre. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press. pp. 4–6. Pringle, Heather (April 2010). "DIGGING THE SCORCHED EARTH". Archaeology. 63 (2): 21. Reece, Richard. Bleeding Kansas. ABDO Publishing, 2012. So why does Kansas hate Missouri? It all started with one of the worst laws in American history- The Kansas-Nebraska Act. By the 1850s, many Americans were illegally moving to what would become Kansas. Most of them came for that sweet, cheap, farmland, ignoring the earlier promises to give much of the area to Native Americans who had previously been pushed out of their homes back east. After talks picked up about building a transcontinental railroad through the area, Congress went to work trying to come up with a law to make Kansas a territory and give it the infrastructure it needed to allow settlement. It wasn’t easy. You see, there was the slavery issue. Americans were divided-go figure- about the expansion of slavery out west. According to the Missouri Compromise, passed back in 1820, any new territory created north of the 36°30’ parallel and west of Missouri couldn’t have slavery. So Missouri would be the last slave state north of 36-30. However, pro-slavery folks felt if Kansas was a territory it should also have slavery since they weren’t getting slavery in the desert southwest. Pro-slavery and anti-slavery members of Congress passionately debated the issue. Finally, in 1854, Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas came up with another compromise, that crappy law I brought up earlier- The Kansas-Nebraska Act. Congress barely passed it, and President Franklin Pierce signed it into law on May 30, 1854. It created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. It got rid of that 36-30 line of the Missouri Compromise, and it established popular sovereignty in both territories to solve the slavery issue. In other words, it allowed the settlers to decide whether or not to have slavery in both territories. I know, what could go wrong, right? Well a lot went wrong in Kansas. Remember, Missouri was a slave state. Within days of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, hundreds of pro-slavery Missourians crossed the border into Kansas territory claiming land. They organized and plotted ways to politically influence the region. 11 days after the Act passed, Missourians put together a meeting at Salt Creek Valley, just west of Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, creating the Squatter’s Claim Association, and calling for people to sacrifice their lives by settling in Kansas to ensure it became a slave state. Not to be outdone, the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company organized in uh, yeah, Massachusetts, an abolitionist hotbed, to help settlers move to Kansas to make sure it became a free state. It sent its first 29 settlers on July 29th, 1854.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. In episode 38 of Supreme Court Briefs, a man is arrested and a sample of his DNA is taken and put into a database. The DNA sample comes back months later to reveal it matched the DNA in a rape case and he is charged with the rape. Wait a second, what about the Fourth Amendment? This episode was suggested by my wonderful Patreon supporter Beau Branch! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video used under fair use, original content, or found in the public domain. Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat). Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2012/12-207 Other sources used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_v._King https://www.businessinsider.com/scalias-dissent-in-maryland-v-king-2013-6 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-scalia-analysis/analysis-with-trademark-vigor-justice-scalia-dissents-in-dna-case-idUSBRE95211Y20130603 https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/us/supreme-court-says-police-can-take-dna-samples.html http://www.wboc.com/story/13286643/salisbury-man-sentenced-to-life-for-rape https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/04/30/truth-and-consequences/ http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/06/supreme_court_and_dna_collection_maryland_v_king.html?scrlybrkr=2b70fde4 https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/cert/12-207 http://www.ncsl.org/Documents/cj/ArresteeDNALaws.pdf Photo credits: daveparker Jay Cross Chris Yarzab West Midlands Police Salisbury, Maryland April 10, 2009 Police arrest Alonzo King, Jr. for waving a gun at a group of people. They later find a 12-gauge shotgun in his car and charge him with assault. So you see, in Maryland there’s this law called the DNA Collection Act. It gives the police the authority to collect DNA samples and put them in a database prior to convicting the person. So back at the station, police get a sample of King’s DNA by swabbing the inside of his cheek, sending it to be analyzed and uploaded to the database. On August 4, the results came back, showing King’s DNA matched the DNA in an unsolved rape case from 2003. A grand jury said dude, we are indicting you for that, so King went on trial for the rape case. King was like, what? What does that have to do with the reason why I got arrested in the first place? He filed a motion to block the DNA evidence from being used in court for Wicomico County, saying his Fourth Amendment rights were broken because the DNA swab fell under unreasonable searches and seizures. The judge denied his motion, and King pleaded not guilty to the rape charge. The DNA sample was the only real evidence linking King to the rape. The trial court found him guilty, and he was sentenced to life in prison. However, King appealed to the Maryland Court of Appeals, who reversed the conviction, saying the DNA sampling went against the Fourth Amendment as King argued. They argued King’s right to privacy was more important than Maryland’s desire to use his DNA to identify him. And yet, they still said the DNA Collection Act was constitutional. Maryland appealed the ruling, asking the Supreme Court to look at the case, and they did on February 26, 2013. The main issue with this case was whether or not the Fourth Amendment allowed states to sample and analyze DNA from folks arrested but not convicted of serious crimes. The Court announced their decision on June 3rd. They sided with Maryland. It was 5-4, but it wasn’t your typical liberal-leaning vs. conservative-leaning decision. I mean, you had Antonin Scalia on the same team as Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, for crying out loud. Justice Anthony Kennedy gave the opinion, arguing the DNA swab test did NOT violate the Fourth Amendment because it served the safety of the state of Maryland, yet wasn’t too invasive where a warrant would be needed. The Court also argued that the DNA records were basically just an extension of other ways the police already kept databases of people they arrested to help solve future crimes, comparing it to things like fingerprinting. Justice Scalia wrote a passionate dissent, arguing the Fourth Amendment definitely prohibits the police from searching a person for evidence of a crime if it’s a completely different crime than the one the person was arrested for. Scalia argued sure, the DNA of arrested people helps the police solve more crimes, but they could also solve more crimes if they collected DNA anytime someone enrolled in public school or got a driver’s license, which was an absurd thing to consider. #supremecourtbriefs #scotus #supremecourtcases

Here's the story of James K. Polk, the most underrated President in American history. He did more in four years as President than most Presidents do in eight. #jamespolk #apush #americanpresidents My James Polk song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ApL-AX98cE Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room. All images either by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Sources: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trust-us-politicians-keep-most-of-their-promises/ Matuz, Roger. The Presidents Fact Book. https://millercenter.org/president/polk/life-before-the-presidency http://www.dmwv.org/mexwar/docs/polk.htm https://college.unc.edu/2012/02/polksplac/ Photo credits: ProhibitOnions Matthew Trump Kimberly Vardeman Tom Murphy VII Tilden76 Golbez Sealy j Ch1902 Kballen Sound credits: thecheeseman When I think of American Presidents who kept their promises, the first one that always pops in my head is James K. Polk. Even though Polk had such a huge impact on the United States, hardly any Americans know about him. James Polk is underrated. So in this video, I’m going to give him some much needed recognition. Polk was born literally in a log cabin near Pineville, North Carolina on November 2, 1795, the oldest of ten kids. When he was ten, his family picked up everything and moved west to the Tennessee frontier. They took the 500-mile journey by wagon, and it sucked. However, James’ dad did well in Tennessee, living the American Dream, eventually owning thousands of acres of farmland and lots and lots of slaves. Polk was sickly growing up. At 17, he had horrible gallstones and had to have them surgically removed. This was before anesthesia, ok. They cut open his body and removed the gallstones while he was completely conscious, strapped to a table and holding his dad’s hand. But the good news is his overall health recovered quite a bit after this. At 18, he barely knew how to read or write, but he really kicked it into gear at that age, studying his butt off and becoming proficient in English, Greek, and Latin. He ended up graduating from the University of North Carolina with first honors in both mathematics and classics. Next, Polk studied law and found himself becoming more and more interested in politics. He was always a fan of Thomas Jefferson, but he was quickly becoming inspired by a family friend named Andrew Jackson. By the time Polk was in his twenties, Jackson was a war hero who was looking to become President. After being a lawyer for a bit, Polk aligned himself with Jackson when he ran for the Tennessee legislature in 1823. He won that election and became popular in Tennessee, becoming a Representative in Congress for Tennessee’s Sixth District two years later. While in Congress, Polk was one of Andrew Jackson’s biggest supporters, earning him the nickname “Young Hickory,” you know...since Jackson was “Old Hickory?” So clever, I know. After Jackson became President in 1829, Polk was right with Jackson on every major decision, including the decision not to renew the charter of the Second Bank of the United States. His support made Polk one of the early leaders of the newly formed Democratic Party. Polk’s colleagues elected him to Speaker of the House in 1835, and he greatly expanded that role. In 1839, Tennessee residents elected him governor. However, he lost his re-election bids the next two times as many blamed the Democratic Party for the economic depression of the late 1830s and early 1840s. In 1844, Polk became the first dark-horse Presidential candidate for the Democratic Party, meaning at the beginning of the Democratic Party national convention no one thought he had a chance but by the end of it he was their guy, mostly because Polk wanted to annex the country of Texas, adding it to the United States. So in 1844, it ended up being Polk versus Henry Clay, the Whig Party candidate who had a history of losing presidential elections. During his campaign, Polk made no effort to hide his ambitions. He was very clear. He was a firm believer in manifest destiny, or the belief that the United States expanding across the entire continent was the right thing to do and destined to happen. Polk wanted to expand the country’s border whenever and wherever possible, and most Americans seemed to agree with him. Polk promised he was only running for one term, but if elected, during those four years he would 1) cut tariffs 2) re-create an independent U.S. Treasury 3) add some or all of Oregon Territory to the United States And 4) somehow get California and New Mexico from Mexico and add it to the United States

BEFORE YOU MAKE A COPYRIGHT CLAIM EMAIL ME, PLEASE. Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Chicago and St. Louis, who once competed to be the America's Next Top Model, er, I mean America's Next Top Midwestern City. Here is Dave's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyuZi9fHC4Y Subscribe to City Beautiful: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGc8ZVCsrR3dAuhvUbkbToQ Want your pick for two places to be compared? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Or donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. All images used under fair use guidelines or found in public domain. Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat). Thanks to US101 for also collaborating with me for this video. To catch Sami's full rant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z_fN9i6qEI To subscribe to his channel: https://www.youtube.com/us101 Sources: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20130703012459-17102372-why-chicago-is-so-much-bigger-than-st-louis https://www.citylab.com/life/2016/11/the-st-louis-accent-an-explainer/507758/ https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/what-derailed-growth-in-st-louis/article_d2c39676-33e9-5999-930b-ca4fdef09bee.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_St._Louis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Chicago#19th_century_city http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/st-louis-really-gateway-west#stream/0 https://www.history.com/topics/chicago https://bookwormhistory.com/2016/03/24/st-louis-missouri-capital-of-the-united-states/ https://www.forbes.com/places/mo/st-louis/ https://www.forbes.com/places/il/chicago/ https://www.bestplaces.net/compare-cities/chicago_il/st._louis_mo/religion https://www.thetrace.org/2018/04/highest-murder-rates-us-cities-list/ https://statisticalatlas.com/place/Illinois/Chicago/Educational-Attainment https://files.taxfoundation.org/20171025171917/Tax-Foundation-FF562.pdf Video credits: 99darkshadows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdAVLm9Is0A Photo credits: Pinpin Ayoub Dz Paul Sableman Dave Herholz Hafiz Issadeen Parker Botanical LittleT889 Klio0701 Colin J Bird Loop Trolley Construction Daniel Schwen Matthew Black Rhodin Ron Cogswell Mr. Granger Anthony Onegentlemanofverona Tech. Sgt. Christopher Boitz Koushikanee Maksim Pp391 Belinda Hankins Miller Ch473 Matt Kitces David Bjorgen Phil Roeder Jon DeJong Parker Botanical Ron Reiring Chicago, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri Two American Midwestern cities just 260 miles (418 km) apart, although if you’ve seen Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, you’d think they were a lot further away than that. Wait, why I am comparing these two cities? Why not Chicago and Houston? Or St. Louis and Kansas City? Doesn’t that make more sense. Well kind of. But I’m comparing Chicago and St. Louis because those two cities were once in direct competition to become the biggest and most important city in the Midwest. I’m making this video in collaboration with Dave from the channel City Beautiful. On his channel, he has a video explaining why and how Chicago beat out St. Louis to indeed become THE biggest, most important Midwestern city. Be sure to check it out after you’re done watching this one. Once upon a time, it was actually St. Louis that appeared to be destined to become the biggest, most important American Midwestern city. First of all, St. Louis is older than Chicago. It was founded by the French in 1764, after they lost the Seven Years’ War. Basically, French settlers fled there from the east after the British took over their former territory. For its first 38 years, St. Louis was under Spanish control. So while the French lived there, the Spanish guarded the town during that time. In those early years, St. Louis established itself as a major fur trading center. In 1803, when it had maybe 1,000 people living there, the United States bought Louisiana from France after it briefly took it back over. St. Louis, being in Louisiana, was now an American city, and became the administrative capital of all of Louisiana Territory. After Lewis and Clark left St. Louis exploring this vast territory, others would follow, and the city became a hub for folks on their way out to the “Wild West.” St. Louis steadily grew, it’s population nearing 5,000 by 1830. In 1833, when St. Louis was 69 years old, Chicago was finally born. I mean, St. Louis was a creepy old man by the time Chicago came around. While St. Louis was mostly a fur trading hub, Chicago quickly became a transportation hub, a way to connect the east, where most Americans lived, to the west. It was the site of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, completed in 1848 to connect the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River. After a couple decades, it became the most important railroad city in the country.

Mr. Beat compares and contrasts North Carolina and South Carolina. Want your pick for two places to be compared? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Or donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. All images used under fair use guidelines or found in public domain. Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat). Thanks to Tom Richey for collaborating with me for this video. South Carolina channel: Tom Richey: https://www.youtube.com/user/tomforamerica North Carolina channels: Mr. Beast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA E Pluribus Unum: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqQwwB-aZiqEJJYQ7isLoSA Sources: https://www.topretirements.com/blog/great-towns/dueling-carolinas-north-carolina-vs-south-carolina-as-the-best-retirement-state.html/ http://mentalfloss.com/article/55274/why-are-there-two-carolinas-and-two-dakotas http://www.carolana.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_North_Carolina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_South_Carolina https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/north-carolina.south-carolina https://www.topretirements.com/blog/great-towns/dueling-carolinas-north-carolina-vs-south-carolina-as-the-best-retirement-state.html/ https://www.forbes.com/places/nc/ https://www.forbes.com/places/sc/ https://www.bestplaces.net/crime/state/north_carolina https://www.bestplaces.net/crime/state/south_carolina https://www.bea.gov/regional/bearfacts/pdf.cfm?fips=45000&areatype=45000&geotype=3 https://realestatescorecard.com/library/story/taxes/tax-comparison-north-carolina-verses-south-carolina https://taxfoundation.org/facts-figures-2017/ https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-major-differences-between-North-and-South-Carolina-as-far-as-the-overall-vibe-and-types-of-people-that-live-there https://www.southeastfarmpress.com/management/north-carolina-vs-south-carolina-there-economic-winner Photo credits: Justin Cozart Decumanus Kmusser Brian Stansberry Civilwarwomenblog.com brandon walker Charlotte Observer Archives Turboknowledge Justin Champion James Willamor Bobistraveling Two Hearted River NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Spencer Means Gerry Dincher Adamglanzman Akhenaton06 Michael Tracey Washuotaku Famartin Video credits: Djjudd1 North Carolina and South Carolina Two bordering states, along the East Coast of these United States. Both in the American South. Anyway, let’s just start with the question...why are there two Carolinas? Why’d they have to be all separate and stuff? Both states are pretty religious, with Christianity dominating as the most popular religion in both. Protestant Christianity, in particular. In terms of politics, South Carolina is definitely more conservative-leaning. North Carolina has become a swing state for presidential elections in recent years, while South Carolina hasn’t voted for a Democratic candidate since 1976, and that’s only because it was Jimmy Carter, who was the governor of Georgia, their next door neighbor. Both state legislatures are majority Republican, however. The North Carolina General Assembly and South Carolina General Assembly are pretty dang similar. North Carolina has 50 Senators and 120 members of its House, whereas South Carolina has 46 Senators and 124 members of its House. Some state laws are noticeably different in the two states. The fireworks laws are much more lenient in South Carolina. North Carolina has decriminalized marijuana use and possession a bit, and will most likely legalize it before South Carolina does. Although it was really difficult to research taxes in both states, I’ve determined South Carolina as a lower tax burden overall. The most noticeable difference is that gas is cheaper in South Carolina due to a much smaller gas tax. Sales taxes start lower in North Carolina compared to South Carolina, but counties and cities often add their own sales taxes on top of it. North Carolina seems to have a more promising economic future compared to South Carolina. According to Forbes magazine, it’s the number one state for new businesses. But both are rocking, with similar unemployment rates and job growth rates. Both states have identical poverty rates. The cost of living is pretty similar, too, although it’s slightly more expensive in North Carolina, especially if you move to Asheville. What the heck, Asheville? I mean, are you really that cool? More than any other two states I’ve compared so far, North Carolina and South Carolina have much more in common than they have differences. Both are exciting places right now as they look to continue growing thanks to all those dang Midwesterners and Northerners moving to them. But that’s what happens when you’re awesome. You attract people.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. For more about the Amistad Case, check out "Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy" by Howard Jones, available here: https://amzn.to/2OhyMmM In episode 37 of Supreme Court Briefs, a slave uprising on a ship called The Amistad leads it to the shores of the United States, where the Supreme Court eventually determines their fate. This episode was suggested by my wonderful Patreon supporter Elcaspar! Want a specific SCOTUS case covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video used under fair use, original content, or found in the public domain. Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat). Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1789-1850/None Other sources used: https://www.gilderlehrman.org/content/john-quincy-adams-and-amistad-case-1841 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._The_Amistad https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/40/518.html https://www.history.com/topics/amistad-case https://www.law.cornell.edu/background/amistad/summary.html https://www.law.cornell.edu/background/amistad/priorhist.html http://www.virginia.edu/woodson/courses/aas405c/talk.htm Photo credits: DanTD Havana, Cuba June 27, 1839 A Spanish ship called The Amistad (ahmichad) leaves for the Province of Puerto Principe (prince e pay), another part of Cuba. On board, 53 illegally purchased African slaves. On July 2nd, one of the slaves broke free and freed others on the ship. Soon there was an uprising. After a big struggle that resulted in the deaths of the captain of the ship and at least three others, the slaves took over the ship, forcing two dudes named Jose Ruiz and Pedro Montez to redirect the ship across the Atlantic Ocean to Africa. Ruiz and Montez deceived the Africans, however, and ended up sailing the Amistad up the east coast of the United States, dropping anchor just off the coast of Long Island, New York, on August 26, 1839. The United States Revenue Cutter Service...wait wait a second...What the heck is this organization? Well just think of them as the Coast Guard before the Coast Guard existed. Anyway, the United States Revenue Cutter Service, led by Americans Thomas Gedney and Richard Meade, arrested the Africans after they reached the shore and took custody of the Amistad. Gedney and Meade made sure the Africans were brought to Connecticut, since slavery was still technically legal in that state. After President Martin Van Buren found out about them, he was like, send them back to Cuba to go on trial. Spain, who controlled Cuba at the time, was like “yeah, bring them here.” After all, the Amistad was a Spanish ship and Ruiz and Montez were Spanish citizens. Britain chimed in since they had a deal with Spain prohibiting the slave trade south of the equator and said that this slave uprising at sea fell under international law. But a bunch of abolitionists were ultimately able to pressure the United States government to keep the Africans in the country, and they got a trial in the District of Connecticut. Keep in mind that at the time, the slave trade was illegal in the United States. The Africans were charged with mutiny and murder. In court, there were a lot of people involved and wanting stuff. First, Ruiz and Montez argued the Africans were slaves and their property. They also argued that since the slave trade was legal in Spain, they had a right to regain control of them. And then there was a lawyer representing Spain, who argued the the slaves rightfully be returned to Ruiz and Montez or sent back to Africa. The Africans, who were represented by an abolitionist group called the Amistad Committee, all argued that they were born free in their native Africa and unlawfully kidnapped to be sold as slaves. Plus, they landed in New York, where slavery was illegal. The Amistad Committee also accused Ruiz and Montez of assault, kidnapping, and false imprisonment. And then, Gedney, as well as several others who helped Ruiz and Montez “rescue” the “cargo,” aka Africans, argued they deserved a piece of the pie. They were like, we helped you get your slaves, so can we have a few? Another Spanish dude named Antonio Vega tried to get the captain’s personal slave, claiming he actually owned him. Whew. What a mess of a case. The district court ruled that the Africans aboard the Amistad were unlawfully kidnapped, and ordered the U.S. government to return them to Africa. It was appealed by Martin Van Buren to the Circuit Court and then to the Supreme Court.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ In episode 36 of Supreme Court Briefs, after the United States government forces Japanese American citizens into relocation centers during World War II, one man refuses and gets himself into some big trouble. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video used under fair use, original content, or found in the public domain. Music by Sans Amp. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/323us214 Other sources used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korematsu_v._United_States https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/radiolab-presents-more-perfect-american-pendulum-i/ https://bellocollective.com/radiolabs-more-perfect-flunks-a-key-history-lesson-bace14ee7050 Reading Through History: The Great Supreme Court Cases, by Jake Henderson and Robert Marshall https://amhistory.si.edu/perfectunion/collection/image.asp?ID=1208 https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/162780/roosevelt-japanese-internment https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fred-korematsu-fought-against-japanese-internment-supreme-court-and-lost-180961967/ http://time.com/5324434/supreme-court-travel-ban-karen-korematsu/ Photo credits: Nick Youngson Lorie Shaull Fibonacci Blue Pearl Harbor, Hawaii December 7, 1941 Japan drops bombs on an American naval base, killing more than 2400 Americans, and injuring 1000 more. In response, the United States declares war on Japan, officially entering World War II. Increasingly, Americans viewed anyone of Japanese heritage suspiciously. Japanese Americans had already faced racism and discrimination in the country for nearly 100 years. After the Pearl Harbor attack, that racism and discrimination went to the next freaking level, as many thought Japanese Americans might be more loyal to Japan than the United States, sharing military secrets with them and stuff or trying to sabotage the war effort. Despite there being no evidence whatsoever that this was happening, Japanese American persecution increased. People bought Jap-hunting licenses. Life Magazine published an article illustrating how to tell the difference between a Japanese person and Chinese person by the shape their nose and height. In California, the racism and paranoia seemed to be worse. A barber shop there advertised “free shaves for Japs” with a disclaimer that read “not responsible for accidents.” A funeral parlor advertised “I’d rather do business with a Jap than an American.” Several people called for removing all Japanese Americans from western states and forcing them to live in concentration camps somewhere else. President Franklin Roosevelt, who had a record of being racist against the Japanese, agreed with this idea. He signed Executive Order 9066. It ordered the roundup of 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent to 1 of 10 concentration camps, called officially “relocation centers.” It also said Japanese Americans weren’t allowed to be in California at all, as well as much of Oregon, Washington, and Arizona, unless they were in one of the camps, of course. Fred Korematsu was one of the Japanese Americans who said the heck with Executive Order 9066. He stayed in California. He had a girlfriend who was not Japanese American there he didn’t want to leave, and just thought Roosevelt’s order was wrong. So after his entire family left for one of the camps, he stayed behind, became a welder, and tried not to stand out too much. He changed his name and got a fake ID. Later, he even tried to have plastic surgery on his eyes to look less Japanese. The plastic surgeon who worked on him didn’t do the procedure but took his money anyway. Shortly after this, someone reported him and he was arrested. After his arrest, he never saw his girlfriend again, by the way. Eventually, Korematsu found himself in federal prison. The American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, reached out to him there and offered to represent him in court. Korematsu said heck yeah. Together, they argued that Executive Order 9066 went against the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment. In court, Korematsu’s loyalty to the United States was never in question. Still, in federal court in San Francisco, he was convicted, given five years of probation, and sent to a concentration camp in Utah. He appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals, who agreed with the lower court. He then appealed again, and the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case, hearing arguments in October 1944, with the war still raging on. During arguments, the Court considered a similar case from the previous year called Hirabayashi v. United States. That one upheld Executive Order 9066.

M.Laser's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2EM8WUfMFc Want your pick for two places to be compared? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Or donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Los Angeles and New York, the two largest and most influential cities in the United States. All images used under fair use guidelines or found in public domain. Music by Elf Squad: https://dldiedrich2.bandcamp.com/ Thanks to Mr. Betts, Grant Hurst, and the Cynical Historian! Mr. Betts Class: https://www.youtube.com/user/MrBettsClass Grant Hurst: https://www.youtube.com/user/GrantGHurst Cynical Historian: https://www.youtube.com/user/CynicalCypher88 Sources: http://www.laweekly.com/news/news-flash-la-is-actually-bigger-than-new-york-5122287 https://www.bestplaces.net/compare-cities/los_angeles_ca/new_york_ny/economy https://www.forbes.com/places/ca/los-angeles/ https://www.forbes.com/places/ny/new-york/ https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cities-nationwide-take-notice-los-angeles-just-committed_us_5984ca53e4b0bd8232029774 https://www.quora.com/Which-is-better-New-York-City-or-Los-Angeles-and-why https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Los_Angeles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_New_York_City https://la.curbed.com/2012/3/26/10385086/los-angeles-is-the-most-densely-populated-urban-area-in-the-us http://www.laalmanac.com/population/po02.php https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/how-did-hollywood-end-up-in-hollywood https://versus.com/en/new-york-vs-los-angeles http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/taxburden/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-are-there-palm-trees-in-los-angeles https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/press-releases/facts-about-los-angeles http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-california-mexico-earthquake-20170908-htmlstory.html Photo credits: Chun Yip So DaveofCali Jengod Zenhaus Tuxyso Caleb George Jean-Christophe BENOIST Michael Vadon Anthony Quintano Eli Duke Sam valadi Arnoldius Michael Foran NYC and LA are the two largest cities in the United States. New York has the most people, with a population of 8.5 million, while LA has around 4 million people. The New York metropolitan area, however, has 20.3 million people. So about 1 in 16 Americans live there. The Los Angeles metropolitan area has about 13.1 million people. Both are cosmopolitan, world famous cities. Two cities that never seem to sleep- always hustling and bustling. Over the last century, the two cities have dominated and influenced the culture of the rest of the country. It’s like the two forget the fact that the rest of us exist. You see this on mainstream TV. Most national news and entertainment programming occurs in LA or New York, although LA has way more YouTubers than New York. Both are by oceans. NYC by the Atlantic Ocean, and LA by the Pacific. Both are diverse. We’re talking people flock from all over the world to these two cities to start new lives. More than 37% of New York residents were born in another country. Nearly 40% of LA residents were born in another country. Almost half of the residents of LA are considered either Hispanic or Latino. New York has historically been the main way immigrants come to the United States. In both LA and New York, you’ll see lots of ethnic enclaves, or neighborhoods dominated by one ethnic group. Both tend to have younger residents compared to most other cities around the United States, although LA’s a bit younger. (The median age in New York is about 35.8, while the median age in LA is about 34.6.) It’s really freaking expensive to live in both cities, although LA is about 8.3% less expensive than New York. But it’s a lot more expensive to buy a home in LA. The median household income in both cities is similar. (LA 61,931, NYC 64,605) The unemployment rates and job growth rates are also comparable.(LA 4.2%, NYC 4.2% ) (LA 1.2% job growth, NYC 2% job growth) Related to how expensive it is in both places, of course, is how crowded both cities are. While LA is notorious for its bad traffic, by some metrics New York’s traffic is actually worse. Here’s another surprise. If you look at the entire metro areas, LA, the city known for its sprawl that goes on for miles and miles, has a higher population density than New York. But city proper, ain’t nobody as dense as New York City. We’re talking 27,000 per square mile in NYC versus around 8,000 people per square mile in LA. The average commute time for both cities is way higher than the national average. New Yorkers use more public transportation than LA folks BY FAR. I mean, there’s really no comparison. In LA, people own cars. They drive. In New York, over half of the households don’t own a car. 75% of Manhattan residents don’t.

Why is it that so many people get the definition of fascism wrong? Basically, because it's a complex thing to define, and it's become a word people use to describe their enemies in order to boost their political agenda or promote their cause. Mr. Beat's definition of fascism: the idea that the group is more important than the individual. Thanks to The Felt Show for helping me out with this one. This may be the first video about fascism ever that has puppets in it! Check out this Felt Show video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r8q_h7Hxxc Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room. All images either by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Sources: https://fee.org/articles/the-founding-father-of-fascism/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/fascism/Intellectual-origins http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fascism/2017/01/how_italian_fascists_succeeded_in_taking_over_italy.html Photo credits: Reiner Kraft Kouku阿謙 Jose Antonio Sound credits: Mike Koenig For more about Mussolini: Mussolini's Italy: Life Under the Fascist Dictatorship https://amzn.to/2u9ISxA Tristan's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdRA8arrhlc Clips used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx4BVGPkdzk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6bSsaVL6gA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3r-PYb9U90 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcklYVR5I-I (The Some More News one is actually quite good) Another good Fascism video by Kat Blaque: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUMgMhuWOXA&t Yo, I’m Mr. Beat. In 2010, when I was a young lad, I began teaching World History at Blue Valley High School. Fun fact- that’s where Michael Stevens from Vsauce went to high school. Anyway, when I tried to teach these poor kids about fascism, I had a hard time explaining it. For starters, there were so many definitions out there, and when I finally did find a definition that was historically accurate, it was ridiculously complex. And since then, I’ve noticed that a lot of people confidently talk about fascism but apparently have no clue what it actually means. Rarely is a word so often misused or mischaracterized. So let’s look at what fascism actually means. I planned on making a video about this awhile ago, but I held off after my friend Tristan from Step Back History beat me to it. That’s right. He beat Mr. Beat. Anyway, he released this video back in October 2017. Tristan does a great job as he always does, but he mostly dives into the early history of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, and frankly, he was still a bit too vague with his definition of fascism. In the comments of the video, I attempted to simplify the definition of fascism as I used to simplify it for my World History students so they’d better understand. Fascism is essentially “conform or else.” Well, it got a lot of likes, so that’s cool, but then the “well actually” crowd hopped on, and one of the responses, from Eli A, was “That's just authoritarianism. Not all authoritarians are fascists, but all fascists are authoritarians” and….Eli kind of has a point. Maybe, I simplified a bit too much. Violence usually is associated with fascism, but not always. So let me revise. Fascism is the idea that the group is more important than the individual. Diversity is a threat to the group. Individualism is a threat to the group. Immigration is a threat to the group. New ideas could potentially be a threat to the group. Basically, anything that undermines the country, nation, or even ethnic group is a threat to the group. The people in a fascist society are expected to have limited choices and strict guidance. In other words, conform to the group. Some argue fascism had its roots in the Jacobin movement, with leaders of the French Revolution like Maximilien Robespierre. Others argue it had its roots as a backlash against the Enlightenment. During the Enlightenment, when more and more people were raving about individualism, laissez faire economics, liberty, and equality, dudes like the British philosopher Thomas Carlyle were like hold up. Hierarchy is good. Democracy is bad. Some are leaders but most are followers. Absolute rulers were good for society. These ideas gained popularity during the late 1800s and early 1900s. To add to the backlash, Social Darwinism, the idea that the evolutionary concept of natural selection also applied to human societies, became a big thing. This fit right in with what would eventually be called fascism. The term “Fascism,” wasn’t first used until 1915 by supporters of a guy you probably know about named Benito Mussolini.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur To learn more about this case: https://amzn.to/2tY5Ffa Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ In episode 35 of Supreme Court Briefs, the state of Virginia passes a law saying that stupid or immoral people are not allowed to have kids and must be sterilized. A woman named Carrie Buck fights back. Yes, this all actually happened. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video used under fair use, original content, or found in the public domain. Music by Jermaine Hysten. Photo credits: Morgan Riley Taber Andrew Bain Susan in Cville Ishi Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/274us200 Other sources used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_v._Bell http://www.eugenicsarchive.org/html/eugenics/static/themes/39.html http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/eugenics/3-buckvbell/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_Integrity_Act_of_1924 Cohen, Adam (2016). Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck. New York, New York: Penguin Press. ISBN 978-1594204180. https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/supreme-court-and-sterilization-carrie-buck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Sterilization_Act_of_1924 https://acluva.org/en/news/shameful-history-eugenics-virginia https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Buck_v_Bell_1927 https://inspire.redlands.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1006&context=alura http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download;jsessionid=D6133AE9B6F8999D494CAAB2E30A209E?doi=10.1.1.514.879&rep=rep1&type=pdf Madison Heights, Virginia September 10, 1924 Eugenics doctor Albert Sidney Priddy, the dude in charge of the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded, requests to sterilize 18-year old patient Carrie Buck. According to Dr. Priddy, Buck had the mental age of a 9-year old, and argued that if she was allowed to have children, this would be dangerous for society. So just so we are clear here, he wanted to force her to go through a procedure so that she could never have kids because of her genetics. Wait, hold up. Let’s go back a bit, because this story is even more messed up than this. So Carrie Buck was the daughter of Emma Buck, who previously was taken away by the state from Carrie and her siblings when Carrie was a kid. Virginia confined Emma to-you guessed it-the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded for prostitution, immorality...oh and having syphilis. So Carrie grew up with foster parents, who treated her like a slave. How did Carrie also end up at the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded? Her foster parents sent her there for hopelessly bad behavior, sleeping around, and “feeblemindedness.” I’m not joking. Also, they sent her there apparently as a result of being raped by her foster mother’s nephew. Again, I am not joking. Since Carrie Buck was declared mentally incompetent to raise her child, her now former foster parents ended up adopting the baby. At 7 months old, that baby, whose name was Vivian, would also be declared “feeble-minded.” So anyway, back to Dr. Priddy trying to sterilize Carrie. He first wanted to make sure it was legal. I mean, the state had passed a law called the Virginia Sterilization Act of 1924, which allowed doctors to forcibly sterilize patients who supposedly had genetic traits that would be damaging to society if passed on to the next generation. However, the law had yet to be tested in the courts. So the board of the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded got it to happen. After ordering Buck sterilized, the board appointed her a random dude named Robert Shelton to be her guardian. He was the guardian of several of the institution’s patients and got paid for doing it, by the way. Buck’s lawyer was a dude named Irving Whitehead, who was a eugenics fan who wanted the sterilization law. Oh, and apparently he was also on the board, helping request Buck’s sterilization. In fact, he was good friends with Albert Priddy and Aubrey Strode, who represented Priddy in court. There’s no conflict of interest there! Whitehead made no effort to challenge the accusations that Buck was feeble minded, of course. Shelton appealed the sterilization to the Circuit Court of Amherst County, who agreed the sterilization should take place. Shelton appealed again to the Supreme Court of Virginia, who also agreed it should take place. So one more appeal to the Supreme Court. By this time, Priddy had died and his successor, Dr. John Bell, now represented the Virginia Colony. 0:00 Introduction 0:02 Supreme 1:42 Vivian 2:28 Irving Whitehead 2:42 Aubrey Strode 3:24 1. due process of the law 5:08 65,000 Americans 5:57 October 19, 1927

Want a specific history or geography topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat compares and contrasts New Hampshire and Vermont. All images used under fair use guidelines or found in public domain. Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat). Sources: http://www.politifact.com/new-hampshire/statements/2012/jul/23/jackie-cilley/no-income-or-sales-tax-new-hampshire-does-rely-hea/ http://www.howmoneywalks.com/new-hampshire-vs-vermont-a-tale-of-two-state-tax-plans/ https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/vermont.new-hampshire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont https://www.britannica.com/place/New-Hampshire-state https://www.britannica.com/place/Vermont http://www.native-languages.org/abenaki.htm https://www.americanheritage.com/content/vermont-vs-new-hampshire https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/31/vermont-will-pay-you-10000-to-move-there-and-work-from-home.html http://twistedsifter.com/2014/10/why-vermont-banned-billboards/ http://reason.com/blog/2017/06/29/new-hampshire-now-has-third-sitting-libe https://www.bestplaces.net/state/new_hampshire https://www.bestplaces.net/state/vermont http://www.businessinsider.com/montpelier-doesnt-have-a-mcdonalds-2017-12 http://www.fosters.com/news/20160916/nh-leads-nation-in-lowest-poverty-rate https://www.forbes.com/places/vt/ http://time.com/3507936/vermont-governor-debate/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-healthiest-and-least-healthy-states-in-the-u-s/ http://actionallen.blogspot.com/2012/10/vermont-v-new-hampshire.html http://www.jacksonville.com/article/20121013/NEWS/801245593 Starr, Tina (June 15, 2013). "Historically, rural areas have lost population". The Chronicle. Barton, Vermont. p. 11. Photo credits: Doug Kerr Air-Reelz Kevin Flanagan ranvel Caleb Achy Dad Clark Jared Benedict James St. John Werner Griesshammer Mike9827 Steve Hedin Djehouti Chensiyuan U.S. Department of Agriculture Hoodinski Nick Solari Marc Nozell Doug Kerr P199 Eversource NH rickpilot_2000 Kenneth C. Zirkel Pictures of Money Daderot Beyond My Ken Smuttynoser Famartin Georgio Justin.A.Wilcox Mike Kalasnik Both are bordering states in these United States in a region known as New England, the area of the country first settled by European colonists when they came over and, you know, kicked Native American nations off their lands throughout the 1600s. The Connecticut River separates them, and each joke the other state is the upside-down version of itself. So although Vermont and New Hampshire are right next to each other, and although they are about the same size, and although even the shape of each state is similar to a point where people often mix them up, there are a lot of differences between the two. Before we get to the differences, let’s keep going with what they have in common. Both have a lot of natural beauty, filled with rolling hills, mountains, streams, lakes, and forests. Both have plenty of protected land. Vermont has the Green Mountain National Forest and New Hampshire has the White Mountain National Forest. The Green Mountains in Vermont and White Mountains in New Hampshire are both part of the northern Appalachian Mountains, a range that goes up and down the eastern portion of the country. New Hampshire has the taller highest peak of the two states, with Mount Washington, one of the windiest places on earth. On April 12, 1934, scientists recorded a wind speed of 231 miles per hour on the top of the mountain, which is still the world record for wind speed if you don’t count cyclones or tornadoes. Vermont does have a more rugged terrain, overall, and in fact New Hampshire’s land gets all chill and flat in the southeast portion of the state. It even borders the Atlantic Ocean. For 18 miles (29km). The shortest ocean coastline of any state, but at least it’s not landlocked like Vermont! Tons of Americans who live in the NORTHEAST MEGALOPOLIS go to both Vermont and New Hampshire for tourism, especially for outdoorsy stuff like fishing, hunting, and hiking. Winter sports like skiiing and snowmobiling are also big in the winter in both states. Oh, and don’t forget the fall foliage! Oh my, it’s so pretty. Both states have a lot of people with lighter skin. The vast majority of people in both states trace most of their ancestry back to Europe. The earliest European settlers were mostly Puritans and other groups from Britain, but before the English arrived French explorers checked out both states. These European settlers encountered various Native American nations already living there for hundreds of years. Most of them were Algonquian-speaking Abenaki tribes, although in Vermont the Pennacook and Mohican tribes also resided.

In this video, Mr. Beat counts down his top five greatest Vice Presidents in American history. Mr. Betts' Top 5 Vice Presidents Who Took Over As President video: https://youtu.be/h1mt65-wXS8 My least favorite Vice Presidents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgbeDIWEM9E Some of the information for this video came from a great book called The Untold History of the United States, by Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick. Purchase it here: https://amzn.to/2LW4XWQ Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room. All images either by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Photo credits: Gage Skidmore, ©noisytoy.net, Joe Loon Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/26/politics/pence-tie-breaking-senate-record-setting-pace/index.html https://www.minnpost.com/dc-dispatches/2015/10/washington-day-honor-walter-mondale-s-legacy https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-u-s-vice-presidents-of-all-time https://millercenter.org/president/madison/essays/clinton-1809-vicepresident https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_George_Clinton.htm http://time.com/4314491/americas-worst-vice-presidents/item/thomas-marshall/ https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_Adlai_Stevenson.htm https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/walter-mondale http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/residents-visitors/visitors-from-congress/visitors-congress-henry-wilson-1812-1875/ https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_Henry_Wilson.htm https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_William_Wheeler.htm Haynes, George H. (1936). Dumas Malone, ed. Dictionary of American Biography Henry Wilson. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 322–325. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Wheeler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(vice_president) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/10/14/uncommon-man Stone, Oliver, and Peter J. Kuznick. The Untold History of the United States. , 2012. 90-93, 188-193. Presidential election series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRefBOp4I9e4NLY_1_d4Csf_w Gideon v. Wainwright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YSypB3nP2g&t= Election of 1984: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrEWm6fTm4A Election of 1876: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Z3sbU43y4 Election of 1948: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtdIhRjs2Is I’m Mr. Beat, and sometimes it seems that Vice Presidents just don’t get any love, they don’t get any respect. Hahahahaha. Yep, they’re always the butt of a joke. Article 1, Section 3, Clause 4 of the U.S. Constitution says the Vice President has two main jobs. To cast a vote in the Senate to break a 50-50 tie, which has actually been happening more and more lately, and to certify the official vote count for the Electoral College. That’s it. Sure, the Vice President is first line to be President if the President dies, but there’s really just an 18% chance of that happening if you look at all of American history. Dang, it’s that high? And sure, the Vice President often is involved with a lot of diplomatic work or helps the President with certain projects or issues, but in those cases he is working FOR the President, not independent of him. But the Vice President position wasn’t even required until the 25th Amendment was ratified in 1967. That means, before then, if the Vice President died while in office, he didn’t have to be replaced! Oh and before that, it wasn’t 100 percent clear the Vice President could take the President’s job if HE died, he just sort of did anyway. Thanks John Tyler. Speaking of John Tyler, he did not make this list. Here are the top 5 Vice Presidents in American History, in my opinion. This is yet another opinion video. I apologize for that. This time, I better reveal that I am judging them based on their actions over their entire adult lives, not just during their time as Veep. Also, Vice Presidents who also later became President are exempt from this list. This is probably a good time to mention that this video is made in conjunction with Mr. Betts. Over on his channel he just released a video counting down his top 5 Presidents who took over not getting elected, but because the previous President died and they were the Veep. Be sure to check it out after watching this video. No not right now! AFTER. Geez. Ok, so watch the video for my top 5 Vice Presidents in American history. Thanks to my newest Patreon supporters John Johnson, Beau Branch, and Kyle Noyes! Thanks for your support. I’ll be back next Friday with a new episode of Compared

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 34 of Supreme Court Briefs, state troopers find an illegal sawed-off shotgun in the car of two gangsters, which leads to the only Supreme Court case about the Second Amendment of the 20th century. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video used under fair use, original content, or found in the public domain. Music by Joykill, featured on Brown Bear Records. Photo credits: Fibonacci Blue Gillfoto Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/307us174 Other sources used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Miller http://jpfo.org/filegen-a-m/miller.htm http://migration.nyulaw.me/sites/default/files/ECM_PRO_060964.pdf http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=4742 http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0801/0801usvmiller.htm Siloam Springs, Arkansas April 18, 1938 Both Oklahoma and Arkansas state troopers pull over Frank Layton and Jack Miller, two known gang members (The O’Malley Gang) known for going around and robbing places. They find an unregistered, sawed-off shotgun in the car and arrest them for breaking the National Firearms Act, or NFA, a federal law passed in 1934 that put an excise tax on making, selling, and transporting certain firearms and required people had to register those firearms if they had them. Also, the NFA said such gun owners had to report transporting the guns across state lines to the federal government when moving. The gun Layton and Miller had was untaxed and unregistered. Layton and Miller argued that the National Firearms Act was unconstitutional because it not only went against the 2nd Amendment, but also the 10th Amendment. The District Court judge, a dude named Heartsill Ragon (what a heartbreaker he was), acted like he agreed and dismissed the case, saying the NFA violated the Second Amendment. Here’s the thing, though. Apparently judge Ragon was cool with the NFA, and just ruled that way because he knew Miller had just ratted out a bunch of his gangster friends and would have to go into hiding after he was released. Also, Miller wouldn’t pay a lawyer to appeal to the Supreme Court anyway. So yeah, the United States of America appealed the case by skipping the appellate courts and going directly to the Supreme Court, who heard arguments on March 30, 1939, and just as Ragon had predicted, the defense didn’t even show up. Yep, absolutely no arguments were made and no evidence was presented on behalf of either Jack Miller or the Second Amendment. The Court heard lots from the attorneys for the United States, though. Their main arguments were: #1 - The NFA was mainly a way to collect revenue, so the Treasury Department gave the feds the authority to enforce it #2 - Eh, look, the defendants transported the sawed-off shotgun from Oklahoma to Arkansas, so this was totally interstate commerce And #3 - Sooo, the Second Amendment only protects having military-type weapons appropriate for use in an organized militia, and the weapon found in Layton and Miller’s car, a double barrel 12-gauge Stevens shotgun having a barrel less than 18 inches, ain’t ever been used in any militia. On May 15, 1939, the Court reached its decision. It sided with the United States, reversing the lower court, and saying the National Firearms Act indeed was constitutional. It was 8-0. Justice William Douglas did not participate in this case. So the Court held that the Second Amendment does not guarantee an individual the right to have a sawed-off double barrel shotgun because that specific weapon was not a reasonable weapon for either a well-regulated militia or self defense. US v. Miller was the only Supreme Court case that directly dealt with the Second Amendment in the 20th century. In fact, it wouldn’t be until 2008 when the Supreme Court tackled the Second Amendment again, in a case called DC v Heller. I have a video for that one. Check it out after this one and stuff. Interestingly, both gun control advocates and gun rights advocates interpret US v. Miller as a decision that helps their side. Gun control folks say the decision is proof that the federal government is justified regulating certain types of firearms. Gun rights folks say the decision was good because it explicitly and specifically stated people have the right to own a firearm for self-defense and to form militias. However, today US v. Miller doesn’t seem to solve the gun control debate- it just seems to complicate it.

Here are the 10 worst governors in American history, according to Mr. Beat. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: @ElectricNeedleRoom Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt My (DIS)Honorable mentions: Ross Barnett Ray Blanton Fob James Richard Leche David Butler William Harding Evan Mecham Don Siegelman John B. Weller Lester Maddox Rod Blagojevich Music by Joyce Foundation and Tabby Cat. Produced by Matt Beat. All images found in the public domain, used under fair use guidelines, or original content from Matt Beat. Brown v. Board of Education: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F4edxloXCc&t=103s Worcester v. Georgia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwBRrsHAodY Photo credits: Patrick Emerson Michael Vadon Chicago History Museum Historicfuture12 Sources: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-chris-christie-became-least-popular-governor-in-new-jersey-history-2018-1 http://www.nj.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/07/chris_christies_the_least-worst_governor_in_recent.html https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/06/12/the-big-sleazy http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/bdi/DetailsPage.aspx?id=154 http://iowahistoryjournal.com/william-harding/ http://prospect.org/article/will-real-worst-governor-please-stand Edwin Edwards https://www.politico.com/story/2014/04/edwin-edwards-louisiana-2014-elections-105563 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Edwards http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/225941-edwin-edwards-the-louisiana-lifer Joel Aldrich Matteson https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2012/08/joel-aldrich-matteson-we-report-you-decide.html https://almostchosenpeople.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/joel-aldrich-matteson/ http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/s-governor-among-illinois-most-corrupt/article_ca3fc2ba-c596-587c-8f95-c91509eabfa2.html Peter Hardeman Burnett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hardeman_Burnett https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/burnett_peter/#.WwcfcdOUtTY http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article188681854.html http://www.calgoldrush.com/profiles/pro_burnett.html Lilburn Boggs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilburn_Boggs http://blog.mrm.org/2008/07/governor-boggs-vs-the-mormons/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_War https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3909&context=etd George Wallace https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-george-wallace/stephanroget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wallace https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-03-22/are-we-reliving-candidacy-george-wallace-through-donald-trump Connor’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IHQ7H0EV9A Orval Faubus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orval_Faubus http://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/html_use/A-0031.html Len Small https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Small http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1865681,00.html http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-per-flashback-small-0619-20110619-story.html Wilson Lumpkin https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/wilson-lumpkin-1783-1870 https://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_georgia/col2-content/main-content-list/title_lumpkin_wilson.default.html Brigham Young https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigham_Young https://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-g-turner/brigham-young-and-polygamy_b_1792555.html https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002/01/21/lives-of-the-saints https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Meadows_Massacre https://historyofmormonism.com/2009/08/27/native-americans/ http://www.blackhawkproductions.com/ #10 Edwin Edwards Governor of Louisiana from 1972 to 1980, 1984 to 1988, and 1992 to 1996, serving 16 years total in office, or 5,784 days, the sixth-longest amount of time in office for any governor since the Constitution. Widely considered one of the most corrupt governors in American history, he actually got caught for racketeering, extortion, money laundering, mail fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy. He went to federal prison for eight years. He was unapologetic about receiving illegal campaign donations. He was accused of obstruction of justice and bribery. The only reason why Edwards is not higher up on my list is because is dedication to civil rights and protecting minorities and the poor. #9 Joel Aldrich Matteson Oh Louisiana and Illinois. You both have a long history of electing corrupt and just, plain horrible governors. And Matteson is one of them. Governor of Illinois from 1853 to 1857, he actually had a few accomplishments during his term. This was when Illinois began public education, and Matteson oversaw a strong economy and the reduction of the state’s debt. However, after he got out of office people started to find out about his shadiness.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 33 of Supreme Court Briefs, police question a dude named Salinas about a murder, and they claim his silence made him seem guilty. He claims "the right to remain silent." Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video used under fair use, original content, or found in the public domain. Music by Jermaine Hysten. Photo credits: Alpha Stock Images http://alphastockimages.com/ Nick Youngson http://nyphotographic.com/ Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2012/12-246 Other sources used: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/06/supreme-court-salinas-v-texas-ruling-explained/314145/ https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/cert/12-246 http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2013/06/salinas_v_texas_right_to_remain_silent_supreme_court_right_to_remain_silent.html http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/06/opinion-recap-if-you-want-to-claim-the-fifth/ https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/18/us/supreme-court-hands-down-three-decisions-that-are-5-to-4.html https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Man-shows-up-for-urine-test-arrested-in-murder-1583481.php Houston, Texas December 18, 1992 Someone shoots and kills two brothers, named Juan and Hector Garza. Houston police arrive to the murder scene and find shotgun shell cases, but not much else. Later, they invite Genovevo Salinas (Saw-leen-ahs) down to the station for questioning. Salinas apparently had been at a party at the Garza residence the night before the murder. He voluntarily goes down to the station, and the police do not arrest him nor read him the Miranda warning since he was free to leave at any time. They question Salinas for an hour, and he even agrees to give the police his shotgun for testing. However, according to the police report, Salinas stopped answering questions once the cops asked him if the gun would match the shells from the scene of the crime. The police also reported that after he was asked the question he acted much more nervously and seemed deceptive. Salinas left shortly after this. Soon after this, police found out that indeed, Salina’s gun matched the casings at the murder scene. They also heard from a witness who said Salinas had admitted to killing the victims. So, a warrant went out for his arrest, but they couldn’t find him. They later found out he had fled to Mexico. Flash forward almost 15 years later, in 2007, and a dude under a different name in Houston is arrested for drug charges. The fingerprints matched those of someone already in their system. It was Salinas. Boy was he surprised when he was arrested for the murder of the Garza brothers. But Salinas wasn’t going down without a fight. At his trial, the prosecutor brought up how Salinas got all silent after the police asked him if the gun casings matched his shotgun, which was evidence that he was guilty. Salinas argued that the Fifth Amendment protected his right to remain silent, you know, to avoid self-incrimination. However, in the end the trial court found Salinas guilty of the murders, but he only given 20 years in prison and a $5,000 fine? Man, the justice system is weird. It’s appeal time, baby. Salinas appealed to the Fourteenth Court of Appeals of Texas, and they agreed with the lower court. Salinas appealed again to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, who...yep, agreed with the lower courts. So he appealed to the Supreme Court, and they agreed to hear the case in January 2013, hearing arguments on April 17, 2013, more than 20 years after the murders. The lawyers for Salinas argued Miranda v. Arizona, and a case called Griffin v. California, both protected his 5th amendment right to remain silent. Griffin v. California specifically brought up how prosecutors can’t use a suspect’s silence as evidence against her or him to the jury. And the Miranda decision, well I have a video about that one so just watch it mmmk? The prosecution for Texas argued, however, that the Fifth Amendment just protected citizens from being forced into incriminating themselves. Salinas was not forced to be there. He volunteered. So basically the question the Court looked at was “Does the Fifth Amendment protect a defendant’s refusal to answer questions to the cops before she or he is read the Miranda warning or is arrested?” The Court said “no.” On June 17, 2013, the Court announced it had sided with Texas, voting 5-4.

Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Why are there so many of the same surnames? Why do some surnames go extinct? Why do we call surnames "last names?" Mr. Beat, who has a strange last name, answers these questions in this video. Oh, and Jabril helps out. Check out his video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y71ZshVlyrY Music by Drew Gerber. Produced by Matt Beat. All images found in the public domain, used under fair use guidelines, or original content from Matt Beat. Fair use photo credits: Michael Rivera Gage Skidmore Tanner Morrow How rare is your surname? Find out here: http://forebears.io/surnames http://howmanyofme.com/ Check out the book: What's in a Surname?: A Journey from Abercrombie to Zwicker https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CQ1DL7K/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00CQ1DL7K&linkCode=as2&tag=iammrbeat-20&linkId=8488d3e55e75977db1d2b8737bb503b6 Sources: http://howmanyofme.com/ http://www.pbs.org/pov/apps/thesweetestsound/popularity-index/ http://forebears.io/surnames https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mg7qwb/heres-a-global-heatmap-of-people-with-your-last-name https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/nguyen-name-common-vietnam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p-Jdjo7sSQ https://surnames.behindthename.com/top/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1jn623/why_is_smith_the_most_common_surname/ https://www.reference.com/education/10-common-last-names-world-ff45abb098a0454b http://www.historytoday.com/cm-matthews/surnames-occupation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galton%E2%80%93Watson_process I’m Mr. Beat. Some people don’t believe me when I tell them that’s really my last name. Apparently it’s really rare. Only 422 other people living in the United States share my last name. Only 3,661 other people living in the entire world share my last name. According to the website Forebears, not four bears, Forebears, Beat is the 111,426th most popular surname in the world. It’s most popular in Cameroon, believe it or not. By the way, surname, aka “family name” is a much more accurate way to describe it. A surname is basically the name passed down from generation to generation. It’s inaccurate to call it a “last name” everywhere because in many countries the surname is said first. So why is my surname so rare? Hold up, the better question is why so many many people have the SAME last name. There are so many names to choose from, yet we have so many Johnsons. (I’m telling you, he should just change his surname to The Rock). Let’s look at Smith, the most popular last name in the United States. Here’s my friend Kevin Smith. No, not THAT Kevin Smith. No, not THAT Kevin Smith. No no no. Not that one! Yes, that Kevin Smith. Geez. So yeah, my friend’s name is so common that are 23 Kevin Smiths currently classified as “notable people” on Wikipedia. Odds are, there’s a Kevin Smith in the town you currently live in. Why is my friend’s name so common? First of all, Kevin was the 24th most popular boys name the year he was born, so that increased the number out there. But this video is about surnames. Smith is so common because many surnames came from what people did for a living. Smith is an occupational name, named after working with metal, and because metal work jobs historically have existed a lot of places and because the occupation has historically been so important, the name spread. Ok, so that explains Smith, but what about Li or Gonzalez or Zhang or Nguyen or Hernandez? Huh Mr. Smarty Pants? Oops, wrong surname. I mean, huh Mr. Beat? Well let’s take Nguyen. Between 30 to 40 percent of the entire country of Vietnam have the last name Nguyen. To put that in perspective, less than 1 percent of Americans have the last name Smith. Why Nguyen? Well, for generations, Vietnam was just minding its own business, when China decides to be all imperialistic on them and take over. At the time of the beginning of Chinese imperialism, the Vietnamese did not have surnames. China literally gave them surnames so that it would be easier to keep track of them. They gave many of them Nguyen, a Chinese name. You saw this with other imperialist powers around the world. That’s why most Filipinos have Spanish names, for example. This can even be extended to slavery. Many African Americans have surnames from the owners of their slave ancestors. Well that’s pretty messed up. Geez. In some cases, people changed their surnames so they wouldn’t get killed. In other cases, people changed their surname, because they weren’t particularly attached to the old one so they took the one of someone they admired. This also explains why there are so many Nguyens. Still, I feel like there is some important information missing here.

Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Lawrence, Kansas and Ames, Iowa, both college towns located in the American Midwest. Mr. Beat is a bit familiar, you could say, with Lawrence. He has help with Ames with Xander from the channel ARTexplains. Check out ARTexplains and subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/ARTexplains Music by Drew Gerber. Photos by Shannon Beat. Footage by Matt Beat, Vanessa Castillo, and Xander Toftness. Sources: http://www.bestplaces.net/cost-of-living/lawrence-ks/ames-ia/40000 http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2012/jun/16/how-lawrence-stacks-property-taxes/ https://smartasset.com/taxes/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence,_Kansas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ames,_Iowa#Geography http://www.city-data.com/city/Lawrence-Kansas.html http://www.city-data.com/city/Ames-Iowa.html http://iheartlocalmusic.com/ Photo credits: Shannon Beat Andrew Johnston USFWSmidwest inkknife_2000 (7.5 million views +) Matt Pryor Lawrence, Kansas and Ames, Iowa Two fairly typical college towns in the American Midwest. Located just 269 miles from each other, or about a 4 hour drive. Why am I comparing them? Well I’m from Lawrence. And I’m Xander from the channel ARTexplains. I live in Ames. Both: And we’re filming a collaboration! Both Lawrence and Ames are dominated by the major universities in each city. Lawrence is the home of the University of Kansas, the largest university in Kansas, and Ames is the home of Iowa State University, the largest university in Iowa. So yeah, overwhelmingly the largest employer in both cities are those two universities. After that, most workers in both towns work for either the city government, school district, or hospital in town. Both Lawrence and Ames are relatively cheap places to live compared to the rest of the country, although Ames is 3 percent more expensive than Lawrence. Both are consistently ranked on various lists of the top college towns to raise a family or retire. I don’t know, though, aren’t those lists fairly arbitrary? Yeah, I think those lists are pretty much meaningless. Both are about the exact same distance from major urban centers. Lawrence is short drive west from Kansas City, and Ames is a short drive north from Des Moines. Both cities have similar, continental climates, although Lawrence gets more precipitation than Ames, and since Ames is further north it gets colder and gets more snowfall than Lawrence. Both cities are on the prairie, in areas where lots of agriculture is going on. Farmers represent. Wheat tends to be more common around Lawrence, and not to sound corny, but corn is all around us in Ames. Both cities were founded during the Civil War Era. Kansas in 1854, and Ames in 1864. Now, Lawrence had a much more chaotic first few years compared to Ames. It started with the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, a law which said the people living in Kansas and Nebraska territories could vote on whether they wanted slavery to be legal or not when they voted for statehood. This idea of popular sovereignty to determine whether or not Kansas would be a slave state or not caused a flood of Americans to migrate there. Many of the first settlers of Lawrence were Free Staters, or those who wanted Kansas to be a free state. However, due to developing a reputation as a Free Stater hotbed, Lawrence became a huge target for pro-slavery bushwhackers, who raided the town multiple times, most famously during the Lawrence Massacre, aka Quantrill’s Raid. The violence in Lawrence and around the state was so bad it became known as Bleeding Kansas. Uh, yeah, Ames was pretty quiet and chill in its early years. It was pretty much just a railroad crossing. Lawrence has a lot more people living there than Ames. Lawrence recently crossed the 100,000 mark, while Ames has around 67,000 people. Ames has lower taxes than Lawrence. We just pay a 7% sales tax rate and we don’t pay taxes on groceries like you silly Kansans. Yeah we pay taxes on groceries and over a 9% sales tax. But property taxes are a little lower in Lawrence so there’s that. Ames has more residents with bachelor’s degrees and a higher graduation rate than Lawrence. Ames also has a lower unemployment rate currently than Lawrence. Are you sure about that, Xander? It’s pretty low here. It’s 3.3%. Yeah, it’s 2.1% in Ames. Ames has significantly better air quality than Lawrence. Lawrence has less poverty than Ames.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 32 of Supreme Court Briefs, police break into a home of a citizen and later charge her with having sexually explicit material. Music by Isaac Sander. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1960/236 Other sources used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapp_v._Ohio https://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/criminal-procedure/criminal-procedure-keyed-to-saltzburg/searches-and-seizures-of-persons-and-things/mapp-v-ohio-3/ http://www.clevelandmemory.org/legallandmarks/mapp/illegalsearch.html http://cobras.clevelandsgs.com/2010/12/virgil-ogletree/ https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/10/us/dollree-mapp-who-defied-police-search-in-landmark-case-is-dead.html https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/367/643/case.html https://billofrightsinstitute.org/educate/educator-resources/lessons-plans/landmark-supreme-court-cases-elessons/mapp-v-ohio-1961/ Photo credits: Shawn Lea Mikerussell Nick Youngson Cleveland, Ohio May 23, 1957 Someone sets a bomb off at Don King’s house. Yep, that Don King, the future boxer promoter who at the time was a controversial bookie who had many enemies. So yeah, apparently one of those enemies was whoever bombed his house that day. The Cleveland police got a tip that a another bookie named Virgil Ogletree might have been involved with the bombing, and that he was hiding out in the house of Dollree Mapp. They also suspected stuff to make a bomb might be at the house. Three Cleveland police officers get to Mapp’s house, knock on the door and she answers. They ask to enter, but Mapp says “you gotta warrant?” After the police say no, she refuses to let them in. Two of the officers leave, but one hangs out across the street to stake out the place. Three hours later, even more officers return and knock on her door. This time Mapp doesn’t answer, and they break down the door and enter without permission. Mapp asks again to see a warrant. One of the officers shows her a piece of paper that is supposedly the warrant. She snatches the paper and puts it in her blouse. The officer reaches inside her clothing and she resists while he tries to get it back. He eventually does it get it back, and that piece of paper is never seen again. The police handcuffed Mapp and continued to search her home. They did find Ogletree, who later was cleared of being connected to the bombing, but while they were looking for him they also found evidence of illegal gambling, a pistol, and a small collection of sexually explicit materials that a previous resident had left behind. The Cleveland police arrested Mapp for having the gambling stuff but was later cleared. However, she didn’t cooperate with authorities very well, and several months later they turned around and charged her with having the sexually explicit materials, which apparently was illegal in Ohio at the time. Illegal, Mr. Beat? Yes, in 1957 it was illegal to possess “obscene materials.” Mapp was found guilty and sentenced to up to seven years in prison. Mapp appealed to the Ohio Court of Appeals for the Eighth District, arguing that the Ohio law banning the possession of obscene material went against the First Amendment. But what about the Fourth Amendment, Mr. Beat? (weird voice) Well, surprisingly, the Fourth Amendment wasn’t Mapp’s focus, but she could have also said that the police broke the Fourth Amendment when they searched through her stuff. Specifically, the police had no probable cause to suspect her of having the sexually explicit books, and they couldn’t use the books as evidence in court because they were found without a warrant. In addition, Mapp could have argued to get the 4th Amendment applied to both the state and local level, not just the federal level. The Ohio Court of Appeals agreed with the lower court, so Mapp appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court. They also agreed, so she appealed to the Supreme uh Supreme Court. By this time, 4 years had passed since the police had raided Mapp’s home. The Court heard oral arguments on March 29, 1961. It was soon apparent that the Court didn’t give a darn about the First Amendment...in this case. Lemme finish. They didn’t give a darn about the First Amendment IN THIS CASE. Instead, they were all focused on the 4th amendment. You see, there was this law called the exclusionary rule. The exclusionary rule said you couldn’t use evidence if the police got it illegally. It had been applied since 1914 in the ruling for the case Weeks v. United States, but only at the federal level. In the 1949 decision Wolf v. Colorado, the Court had declined to extend exclusionary protections at the state level. On June 19, 1961, the Court announced its decision.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 31 of Supreme Court Briefs, a game show gives away money and stuff, and the FCC gets all upset and tries to stop it. Check out Buck Russell's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/kmsimedia Music by Drew Gerber. Check out cool primary sources here: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5455721301867974049&hl=en&as_sdt=6&as_vis=1&oi=scholarr Other sources used: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/347/284/case.html http://cdn.loc.gov/service/ll/usrep/usrep347/usrep347284/usrep347284.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_the_Music_(U.S._TV_series) https://books.google.com/books?id=-UeveLMilioC&pg=PA1919&lpg=PA1919&dq=fcc+v+abc+1954&source=bl&ots=TZ5lR6nDfE&sig=6_PTofedxcvECYdqg3w3MIhqNAg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwikhpi3yLfaAhULMd8KHbsvAHsQ6AEIajAI#v=onepage&q=fcc%20v%20abc%201954&f=false http://www.jimramsburg.com/stop-the-music-audio.html Sound effect: Mike Koenig New York City March 21, 1948 The American Broadcasting Company, or ABC, debuts a new radio game show called Stop the Music! Here’s how the show worked. Either an orchestra would play a popular song or two singers would hum a popular song, and the host, Bert Parks, would stop them by shouting “Stop the music!” This was Park’s signal that he had a contestant on the line whom he had called at random. This contestant was to guess the name of the song just played. If the contestant correctly guessed the name of the song, she or he won a prize, usually an expensive household appliance. If the contestant got the song wrong, the show chose a member of the studio audience to identify the song to win the prize. Six weeks after the show debuted, a North Carolina contestant won a jackpot of $17,000, or more than $179,000 if they’d won today and you adjusted for inflation. The show was a hit, and other broadcasters took notice, starting their own prize giveaway shows. Later, Stop the Music! was turned into a TV show. Not everyone was a fan. The National Association of Broadcasters accused these prize giveaway shows of “buying an audience.” The Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, (Eminem clip?) said the shows were breaking lottery laws and threatened to take away the license of any radio or TV station that aired them. In response, ABC sued the FCC because the FCC wouldn’t let them be. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in favor of ABC, and so the FCC appealed to the Supreme Court. Now this whole process took awhile. The Court didn’t hear arguments until February 1, 1954. This was the same group of justices who heard arguments for the Brown v. Board of Education decision, by the way. At the root of this issue was whether or not shows like Stop the Music! promoted gambling. On April 5, 1954, the Court announced it had also sided with the broadcasters, ruling 8-0. The Court said the FCC straight up misinterpreted the lottery laws. These quiz shows were not gambling, as they were contests, and skill was involved, not chance. FCC v. ABC further legitimized the quiz show and further protected prize giveaway shows in general. Despite Stop the Music! quickly losing popularity and the quiz show trend of the late 1940s and early 1950s just being a fad, you could say this little known case played a big role in further making the game show a fixture of American culture.

Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Macau and Hong Kong, both located in China. Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat) and Drew Gerber. Sources: http://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/compare/macau/hong-kong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_River_Delta https://www.indexmundi.com/factbook/compare/hong-kong.macau https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/articles/why-it-literally-pays-to-live-in-macau/ https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2017/09/economist-explains-11 http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/06/news/macau-casino-gambling/index.html http://www.businessinsider.com/most-powerful-financial-centres-gfci-index-for-2017-2017-9#3-hong-kong-the-former-british-colony-takes-the-highest-spot-of-any-asian-city-as-both-a-well-developed-financial-hub-and-a-gateway-to-china-18 https://www.emporis.com/statistics/most-skyscraper-cities-worldwide Video credits: Jem Moore https://vimeo.com/144085681 Photo credits: Kewl.lu Michael Chan xiquinhosilva Gilberto Camacho 罗布泊 Clément Bucco-Lechat Kallerna Doraemon.tvb Namwageelup Foudeelau Nyx Ning Citobun F.SF T1NH0 Ralf Roletschek Kewl Brenden Brain Filip Maljković Tristan Schmurr Sound credits: Mike Koening Hong Kong and Macau Both are mostly self-governing territories within China, just 61 kilometers, or 38 miles apart. Both are cities- no they’re not Mr. Beat you idiot! Ok Ok, both are special. Special administrative regions of China, that is., based on China’s one country, two systems principle. According to CGP Grey, they are both “the most country-like countries that aren’t countries.” Confused yet? Basically, Hong Kong and Macau are a part of China, but both get a lot of leeway to decide how they want to do stuff compared to the rest of China. China takes care of their foreign affairs and military defense and they take care of everything else. Both have a presidential limited democracy, although Hong Kong seems more open to expand that democracy than Macau. Both are part of the Pearl River Delta, which is probably the biggest urban area in the world based on both its size and population. Some estimates put the population of the Pearl River Delta metropolitan area at 120 million! Oh my goodness. What? 120 million? No way. Russia has like just 24 million more people than that. Ok sorry, anyway, both are incredibly densely populated. Macau is the most densely populated territory in the world and Hong Kong is 4th. There are people everywhere, man! So maybe this makes sense, but the largest ethnic group in both regions is Chinese. However, Hong Kong has a significant Filipino and Indonesian minority and Macau has a significant Macanese minority, which is a mix of Portuguese and Asian ancestry. Wait, Portuguese? Huh? Yeah, well both Hong Kong and Macau are former colonies of Western empires. Until 1997, Great Britain controlled Hong Kong. Until 1999, Portugal controlled Macau. Because of that, the two were heavily influenced by foreign powers and not as much influenced by China. Actually, over time, the foreign powers left them both alone, too, and they thrived, probably because of that. In fact, both Hong Kong and Macau are two of the richest territories in the world due to free markets working their magic there. Indeed, both make a lot of money. Hong Kong’s GDP per capita is about $45,000 a year, the 12th highest in the world, although it is dealing with some dramatic income inequality right now. Macau’s GDP per capita is over $104,000 a year, making it the 3rd highest in the world. Macau is so rich that it doesn’t know what to do with all the extra money, so its government gives it back directly to the citizens. Both have very low taxes compared to most of the world. However, residents of Hong Kong do pay about 25% more taxes than residents of Macau. Despite this, according to the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom, Hong Kong ranks number one in the world, and has been ranked number one every year since the list began 23 years ago. Macau is ranked 34th on that same list. The cost of living in both countries is pretty similar, although Macau is about 3% cheaper currently, mostly due to Hong Kong’s higher housing costs. Both have low unemployment. Based on the latest numbers I could find, Hong Kong’s unemployment rate is 2.9% and people were freaking out recently when Macau’s unemployment went up from 1.8% all the way up to 1.9%. I’m obviously kidding. That’s a ridiculously low unemployment rate. Speaking of ridiculous, both have a ridiculously high life expectancy.

What causes antisemitism? Mr. Beat takes a deep dive to answer this question. Support Mr. Beat on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Check out Grant Hurst and his video complementing this one about the history of the Jewish people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMWgI3_QF84&t While you're over there be sure to subscribe to his fantastic channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGwO43-vnmkQ2i1v886JjVw All images found in the public domain Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat) Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_the_Byzantine_Empire#Justinian_Code:_527%E2%80%93565 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C_95a3LJgY https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/why-do-people-hate-jews-and-judaism-commentary/2015/05/21/52f934e8-ffd8-11e4-8c77-bf274685e1df_story.html?utm_term=.f04e87f86863 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/rochel-leah-boteach/why-they-hate-the-jews_b_6645916.html https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007170 https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/assets/pdf/education-outreach/Brief-History-on-Anti-Semitism-A.pdf http://www.antisem.eu/black-death-jewish-persecutions/ http://www2.kenyon.edu/projects/margin/jew.htm http://www.slate.com/articles/life/faithbased/2012/11/the_myth_of_jewish_literacy_maristella_botticini_and_zvi_eckstein_explain.html https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10008193 https://www.britannica.com/topic/Zionism https://www.wpunj.edu/cohss/departments/pol_sci/faculty/shalom/anti-semitism-and-the-israel-palestine-conflict.html https://chomsky.info/dissent01/ http://www.antisem.eu/stereotypes-of-jews/ http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/143487/academic-anti-semitism Photo credits: MASQUERAID Andreas Wahra Laima Gutman k763 Even though Jews make up less than one quarter of one percent of the world’s population, they are one of the most targeted minority groups in the world. Why all the hate for the Jews? Before we look at why people hate Jews, also known as Antisemitism, we need to define “Jew.” A Jew is someone who identifies with the cultural community whose traditional religion is Judaism and who traces their ancestry to the ancient Hebrew people of Israel, all the way back to Abraham. Jewish people are considered an ethnoreligious group. Both an ethnic group and a religion. There are plenty who identify as Jews yet are not religious. Israel’s Law of Return, which is the law that gives Jews the right to visit and be a citizen of Israel, says a Jew is someone with either a Jewish mother or who has converted to Judaism. Anyway, during the time of Jesus in ancient Israel, many were of course Jewish, including Jesus himself. After Jesus died, his followers started a new religion called Christianity. As Christianity spread, and as more and more Roman emperors converted to the religion, Jews became marginalized in society, even though Jews worshipped the same God as Christians did. Roman rulers viewed the refusal of the Jewish community to accept Jesus as the Messiah as a threat. They straight up passed laws that discriminated against Jews. In the year 399, a law saying Jews couldn’t marry Christians, in 439, a law saying Jews couldn’t hold positions in government. In 531, a law saying they couldn’t appear as witnesses against Christians in court. Rumors began to spread that Jews had horns and tails, and that they killed Christian children and used their blood for rituals. In the Middle Ages, many societies forced Jews to live in segregated ghettos and wear special clothing. The Catholic Church did not allow Jews to own land, so Jews couldn’t build up wealth through property. However, the Church also didn’t let Christians loan money for profit. Jews could, so they often turned to money lending to build up wealth. Due to the fact that nearly every moneylender happened to be Jewish, this ended up creating a stereotype that Jews were greedy. I mean, people who loan money and charge interest throughout history have rarely been seen in a positive light, amIright? Christian rulers used Jewish money to build extravagant churches and build up armies. By the 11th century, Christianity dominated Europe, and the main minority religion was Judaism. Jews seemed to be the one group Christians could not convert, seen as outsiders. By this time, the Catholic Church was even teaching that Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus. And then, the Black Death. During the 14th century, the bubonic plague spread quickly across Europe, killing around ⅓ of its entire population. Since this was before science, people had no idea what was causing it. Due to superstition and fear, and without any evidence whatsoever, Christians blamed Jews for causing the plague, accusing them of poisoning wells to spread the disease.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 30 of Supreme Court Briefs, the Supreme Court makes an important ruling, and the state of Georgia and Andrew Jackson completely ignore it. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1789-1850/31us515 Other sources used: http://www.umass.edu/legal/derrico/marshall_jow.html http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/worcester-v-georgia-1832 https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/31/515 http://www.todayingeorgiahistory.org/content/worcester-v-georgia http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/george-r-gilmer-1790-1859 http://www.todayingeorgiahistory.org/content/treaty-new-echota Sound credits: Mike Koenig Music by Isaac Sander, Sam Sigourney, and Matt Beat. Georgia The 1820s The Cherokee Nation, which held territory within Georgia’s borders, as well as in North Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee, is threatened by the increasing amount of Americans who were trespassing and wanting to straight up take over their land. Georgia governor George Gilmer, as well as most of the Georgia legislature, made it very clear they wanted the Cherokee out of the state. In 1827, the Cherokee Nation formally established a constitutional government and declared themselves sovereign, meaning American laws didn’t apply to them. This, of course, angered governor Gilmer and the legislature, and they annexed all Cherokee land in the state, dismantled the Cherokee government, and redistributed much of their land to white citizens. Not only that, but three years later Congress passed and President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which gave the President the power to negotiate treaties to remove Native Americans from their lands. While all of this was going on, white missionaries were working with the Cherokee Nation to help them defend their sovereignty and continue to resist the Georgia laws that was kicking them off their own land. The Georgia legislature didn’t like this so much, so they passed a law that specifically banned “white persons” from living with the Cherokee without special permission from the state. But several of these missionaries were rebels, you could say- they refused to leave. Two of them who refused to leave were Elizur Butler, a doctor from Connecticut, and Samuel Worcester,a minister from Vermont. Local authorities arrested Butler and Worcester for “residing within the limits of the Cherokee nation without a license” and “without having taken the oath to support and defend the constitution and laws of the state of Georgia.” They were convicted and sentenced to hard labor for 4 years as punishment. Worcester and Butler appealed the decision with the help of lawyers paid for by the Cherokee Nation, and their case ended up going to the Supreme Court. The Court heard arguments in February 1832. Worcester and Butler’s main argument was that the government of Georgia, by making laws that allowed it to force the Cherokee Nation to do whatever it said, was unconstitutional because only Congress could make treaties and deals with Indian tribes. On March 3, 1832, the Supreme Court announced it had sided with Worcester and Butler, voting 5-1 in their favor. Chief Justice John Marshall, aka “Lil’ John,” delivered the opinion. He argued the Georgia law was unconstitutional and got in the way of the federal government's authority. He said, "The Cherokee nation, then, is a distinct community occupying its own territory in which the laws of Georgia can have no force. The whole intercourse between the United States and this nation, is, by our constitution and laws, vested in the government of the United States." In other words, he recognized the Cherokee as an independent nation. Georgia couldn’t pass laws controlling Spain or France, so why could they pass laws controlling the Cherokee? So what did Georgia do in response to this decision? They ignored it. And Worcester and Butler stayed imprisoned. And President Andrew Jackson didn’t force Georgia to follow the Supreme Court decision, and instead said the Cherokee Nation better get out of Georgia or fall in line with their laws. Eventually Worcester and Butler were freed from prison only after they promised to stop helping the Cherokee resist the Georgia laws. In 1835, a faction of Cherokees broke away and secretly signed the Treaty of New Echota, which gave up Cherokee lands in Georgia in exchange for money. This group claimed to be representing all of the Cherokee, but they were not. In 1838, the U.S. Army forced almost all remaining Cherokees off of their lands in Georgia and marched them to Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 29 of Supreme Court Briefs, students protest the Vietnam War by wearing armbands to school. After some of them get suspended for doing so, the families sue the school district, arguing the students' First Amendment rights were violated. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1968/21 https://www.aclu.org/other/tinker-v-des-moines-landmark-supreme-court-ruling-behalf-student-expression https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker_v._Des_Moines_Independent_Community_School_District https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/tinker-v-des-moines-protecting-student-free-speech http://time.com/5171160/gun-control-student-protest-history/ https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2018/03/13/national-school-walkout-heres-how-tinker-v-des-moines-paved-way/420075002/ http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article205826534.html Photo credits: Amalex5 Rhododendrites WestportWiki Andrew Imanaka Sound credits: Mike Koening 15-year old John Tinker, his 13-year old sister Mary Beth Tinker, his 11-year old sister Hope Tinker, and his 8-year old brother Paul Tinker, along with his friend 16-year old Christopher Eckhardt, wear black armbands to school as a way to protest the ongoing Vietnam War. The principals of the schools all told their students they couldn’t wear these armbands or they would be punished. Well, they wore them anyway. The principals suspended John, Mary Beth, and Christopher, saying they couldn’t come back to school unless they came not wearing the armbands. The students would not return to school until January, but in protest worse black clothing every day for the rest of the school year. Meanwhile, after the suspension of the students made the front page of The Des Moines Register, the Iowa Civil Liberties Union approached the Tinkers and said “hey, uh, the school district can’t do that. You should sue them. We will help you.” Actually, the ACLU, or American Civil Liberties Union, stepped in to help the Tinker family and Eckhardt sue the Des Moines Independent Community School District, arguing that the First Amendment protected the students’ right to protest at school. Obviously, the kids couldn’t sue, so their dads were the ones who filed suit. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa upheld the prohibition of armbands. While it acknowledged the students had the right to protest under the First Amendment, their concern was that a school would have a hard time keeping an orderly environment where students could learn stuff if protests like this were going on. The Tinkers and Eckhardts appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, but that court was evenly divided, so they appealed directly to the Supreme Court, who heard arguments on November 12, 1968. So West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette had already said students had constitutional protections at school, but this case dealt specifically with free speech rights. Dan Johnston, the lawyer for the students, said the district had previously let other kinds of political speech occur and that it didn’t disrupt learning at school. Allan Herrick, the lawyer for the district, said the district should be allowed to limit speech if it seems like it could lead to “violence, disorder, and disruption.” That didn’t convince the Court, though. On February 24, 1969, it announced it had sided with Tinker and company. It was 7-2. The Court argued the armbands symbolized pure speech that was completely separate from any actions of those wearing them. The Court also argued that just because they were students on school property didn’t mean they lost their First Amendment right of freedom of speech. Justice Abe Fortas wrote, "It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate" Justice Hugo Black wrote a dissent saying that the armbands did, in fact, disrupt school activities, and later Supreme Court cases like Bethel School District v. Fraser and Morse v. Frederick would seem to favor his perspective with this case. Regardless, Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District has been a hugely influential and frequently cited case regarding First Amendment rights for students. It created the Tinker Test, or a way to see if student speech is actually disruptive at school. It weakened the legal idea that the school takes the place of the parent while the student is in attendance. You could even say the Tinker decision paved the way for the recent National School Walkout that took place in schools across the country.

Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Iceland and Greenland. Music by Ben Barthell: https://benbarthell.bandcamp.com/ Sources: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/06/iceland-greenland-name-swap/ http://icelandreview.com/news/2010/04/05/archeology-when-did-first-settlers-come-iceland https://blogs.nasa.gov/icebridge/2013/04/16/post_1366140794166/ https://thehorseandthenorse.wordpress.com/2015/03/21/debunking-the-naming-of-iceland-how-the-island-got-its-name/ http://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/compare/greenland/iceland https://www.icelandtravel.is/about-iceland/culture/fast-facts/ https://www.thoughtco.com/geography-of-greenland-1434964 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/print_gl.html https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/09/150915-Arctic-mosquito-warming-caribou-Greenland-climate-CO2/ http://icelandreview.com/news/2013/06/27/no-mosquitoes-iceland-puzzles-scientists http://worldhappiness.report/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/HR17.pdf https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/04/21/474847921/the-arctic-suicides-its-not-the-dark-that-kills-you Photo credits: Vincent van Zeijst Greenland Travel David Phan Christine Zenino Alan Levine Ron Reiring Patano Yelkrokoyade Poul Dalsgaard David Stanley Evgeniy Metyolkin Avalean Hervegirod Adrian Boliston Hedwig Storch Helgi Halldorsson Nick Russill Arian Zwegers Helgi Halldorsson Alive87 Petr Novák, Wikipedia Algkalv Sound credits: Mike Koenig Iceland and Greenland Both are countries….um, well, Greenland is not exactly its own country. It’s part of the Kingdom of Denmark, considered a self-governing constituent country. So it’s almost a country? Kind of a country? Well, most of the people who live there are not Danish. They are Inuit. Iceland is a country. Both are wayy north. In fact, north of 60 degrees north of the Earth’s equator. So in the winter they have little sunlight, but in the summer the sun doesn’t seem to ever go down. The Vikings, or more accurately the Norsemen, were the first European settlers of both Iceland and Greenland, reaching the two places hundreds of years before Columbus sailed west. However, Greenland was first settled by various Inuit tribes thousands of years before European arrival. The Norseman were the first settlers of Iceland, arriving around the year 870. So Iceland is one of the most recent islands ever settled by humans. Islands? Yeah, both Iceland and Greenland are islands. Greenland is the largest island in the world. Both have hardly any people. Iceland has a population of around 350,000, while Greenland has a population of around 57,000, despite being about 21 times bigger than Iceland. There are more people in the city of Omaha, Nebraska, than both Iceland and Greenland COMBINED. Both have hardly any native species of plants and animals. There are absolutely no native reptiles or amphibians on the two islands. Get this, Greenland has mosquitoes, that can be pretty relentless in the summer especially since it’s been getting warmer there, but Iceland? Nope. Iceland apparently has no mosquitoes. Most residents of both are concentrated in one single city. More than half of Icelanders live in or around Reykjavík, Iceland’s largest city, and about a third of Greenlanders live in Nuuk, Greenland’s largest city. The biggest religion in both countries is Christianity, specifically having ties with Lutheranism. The Church of Denmark dominates in Greenland, and the Church of Iceland dominates in, um, you know, Iceland. But really, Iceland is much less religious than Greenland. It’s a very secular country, and church attendance tends to be low there. Both are more politically and culturally aligned with Europe than North America, despite the fact that Greenland is part of North America. Both have a parliamentary system of government. As I mentioned earlier, Greenland is technically still part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but it governs itself. Denmark only still controls Greenland’s defense and foreign relations. Both have economies that revolve fishing and fish processing and the metals. Greenland, however, is heavily dependent on Denmark in terms of investment dollars. Tourism is much bigger in Iceland than Greenland. Both are members of NATO. Both are not members of the European Union. Well, Denmark is so Greenland is closely linked to it. Both Iceland and Greenland have universal health care. Based solely on the names of the two, it may seem that Iceland and Greenland are two very different places, and yep, they mostly are, but they also have many, many differences.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 28 of Supreme Court Briefs, Universal Studios, Disney, and other media corporations sue Sony for copyright infringement after Sony creates this device that can record stuff so that viewers can watch it later. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1982/81-1687 Other sources used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/the-court-case-that-almost-made-it-illegal-to-tape-tv-shows/251107/ http://blog.legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/legal-research/today-1984-supreme-court-decides-sony-betamax-case/ http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/17/opinion/la-ed-betamax-ruling-anniversary-20140117 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corp._of_America_v._Universal_City_Studios,_Inc. Photo credits: Sound effect credits: Punch sound effect by Mike Koenig Sony develops a new technology called Betamax. It was the first video tape recording form made widely available for the public. People could use this technology to, for the first time ever, record stuff from live TV or even from other recordings for future use. Now, eventually, Betamax would lose the of the late 1970s and early 1980s to its archenemy, the dreaded VHS. While Beta was a formidable opponent, VHS triumphed, until it eventually was defeated in another war to the great DVD. Anyway, for the first couple years, before VHS entered the scene, Betamax was living the dream, the next big thing. But many corporations in the film and television industries did not like this new technology so much. Universal Studios, the Walt Disney Company and other TV and film corporations sued Sony’s American-based operations in California District Court for copyright infringement. These corporations argued that Sony’s customers were using the Betamax recording devices to record copyrighted programs so they could view them later. The nerve! Two years later-man things can move slowly in court- the California District Court ruled in favor of Sony, arguing that recording for noncommercial home use fell under fair use guidelines, and that access to free public information was protected under the First Amendment under fair use. One major problem with fair use, however, is that it can be interpreted many ways, you know like the Bible, or the Constitution? Universal Studios and the rest appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court, who in 1981 reversed the lower court’s decision, saying that yes, Sony was contributing to copyright infringement by selling these Betamax machines. They argued the main purpose of Betamax was copying, and even suggested damages to be paid to the TV and film corporations and further legal restrictions on Betamax and similar home recording technologies like VHS. By this time, though, both Beta and VHS were selling like crazy. Sony of course appealed to the Supreme Court, who heard oral arguments on January 18, 1983. The Court really struggled with this one. And they’re weren’t divided politically, meaning this wasn’t your typical conservative/liberal divide. Perhaps they just had a hard time grasping the implications of this new technology. Justice John Paul Stevens wrote a dissenting opinion expecting the Court to rule against Sony and for Universal and the rest. However, he wrote the opinion as if it was a majority opinion. By sneakily doing this, he may have persuaded two justices, William Brennan and Byron White to come his way. On January 17, 1984, the Court finally announced its decision. It was 5-4, in favor of Sony. The Court argued that many broadcast copyright holders didn’t care if their programming was copied for home use. The most famous example of this was Fred Rogers or Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood fame. Rogers testified at the district court and said he was cool with it, saying it actually helped his show be seen more.

Mr. Beat explains the process of becoming a new state in the United States so this new state could be united with them, and stuff. Support Mr. Beat on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Check out KhAnubis Productions and his video complementing this one about how to join the EU: https://youtu.be/ThxIqcid6uY While you're over there be sure to subscribe to his fantastic channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/tobirates All images found in the public domain Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat) Sources: https://people.howstuffworks.com/new-state-in-us.htm https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/articles/article-iv https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/11/07/despite-referendum-puerto-rican-statehood-unlikely-until-at-least-2015 https://www.thoughtco.com/us-statehood-process-3322311 http://mentalfloss.com/article/12641/12-proposed-us-states-didnt-make-cut So, you want to become a U.S. state. Well, here’s what you do. First, do the people who live within your boundaries actually want to join the United States? If the majority actually do, usually its best that you have referendum to prove it, and then you can proceed. Now, here’s where it gets a bit tricky. According to Article 4, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution, Congress can admit you as a state. You’ll need to petition to Congress, who would then need to create a bill called an “enabling act” and then vote on it. So you’ll have to convince the majority of Congress and the President that you becoming a state is not only good for your people, but also good for the United States as a whole. Also, you’ll need to make sure you have a form of government and constitution that is in compliance with the U.S. Constitution. In other words, if you’re communist, it’s not looking so good for you, buddy. They may not want you. For example, if you have a lot of poverty within your boundaries, they would have to pay more for social programs to assist your citizens. Or if you joining might hurt their power and influence in government, they sadly may not want you either. If a majority of both houses of Congress do vote for you to join, and if the President also approves, congratulations...you’re in. If the President vetoes, then Congress can override his veto with a supermajority vote, or ⅔ of both houses of Congress saying yes. Some say that a supermajority is needed anyway since the United States doesn’t seem that eager to add new states currently. So good luck, buddy. You’re going to need it. Many have tried and many of failed. Ever heard of the states of Franklin, Jefferson, Superior, Absaroka, or Transylvania? No, you haven’t. Because they’re not states, but they really wanted to be. Shoot, Puerto Rico has been trying to become a state for decades, and even though the majority of its citizens want to join the United States, it doesn’t appear they are going to be joining any time soon. But I believe in you. Go for it.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 27 of Supreme Court Briefs, a gun ban in the District of Columbia gets challenged, and the Supreme Court seriously looks at the 2nd amendment for the first time in nearly 70 years. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2007/07-290 Other sources used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_Control_Regulations_Act_of_1975 http://lawcenter.giffords.org/gun-laws/the-second-amendment/the-supreme-court-the-second-amendment/dc-v-heller/ https://www.thetrace.org/2016/03/dick-heller-second-amendment-hero-abolish-gun-regulation/ https://www.britannica.com/event/District-of-Columbia-v-Heller https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/clarence-thomas-guns/553910/ http://reason.com/archives/2008/11/18/how-the-second-amendment-was-r https://www.huffingtonpost.com/sanford-levinson/dc-v-heller-a-dismaying-p_b_109472.html https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/gun-show/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/02/22/does-the-second-amendment-really-protect-assault-weapons-four-courts-have-said-no/?utm_term=.b4152e52fef3 Photo credits: Slowking4 Music credits: Jermaine Hysten Robert A. Levy of the libertarian think tank the Cato Institute, seeks to challenge a DC law that made it illegal to possess handguns, automatic guns, or high capacity semi-automatic guns. In fact, the law, which had been effect since 1976, said DC residents couldn’t even keep them in their own homes. Levy tries to find DC residents to sue the city, based on his argument that the gun ban went against the Second Amendment of the Constitution. Levy would fund the whole thing. He found six residents with various backgrounds who agreed to sue, among them Shelly Parker, a software designer who wanted a gun to defend herself against violent drug dealers in her neighborhood. Levy chose her to be the leading plaintiff. Also among the plaintiffs was a dude named Dick Heller. Heller was a licensed police officer who got to carry a gun for his security job guarding federal buildings, yet it was illegal for him to have a gun in his own home. Heller was passionately against the gun ban and spent years fighting it, even previously going to the National Rifle Association, or NRA, in attempt to sue the city. The NRA had declined. In district court, Levy and his plaintiffs had no success. In fact, District Court Judge Ricardo Urbina dismissed the lawsuit. However, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed that dismissal, saying D.C.’s gun ban was unconstitutional. The Court argued that the Second Amendment “protects an individual right to keep and bear arms.” They also argued that right existed before the Constitution existed, and that the idea of owning a gun was that it could be used for things like hunting and self-defense. Not only self-defense from intruders to the home, but even tyrannical governments. Woah. Man, bold statements there. Oh yeah, they also said the only plaintiff who could claim damage, though, was Dick Heller, who apparently was the only one who had applied for a handgun permit but was rejected. The District of Columbia appealed to the Supreme Court, and Heller was like, “yeah, please do.” You see, the Supreme Court had kept pretty silent on The Second Amendment throughout American history. In fact, it hadn’t even considered the true meaning of the Second Amendment for about 70 years, so when it agreed to hear the case on November 20, 2007, it was certainly historic, which is why I guess I’m making a video about this case. I mean, duh, Mr. Beat. Anyway, the Court heard oral arguments on March 18, 2008. The big question was “Did the DC law restricting access to guns kept in the home go against the Second Amendment?” The Court said “yes.” On June 26, 2008, it announced it had sided with Heller. It was 5-4. The Court argued the Second Amendment wasn’t just about having a well-regulated militia, and that the term “militia” wasn’t just those serving in the military. They said the Second Amendment was also about individuals having the right to have weapons to defend themselves. So this part was independent from this part. So banning guns commonly used for protection violated the Second Amendment. However, the Court added that the Second Amendment is not unlimited. Not everyone should be able to get a weapon. It wasn’t a right to have a weapon whenever or for whatever purpose. And the type of weapon mattered. Extremely dangerous weapons, not commonly used for hunting or self defense could be banned. Really, most of the arguments revolved around the self-defense argument.

Mr. Beat counts down his least favorite American Presidents of all time. Donate on Patreon to the George Washington level, the Grover Cleveland level, the Calvin Coolidge level, the Thomas Jefferson level, or the Dwight D. Eisenhower level. https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Check out Professor Dave explaining all the Presidents of the USA: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLybg94GvOJ9E-ZM1U6PAjgPUmz-V4-Yja Subscribe to his channel, you bloody genius! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0cd_-e49hZpWLH3UIwoWRA/featured?disable_polymer=1 Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat). Produced by Matt Beat. All images either found in the public domain or used under fair use guidelines. Did you know Mr. Beat has made songs about every President of the United States? And did you can download them FOR FREE? Check them out below... Volume 1: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/album/the-presidents-of-the-united-states-of-america-volume-1 Volume 2: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/album/the-presidents-of-the-united-states-of-america-volume-2 Volume 3: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/album/the-presidents-of-the-united-states-of-america-volume-3 Barack Obama song: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/barack-obama Here's a link to Mr. Beat's favorite Presidents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tai4n3uZmYU

Mr. Beat counts down his favorite American Presidents of all time. Donate on Patreon to the George Washington level, the Grover Cleveland level, the Calvin Coolidge level, the Thomas Jefferson level, or the Dwight D. Eisenhower level. https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Check out Professor Dave explaining all the Presidents of the USA: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLybg94GvOJ9E-ZM1U6PAjgPUmz-V4-Yja Subscribe to his channel, you bloody genius! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0cd_-e49hZpWLH3UIwoWRA/featured?disable_polymer=1 Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat). Produced by Matt Beat. All images either found in the public domain or used under fair use guidelines. Did you know Mr. Beat has made songs about every President of the United States? And did you can download them FOR FREE? Check them out below... Volume 1: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/album/the-presidents-of-the-united-states-of-america-volume-1 Volume 2: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/album/the-presidents-of-the-united-states-of-america-volume-2 Volume 3: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/album/the-presidents-of-the-united-states-of-america-volume-3 Barack Obama song: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/barack-obama Tune in next week for Mr. Beat's least favorite Presidents!

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 26 of Supreme Court Briefs, illegal immigrants get kicked out of public schools in Tyler, Texas and a local district starts charging them to attend school there because they're illegal. Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Jermaine Hysten. All images found in public domain or used under fair use guidelines. Photos credits: Pax Ahimsa Gethen https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DACA_rally_SF_20170905-8471.jpg Noah Scialom https://www.flickr.com/photos/ftmeade/7370371244 Sound effect credits: Punch sound effect by Mike Koenig Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1981/80-1538 Other sources used: https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/plyler-v-doe-public-education-immigrant-students https://www.aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/school-everyone-celebrating-plyler-v-doe https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/457/202 https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/plyler-v-doe-still-guaranteeing-unauthorized-immigrant-childrens-right-attend-us-public https://www.apmreports.org/story/2017/08/21/plyler-doe-daca-students http://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/access-education-rule-law Tyler, Texas 1975 Under the leadership of James Plyler, the Tyler Independent School District begins charging $1,000 a year for unauthorized immigrant students to attend school there. It had justified this decision by a recent Texas law that said it wouldn’t use taxpayer money to educate students who were not “legally admitted” into the United States. Not only that, the law said school districts could deny students enrollment if their parents couldn’t prove they were legal citizens. And that’s exactly what the Tyler Independent School District started doing. In fact, in 1977 it began kicking kids out of school if they didn’t have United States birth certificates. In response, four families affected by this new policy sued the school district. The district court, which, in order to protect their privacy identified them using pseudonyms, decided that the kids should be allowed to go to school and found both the state law and the school district’s policy unconstitutional. They argued the law and policy went against the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. The school district appealed, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit agreed with the lower court. The district appealed to the Supreme Court, and the Court agreed to hear the case, combining it with a similar case, weirdly called Texas v. Certain Named and Unnamed Alien Child. By golly that could be a great band name, come to think of it. Anyway, the Court heard oral arguments on December 1, 1981. The Court had a difficult time with this one, and wouldn’t announce its decision until June 15, 1982. In a 5-4 decision, they sided with the families, and struck down the Texas law that withheld funds from educating students who were illegal aliens. The Court argued that illegal aliens and their children, even though they weren’t citizens were still people, who deserved the same rights as protected under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Because they viewed education as a right, and because they weren’t hurting the state that much by going to school, the Court said these students should be able to go. Leading the dissent was Justice Burger, who argued it wasn’t the judicial system’s place to solve this issue, but that it ought to be solved through the legislative process. This might surprise some, but the dissent actually said these kids should be able to go to school. They just argued the Constitution didn’t allow them to decide on this. With all the debate today about DACA, or the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the immigration policy that lets the children of illegal aliens not get kicked out of the country among other things, Plyler v. Doe is an extremely relevant case. Today, school administrators in K-12 public schools can’t even ask about a child’s immigration status. Notice how I said K-12. Post secondary schools can still have restrictions based on citizenship status. Years later, James Plyler, the superintendent who fought these families who wanted their undocumented kids to attend school, who in fact this case was named after, changed his mind. On the 25th anniversary of the decision, in 2007, Plyler said that Texas law that withheld funds from educating students who were illegal aliens “would have been one of the worst things to happen in education - they’d cost more not being educated. Right after we let those youngsters in, I was pleased.”

Check out my new channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJYlBBZRh5nYl8fEb_XdoLA Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Boston, Massachusetts, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Both host NFL teams featured in Super Bowl 52. Creative Commons photo credits: Studio 34 https://www.flickr.com/photos/studio34/2416404061 Adam E. Moreira https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SEPTA_New_Flyer_DE40LF_5606H.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SEPTA_GE_Silverliner_IV_308.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MBTA_Green_Line_B.jpg Michael Kurras https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acela_old_saybrook_ct_summer2011.jpg Anthony Citrano https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boston_traffic_re-routed_Ted_Williams_tunnel,_2006.jpg Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism https://www.flickr.com/photos/masstravel/8535220228 User:Pi.1415926535 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Line_train_in_the_rain,_November_2013.JPG takmabibelot https://www.flickr.com/photos/takomabibelot/2554507769 John Haslam (D.C.); Robbie Shade (Boston); Lucius Kwok (Philadelphia); Phil Gold (Baltimore) https://www.flickr.com/photos/foxypar4/3213900514/sizes/l; https://www.flickr.com/photos/rjshade/9718656451/sizes/h/; https://www.flickr.com/photos/luciuskwok/663577212/sizes/o/; https://www.flickr.com/photos/phil_g/490952275/sizes/o/ Jay Hiatt https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Renewal_Presbyterian_Church_-_West_Philadelphia.jpeg Sources: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/changing-skyline/129678959.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Boston https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Philadelphia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusett https://www.bestplaces.net/compare-cities/philadelphia_pa/boston_ma/people http://www.city-data.com/forum/city-vs-city/650888-philadelphia-vs-boston-57.html http://www.city-data.com/forum/city-vs-city/1370398-worst-traffic-congestion-philly-boston-nyc.html https://static.tti.tamu.edu/tti.tamu.edu/documents/mobility-scorecard-2015.pdf https://www.yelp.com/topic/boston-which-is-cooler-boston-or-philadelphia http://www.bostonplans.org/getattachment/f1ecaf8a-d529-40b6-a9bc-8b4419587b86 https://philly.curbed.com/2017/9/14/16307258/philadelphia-poverty-rate-versus-major-cities https://www.forbes.com/places/ma/boston/ https://www.forbes.com/places/pa/philadelphia/ https://versus.com/en/boston-vs-philadelphia http://www.lung.org/our-initiatives/healthy-air/sota/city-rankings/most-polluted-cities.html Boston and Philadelphia. Or...Beantown and The City of Brotherly Love. Two major east coast cities in the United States, both part of the Northeast Megalopolis (echo) (mwhahahahahaha) a part of the country that contains more than 17 percent of its entire population, or some 50 million people on less than 2% of the country’s land area. Both cities are exciting places to live in with a bright future. Both are two of the oldest cities in the United States. Before Europeans arrived, the Delaware Valley, where Philadelphia is located, was home to the Delaware Indians. Various nations had lived in the area where Boston is currently located, but the Massachusett were the ones mainly around when Europeans came to the area. Both cities were founded by those seeking religious freedom. William Penn and other Quakers founded Philadelphia in 1682 Puritans founded Boston in 1630. So yeah, Boston’s about 52 years older. Both were political, financial, and commercial centers of their colonies. Philadelphia, of the Pennsylvania colony, and Boston, of really all of New England. Both steadily grew at about the same rates during the colonial era, although Philadelphia always stayed ahead of Boston in population. Both Boston and Philadelphia saw some action during the American Revolution. Boston saw more violence within the city. I mean, there was the freaking Siege of Boston, which lasted almost a year, in which New England militiamen surrounded British forces within the city. Philadelphia was quiet at first. So quiet that the First and Second Continental Congresses met there and it became the capital of the United States. However, the British captured the city in September 1777 and controlled it until the next summer. After the Revolution, both cities became industrial centers and each city’s population skyrocketed. In fact, the population of both Boston and Philadelphia steadily climbed and climbed and climbed and climbed until the Great Depression. Since then, it’s been up and down. Now, when I talk about the population of cities, I tend to focus on the METROPOLITAN AREA, man. That’s how you do it, count those suburbs, son. The Boston metropolitan area has 4.8 million people and the Philadelphia metro has about 6 million. Looks like you win, there, Philly.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 25 of Supreme Court Briefs, a man stabs another man, but calls it self-defense. However, the only witness can't testify in court, so they use her recorded police interrogation instead. Wait a second, CAN THEY DO THAT?!? Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat). All images found in public domain or used under fair use guidelines. Computer error sound effect by Mike Koenig Photo by Lwp Kommunikacio https://www.flickr.com/photos/lwpkommunikacio/13774906804 Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2003/02-9410 Other sources used: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/02-9410.ZO.html https://www.theconstitutionproject.com/portfolio/the-confrontation-clause/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawford_v._Washington http://federalevidence.com/pdf/2007/13-SCt/Crawford_v._Washington.pdf https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/541/36/ Olympia, Washington August 5, 1999 Sylvia Crawford tells her husband, Michael Crawford, that a man named Kenneth Lee had attempted to rape her. Michael Crawford, who had been heavily drinking some alcohol, does not go to the police to report this. Instead, the very angry and very drunk Crawford goes to Kenneth Lee’s apartment. Crawford and Lee get into a fight, and the next thing you know Crawford is stabbing Lee in the stomach. During the stabbing, Crawford’s hand also got cut. After the police did get involved, they arrested both Michael and Sylvia Crawford and interrogated them separately. Michael and Sylvia gave similar accounts of what happened, but there was one important difference. Michael claimed he had stabbed Kenneth out of self-defence, but Sylvia said Kenneth did not have a weapon. This would cause the police to question Michael’s story. How could it be self-defence if Kenneth didn’t even have a weapon? The State of Washington charged Michael Crawford with assault and attempted murder. State law said people married didn’t have to testify against each other in court, so at Michael’s trial, Sylvia didn’t take the stand. However, the police had recorded her interrogation, and the judge allowed the deputy prosecutor, Robert Lund, to use that tape as evidence that Michael was attempting murder, not acting in self-defense. Crawford’s lawyers were like, “hold up man, you can’t use that tape!” They said Mrs. Crawford’s recorded statements couldn’t be used as evidence unless they were able to cross examine her, which, as I previously said, under state law they couldn’t. The defense argued this went against the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. Crawford had a right to confront his accuser in court, and you can’t cross examine a recording of a voice. Believe me, I have tried. I yell at my own voice recordings all the time. But nevertheless, the recording was still used as evidence, and influential evidence at that. The State convicted Crawford of attempted murder and assault and sentenced him to about 15 years in prison. However, the Washington Court of Appeals overturned the decision, arguing that, due to the precedent set by the Supreme Court case Ohio v. Roberts, Sylvia Crawford’s recorded testimony was not reliable enough. Ohio v. Roberts also dealt with the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment and set up this reliability standard. However, the Washington Supreme Court overturned the Washington Court of Appeals decision and said that Sylvia’s recorded testimony was reliable because it complemented Michael’s testimony well. So they reinstated his conviction. Goodness, all these different interpretations of the same evidence. That never happens! The Supreme Court was like, “we want in on this action,” and requested to review the case on June 9, 2003. On November 10 that same year, they heard oral arguments. The big question for this case was, “Does using testimony from out of the court, with no chance for cross-examination, go against the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment?” The court said “yes, why yes it does.” On March 8, 2004, the ruled in favor of Crawford, 9-0. Yep, it was unanimous. The Court argued that Sylvia Crawford’s recorded statement from the police interrogation violated Michael Crawford’s Sixth Amendment right to confront her about it in court. Justice Antonin Scalia gave the opinion. He argued that any out-of court statement that is “testimonial” should not be allowed as evidence, unless this statement came from a person who had no way of testifying in court AND this person could be cross-examined by the defendant ahead of time. Crawford v. Washington overturned Ohio v. Roberts. It made it much more difficult to allow “hearsay” evidence to be used in court.

Here's everything you need to know about NATO, aka the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. What is the purpose of NATO? How did it get created? Why does it still exist long after the Cold War ended? Etc. Support Mr. Beat on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat) All images and video found in the public domain or protected under fair use guidelines. Sources: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/nato https://www.nato.int/nato-welcome/index.html http://www.msz.gov.pl/en/foreign_policy/nato_2016/nato/history_of_nato/ https://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-zuesse/why-does-nato-still-exist_b_5500604.html https://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/01/15/we-still-need-nato/ On April 4, 1949, the leaders of 12 countries in both North America and Western Europe got together in Washington, D.C. in response to the growing threat of the Soviet Union, a Communist country that had been fairly aggressive trying to spread its influence. By this time, the United States, under the leadership of President Harry Truman, had committed to helping countries fight dictators who had threatened personal freedoms or fight rebels who wanted to install Communist regimes. The U.S. gave money to the Greek government army during the Greek Civil War and gave money to Turkey to resist Soviet influence there. Communists were making gains in Italy, and, with the help of the Soviet Union, Communists overthrew and took over the government Czechoslovakia. Not only that, but the United States and Soviet Union straight up went at each other, bro. In occupied Germany following World War II, the Soviet Union controlled East Germany and East Berlin and Britain, France, and the United States controlled West Germany and West Berlin, which was completely within East Germany- well, that’s, uh, a bit weird. A bit isolated, are ya, there West Berlin? A bit isolated indeed. Joseph Stalin, the dictator of the Soviet Union, started a blockade to Berlin so that the U.S., Britain, and France couldn’t get supplies and food to their peoples there. Well, the U.S. and Britain broke that freaking blockade by smuggling in food and supplies anyway. This was known as the Berlin Airlift, and it certainly made Stalin angry. Tensions became ridiculously high between the U.S. and the Soviet Union after this. So anyway, yeah, back to April 4, 1949 and those 12 countries that met up in DC. What did they all have in common? They were all democratic countries that viewed the Soviet Union and Communism in general as a big threat. They thought they should probably unite to help defend each other. So they signed the North Atlantic Treaty, which was mostly a security agreement that said any military attack against one of the countries that signed the treaty would be considered an attack against them all. The twelve countries that signed it were the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, Italy, Portugal, and Iceland. Well one of these countries, the United States, would end up pulling most the weight for this military alliance. Later in 1949, Congress approved $1.4 billion for helping to build up the militaries of the Western European countries. In 1950, NATO got its first big test with the Korean War. NATO-led forces rushed to help South Korea fight North Korea, a Communist country backed by both the Soviet Union and China. After NATO stepped in to help South Korea, it was able to push back against the Communist countries, eventually causing a ceasefire in July 1953. This set up a, you could say, very tense border, that’s really just a demilitarized zone located at the 38th parallel. In 1952, NATO admitted Greece and Turkey. In 1955, it admitted West Germany, which promptly led the Soviet Union to form its own military alliance in retaliation. It got together Albania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, and East Germany to all join what became known as the Warsaw Treaty Organization, aka the Warsaw Pact. In the end, the Soviet Union made most of the decisions in this alliance, even using the alliance to put down uprisings against it in member countries. Anyway, back to NATO. During the Suez Crisis, NATO members Britain and France started some conflict in Egypt, and the United States was like “what the heck you doin’ Britain and France?!?” and they sorted it all out. I have a video about that Crisis and you should check it out after this. No, really, I’m not just saying that. Check it out. In 1957, NATO accepted the idea of massive retaliation as a defensive measure. In other words, it said if the Soviet Union or any of its allies were to attack NATO members, it would be dropping some serious nukes on them.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 24 of Supreme Court Briefs, a man exposes dark government secrets about the Vietnam War, and gets in big trouble from the government for it. Should whistleblowers be protected? Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat). All images found in public domain or used under fair use guidelines. Punching sound effect: Mike Koening (CC) http://soundbible.com/1773-Strong-Punch.html Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1970/1873 Other sources used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times_Co._v._United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_Papers McNamara, Robert (1996). In Retrospect. Random House. http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/pentagon-papers https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/403/713 http://magicvalley.com/opinion/columnists/other-view-trump-s-ugly-assault-on-the-first-amendment/article_435b4521-a42d-5e83-a9a8-3102c5f4e0d3.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/24/business/media/spielberg-post-media-trump.html http://www.pbs.org/pov/mostdangerousman/timeline/ Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara creates the Vietnam Study Task Force at the Pentagon to create a study of the Vietnam War, which, by the way, was raging on the time with no end in sight. This study was to remain classified but released to the public eventually, as McNamara wanted to leave a written record for historians. Working on this task force was a dude named Daniel Ellsberg, who became very troubled by what he found. You see, the Pentagon was telling the American public one thing, but actually doing other things. For example, the Pentagon was lying about escalating the war even when victory was hopeless. It had covered up doing some quite horrible things, like illegal bombings in places like Cambodia and Laos, and the use of chemical warfare. Well Ellsberg, who had become strongly against the Vietnam War, decided he was going to fight the power! In October 1969, he and his friend Anthony Russo began secretly photocopying pages from this study, which eventually became known as The Pentagon Papers. By the way, the Pentagon Papers were thousands of pages long. So yeah, he photocopies and decides to take them to the press to expose all of the Pentagon’s dirty secrets. In March 1971, he gave 43 volumes of the Pentagon Papers to Neil Sheehan, a reporter for The New York Times. On June 13, 1971, the New York Times began publishing a series of articles based on what Ellsberg had leaked. It also included excerpts from the actual Pentagon Papers. When President Richard Nixon read these articles, he was like, “this kind of makes our government look bad...plus, isn’t this putting our national security at risk?” By the way, that’s EXACTLY how he sounded. A couple days later, the Nixon administration got a federal court to force the New York Times to stop publishing articles about the Pentagon Papers. Nixon’s Attorney General, John Mitchell, argued that Ellsberg and Russo were guilty of breaking the Espionage Act of 1917, so this “prior restraint,” or pre-publication censorship, was justified. In fact, the Nixon administration argued that the Times publishing the Pentagon Papers put the country’s security at risk. Meanwhile, the Washington Post got in on the action and began publishing its own articles about the Pentagon Papers. The assistant U.S. Attorney General, William Rehnquist, a future Supreme Court chief justice, also tried to prevent the Post from publishing any more Pentagon Papers secrets. Eventually, 17 other newspapers published parts of the study. On June 28, 1971, Ellsberg surrendered to face criminal charges under the Espionage Act. The next day, a young Senator named Mike Gravel, who inexplicably throws a rock in a pond later in life, read the Pentagon Papers out loud for three hours, entering them into the Senate record. As you could imagine, by the time the American public is fired up about the revelations contained in these documents. Newspapers kept publishing stories about the Pentagon Papers, and the District Court for the District of Columbia and Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit both let them, so the Supreme Court decided to quickly step in, combining the cases against both the New York Times and the Washington Post. In case you hadn’t figured this one out by now, this was an obvious First Amendment issue. The Court heard arguments about whether or not the Nixon administration's efforts to prevent the publication of the Pentagon Papers went against the First Amendment. Was prior restraint justified? Did releasing this information put national security at risk?

Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Washington state and Oregon. All images used under fair use guidelines or found in public domain. Photo Credit: Bruce Englehardt (SounderBruce) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amazon_Go_in_Seattle,_December_2016.jpg Check out his work at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sounderbruce/ Which two cities in the world should Mr. Beat compare? Sources: http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/washington.oregon https://itep.org/whopays/washington/ https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Washington/Overview https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Oregon/Overview http://www.oregon4biz.com/Economic-Analysis/Comparisons/# https://awesomeamerica.com/washington/ https://awesomeamerica.com/oregon/ https://www.estately.com/blog/2015/04/25-reasons-oregon-is-better-than-washington/ https://www.opb.org/news/article/washington-oregon-sales-income-tax-comparison/ Washington and Oregon Both of the bordering states in these United States like to talk a lot of trash about each other, but they have a lot in common Both began as part of Oregon Territory, established by the United States in 1848 after originally being inhabited by Native Americans, the Russians, a even the British for a bit. Both border the Pacific Ocean and are in the infamous Ring of Fire, an area where lots of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions tend to occur. Both are geographically diverse. And yep, both have similar climates. West of the Cascades, the mountain range that runs north-south through both of the states, gets a lot of rain and the temperature is more moderate, whereas east of the Cascades is much drier with varied temperatures. That’s why you’ll get a picture like this, where you’re in the rainforest, and then drive east five hours and get a picture like this, where you’re basically in the freaking desert. Both are known for wine. Some of the best wine in the world is produced from the grapes grown in the Willamette Valley in Oregon and the Yakima Valley, Walla Walla Valley, and Tri-Cities region of Washington. Speaking of alcohol, both states have a ton of craft beer breweries, although Oregon has more per capita than Washington. Both states have a similar poverty rate and similar income levels, although Washington citizens definitely earn more, on average. The cost of living is similar in both states, overall, which is higher than most of the rest of the country. Both states’ biggest industries are healthcare, retail, and manufacturing, in that order, but you can’t mention the two states without their lumber production. They’ve got mad forests, there, I’m telling you. A lot of people in both Oregon and Washington have lighter skin. Only 4% in Washington and 2% in Oregon consider themselves African American. Around ⅕ of Oregon residents and Washington residents can trace their ancestry to Germany. Many of the earliest residents of European ancestry of both states came via the Oregon Trail, from the Midwest. Marijuana is legal in both states, although the laws that regulate it are less strict in Oregon. Both states lean to the left politically, and typically vote Democratic. Although the Cascades split both states politically, as east of them people tend to be more conservative. Both states are not that religious. Less residents belong to churches in Oregon and Washington than nearly all other states. Both border a foreign country. Washington borders Canada to the north and Oregon borders California to the south. Wait a sec...apparently California is also part of the United States. Scratch that, I’m sorry. So what about their differences? I mean, there are a lot of differences when you nitpick, like the fact that Washington produces much more apples than any other state and Oregon produces more hazelnuts than any other state, but in general terms, there are few major differences. Washington has a lot bigger population, despite being ⅔ the size of Oregon. Washington has around 7.3 million people, and Oregon just 4.1 million. So that’s why Washington gets 12 votes in the Electoral College and Oregon gets just 7. Washington’s population is also growing more quickly than Oregon’s. Washington residents are smarter than Oregon residents. Ok, I joke here, obviously. However, more than 41% of Washington residents have a college degree, whereas just under 38% of Oregon residents have one. Washington doesn’t have an income tax, Oregon has one of the highest income tax rates in the country. That’s quite misleading though, as Washington residents pay some of the highest sales tax rates in the country while Oregon residents pay some of the lowest.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy today! http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Corrections: 4:20 The arrow points to Mississippi. Alabama is to the east. In episode 23 of Supreme Court Briefs, a woman with darker skin and a man with lighter skin get married and get arrested and kicked out of the state of Virginia. For several years, they fight for their marriage all the way to the Supreme Court. Check out Cypher's video about the film "Loving" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgRzTmiT0r0 Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1966/395 More sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/11/us/50-years-after-loving-v-virginia.html?mcubz=3&_r=0 http://time.com/4362508/loving-v-virginia-personas/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Loving-v-Virginia http://www.mixedracestudies.org/wordpress/?tag=richard-loving https://billofrightsinstitute.org/educate/educator-resources/lessons-plans/landmark-supreme-court-cases-elessons/loving-v-virginia-1967/ https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Loving_v_Commonwealth_March_7_1966 http://time.com/4533385/life-magazine-loving-grey-villet/ http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2017/05/18/intermarriage-in-the-u-s-50-years-after-loving-v-virginia/ Mildred Jeter, a woman of both African American and Native American ancestry, discovers she is pregnant, and Richard Loving, a Caucasian, is the father. The two decide to get married, and they live happily ever after. The end. Except wait. Nope, in the state of Virginia, interracial marriages are illegal. So Jeter and Loving go up to Washington, D.C., where interracial marriages are legal, tie the knot on June 2, 1958, and return home to live with each other back in Virginia. Well somehow word must got out about the couple, because shortly thereafter, the local sheriff ordered a late night raid of their home. So yeah, in the middle of the night, police not only burst into their home but also into their bedroom, hoping to catch them having sex, which also was illegal. The Lovings were actually sleeping, and awoke to being arrested for violating Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act, the law that said whites and non-whites could not marry each other. The Lovings pled guilty, and the judge sentenced them to one year in prison. However, their sentence was suspended as long as they moved out of Virginia and never returned as a married couple for 25 years. So the Lovings moved up to the same city where they got married, Washington D.C. The Lovings did occasionally sneak back down to Virginia, but for five years they lived in DC and basically hated it. As Mildred and Richard’s family grew in DC, they missed their family back home, and probably the clean country air. In 1964, tired of living as an exile, Mildred wrote Attorney General Robert Kennedy. Kennedy referred her letter to the American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, who then reached out to the Lovings. The ACLU’s two volunteer cooperating attorneys, Bernie Cohen and Philip Hirschkop, filed a motion on behalf of the Lovings to the Virginia Caroline County Circuit Court, requesting it to allow the marriage since denying it broke the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. The County Circuit Court didn’t respond, so Cohen and Hirschkop sued the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. After no luck there, the ACLU helped the Lovings appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court. While the Virginia Supreme Court also upheld the constitutionality of the interracial marriage ban, it did get rid of the sentence banning the Lovings from the state of Virginia. It’s important to note that during all of this, Mildred and Richard Loving got a lot of national media attention. They absolutely were not looking for all of this attention, but it obviously did help raise awareness of their struggle, especially after Life Magazine came out and took pictures of them. Anyway, the ACLU pretty much expected all the pushback from the state of Virginia, so they were well prepared to appeal to the Supreme Court. The Lovings decided to stay home on April 10, 1967, when the Court heard oral arguments. By that time, nine years had passed since they got married. On June 12, 1967, the Court announced it had unanimously sided with the Lovings, overturning their convictions and ruling Virginia’s interracial marriage ban as unconstitutional. Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the opinion, which stated that Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act went against both the Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Said Warren: “The Fourteenth Amendment requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted by invidious racial discrimination. Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the State.”

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy today! http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Electric Needle Room's album is here: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/album/pitchfork-wont-review-this Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Grant Hurst's video on the subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxC2UDzVbSo&t=49s Correction: 01:05 Apparently one of my sources was wrong. Paschal was not governor when Texas seceded, just a vocal opponent of secession. Sam Houston was the governor when Texas seceded. Houston was against it and kicked out of the office due to his loyalty to the Union. In episode 22 of Supreme Court Briefs, Texas sells bonds from a country it claims to no longer be a part of. After all is said and done, the Supreme Court decides whether or not Texas has a right to secede from the Union. Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat). All images found in public domain or used under fair use guidelines. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/74us700 Additional sources used: https://www.britannica.com/event/Texas-v-White https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/74/700 https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/jrt01 http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2013/01/on_secssion.html https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fpa46 Austin, Texas 1851 As promised in the Compromise of 1850, the United States Congress pays the state of Texas $10 million in bonds. Flash forward to February 1, 1861, and both Texas citizens and members of the Texas state legislature vote for the state to secede, or leave the United States. This was, of course, right before the American Civil War began. In 1862, as the war raged on and Texas fought on the side of the Confederate rebels, it began to run out of money. And so, the Texas legislature cashed in its remaining bonds to buy war supplies. To make sure the bonds wouldn’t be purposely made worth less by the U.S. Treasury-due to the fact that, I don’t know, Texas was now a foreign nation at war against them!-the Texas legislature hid where the bonds came from, and didn’t even have the governor at the time, George Washington Paschal, sign them. I probably should say that Paschal had remained loyal to the Union during the war. Two brokers named George W. White and John Chiles bought 136 of those bonds. After the Confederates surrendered and the Civil War ended, the Union forced Texas, as well as all other former rebel states, to create a new state constitution and new state government loyal to the United States. That new state government found about those bonds sold to White and Chiles, and now wanted them back. So they sued them. Oh, and check it. Texas wasn’t messin around. They took White, Chiles, and the rest of the bond holders directly to the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court, on February 15, 1867. White and Chiles, however, argued that the Texas government had no right to sue in the Supreme Court because Texas wasn’t even a part of the United States when they bought the bonds. But the Texas government argued that they never really left the Union. Sure, Texas seceded, but Governor Paschal never approved it. But wait, there’s more! White and Chiles also argued that looking at this case was out of the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction since Texas residents, in 1867, were still under military rule and thus had no representation in Congress nor constitutional rights. The Court heard arguments in February 1869. The Court wondered...could Texas reclaim those bonds? Heck, was Texas even eligible to be seeking them with the Supreme Court? As in, were they or weren’t they a state during military rule during the Reconstruction period after the war? The Court announced their decision on April 12, 1869, voting 5 to 3 in favor of Texas. The Court argued Texas did have the right to sue for those bonds back. They also argued that when the Texas legislature voted to secede from the Union during the Civil War, um, yeah, that didn’t count. Throughout the war, the Court argued Texas was still a state, and that they couldn’t have seceded if they wanted to. Chief Justice Salmon Chase, a former Secretary of the Treasury for Abraham Lincoln, wrote, “When, therefore, Texas became one of the United States, she entered into an indissoluble relation.” Chase did argue that while Texas still owned the bonds, it done messed up letting them go, and had to pay White and Chiles to make up for their troubles. Texas v. White is that Supreme Court case that always gets brought up when talking about how states can’t secede from the rest of the country. Many argue that that the Constitution doesn’t let states secede, and this case often backs them up. #supremecourtbriefs #supremecourt #ushistory

Mr. Beat and Mr. Betts team up to sing about the Dust Bowl to the tune of Foster the People's "Pumped Up Kicks." Special thanks to Mr. Betts for helping me make this. Subscribe to his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/MrBettsClass Thanks to my students, Alex Falk and Gabe Bundy, for helping me film the music video. Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Want more videos like this? Your ideas get picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instrumental by Lt. Aldo Raine. Music by Foster the People. Produced and performed by Matt Beat and Tim Betts. All images found in the public domain or created by Matt Beat. Lyrics: Farmers got some cheap land Bought it around the plains, they all had some big plans (but) they over plowed all their fields Took out all the topsoil, and deep-rooted grasses Yeah, they thought the plow would bring rain But rain never came, and this lasted for years 1930s, the wind picked up And it darkened the sky, and it wouldn’t let up All the citizens move away from the Plains You better run, better run, outrun the dust All the citizens move away from the Plains You better run, better run, before the dust comes All the citizens move away from the Plains You better run, better run, outrun the dust All the citizens move away from the Plains You better run, better run, before the dust comes The Dust Bowl made for dark days It would it make seem late, in the middle of days And it made the air hard to breathe Could not escape Black Blizzards even going inside And they would travel miles You could see the Dust Bowl as far as New York City Forced thousands to ‘bandon farms The Okies left everything to head to California All the citizens move away from the Plains You better run, better run, outrun the dust All the citizens move away from the Plains You better run, better run, before the dust comes All the citizens move away from the Plains You better run, better run, outrun the dust All the citizens move away from the Plains You better run, better run, before the dust comes MrBettsClass Phillip DeFranco parody about the Underground Railroad and Gold Rush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDjB7uCL464

Thanks to Vlogbrothers for their sponsorship of this video! Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat compares and contrasts Utah and Nevada. Sources: https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Utah/Overview https://statisticalatlas.com/state/Nevada/Overview https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/nevada https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/utah http://www.pewhispanic.org/fact-sheet/latinos-in-the-2016-election-nevada/ http://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2017/09/14/census-with-income-up-and-poverty-down-utah-enjoys-relative-prosperity/ http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/united-states/quick-facts/compare/nevada.utah http://www.nphaonline.org/resources/Documents/NevadaHealthMattersDocs/RGJ%20-%20081014%20-%20A%20Tale%20of%20Two%20States.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada https://books.google.com/books?id=hDoIlCu7wKgC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=fuchs+%E2%80%9CA+Tale+of+Two+States,%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=VdsVkRkOP4&sig=jZA9SYhUe99dVQ0JNyj8SNok9Sg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2kprV57TXAhVC6iYKHcEKADYQ6AEIMTAC#v=onepage&q=fuchs%20%E2%80%9CA%20Tale%20of%20Two%20States%2C%E2%80%9D&f=false http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=56888040&itype=CMSID Nevada and Utah Both are states in these United States, and other than the obvious similarities such as the fact that the official language in both states is English, here are a few other similarities Both are right next to each other Both have about the same population, the same amount of electoral votes, and are growing very quickly, at similar rates In both states, the population density remains low Both have similar climates Both are mostly made up of desert, although Nevada is definitely is drier Residents of Nevada and Utah have similar incomes and similar cost of living Both are not dramatically different in size, and both have lots and lots of public land. Both states have more public land than all other states. But... other than that, it doesn’t seem like there is much in common between the bordering states, which is a bit surprising. First of all, Utah is younger. There are more kids there. In fact, a higher percentage of babies are born in Utah each year compared to all other states, not just Nevada. It also has the largest family sizes in the country. 47% of Nevada residents are married, compared to 57% of Utah residents. Utah is more Caucasian. It has few minorities. Nevada, on the other hand, is much more diverse. Nevada’s Hispanic population is quickly approaching 30 percent of the state. Utah is more educated. Whatever that means, right? Well, for the purposes of this video, that means they have a higher percentage of people who graduated from college and high school. 41% have a college education in Utah, compared to 32% in Nevada. Related to this, Nevada has a much higher poverty rate, which is around 21 percent. Utah’s is just 11 percent. Utah’s unemployment rate has been significantly lower than Nevada’s since 2003. Utah appears to have a much better health care system than Nevada. According to US News, Utah ranks #15 out of the 50 states for health care while Nevada ranks #37. By most standards, Utah residents are much healthier than Nevada residents. Nevada has the worst ranking in the United States for immunizations and mothers receiving poor prenatal care. Its suicide rate is the second highest in the country. Meanwhile, Utah has the lowest infant mortality rate in the country, the lowest cancer death rate in the country, and the lowest percentage of adults who smoke in the country. During the Cold War, the United States conducted 928 nuclear tests in Nevada, and 0 in Utah. However, Utah had plenty of “downwinders,” or people exposed to the nuclear fallout from these tests. Politically speaking, Nevada residents generally lean to the left and Utah residents generally lean to the right. Nevada has voted for the Democratic candidate the last three presidential elections, while Utah has voted for the Republican candidate the last 13. If you dig deeper, you’ll find Nevada is extremely more libertarian compared to Utah. More on that in a bit. Both states have very different histories. Utah was founded by Mormons, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a religion founded in the United States in 1830 by Joseph Smith. The Mormons had fled west to escape persecution back east. Today, Mormon influence is evident no matter where you go in Utah. The church has a huge influence on the state’s culture and traditions. This explains much of the strong family ties in the state, the outlawing of alcohol and tobacco, and the fairly boring nightlife. Nevada, on the other hand, has the most exciting nightlife in the country. Las Vegas truly is the city that never sleeps.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy today! http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Check out Tristan's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sS0PuvwruU Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 21 of Supreme Court Briefs, two women get married in Canada, but the United States federal government does not legally recognize it thanks to a law called the Defense of Marriage Act. Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Jermaine Hysten. All images found in public domain or used under fair use guidelines. Click here for cool primary sources: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2012/12-307 Other sources used: https://www.aclu.org/cases/lesbian-and-gay-rights/windsor-v-united-states https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/12-307 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/26/supreme-court-doma-decision_n_3454811.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/27/opinion/the-expanding-power-of-us-v-windsor.html Toronto, Canada May 2007 After being in a relationship together for 44 years, Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer get married. In Canada, same-sex marriage is legal. However, in New York City, where Edie and Thea live, it is not. In fact, at the time the United States had a law called the Defense of Marriage Act, aka DOMA, which defined (marriage Princess Bride clip) as the union of one man and one woman. That law also said states didn’t have to recognize same-sex marriages that were granted in other states. So even when the state of New York recognized their marriage the next year, the federal government did not. Thea died in 2009, leaving her estate to Edie Windsor. Windsor tried to get the federal estate tax exemption since she was a surviving spouse. However, she couldn’t due to DOMA, which said this exemption didn’t apply to same-sex marriage. Everyone’s favorite organization, the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, denied Windsor’s claim, and said she had to pay more than $363,000 in estate taxes. Well, she did pay it, but on November 9, 2010, Windsor sued the federal government seeking a refund saying this was discrimination and that DOMA was unconstitutional. While the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York was looking at the case, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Department of Justice would not defend the constitutionality of the part of DOMA that applied to Windsor’s case. Despite this momentum for Windsor, she faced opposition from Paul Clement and the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, or BLAG, who stepped in to defend DOMA. On June 6, 2012, Judge Barbara Jones declared Section 3 of DOMA unconstitutional as it went against the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment. Jones ordered a tax refund, including interest, for Windsor. The Department of Justice appeared to want to allow this case to become the law of the land and seemed to predict that this would happen, which may explain why it allowed an appeal from Clement and BLAG. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit agreed with the lower court. Judge Dennis Jacobs wrote, "Our straightforward legal analysis sidesteps the fair point that same-sex marriage is unknown to history and tradition, but law (federal or state) is not concerned with holy matrimony. Government deals with marriage as a civil status—however fundamental—and New York has elected to extend that status to same-sex couples." But the Justice Department wasn’t done yet. It wrote the Supreme Court, seeking judicial review of the decisions of both the District Court and Appellate Court. BLAG also petitioned the Supreme Court to review it. Well, obviously, the Court agreed to take on the case (After all this is an episode of SUPREME COURT BRIEFS, isn’t it), and they heard oral arguments on March 27, 2013. On June 26, 2013, they announced their decision, voting 5-4 in favor of Windsor. The Court held that Section 3 of DOMA, the one that said marriages could only be between men and women, was unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment. Basically, they argued the Constitution said the federal government couldn’t step in to treat state-sanctioned marriages between men and women differently than state-sanctioned marriages between those of the same gender. Justice Anthony Kennedy was pretty much the swing vote on this. Many were not sure where the conservative leaning justice would stand on such a socially liberal issue. Oh did the Court talk trash about DOMA. They wrote, “DOMA undermines both the public and private significance of state-sanctioned same-sex marriages; for it tells those couples, and all the world, that their otherwise valid marriages are unworthy of federal recognition. This places same-sex couples in an unstable position of being in a second-tier marriage. The differentiation demeans the couple, whose moral and sexual choices the Constitution protects.”

Mr. Beat goes back in time, to the 1820s and the Nebraska frontier at Fort Atkinson. Today, the fort is one of the best preserved in the United States, and the historical reenactors continue to keep its history alive. Check out the Friends of Fort Atkinson here: http://www.fortatkinsononline.org/ Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Produced by Matt Beat. All images found in the public domain or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat). I recently had an opportunity to go back in time. Specifically, to the early 1800s and the Nebraska frontier. Every year, the Washington County Historical Association hosts a 2-day event called Heritage Days at Fort Atkinson State Historical Park. The event celebrates the history of the early settlement days of Nebraska through hands-on learning demonstrations, traditional foods, and historical re-enactment, aka “living history.” Fort Atkinson was the first United States military post west of the Missouri River. The U.S. chose the location for the fort based on the recommendation of explorer William Clark. Yes, he was the Clark of the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition. Clark had wrote down in his journal that the area would be perfect for a military post. The U.S. established Fort Atkinson in 1820. It was extremely important to the early fur trade, for river transportation west, and for Native American relations. At the fort’s peak, almost a quarter of the country’s standing army resided there. However, the U.S. government abandoned the fort in 1827, just seven years after it opened. The Army had opened up a new fort further south called Fort Leavenworth, and it shifted its resources there, so it didn’t need Fort Atkinson anymore. Fort Leavenworth, by the way, still exists today and continues to be an important military installation. Meanwhile, farmers had taken over the area that used to be Fort Atkinson. Flash forward to 1961, and the locals began a huge push to preserve and restore the area. Soon after, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission bought the land and, during a period of around 20 years, completed reconstructed the fort. Today, the place is one of the best kept historical parks in the country. If you really want to get a feel for what life was truly like in the early 1800s in America, I strongly recommend you check out Fort Atkinson State Historical Park.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy today! http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 20 of Supreme Court Briefs, high school students want to start a Bible Study Club, but their principal won't let them, saying it breaks the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Jermaine Hysten. All images found in public domain or used under fair use guidelines. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1989/88-1597 Additional sources used: http://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1816&context=aulr https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/496/226 http://www.firstamendmentschools.org/freedoms/case.aspx?id=497 http://www.phschool.com/atschool/ss_web_codes/supreme_court_cases/mergens.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l4_01VbfIY http://via.library.depaul.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2068&context=law-review http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/29/with-help-from-the-secula_n_1638950.html Omaha, Nebraska 1985 A group of students at Westside High School wants to form a Christian Bible Study Club that would meet after school, but on school grounds. One of the students, Bridget Mergens, asks the principal, James Finley, if they can do so, but he says no, saying the school could not allow a staff member to sponsor it. So Mergens and the rest of the students took the school district, Westside Community Schools, to court, saying the district broke the Equal Access Act, a law passed the previous year that required secondary public schools to provide equal access for its students to all extracurricular clubs. The students argued that denying the bible study club went against the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution. The U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska ruled in favor of the school district, arguing the district did not violate First Amendment nor Fourteenth Amendment rights. They also said the district didn’t break the Equal Access Act. The students appealed to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which reversed the decision of the lower court. While the Court of Appeals said the Equal Access Act could have been written better, it said it was constitutional. More importantly, it said the district was taking away the students’ First Amendment rights by not allowing them to meet on school premises during “non-instructional time.” Westside Community Schools appealed to the Supreme Court. The core issue was whether or not the Equal Access Act violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by its requirement that schools allow clubs not related to stuff being taught in schools. Were religious clubs protected under that as well? The Court heard oral arguments on January 9, 1990, but it wasn’t until June 4 that they decided. In an 8-1 decision, the Court sided with Mergens and the rest of the students, saying the Bible Study Club could meet, but that their sponsor could not get paid for it. If the sponsor got paid, this might seem like an endorsement of one religion, which would break the Establishment Clause. It upheld the Equal Access Act. It also said that when public schools allow any clubs- including those that have little to do with what’s being taught in classes at the school- meet on school grounds, they have to open it to all clubs, religious or not. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote the opinion. “Allowing students to meet on campus and discuss religion is constitutional because it does not amount to 'state sponsorship of a religion.” Westside Community Board of Education v. Mergens didn’t settle the separation of church and state issue for sure, but it did settle the right for students to use public facilities to talk about their religion, as long as it wasn’t part of the regular curriculum. In recent years, atheist clubs have popped up in high schools across the country, and people have been offended. But guess what? They have the right to do that thanks to this case.

Mr. Beat explains why there are so many Springfields. It is, after all, such a random name for a city. And Loren from Lorenmakesart helps him tell the story. Speaking of which... Subscribe to Lorenmakesart! https://www.youtube.com/user/ExpoMarker1231 My favorite Lorenmakesart videos: The Soda Barf Story (Dye EdCoak and Men-Toes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opQN7Xm5Lx8 Being Average Height: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc9zxJdVhew Minisode: Caffeine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HyfJZpuP_g Being In High School Forensics/Speech and Drama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28u_X5zGaSg Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Sources: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/matt-groening-reveals-the-location-of-the-real-springfield-60583379/ http://springfield.ftldesign.com/ http://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2015-08-17/does-every-state-really-have-a-springfield-ken-jennings https://www.thoughtco.com/place-name-in-all-fifty-states-1435154 http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/most-common-town-and-city-names-in-the-u-s-a.html https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&biw=875&bih=879&q=most+common+american+city+name&oq=most+common+american+city+name&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0j0i22i30k1.13349.16530.0.16642.30.19.0.0.0.0.250.2299.0j6j6.12.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..18.12.2297...35i39k1j0i67k1j0i20k1j0i131k1.wjZRurZ4Cu4 http://adn.blam.be/springfield/ http://www.itsabouttravelling.com/springfield-usa/ http://josfamilyhistory.com/locations/springfield-ma.htm https://memory.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2008/20080312002re/20080312002re.pdf If you are watching this video right now, and you are an American, there is a very good chance that you live in Springfield. Congratulations! You live in the same city as The Simpsons! Or do you? If you Google “Most Common American City Name,” “Springfield” is what pops up. But guess what? GOOGLE IS WRONG. What is wrong with you, Google? The most common American city name is actually “Riverside.” Only four states- Alaska, Hawaii, Louisiana, and Oklahoma don’t have a city named Riverside. There’s plenty of other places named “Riverside” in those states, but not cities. There are 186 cities named “Riverside” in the United States. Worldwide, Riverside ain’t got nothing on San Jose. There are 1,716 cities named “San Jose” around the world. Yes way, Jose. But this video was about Springfield. Wasn’t it? I honestly forgot. Ok, I think it was. Yes. Springfield. Springfield is still a popular name for cities and towns. There are 41 of them in 36 states. “Washington”, named after that George Washington dude, is the only other name of a city or town other than “Riverside” that outnumbers “Springfield.” (chants) We’re number 3! We’re number 3! There are three Springfields with more than 100,000 people. One of them is a state capital. Wisconsin has four of them. The awesome person animating this video currently lives in one of them. It makes sense that there’s a bunch of Riversides because there are a bunch of cities and towns beSIDE RIVERS (and people are generally not that creative with names). It also makes sense that there are a lot of Washingtons because Washington is probably the most popular American that has ever existed. But Springfield? It’s a bit more random. Why are there so many Springfields? Let’s go back to the beginning. The oldest Springfield I could find existed at least as far back as the 1500s in Essex County, England. In 1590, a dude named William Pynchon (PIN chun) was born there, and he was mighty proud of that little village. So proud of it that later on he founded a town in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636 and named it, you guessed it...Springfield. This town would end up becoming one of the most important and influential cities in early American history. It played an early role in the Industrial Revolution, and was known as a center for technological innovation. Kind of like the Silicone Valley of the early 1800s. It was known as “The City of Progress,” as lots of stuff was invented there that still exists today. Today Springfield, Massachusetts is known as The City of Firsts. Basketball, postcards, dog shows, and the Republican Party all originated in the city.

If you think the executive branch is just the President, Vice President, and a small team of advisors, you are wrong. Mr. Beat explains the President's Cabinet. Want a specific history topic covered? Just like Ian, your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Produced by Matt Beat. All images found in the public domain or used under fair use guidelines. Music, used by permission, by Jermaine Hysten. In this video, I will explain the history and purpose of the Cabinet. So let’s start with the Constitution. Article II, Section 2 says the President gets some help- he or she doesn’t have to do job alone. The Cabinet’s official role is to give the President advice based on their expertise. The Constitution actually doesn’t say anything explicitly about a Cabinet. The word “cabinet” comes from the Italian word “cabinetto,” which means a small, private room. You know, a place to talk about important stuff without interruptions. The first President to use the term was James Madison, who called his meetings “the President’s cabinet.” Over the years, as the country has grown, the Cabinet has grown. George Washington, the First President and still my favorite one by the way, held the first cabinet meeting on February 25, 1793. He had just four Department Heads there. His Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War, Henry Knox, and Attorney General Edmund Randolph. Jefferson and Hamilton spent much of the meeting fighting over the creation of a national bank. Today the Cabinet officially includes the heads of 15 executive departments. All 15 Department Heads are in the line of succession, meaning that if the President, Vice President, Speaker of the House, and the President por tempore (por temporay) of the U.S. Senate all died, these folks would be next up to take the President’s spot. That’s why Kiefer Sutherland became President that one time, even though he was just the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Wait a second, was that real life? Nooo, yeah I’m pretty sure that’s just a TV show, come to think of it. The President nominates the department heads and presents them to the Senate to be approved by a simple majority, aka 51 of the 100 Senators approve. The Vice President doesn’t need Senate approval, as he or she is elected, but neither does the White House Chief of Staff, who is basically the President’s personal assistant. Because the Chief of Staff manages the President’s schedule and manages the White House staff, her or she is often seen as a gatekeeper of sorts. The Chief of Staff actually isn’t technically a part of the Cabinet, though. He or she is what we call a Cabinet-level official. Cabinet-level officials attend Cabinet meetings but are not official Cabinet members. It includes the Trade Representative, Director of National Intelligence, Ambassador to the United Nations, the OMB Director, the CIA Director, the EPA Administrator, and SBA Administrator. Cabinet members, except the Vice President, can be fired by the President fairly easy. (Donald Trump clip “you’re fired”) Yeah, the current President probably has made that quite evident. All Cabinet members are subject to impeachment by the House of Representatives if they act up. Now here’s the thing. I haven’t even got to the individual federal agencies that both fall under the umbrella of the departments or are independent agencies. You know, like the FBI, CIA, Federal Trade Commission, Social Security Administration, National Park Service, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, NASA, and many others I am sure you have heard of. For the most part, they all are part of the executive branch. How many federal agencies are there? Well, I had a really hard time figuring this out. I honestly don’t think anyone really knows. There might be 430, according to one source I found, or there might just be 115, according to the Administrative Conference of the United States, which recently printed “There is no authoritative list of government agencies.” We do know that there are approximately 4 million people who work for the federal government. Probably. Maybe? That number is not for sure either. There’s also all the state and local workers who get federal aid, not to mention the millions of contractors who work for the federal government. The bottom line is, the executive branch is HUGE. The Cabinet is a gigantic force, and not one easily reckoned with.

Want a specific SCOTUS case covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 19 of Supreme Court Briefs, a bunch of Jehovah's Witnesses don't salute the American flag nor say the Pledge of Allegiance, and almost everybody else freaks out about it. Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Matt Beat (Electric Needle Room). All images found in public domain or used under fair use guidelines. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/319us624 Other sources: https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102008085 http://thejehovahswitnesses.org/about-us.php http://www.dailybulldog.com/db/opinion/from-the-desk-of-the-bulldog-a-lesson-on-patriotism-from-a-9-year-old-boy/ https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/310/586 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/us/lillian-gobitas-klose-90-dies-stood-against-mandatory-pledge.html http://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/11/us/pledge-dispute-evokes-bitter-memories.html?pagewanted=all https://www.britannica.com/event/West-Virginia-State-Board-of-Education-v-Barnette http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/319/624.html Germany The 1930s The Nazis arrest thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses across the country who refuse to salute the Nazi flag. Why didn’t they salute the Nazi flag? Well, for starters, it’s against their religion to salute a flag, as they believe by doing so idolizes the state rather than God. After these German Jehovah’s Witnesses were thrown into concentration camps for not saluting the Nazi flag, leaders of the church in the United States called for an end of participation in daily flag salutes that had become mandatory in American schools. Anyway, because the children of Jehovah’s Witnesses refused to salute the American flag and refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance, they got in a lot of trouble. Some administrators even threatened to send these kids to juvy or have their parents arrested. In Minersville, Pennsylvania, a dad named Walter Gobitas had his children not participate in the Pledge. By doing so, the entire family was actually breaking a local law, and they all became marginalized and were straight up attacked by the other citizens of Minersville. Residents boycotted the Gobitas family store, and the kids were bullied at school. One of them had rocks thrown at her. Another one was hurt after his teacher tried to force his hand out to salute the flag during the Pledge. The kids, of course, were eventually expelled for their Pledge boycotts. But their dad, Walter, fought the law that forced students to salute the flag and say the Pledge of Allegiance. Gobitas based his argument on the fact he thought the law violated both the First and Fourteenth Amendments. His case ended up going all the way to the Supreme Court. That case, announced on June 3, 1940, was called Minersville School District v. Gobitis...yeah, a clerk misspelled Gobitas’ name on court records. Details, right? Anyway, the Court ruled against Gobitis, arguing that the law that forced students to say the pledge was NOT a violation of religious freedom. It was an 8-1 decision, with Justice Felix Frankfurter, one of the dudes who started the American Civil Liberties Union, ironically, giving the majority opinion. So yeah, things were not looking so good after this case for the Jehovah’s Witnesses, especially since now they were huge targets for continuing to refuse to say the pledge. Nearly 1500 Jehovah’s Witness were physically attacked in over 300 cities across the country. In Wyoming, one was tarred and feathered. Some were lynched. Others were forced out of town after having their homes burned to the ground. This made Supreme Court justices like Frank Murphy feel guilty. Murphy actually said he regretted his decision in the Gobitis case and wanted an opportunity to revisit the issue. Sure enough, that opportunity came fairly quickly, as Jehovah’s Witnesses boldly continued to defy the Pledge and flag salute. On January 9, 1942, the West Virginia State Board of Education ordered all teachers and students in the state to salute the flag and say the Pledge. Well, this story sounds familiar. Another dad, this one named Walter Barnett, had his kids not salute the flag nor recite the Pledge. And again, the principal expelled those kids, whose names were Marie and Gathie Barnett. However, on the advice of a lawyer, Walter sent his kids right back to school, where they were called “Nazis” and “Japs” by fellow classmates. And….each day, the school would send them right back home. The Barnetts sued the State Board of Education, taking them to the United States District Court for themselves and other families who were fighting the same thing. #supremecourt #scotus #apush

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy today! http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 18 of Supreme Court Briefs, a son doesn't like his teenage son hearing bad words on the radio, so takes action. George Carlin, meanwhile, remains perplexed. Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Matt Beat (Electric Needle Room). All images found in public domain or used under fair use guidelines. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1977/77-528 Other sources: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/filthywords.html https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/05/the-7-dirty-words-turn-40-but-theyre-still-dirty/257374/ https://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/constitutional-law/constitutional-law-keyed-to-stone/freedom-of-expression/fcc-v-pacifica-foundation/ https://constitutionallawreporter.com/2012/06/28/the-supreme-court-and-filthy-words-federal-communications-commission-v-pacifica-foundation/ http://cbldf.org/about-us/case-files/obscenity-case-files/obscenity-case-files-fcc-v-pacifica-foundation-george-carlins-seven-dirty-words/ New York City October 30, 1973 A radio station, owned by Pacifica Foundation, broadcasts George Carlin’s “Filthy Words” monologue. You know, the one where he famously proclaimed the seven dirty words that tend to make society the most upset? Well, a man named John Douglas, who was driving his 15-year old son, happened to turn his car radio on during the broadcast. Needless to say, Douglas was upset. He wrote the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC (Eminem FCC won’t let me be) complaining that the station had played something not appropriate for his kid to hear. The FCC found that certain words Carlin had said depicted “sexual and excretory (XCRUHTORY) activities” in an indecent way, and the radio station played it in the early afternoon “when children are undoubtedly in the audience.” The FCC wrote a scolding letter to Pacifica Foundation, saying essentially saying “shame on you!” They claimed Pacifica broke U.S. Code regarding obscene language on the radio. But Pacifica was like “we played it during an educational program about taboo language” and “we warned listeners before it aired about its indecency.” Pacifica tried to get the FCC to reconsider, but the FCC wouldn’t budge. It’s important to note the FCC didn’t punish Pacifica or anything. Regardless, Pacifica appealed the FCC’s response to the Court of Appeals for D.C., arguing the FCC was unfairly censoring them. The Court of Appeals reversed the FCC’s action, agreeing that it WAS unfair censorship. On October 7, 1977, the FCC appealed to the Supreme Court, and the Court agreed to hear arguments in April 1978. Early on, justices made the distinction between “indecent” and “obscene.” They argued they weren’t the same thing. I know, right? I had always thought they were. So the question became: Can the FCC regulate a radio broadcast that is indecent but not obscene? Indecent speech, after all, was protected by the First Amendment. The Court decided yes. On July 3, 1978, the Court had announced it sided with the FCC. By a vote of 5 to 4, it was obviously a close one. The Court said Carlin’s routine was “indecent but not obscene,” arguing the FCC could censor it on the radio to protect children from offensive material and make sure unwanted speech doesn’t come into one’s home. The Court said the FCC could forbid indecent broadcasts during hours when children would likely be among the audience. Justice John Paul Stevens wrote the opinion of the divided court, arguing the First Amendment didn’t protect Carlin’s routine on the radio. “We have long recognized that each medium of expression presents special First Amendment problems. And of all forms of communication, it is broadcasting that has received the most limited First Amendment protection” Federal Communications Commission v. Pacifica Foundation was the first time the Court reviewed the power of government to penalize bad language over the airwaves. It empowered the FCC, having a chilling effect on radio and television stations across the country. Critics say it just has justified unnecessary censorship. George Carlin died in 2008, but today his legacy is huge. Many comedians cite Carlin as an influence and he’s one of the most beloved comedians of all time. What is not beloved is this court case, which ultimately is what banned Carlin’s “7 dirty words.” It remains one of the most controversial Supreme Court cases in American history.

Mr. Beat films live on location in Lucas, Kansas, to tell the story of Samuel P. Dinsmoor, the most interesting American you probably haven't heard of. For a paper Mr. Beat wrote about Dinsmoor as well as a complete list of sources, visit: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2ogkQEs_vVCOTRSa196NFlzUE0/view?usp=sharing Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt So, you may have not heard about Samuel P. Dinsmoor, but his story is about as Americana as it gets. Dinsmoor was born near Coolville, Ohio, on March 8, 1843. His youth abruptly ended after enthusiastically signing up for the Union Army after the Civil War began. Standing at just five-foot five inches, fellow soldiers nicknamed him “Little One.” He later claimed to be involved in 18 big battles during his three years in the war. He spent much of his service as a nurse, likely assisting in amputations and often witnessing horrifying deaths. Incredibly, Dinsmoor made it through the war with no major injuries. However, just a few days after the war was over, a commander’s horse he was riding threw him off, slicing his head open. Always abstaining from alcohol, he refused to sip liquor as doctors stitched his head up. He then returned home to Ohio and soon moved west to the Mississippi River, settling on the Illinois side just north of St. Louis. In 1869, he began a brief career as a schoolteacher. During this time, he fell in love with a woman four years older than him named Frances Barlow Journey. They married on August 24, 1870. The two exchanged vows on horseback in a stream bed, and yes, the presiding minister was also on a horse. After the wedding, Dinsmoor quit teaching to farm, helping run a 341-acre property near the river that Frances had inherited after her first husband died. Frances and Dinsmoor managed one of the highest valued farms in the area. For 18 years, the family grew and lived a peaceful life. Yet, when Dinsmoor was 45 years old, he decided to move the family west to Kansas, leaving their prosperous and comfortable life back in Illinois behind. It’s not clear why he decided to do this, but some speculate it was because of how promoters hyped Kansas up. By the time Dinsmoor arrived in Lucas, Kansas, his family had grown to five children, although his two stepchildren, now in their mid twenties, stayed behind. As soon as Dinsmoor arrived, he bought a small farm east of Lucas for $800. Unfortunately, the family arrived in Lucas at a time of economic downturn. Kansas farmers struggled, in particular, due to drought, which caused crop failures and major dust storms. By the end of the 1880s, many couldn’t pay back loans due to lower crop production. It’s unknown how badly this widespread depression hurt Dinsmoor, but regardless his family moved to Nebraska just two years after arriving in Lucas. Dinsmoor later sold insurance for a company based out of Omaha, so perhaps this explains why the family made the move. However, less than one year after living in Nebraska, they lost everything in a house fire. This is probably why they ended up back on their land in Lucas less than one year later. Back in Lucas, Dinsmoor became heavily involved in the trendy Populist movement. By 1892, Dinsmoor was probably the biggest Populist supporter in Lucas.The local newspaper called him a radical due to his outspoken and sometimes controversial views. In 1896, Dinsmoor served as a delegate at the Populist national convention in St. Louis. He also held large Populist rallies at his house, sometimes attracting as many as 300 people. That same year, he achieved his first and only elected office, as justice of the peace of Fairview Township. However, just as the Populist Party began to fade in the late 1890s, so did Dinsmoor’s political ambitions. In 1898, he lost a state representative race, which devastated him. He vowed to never run for public office again after that. In 1905, at the age of 62, Dinsmoor sold his farm and moved into Lucas, buying land that would later be world famous. Despite not having any experience in architecture or engineering, he built a stone log cabin almost entirely by himself, completing it two years later. But he always had cement, and couldn’t stop creating with it. After he built a cement fence, he built a grape arbor that reaches from the back porch to the road. From there, at the end of the arbor facing the street, he created Adam and Eve, although Adam started out as a scarecrow he messed up. After Adam and Eve, Dinsmoor began constructing the first of his eventual 29 concrete trees, some as high as 40 feet. Over the next 22 years, Dinsmoor used 130 tons of cement to create over 150 life-sized statues. Today, if these statues were cut up and sold at an auction, they’d likely sell for millions of dollars.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 17 of Supreme Court Briefs, a KKK leader gets his hate rally on TV, and then promptly gets arrested. Wait a second, what about freedom of speech? Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Matt Beat (Electric Needle Room). All images found in public domain or used under fair use guidelines. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1968/492 Other sources used: http://www.acluohio.org/archives/cases/brandenburg-v-ohio https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_gesCAAAAMBAJ/bub_gb_gesCAAAAMBAJ_djvu.txt http://www.huffingtonpost.com/clay-calvert/slender-man-meets-the-fir_b_5470902.html We Must Not Be Afraid to Be Free: Stories of Free Expression in America By Ronald K.L. Collins, Sam Chaltain https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/brandenburg-v-ohio/ Clarence Brandenburg leads a Ku Klux Klan rally. He invites a Cincinnati TV station out to cover the event. They agree, and film portions of the rally, showing men in robes and hoods, some carrying guns, and others shouting horrible ethnic slurs. They also film them burning of a cross. Brandenburg concluded the rally with a speech, and portions of it ended up airing on TV. In that speech, Brandenburg said “If our President, our Congress, our Supreme Court continues to suppress the white, Caucasian race, it’s possible that there might have to be some revengeance taken.” Ok, so I don’t know what that word, “revengeance” means. I Googled it, and Urban Dictionary told me it’s “the act of gaining revenge at a rate of at least 2.54 times greater to that of standard revenge.” So yeah, that doesn’t seem too nice. It seems rather threatening, actually. After the TV station aired the KKK rally, local authorities arrested Brandenburg for leading the rally and arranging it to be on the news. They charged him with breaking the Ohio Criminal Syndicalism Act, a law that prohibited promoting violence as a means for social or political change. A local court convicted Brandenburg, fined him $1,000, and sentenced him to one to ten years in prison. Brandenburg argued that his actions were protected under both the First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment. Even though he hated the ACLU, he asked them for help after he ran out of money to pay for legal counsel. In early 1968, Brandenburg appealed to the Ohio First District Court of Appeal, which agreed with the lower court. So then he appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court, who dismissed his appeal without even giving an opinion. To the courts in Ohio, it was clear that this speech was not protected under the First Amendment, and they used the Supreme Court case Dennis v. United States to back this up. However, Brandenburg and the ACLU wasn’t done yet. They appealed to the Supreme Court, and the Court heard arguments on February 27, 1969. Brandenburg’s lawyer, Allen Brown, convinced Brandenburg to stay home. Probably for the best. Brown received several threats over the phone for representing a KKK leader. Some even accused him of agreeing with KKK positions. But Brown later said he was just defending free speech. The Court announced its decision on June 8, 1969, siding unanimously with Brandenburg, and reversing the decisions of the lower courts. Not one judge authored the decision, showing how unified the Court was with it. They argued the Ohio Criminal Syndicalism Act went against Brandenburg’s right to free speech. The Court presented what’s known as the Brandenburg test, also more boringly known as the imminent lawless action test. This ended up strengthening the Clear and Present Danger doctrine adopted by the Court and written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in Schenck v. United States.It also overruled the “bad tendency” test set later by Whitney v. California. The Brandenburg test had two parts. 1) speech can be banned if it is “directed at inciting or producing imminent lawless action.” and, most importantly, 2) it is “likely to incite or produce action.” Because Brandenburg’s rally and speech was more vague and didn’t make it seem likely that the KKK was going to actually carry out a revolt against the government, blacks, and Jews, it passed the Brandenburg test. Their speech was protected by the First Amendment. Brandenburg v. Ohio further protected speech, even speech that was extremely offensive and unpopular. It provided an answer to the debate between those who wanted more government control of speech to keep people safe and those who wanted speech to be as free as possible. The Brandenburg test continues to be the standard when Americans want to punish speech that is meant to get people angry to a point where they violent.

Mr. Beat presents a brief history of school, starting with the question: “Why do we have to go to school?” and then narrowing to the focus of school as an institution, especially as a public and mandatory institution. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Check out the Edu Tuber playlist celebrating education! WeCollaborateEdu: Back to School Edition https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlt1h57yoMAGnjXucpnsI--Em-P7weIdG&jct=tGL35x89L5qXaYTsnUUOU6iBieyJWQ Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Matt Beat (Electric Needle Room). All images found in the public domain or used under fair use guidelines. Sources: http://data.uis.unesco.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=EDULIT_DS&popupcustomise=true&lang=en# https://qz.com/708139/the-worlds-oldest-university-and-library-in-morocco-founded-and-restored-by-two-women/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/200808/brief-history-education http://education.findlaw.com/education-options/compulsory-education-laws-background.html https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2012/09/17/africas-education-crisis-in-school-but-not-learning/ Market Education: The Unknown History by Andrew Coulson Traditions & Encounters a Global Perspective on the Past. by Jerry Bentley Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century. R.W. Southern n the beginning, for hundreds of thousands of years, we didn’t go to school. During the hunter gatherer days, when humans just gathered wild plants or chased wild animals, that’s pretty much the main thing we did, and we learned it at a very young age. At that time, children learned to be good members of their tribe, or clan. Around 3500 BCE, civilizations around the world began to develop writing systems, making it easier to teach others stuff so they would, what’s the word, uh...forget? Yeah, forget. (I should write that down) Formal schools, usually revolving around some kind of written language, popped up in places like ancient Greece, ancient India, ancient China, and ancient Rome. But usually only certain people had access to these schools, and those were the Three Rs: The Rich, The Religious Leaders, and The Royalty. Other than, you pretty much just starting working when you were three, and worked your butt off until you died a few years later. There were exceptions, of course. In the city-states of ancient Greece, anyone could open a school, and even the poor could sometimes afford to send their sons to school. Notice how I said “sons.” Yeah, girls rarely went to school. And the schools were not mandated by the government. It was voluntary, although a dude named Plato, kind of a big deal, first popularized the idea of making education mandatory in his book the Republic. The first universities popped up during the early Middle Ages. Students there studied specialized in one thing. Usually the arts, law, medicine, and of course, theology. It was during this time that the University of Bologna was established. That university, in modern day Italy, was founded in 1088 and still exists, still kicking butt today. But that ain’t got nothing on The University of al-Qarawiyyin, which opened in 859. It’s the oldest existing educational institution in the world and it’s also still kicking butt today. In Europe, most universities, and schools, for that matter, were Christian. In 1179, the Catholic Church gave free education for the poor. Well I mean, poor boys, not girls. Universities would spread throughout the entire world during the Middle Ages. The most important leader of the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther, called for mandatory education. Across the ocean, in modern day Mexico, the Aztecs already had mandatory education for every child. While the poor there did not go to the same schools as the rich, they still had the opportunity. And girls could go to school, too. The first country to kind of do this in Europe was Scotland. Its government passed the School Establishment Act 1616, in 1616, which forced all kids there to go to public, church-supervised, schools. During a period known as the Enlightenment, schools all of sudden were cool. One person I should probably mention from this time was John Amos Comenius. Comenius, who came to prominence in the 1600s in central Europe, promoted the ideas that everyone deserved an education, regardless of how much money they had. This included women. He also looked for ways to make instruction more universal and practical. The New England colonies in North America were ahead of the curve regarding public education. Sure, public schools, schools for everyone in a society and also paid for by everyone in that society, had existed here and there before, but in New England in the 1600s they were all over the place.

Mr. Beat and The Singing History Teachers team up to do a parody of Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch's "Good Vibrations" to teach you about The Great Migration. Special thanks to Lee McCloskey and Andrew Parker for helping me this one. Check out their channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/SinginHistoryTeacher Also, a special thanks to Mr. Thierolf for helping me film and throwing a paper airplane at me. Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Want more videos like this? Your ideas get picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Lyrics: Yeah Can you see them moving? I can too They are moving They are moving They are moving They are moving 1 2 3 now we come to find work It was the great migration It’s such a sweet migration It was the great migration It’s such a sweet migration Yo it was that time African Americans wanted to find Opportunities up north They wanted better jobs to prove their worth Discrimination, they’re escaping this Racism, lynching they ain’t taking this Bringing them to the entire nation Blacks move around It’s the migration Come on come on Feel it feel it Feel the migration It was the great migration It’s such a sweet migration It was the great migration It’s such a sweet migration The migration across the U.S. 6 million blacks all went through this 1916 to 1970 They were ready To start new communities They went from rural to the urban side To the south and east sides In the north, still a divide Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore, all across the nation, oh my the migration Come on come on Feel it feel it Feel the migration It was the great migration It’s such a sweet migration It was the great migration It’s such a sweet migration Singing History Teachers break it down Left the South to go up North Lots of jobs so they went forth California Chicago, St. Louis, and Cincinnati, DC and Philly And the South got worried Blacks They left such in a hurry But the whites in the north had their own segregation, Come on feel the migration Yeah Can you see them moving? I can too It was the great migration It’s such a sweet migration It was the great migration It’s such a sweet migration Such a time had come for them to move up The South had them fed up but they did not give up Brought their culture, thrived in new neighborhoods Northern companies gave blacks great incentives They left their roots behind Most feared for their lives in the South So got the heck out Commanded them to move Easy to see motivation For why they wanted the migration It was the Great Migration It’s such a sweet migration It was the Great Migration It’s such a sweet migration

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy today! http://amzn.to/45Wzhur What Supreme Court case should I cover for this series next? In episode 16 of Supreme Court Briefs, two dudes fight over whether or not one can operate his steamboat in New York. In the end, the federal government just gets more power. Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Matt Beat (Electric Needle Room). All images found in public domain. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1789-1850/22us1 More sources: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/22/1 http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/22/1.html https://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/antebellum/landmark_gibbons.html New York State 1808 The New York state legislature grants Robert Livingston and Robert Fulton exclusive privileges to operate their steamboats on the rivers of the state. If those names sound familiar, it’s because Livingston was, I don’t know, A FOUNDING FATHER OF THE UNITED STATES, and Fulton, I don’t know, BUILT THE FIRST WORKING STEAMBOAT. Anyway, those two had exclusive privileges on the rivers of New York, meaning, no one else, meaning there’s no competition, meaning it’s a monopoly, baby. Two other dudes, Thomas Gibbons and Aaron Ogden, bought a franchise from Livingston and Fulton so they could operate steamboats in New York, even though they hated the monopoly Livingston and Fulton had and at first tried to get around it. Three years later, Gibbons and Ogden’s partnership ended. However, Gibbons kept on sending his steamboats from New Jersey to New York, despite no longer having the license to do so. Gibbons argued he could because he had a federal license from Congress, thanks to an old law regulating trade along the coast. Oh Gibbons, you sneaky person, you. Obviously, Ogden, who was the former governor of New Jersey I might add, was very angry about this, as his former partner was taking away business from him by skirting passed a state law. Ogden made a complaint in the Court of Chancery of New York, asking them to stop Gibbons from operating steamboats there. Gibbons got a lawyer named Daniel Webster, a famous Congressman and later Senator and Secretary of State, to defend him. Webster argued that Congress had the final say over buying and selling stuff across state lines thanks to the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. The what? The Commerce Clause, punks: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 Congress can “ "regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes." But the Court of Chancery and Court of Errors of New York both said “nuh-uh,” and sided with Ogden, forcing Gibbons to stop his steamboat operations there. So Gibbons appealed to the Supreme Court. As the Court heard arguments in February 1824, the biggest question for them to answer was: “Was New York able to regulate commerce within its borders, even if that commerce depended on commerce in other states?” The Court said “no.” On March 2, 1824, the Court unanimously voted in favor of Gibbons. They agreed with Webster’s argument, that the Congress’s power overruled New York’s due to the Commerce Clause, but they also argued the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution guaranteed this. Chief Justice John Marshall, aka Lil’ Jon, defined the word “commerce,” saying it included navigation on interstate waterways. He even defined the word “among,” saying “among the several states” meant basically mixed together. So whenever state laws conflicted Congress could step in. Gibbons v. Ogden was the first of several Supreme Court decisions that increased the power of the federal government over the states. It greatly broadened the power of Congress, and that trend has continued to the present day.

How rare are total solar eclipses? How have humans reacted to total solar eclipses throughout history? Mr. Beat explains. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Matt Beat (Electric Needle Room) #totalsolareclipse #2024eclipse #eclipse What are eclipses? by Socratica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lChJxvfqbw Sources used for this video: https://www.space.com/25644-total-solar-eclipses-frequency-explained.html http://earthsky.org/space/total-solar-eclipses-in-the-usa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qog18tiNnqg https://www.space.com/27412-christopher-columbus-lunar-eclipse.html https://poseidonsciences.scienceblog.com/92/lunar-eclipse-christopher-columbus-and-the-teredo-worm-a-convergence-of-astronomy-history-and-biology/ https://www.livescience.com/57865-famous-solar-eclipses.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v338/n6212/abs/338238a0.html?foxtrotcallback=true https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/80s/release_1989_1245.html https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar-eclipse-history.html https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/death-king-end-war-and-solar-eclipse http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/solar-eclipses-in-history/8/ https://qz.com/1015987/solar-eclipse-myths-persist-despite-scientific-evidence-disproving-them/ https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-history https://www.wired.com/2009/05/dayintech_0529/ http://time.com/4834676/total-solar-eclipse-2017-rare/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/eclipse/?utm_term=.5c07ba34f30b Almost everyone knows about his first voyage. You know, in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean, dude? Far less people know about his last voyage. He left Spain on what would be his final voyage on May 11, 1502. It didn’t go so well. An epidemic of shipworms, also known as “termites of the sea” (aren’t they cute?) literally ate through his ships. This, combined with other bad luck on the voyage, eventually left Columbus and his crew stranded on an island that is today known as Jamaica. The native peoples there, the Arawak Indians, initially welcomed Columbus and his crew, hooking them up with food and shelter. But as the months went by, the natives began to get tired of helping them, especially when they stole stuff and got rowdy. Because of this, the natives stopped sending them food, so the sailors began to invade the villages and steal it. After being stranded for over six months, about half of Columbus’ crew revolted. Some of them ended up murdering a few Arawaks in order to get food. Columbus knew there would be retaliation, so he came up with a plan. He asked the village chiefs to meet with him on February 26, 1504. He began the discussion by telling the chiefs that God wasn’t happy with how the Arawaks were no longer giving his sailors food. Columbus told them that in three days, God would show how unhappy he was by taking away the moon out of the sky. The chiefs didn’t believe Columbus. Some even laughed at him, completely dismissing him as crazy. And yet, three days later, on February 29, 1504, as the moon rose up in the sky, it began to dim, eventually dimming completely, turning into an amber color. The natives began to freak out and rushed to find Columbus. They begged him to talk to God to bring back the moon and promised to never ever refuse food to his people again. Columbus told them he’d have to talk to God to see if he could reason with him. 48 minutes later, Columbus returned to them to report that God had forgiven them and had decided to return the moon. Sure enough, the moon reappeared, and Columbus had not only just saved his men from starving but he also saved the villagers from future attacks from his men. We now know that they had all just witnessed a total lunar eclipse. How did Columbus know about that lunar eclipse? Like every good sailor, he had a copy of an almanac by the well known astronomer and mathematician, Regiomontanus. That almanac contained astronomical tables from 1475 to 1506, and from that, Columbus was able to predict the total lunar eclipse which would happen on February 29, 1504. The Arawaks kept Columbus and his crew well fed until a relief ship came to pick them up a few months later. They returned to Spain on November 7, 1504. While that might be one of the most well-known lunar eclipses in history, it was still just a lunar eclipse. No offense, lunar eclipses, but you just aren’t nearly as dramatic as solar eclipses. Total solar eclipses are eclipses of the sun in which the moon COMPLETELY hides the solar surface, cutting off direct sunlight to certain areas on the planet. During total solar eclipses, it becomes as dark as night, in the middle of the day. This freaks animals out, and often they are confused. You know who else it used to freak out? Humans!

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy today! http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 15 of Supreme Court Briefs, a man with diabetes is beat up by the police who think he is drunk and just robbed a convenience store. Spoiler alert- he didn't. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1988/87-6571 More sources: http://www.policemag.com/channel/patrol/articles/2014/10/understanding-graham-v-connor.aspx https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/why-it-will-be-very-hard-prosecute-cop-who-shot-terence-crutcher?utm_content=bufferf97d4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-singer/when-the-supreme-court-de_b_11329416.html http://www.salon.com/2014/09/06/shoot_first_ask_later_why_the_concept_of_reasonable_fear_is_anything_but_reasonable/ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2014/0822/How-a-1989-Supreme-Court-case-will-shape-Ferguson-investigation https://soc320lscr.wordpress.com/2014/11/03/excessive-force-reasonableness-and-graham-v-connor/ Dethorne Graham, who has diabetes, is about to have an insulin reaction. He has his friend, William Berry, drive him to a nearby convenience store to get some orange juice to counteract the reaction. Once he gets inside, he sees a really long line, making the store not so convenient anymore, and rushes back out to the car, directing his friend to drive him somewhere else to get the sugar he needs. Meanwhile, someone across the street is watching them. That someone is M.S. Connor, a police officer who was a bit uneasy about what he just witnessed. To him, it looked like Graham was robbing the convenience store, based on the fact that he entered and exited the store so quickly in what seemed to be a getaway car. Officer Connor immediately followed Graham and Berry’s car, flashing the patrol lights to pull them over about half a mile away from the store. As Connor approached the car, Berry frantically told him that Graham was a diabetic and he needed sugar immediately. Not believing him, Connor told the two to wait while he tried to figure out what happened back at the store. As Connor called for backup in his patrol car, Graham got out of the car, ran around it twice, and collapsed on the curb, passing out. Connor handcuffed Graham. By the time the backup, which was four other cops, arrived, Graham had regained consciousness. The cops seemed to assume that Graham was just drunk. Some of them didn’t believe Graham had diabetes. When Graham pleaded with them to check his wallet for a diabetic identification card, one of the officers told him to “shut up” and slammed him down on the hood of the car. The officers roughed up Graham pretty bad, throwing him head first into the patrol car. Later Graham claimed they gave him a bunch of cuts and bruises, injured his shoulder, and even broke his foot. As Graham waited in the back of the patrol car, a friend came by with some orange juice for him. However, the officers didn’t let him have it! Eventually, Officer Connor got a report that Graham had done nothing wrong at the convenience store, and the officers drove him home and released him. NO HARD FEELINGS, MAN. SO WE’RE COOL, RIGHT? Well, no, we are not cool. Graham later sued the five involved police officers, as well as the city of Charlotte. Graham argued his constitutional right to be free from excessive force had been violated. The district court used a due process test from a case known as Johnson v. Glick to determine if the officers were acting out of “good faith” or just acting “maliciously or sadistically.” In other words, were the cops trying to keep order or were they abusing their power? The district agreed with the city, justifying the actions of the police officers. Graham appealed to the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which agreed with the lower court. Graham appealed again, and the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case in October 1988, almost four years after the incident. Because Graham claimed his Fourth Amendment rights were violated, the Court had to make a decision based on how reasonable it was for the cops to do what they did strictly based on the Fourth Amendment. Because “objective reasonableness” could be interpreted in many many ways, the Court concluded such a case would be better judged from the perspective of the officers on the scene. On May 15, 1989, the Court announced they were unanimously in favor of Connor. The Court told the Fourth Circuit to look at the case again through the lens of the Fourth Amendment. They argued that doing that would make subjective concepts like malicious intent not applicable. Therefore, Connor was reasonably justified to assume that Graham had broken laws.

Just three countries- the United States, Myanmar (formerly Burma), and Liberia, still resist the metric system. Ever wonder why? Watch Mr. Beat's video anyway. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Footage used from: Flying the Nest EarthDirect All other images owned by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat) Sources: http://metricviews.org.uk/2014/03/metrication-in-myanmar/ http://time.com/3633514/why-wont-america-go-metric/ https://www.britannica.com/demystified/why-doesnt-the-u.s.-use-the-metric-system https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/06/why-the-metric-system-hasnt-failed-in-the-us/487040/ http://gawker.com/arizona-is-home-to-americas-last-metric-system-only-hig-1643558996 http://www.popsci.com/why-hasnt-us-adopted-metric-system The story of the metric system begins in Belgium, where this dude, Simon Stevin came up with the idea.The British philosopher John Wilkins expanded on Stevin’s idea and helped promote it further, but it wasn’t until the French Revolution it became a reality. The revolutionaries who overthrew the French monarchy decided the time was right to get everybody on the same measuring system. Before this, it’s estimated that around a quarter of a million different units of measure were used in France. Dang dude. The idea was, that if everyone was on the same page, less people would be ripped off and everything would be more efficient. The French philosopher Marquis de Condorcet famously proclaimed the metric system to be “for all people for all time.” And yet, it was hard for the new French government to enforce this new system. People were resistant to change, and old units were sometimes used locally. After Napoleon took over, the metric system expanded as the French Empire expanded across the continent. After Napoleon fell, many European countries decided to keep it because they kind of liked it, and it made trade easier. Eventually, as these European countries started colonizing the rest of the world, the metric system spread across the globe. But not to the United States. After the French first established the metric system, Americans thought about doing the same. Thomas Jefferson, the secretary of state at the time, straight up rejected the metric system, saying it was too French. And here TJ was a France fan. I should note that he actually was cool with a different standardized decimal system that used traditional names for units. Regardless, even as the metric system spread, this precedent set by Jefferson held. Sure, there were still plenty of attempts to adopt it later on. Congress even passed The Metric Act of 1866, in uh, 1866 to legalize use of the metric system in the United States. In the early 1900s, famous people like Alexander Graham Bell testified before Congress, urging them to adopt it. In 1927, Americans sent over 100,000 petitions to Congress begging them to officially adopt it. That year, those countries who had officially adopted the metric system were still in the minority. But most Americans resisted, calling metric system proponents elitist and thinking the rest of the world should follow them, not the other way around. And besides, the United Kingdom used the imperial system, too, so nah nah nah nah nah nah. But in a shocking turn of events, in 1973 the UK officially required the country to use the metric system to help their economy. Partially in response to this, President Gerald Ford signed the Metric Conversion Act into law in 1975. This law declared the metric system the best for trade and commerce and set up the United States Metric Board to help transition the country into the metric system. And yet, because the law was voluntary, the United States has yet to fully implement it, which is why there is only one random highway in Arizona that has all metric road signs. Surprisingly, by some estimates, half the country does use the metric system in some form or another. So why don’t all Americans get on the same page? Basically because the transition would be a pain in the butt. It would cost a lot and take a lot of time to transfer everything over, and the infrastructure and many industries within the country rely on the imperial system. Momentum is a hard thing to reverse. Myanmar resisted the metric system and used more traditional forms of measurement for so long due to their isolation. Now that they are more open, that’s changing. What about Liberia? Well, Liberia was founded by Americans, yo. It was settled by thousands of free African Americans during the 1800s, and they brought American culture and traditions with them, including the imperial measuring system.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy today! http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 14 of Supreme Court Briefs, a company trying to show broadcast television on phones and tablets gets sued by, you guessed it, broadcast companies. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2013/13-461 Additional sources used: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/business/media/supreme-court-rules-against-aereo-in-broadcasters-challenge.html?_r=0 http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/american-broadcasting-companies-inc-v-aereo-inc/ https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/13-461_l537.pdf http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/06/abc_v_aereo_ruling_the_supreme_court_s_terrible_technological_analogies.html New York City March 14, 2012 A company called Oreo launches. Uh yeah, they provide the best cookies around, and...hold up...wait a minute...my mistake, I’m sorry. A company called Aereo (air-e-o) launches, allowing people to view live broadcast television on Internet-connected devices. For $8 to $12 a month, viewers could access the airwaves on their phone or tablet no matter where they were. Well a bunch of broadcasting companies didn’t like that so much. Two weeks before the launch, ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX had all sued Aereo, arguing that the company threatened their copyrighted material because the streaming of live broadcast television in this way counted as a “public performance,” which means they needed to get a special license. The four broadcasting companies argued that Aereo broke part of the interestingly named Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act, which said you have to negotiate with broadcasters before you carry their signals. ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX all basically said Aereo was stealing both their programming and customers. After the broadcasting companies failed to stop the launch of Aereo in federal court, they appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. This court agreed with the lower court, saying Aereo had the right to do this as their streams to subscribers were not “public performances,” so there wasn’t copyright infringement. This happened on April 1, 2013. By this time, Aereo was quickly growing and expanding across the country, getting awesome reviews from both the media and customers. But the broadcasting companies weren’t done yet...obviously. I’ve found corporations tend to have a lot of money to take others to court, for some strange reason. Anyway, the broadcasters appealed to the Supreme Court, and on January 10, 2014, the Court agreed to hear the case. This time around, the broadcasters had lots of allies, including the NFL, Major League Baseball, the Department of Justice, the United States Copyright Office, and some judge in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, who blocked Aereo in his district. Probably due to those allies, it was not looking good for Aereo. On June 25, 2014, the Court ruled in favor of the broadcasters, 6-3, and against Aereo. The Court explained Aereo was definitely breaking copyright law as it acted like a cable company that rebroadcasted copyrighted content. Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the dissenting minority, saying the Court should not be making judgements on new technologies- it was the job of Congress. Before the Supreme Court decision, Aereo had about 80,000 subscribers. Well, three days after the decision, they all lost the service. Aereo filed for bankruptcy on November 21, 2014, and was later bought by TiVo for $1 million. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc. kept the status quo in broadcasting. Many argue it limited innovation. Critics say it’s likely the consumers who got screwed over the most in this one. #supremecourt #scotus #apgov

Americans are moving to the Sun Belt in huge numbers. In this video, Mr. Beat explains the many reasons why so many have been moving to the Sun Belt since right after World War II. Learn about the Rust Belt by watching Grant Hurst's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfASWPpeZLE&feature=youtu.be Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Footage used from: Aerial Media X Mr Walker Visuals Wisconsin Weather ColinHiggins573 All other images owned by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat) Sources: https://www.thoughtco.com/sun-belt-in-united-states-1435569 https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2017/comm/cb17-81-cities-growing.html http://www.azfamily.com/story/34980466/maricopa-county-saw-biggest-population-growth-in-the-us-last-year http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Harris-County-drops-to-No-2-nationally-in-11024290.php https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2017-05-25/fastest-growing-us-cities-are-in-south-4-of-top-5-in-texas http://www.citymetric.com/fabric/lintheads-high-tech-sun-belt-and-why-america-continues-head-south-2588 http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2017/02/03/whats-driving-population-declines-in-more-states Americans are moving South. In huge numbers. Between July 2015 and July 2016, Harris County in Texas, where Houston is located, grew an average of 155 people per day. Maricopa County in Arizona, where Phoenix is located, grew an average of 223 people per day during that same time period. 11 of the 15 fastest growing major cities in the United States are in the region known as the Sun Belt. The Sun Belt generally stretches across the entire Southern portion of the United States, including the states of Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California. It’s definitely an arbitrary definition. Some geographers label the Sun Belt any part of the United States south of the 36th parallel. With that definition, you would add the states of Oklahoma, Tennessee, and North Carolina to the region, and the map would look like this. The Sun Belt is currently known for it’s mild winters, the tourism associated with those mild winters, growing economic opportunities, and its, uh, SUN. As in it’s always sunny. It’s not always sunny in Philadelphia. It’s always sunny in Phoenix. Political analyst Kevin Phillips first popularized the term “Sun Belt” in 1969 in his book The Emerging Republican Majority, and the term continues to stick around. However, as I said before, Americans had been flocking to the South since right after World War II. But why, Mr. Beat. WHY? First, let’s just get the obvious reason out the way. Many Americans, especially retiring Americans, just wanted to settle down in a warmer climate. Winters in the Midwest and Northeast can be brutal. So why did they wait until after World War II? Well, this was around the time home air conditioning units became affordable. Sure, winters in the South can be heaven, but the summers can also be relentless, but after air conditioners became widespread, it was much easier to deal with those 115 degree afternoons in Arizona. So retirees were flocking down there, but what about those looking for work? After World War II, there seemed to be plenty of jobs waiting for Americans down in the South. The federal government spent most of its Cold War money on the defense and aerospace industries of the South, where everything was cheaper compared to the North. Workers could even be paid less, in part due to there being less labor unions in the South. The Sun Belt also received much more money than the north from the federal government in terms of military and aerospace spending. Oil boomed in Texas. Tourism obviously boomed pretty much everywhere in the Sun Belt. The creation of the interstate highway system in the 1950s opened up once isolated southern regions to the rest of the country. Southern governments offered incentives for businesses to move there. Part of the region’s economic growth came from introducing new farming technologies in arid areas. Speaking of arid, yeah, much of the Sun Belt is pretty dry. Irrigation from redirecting water can only last for so long, so this remains a serious challenge in the future for the American Southwest in particular. Oh, and I forgot to mention, the cost of living was much cheaper in many areas of the Sun Belt. By the 1970s, the Sun Belt was growing at a high rate. And while there have been the occasional, temporary setbacks ever since, this trend has not slowed down. Today, the Sun Belt states are where most of the growth occurs.

Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt After more than six years, Mr. Beat's channel has over 10,000 subscribers. Thank you so much to all of you for watching and supporting me over the years. This was quite the epic video. There is the standard Q and A, but also some other fun stuff mixed in that I hope you enjoy. KJHK Documentary by Mr. Beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7r3N-oOhxo Compromise of 1850 video by Mr. Beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_RAdqMye60&list=PUmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ&index=199 Channels I mentioned: Cogito: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKMnl27hDMKvch--noWe5CA Professor Dave Explains https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0cd_-e49hZpWLH3UIwoWRA Political Junkie https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyuAKnN3g2fZ7_R9irgEUZQ Knowing Better: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8XjmAEDVZSCQjI150cb4QA Grant Hurst: https://www.youtube.com/user/GrantGHurst

Last week, Mr. Beat attended his very first Vidcon. Tristan from Step Back History also attended his very first Vidcon. While there, the two asked random Vidcon attendees random history questions, Jay Leno style. You might be surprised at how they did. A special thanks to our wives, Shannon and Kelly, for facilitating this video's production, and everyone who stopped to participate in the video. Check out Tristan's channel, Step Back History! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxTdWpLJurbGlFMWOwXWG_A Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt #vidcon2017 #vidcon #historyfacts

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy today! http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 13 of Supreme Court Briefs, Eugene Debs gives a speech criticizing war and praising socialism. He promptly gets arrested for breaking the Sedition Act, and spends the next several years fighting for his freedom. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/249us211 Additional sources: "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn http://www.encyclopedia.com/politics/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/debs-v-united-states-249-us-211-1919 http://uscivilliberties.org/cases/3678-debs-v-united-states-249-us-211-1919.html Canton, Ohio June 16, 1918 Eugene Debs, the famous labor activist and five-time Socialist Party of America presidential candidate, gives a speech, opposing World War One. He is careful with his words, for he knows that, under the Sedition Act of 1918, he could go to prison for criticizing the war or President Woodrow Wilson. In his speech, he did not specifically mention World War One nor criticize President Wilson. Even so, Debs was pretty courageous to give this speech. I’ll have Mark Ruffalo read you a sample of it. “They have always taught and trained you to believe it to be your patriotic duty to go to war and to have yourselves slaughtered at their command. But in all the history of the world you, the people, have never had a voice in declaring war, and strange as it certainly appears, no war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people.” Two weeks later, police arrested Debs and charged him with breaking the Sedition Act. In federal court, Debs argued that he was justified giving the speech due to the First Amendment. He also argued that the Sedition Act was unconstitutional. At his trial, he gave a speech to the court that one journalist said was “one of the most beautiful and moving passages in the English language.” Apparently the court wasn’t all that moved. On November 18, 1918, they found Debs guilty. The judge sentenced him to 10 years in prison and said he could never vote again. Debs appealed the conviction to the Supreme Court. This was a time when the Court was looking at a lot of cases involving free speech. Three weeks before the Court heard arguments from Eugene Debs and his lawyers, they heard arguments for a case called Schenck v. United States. In this case, the Court ended up deciding that speech should be limited if it leads to people committing a crime. This was where the “clear and present danger” doctrine came from. Basically, if speech can directly lead to hurting the country, then the Court said it can be limited. So the Court checked out several statements that Debs had made regarding the war. In each one of them, Debs was careful to attempt to comply with the Sedition Act of 1918 and the rest of the Espionage Act. However, the Court ended up concluding that his ultimate goal with these statements was obstructing the draft and thus hurting the war effort. On March 10, 1919, in a unanimous opinion, the Court announced it agreed with the lower court, upholding Debs’ conviction. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr (OliWen in the house!) gave the opinion. Holmes admitted that the speech Debs got in trouble for was mostly just about socialism. However, Holmes argued that the speech also was meant to get people fired up against American involvement in World War One to a point where people resisted the draft. Eugene Debs went to prison on April 13, 1919. A protest of his imprisonment directly led to the May Day riots of 1919. But, I mean, in 1919 riots were totally the rage all across the country anyway. Even in prison, Debs wouldn’t shut his mouth. He remained politically active, writing a series of columns talking trash about the prison system. Oh yeah, and he also ran for President from prison. Really. In the election of 1920, Debs got 3.4% of the popular vote, by far the most anyone has ever got running for President from prison. Debs. v United States was just one of several Supreme Court cases dealing with the limits of free speech that all took place right after World War One ended. It justified limited speech especially during times of crisis, like war. On December 13, 1920, Congress got rid of the Sedition Act. A year later, the new President, Warren Harding, freed Debs from prison. However, prison had taken a toll on his health. He died less than five years later.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy today! http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 12 of Supreme Court Briefs, a gay couple go to great lengths to get married, and ultimately help change how the Supreme Court interprets the 14th amendment as it pertains to same-sex marriage. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2014/14-556 Additional Sources: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2015/06/same-sex-marriage-pioneer-hails-u-s-supreme-court-ruling/ http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/04/14/obergefell-takes-lead-landmark-gay-marriage-case/25783191/ http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/uncucumbered/tuesday_scotus_hears_marriage_equality_arguments_meet_the_plaintiffs http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/06/26/us/annotated-supreme-court-decision-on-doma.html?_r=1& https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/the-dangerous-doctrine-of-dignity/391796/ https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/his-huband-died-in-2013-but-jim-obergefell-is-still-fighting?utm_term=.spaZR6rJB#.tgZE2KDAy https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/how-jim-obergefell-became-the-face-of-the-supreme-court-gay-marriage-case/2015/04/06/3740433c-d958-11e4-b3f2-607bd612aeac_story.html?utm_term=.b5fb8bbadef5 Jim Obergefell (Ohberguhfell) reads a news story online about the Supreme Court decision in a case known as United States v. Windsor. In that case, the Court decided that part of the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional. This meant that same-sex married couples could have federal benefits as long as they were married in states where same-sex marriages were legal. Jim turned to his boyfriend of more than 20 years, John Arthur, who was laying in bed. Arthur could no longer walk due to ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, which was quickly destroying his body. Obergefell kissed Arthur on the forehead and said, “let’s get married.” “Ok,” Arthur replied. They chose Maryland as the state to get married in, as same-sex marriage was illegal in their home state of Ohio. Turning to friends and family on Facebook, the couple raised $13,000 to have an ambulance take them to the airport, where they then boarded a medically equipped plane to the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, just outside Baltimore. On that day, July 11, 2013, they were married inside the plane on the tarmac. Unfortunately, once they returned to Ohio, they learned that Jim would not be listed on John’s death certificate as his surviving spouse. The reason? Ohio didn’t recognize their marriage for any purpose at all. So Jim and John sued John Kasich. Ok, so really they sued the state of Ohio, but Kasich was the governor so his name went down as the defendant. And it was really just Jim at this point as John was too weak to act. Jim argued that Ohio discriminated against same-sex couples who had married legally outside of the state. On July 22, the District Judge, a dude named Timothy Black, recognized the marriage, preventing Ohio from leaving John’s name off the death certificate after he died. Just three months later, John Arthur did pass away. While Jim’s name indeed did appear as John’s surviving spouse on the death certificate, Ohio had appealed this to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. As it turns out, several others were suing their states for the same reason. The Sixth Circuit combined six different decisions from four different states. Jim Obergefell’s case was just one of the six. On November 6, 2014, by a vote of 2-1, the Sixth Circuit ruled in favor of the states with the laws banning same-sex marriage. It cited the Supreme Court case Baker v. Nelson, a decision which said states can limit marriage to persons of the opposite sex, as justification for their ruling. Writing for the majority, Judge Jeffrey Sutton wrote: "Not one of the plaintiffs' theories...makes the case for constitutionalizing the definition of marriage and for removing the issue from the place it has been since the founding: in the hands of state voters." Jim and all the others challenging the state same-sex marriage bans appealed to the Supreme Court. The Court agreed to hear four of the same-sex marriage cases that directly challenged state laws banning same-sex marriage. One of these was Obergefell v. Hodges. Wait a sec. Who is Hodges? Hodges was the new dude appointed by Kasich to be Ohio’s health director back in August 2014, so yay, now his name gets to randomly go down in history!

Why is Kansas City in Missouri? Mr. Beat answers, and films on location, getting some strange looks on State Line Road. Yayness! Want Mr. Beat to create a video about a topic of your choice? Your idea gets picked when you donate at least $3 on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt All images in public domain or owned by Matt Beat. Produced by Matt and Steven Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room. Sources: "Kansas City and How It Grew, 1822-2011" by James R. Shortridge Buy it here: https://amzn.to/2EngK23 http://kcur.org/post/how-state-line-has-divided-kansas-city-metro#stream/0 https://www.quora.com/Which-US-states-have-a-Kansas-City-and-why-are-there-multiple-Kansas-Cities http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/wyandotte/wyandotte-co-p12.html http://kcur.org/post/how-kansas-missouri-state-line-became-road#stream/0 In 2005, I watched the British band Keane at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City. After they finished playing a song, the lead singer, Tom Chaplin, said it was the band’s first time in Kansas. Many members of the crowd immediately booed him for saying that. Why? Kansas City is in Missouri. But at least Chaplin had a good excuse, as most people who are not American don’t know that. They may not even know that Kansas and Missouri exist, although a lot of people seem to know Kansas due to The Wizard of Oz. Before you get all mad at stuff. I know there’s more than Kansas City, Missouri. Across the street there’s a Kansas City, Kansas, too! Most of my wife’s family is from that Kansas City, the one in, you know, Kansas. But Kansas City, Kansas, or KCK is often overshadowed by Kansas City, Missouri, or KCMO due to the fact that it’s more than three times larger and has the majority of attractions that “Kansas City” is known for. Sure, KCK has the Kansas Speedway and Sporting KC, but KCMO has the Power and Light District, the Sprint Center, the World War 1 Museum, Westport, the Country Club Plaza, the Royals and the Chiefs, and Bryan Busby. So there are two Kansas Cities, but why is the Kansas City most people think of the one that’s in Missouri? Well strangely, Kansas City, Missouri existed first. First known as The City of Kansas, it was incorporated on February 22, 1853. Its residents named it after the Kansa, a Native American tribe that the residents of Kansas also named their state after later on. Keep in mind that Kansas didn’t exist yet in 1853. The next year, it became a territory and it didn’t become a state until 1861. It wasn’t until October 1872 that a few smaller towns all together to officially form Kansas City, Kansas. Of course, this was after Kansas City, Missouri’s population had skyrocketed. Before the Civil War, KCMO had less than 5,000 people. A decade later, it was approaching 35,000. The folks in KCK wanted to piggyback on the success of KCMO and essentially confuse visitors into thinking THEY were the real Kansas City. I should mention that before this, Kansas politicians made several attempts to annex KCMO and the surrounding area into Kansas. The Kansas City Times editorial board wrote, “Kansas City, Mo, is the legitimate outgrowth of the state of Kansas. In everything but a line on the map she is essentially a city of Kansas.” Unfortunately for Kansas, Missourians didn’t want to lose KCMO because you know, KCMO is awesome, so they fought back. Since then, the two cities and their suburbs have thrived in their own ways, but KCMO often dominates the headlines. Freaking KCMO. Anyway, how about this street behind me? It divides not just part of KCK and KCMO, but Kansas and Missouri further south. It’s called State Line Road, and it’s one of the most unique borders in the world. A street that divides two states presents unique challenges. Taxes are lower on this side than that side (that’s why you typically see more businesses on this side). At one time, the drinking age was 18 on that side of the street but 21 on this side. That led to a lot of 18 year olds crossing this street from here to there and later stumbling back, at least I presume. But how and why did State Line Road come to be? The earliest mention of State Line Road comes from an 1872 directory. Back then, it was just a few blocks long. Just like today, people went back and forth across the border like it was nothing. Back then, this was where the cows were. In fact, cows could often be in both states at the same time. The stockyards straddled the border so that people could more easily conduct business on both sides of the state line, sometimes within the same building. Soon though, it became apparent that a road separating the stockyards made it easier to move about to conduct such business. As the cities and their suburbs grew to the south, so did State Line Road. Today, it stretches nearly 14 miles.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy today! http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 11 of Supreme Court Briefs, a slave fights for his family's freedom after they live in free states for a while. Check out cool primary sources here: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/60/393/case.html Additional sources: https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/dred-scott-decision-still-resonates-today-2 https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/DredScott.html http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/antebellum/landmark_dred.html http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/africanamerican/scott/scott.asp St. Louis, Missouri Some time between 1830 and 1833 Dr. John Emerson, an United States Army surgeon, buys a slave named Dred Scott. Emerson moved around a lot, and he always took Scott with him. In 1836, Emerson moved to Fort Armstrong, Illinois, taking Scott with him of course. Interestingly, Missouri was a state where slavery was legal, but in Illinois it was not. The next year, Emerson moved again, this time to the territory of Wisconsin (which is now in the state of Minnesota), where slavery was also illegal. While there, Dred Scott fell in love and married Harriet Robinson, another slave owned by a dude named Lawrence Taliaferro. Emerson ended up moving back to Missouri again shortly after this, leaving Dred and Harriet behind and leasing them out to other army officers. Well guess what? Emerson fell in love, too. He met a chick named Eliza Irene Sanford, who went by Irene, after he moved down to Louisiana for a bit. Hey I told you he moved a lot. Emerson married Sanford in Louisiana, and soon after asked Dred and Harriet to join him again. Harriet was pregnant and ended up having the baby on the trip down somewhere between Illinois and Wisconsin, in free territory. The Emersons and Scotts returned to Missouri a couple years later. John Emerson died in 1843, and Irene inherited his estate and the Scott family. However, for the next three years, Dred and Harriet Scott were hired out to different people. Dred and Harriet first tried to buy their freedom, but that didn’t work. So on April 6, 1846, the Scotts, with some help from legal advisors, sued Irene Emerson to obtain freedom from slavery. By this time, they had two kids. What’s crazy is that the Scotts were able to pay for it due to the family of Dred Scott’s previous owner helping out. The Scotts went through three lawyers over a 14-month period, but ultimately lost the case due to a technicality. Dred and Harriet Scott could not prove they were actually Irene Emerson’s slaves. However, the Scotts lawyers were able to get them a second trial. Due to a major fire, a cholera epidemic, and several other delays, that trial didn’t begin until January 1850. In this trial, they were able to prove that they were Emerson’s slaves.The jury favored the Scotts, granting them their freedom. Yay! Hold up. Not so fast, Emerson’s lawyers said. After all, Emerson would be losing four slaves, worth a lot of money. Her lawyers asked for a new trial, but they were denied. So then they appealed to the Missouri Supreme Court, who reversed the decision, arguing the Scotts were still slaves and they should have sued for freedom when they had the chance back when they lived in a free state. Well dang, so the Scotts were still slaves. But this saga isn’t over yet. Dred Scott sued again, on November 2, 1853, this time in federal court. For this suit, a lawyer named Roswell Field agreed to help free of charge. Except, this time, he wasn’t suing Emerson. He was suing her brother, John Sanford, who now claimed ownership of him. Aw how sweet, she gave him a gift. What a nice sister. Scott also alleged that Sanford assaulted his family. The judge went with Sanford because of the Missouri Supreme Court decision that said the Scotts were still slaves. Field was determined to get this one to the Supreme Court, though, as he wanted to settle the question: “did living in a free state or territory permanently free a slave?” The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case, but not until February 1856. Keep in mind this is 10 YEARS after the Scotts first sued for freedom. Just Dred officially filed, with the implication his family would be freed as well if they sided with him. It became known as Dred Scott v. Sandford. Wait...SANDford? Yep, even though John Sanford’s name was, you know, Sanford, a clerk misspelled his name in court records and it stayed that way. The Supreme Court justices argued the case multiple times the rest of the year, finally giving a decision on March 6, 1857. The Court ruled 7-2 in favor of Sanford. One final time, Dred Scott and his family were denied their freedom. #supremecourtbriefs #apush #dredscottdecision

Did we really land on the moon? Mr. Beat examines the main reasons why people think the moon landings were faked. And this is his first official collaboration with Keith Hughes! Check out Keith's video here about the race to the moon here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22TsmogTo60&feature=youtu.be Subscribe to Keith here: https://www.youtube.com/user/hughesDV Want a video about a certain topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate $2 a video on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Yes, we landed on the moon, but it’s been almost 45 years since we’ve been back there. Heck, it’s been almost 45 years since we went beyond low Earth orbit. And when I say “we,” I mean the United States. Only 12 humans have ever walked on the surface of the moon, all of them men, and all of them American. The last two to be there were Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt. That was in December of 1972, of the Apollo 17 mission. It’s easy to understand why people would be skeptical. Skeptics often point to the motive for wanting to fake the whole thing. The race to the moon was part of the Space Race, during a particularly tense time during the Cold War. The United States and Soviet Union were battling it out to get there first. Skeptics say the United States would have wanted to fake it to show they won the Space Race even if they knew it actually wasn’t possible to go. The Soviet Union had epically failed to ever get even near the moon, so they argue it seems suspicious that the United States able to land men safely on the moon six times in 3 and a half years, yet never do so since. Was this just a publicity stunt, faked in order to strongly discourage the Soviet Union and give the United States a huge advantage in the Cold War while saving its lots of money? But how could this hoax be pulled off? Skeptics argue the technology did exist to recreate a fake mooning landing in a film studio. Sure, they argue the astronauts really did take off into space, but they likely just orbited the earth for several days before landing back on Earth, while faked footage was distributed to the masses. But what evidence do that have of the moon landings being faked? For the rest of this video, I will first give you evidence that creates doubt, then give you NASA’s response, and then give you my conclusion. The first thing that causes doubt is the footage showing the American flag on the moon waving. Skeptics say the flag waving shows the presence of wind, which should be impossible on the moon because it doesn’t have much of an atmosphere and is surrounded by a vacuum. NASA insists that the flag moved due to astronaut Buzz Aldrin twisting the flagpole, causing it to move like that. Apparently the astronauts also accidentally bent the horizontal rods that were supposed to hold the flag outward. The next evidence that causes doubt is the fact that there were no stars in any of the footage or photographs taken by NASA on the moon. Skeptics say stars were left out because astronomers would have been able to use them to determine whether the photos were taken from the Earth or Moon. NASA, as well as many many others, argue that of course you wouldn’t be able to see the stars because the moon’s surface is so bright. It’s the same reason why you can’t see the stars standing on a bright football field at night. Some astronauts were able to take long exposure UV photographs of bright stars and Venus from the moon, though. But skeptics would probably argue these photos were taken from earth. What about the fact that there was no blast crater from the lunar module on the moon, especially when scientists before predicted one would be created? Well NASA says those scientists predicted wrong. The fact is, the pressure on the moon was simply too low for the lunar module to create a crater. Quite a bit of discussion by skeptics revolve around the discussion of lighting and shadows in photographs taken on the moon. Shadows are inconsistent and often intersect in photographs. Skeptics argue that the shadows should be completely black and run parallel to each other. NASA and others argue that shadows are weird on the Moon due to many light sources and lunar dust. Also, the unique terrain of the moon alters how the shadows are seen. Skeptics also say the photographs on the Moon show the same exact background, despite astronauts saying the photos were taken far away from each other. They argue that the backdrop was basically kept the same, even for different Apollo missions. Take this photograph, for example. Skeptics have combined the two pictures and claim the backgrounds match. Pretty crazy, eh? Well, NASA says that because the Moon is much smaller than Earth, horizons appear closer to the naked eye than they really are, and thus may look identical from different viewpoints.

According to Mr. Beat, it was the collapse of the Soviet Union, although many people give credit to capitalism, Ronald Reagan, or even Harry Truman. For my full paper on this topic, including sources, visit here: https://www.scribd.com/document/348760786/Historiography-of-What-Ended-the-Cold-War-Matt-Beat Donate to Mr. Beat, eh? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt By the 1960s, the world’s two largest communist countries, the Soviet Union and China, were not getting along so well. Mao Zedong, the leader of China,and Nikita Khrushchev, the leader of the Soviet Union, both had different interpretations of communist ideology, and the two countries simply had conflicting national interests. Mao generally thought that Khrushchev and his regime favored a revisionist, or watered down version of Marxism. Regardless, things got tense between the two countries, and this became known as the Sino-Soviet split. Soon after this, Nixon seized the moment and opened up diplomatic and economic relations with China. Soon after this, Nixon sat down with the Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev to sign the SALT I Treaty, which was the first time that the United States and Soviet Union both agreed to limit the number of nuclear missiles they had. By the time Jimmy Carter had taken office in 1977, it really seemed the Cold War was about to end, as the United States was getting along with both China and the Soviet Union better than it had since the beginning of the Cold War. Carter was less flexible than Nixon was, however, and he demanded the Soviet Union do more to guarantee equal rights for everyone. Sure, Carter and Brezhnev signed the SALT II Treaty, which limited the number of strategic weapons and nuclear-missile launchers each side could produce, but tensions still went back up a bit during his Presidency. During the early 1980s, tensions went up even further as President Ronald Reagan talked a lot of trash against the Soviet Union (Evil Empire speech) and greatly increased military spending, creating Star Wars. No no no no, not that Star Wars. Although that movie is how it got its nickname. Star Wars was also known as the Strategic Defense Initiative, the defense system that would keep Americans safe from enemy missiles that didn’t really launch (pun intended) due to being expensive and overambitious. At the same time, the Soviet Union was stuck in an unpopular war against the Mujahideen in Afghanistan, appearing to much of the world as an imperialist, aggressive, bully. In 1983, the movie The Day After, a film about nuclear attacks on the United States by the Soviet Union mostly filmed in the city where I live (Lawrence represent!) became the highest-rated television film in history. More than 100 million people tuned in and were justifiably freaked out that the end of the world was near. By the 1960s, the world’s two largest communist countries, the Soviet Union and China, were not getting along so well. Mao Zedong, the leader of China,and Nikita Khrushchev, the leader of the Soviet Union, both had different interpretations of communist ideology, and the two countries simply had conflicting national interests. Mao generally thought that Khrushchev and his regime favored a revisionist, or watered down version of Marxism. Regardless, things got tense between the two countries, and this became known as the Sino-Soviet split. Soon after this, Nixon seized the moment and opened up diplomatic and economic relations with China. Soon after this, Nixon sat down with the Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev to sign the SALT I Treaty, which was the first time that the United States and Soviet Union both agreed to limit the number of nuclear missiles they had. By the time Jimmy Carter had taken office in 1977, it really seemed the Cold War was about to end, as the United States was getting along with both China and the Soviet Union better than it had since the beginning of the Cold War. Carter was less flexible than Nixon was, however, and he demanded the Soviet Union do more to guarantee equal rights for everyone. Sure, Carter and Brezhnev signed the SALT II Treaty, which limited the number of strategic weapons and nuclear-missile launchers each side could produce, but tensions still went back up a bit during his Presidency. During the early 1980s, tensions went up even further as President Ronald Reagan talked a lot of trash against the Soviet Union (Evil Empire speech) and greatly increased military spending, creating Star Wars. No no no no, not that Star Wars. Although that movie is how it got its nickname. Star Wars was also known as the Strategic Defense Initiative, the defense system that would keep Americans safe from enemy missiles that didn’t really launch (pun intended) due to being expensive and overambitious.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Check it out here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 10 of Supreme Court Briefs, a corporation argues it has the right to spend as much money as it wants on a political campaign because of the First Amendment. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/2008/08-205 Additional sources: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/us/politics/22scotus.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://dailycaller.com/2010/01/29/in-defense-of-citizens-united-v-fec/ http://truth-out.org/archive/component/k2/item/94728:the-story-of-citizens-united-v-fec http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/citizens-united-v-federal-election-commission/ Washington, D.C. 2007 A self-described conservative non-profit corporation called Citizens United wants to release a documentary. The film, called Hillary: The Movie, (hey that’s a pretty catchy title) talks a bunch of trash about Hillary Clinton, who just so happens to be running for President. Citizens United wanted to distribute and advertise the film within a month before the Democratic primary elections in January 2008. However, this would be a violation of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, aka BCRA (bikruh), aka the McCain-Feingold Act, the latest law that limited how political campaigns were paid for. BCRA said corporations or labor unions can’t spend money from their general treasury to broadcast anything through the mass media that specifically brings up a candidate running for federal office within 30 days of a primary. Anticipating that the Federal Election Commission, or FEC, might try to stop the release of their documentary, Citizens United went ahead and took the FEC to the United States District Court, essentially saying “don’t even think about it, FEC.” Citizens United claimed BCRA didn’t apply to Hillary: The Movie, because the film wasn’t clearly for or against a candidate. It also claimed that the Supreme Court decision FEC v. Wisconsin Right To Life justified them releasing the film within 30 days of the Democratic primaries. Not only that, but Citizens United argued that portions of BCRA straight up violated the FIrst Amendment to the Constitution. On January 15, 2008, the three-judge U.S. District Court said “nope, sorry Citizens United.” You can’t have your injunction, you gotta let the FEC regulate. The court said the film was clearly just meant to get people to not vote for Hillary Clinton, I mean...it was called Hillary: The Movie, for crying out loud. They also said the film was meant to be strategically shown right before the primaries for this purpose, and they cited the Supreme Court decision in McConnell v. FEC as justification that the FEC could prevent the showing up this film. Citizens United was like you know what? I’m appealing to the Supreme Court. Now, as you know, this can be a long process. What ended up happening was Hillary Clinton did not get the Democratic nomination and Barack Obama ended up being elected President later that year. But that ended up being irrelevant other than the fact that Obama nominated a new justice, Sonia Sotomayor, that agreed with the justice she replaced, David Souter. Throughout 2009, the Supreme Court heard multiple arguments about the case. The Court had remained very divided on the issue. Things got pretty philosophical. Finally, on January 21, 2010, the Court ruled 5-4 in favor of Citizens United, arguing that the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment prohibited the government from limiting money spent by corporations, labor unions, and other associations, on political campaigns. Specifically, we’re talking about independent political expenditures, or political campaign contributions not directly affiliated with the candidate. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion. “If the First Amendment has any force, it prohibits Congress from fining or jailing citizens, or associations of citizens, for simply engaging in political speech.” The Court's ruling basically freed corporations and unions to spend as much money as they want to elect or defeat candidates, as long as they didn’t contribute directly to candidates or political parties. The majority also argued that First Amendment protects ASSOCIATIONS of individuals, not just individual speakers, so you can’t prohibit speech based on the identity of the speaker. So corporations have free speech rights just like you or I. The idea of Corporate Personhood, or the legal notion that corporations share some of the same legal rights and responsibilities held by individuals, had pretty much been established by the Supreme Court since the 1800s. In this case, the Court definitely ruled that corporations are people man, corporations are people. Justice John Paul Stevens led the opinion of the dissent.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 9 of Supreme Court Briefs, a man can't afford a lawyer, struggles to defend himself in court, gets convicted of a crime he didn't commit, writes a letter, and everything turns out all groovy. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1962/155 Additional sources used: http://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/facts-and-case-summary-gideon-v-wainwright https://www.justice.gov/atj/legacy-gideon-v-wainwright http://sixthamendment.org/the-right-to-counsel/history-of-the-right-to-counsel/gideon-v-wainwright-the-watershed-moment/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gideon-v-wainwright-case-providing-defendants-an-attorney-turns-50/ Reading Through History: The Great Supreme Court Cases Panama City, Florida June 3, 1961 Sometime between midnight and 8am, someone breaks into the Bay Harbor Poolroom and steals money from a cash register. One witness reported that they had seen a man named Clarence Earl Gideon walk out of the poolroom at around 5:30 that morning, walking out with a wine bottle and his pockets filled with wads of cash. Gideon, a drifter who spent most of his adult life in and out of different prisons for nonviolent crimes, was an easy target. Police arrested him for breaking and entering and trying to steal. Well as it turns out, Gideon had no money. Because he couldn’t afford a lawyer, he asked a Florida Circuit Court judge to appoint one for him, claiming the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution guarantees everyone a lawyer. The judge was like, “sorry dude,” and denied his request. Florida law only allowed the court to provide a lawyer if the defendant was charged with a capital offense, or one so serious that death might be the punishment. And so, Gideon was left to represent himself, and most say he didn’t do that good of a job defending himself. The court found him guilty of the accused crimes and sentenced him to five years in prison. While serving his sentence in a Florida state prison, Gideon began to teach himself law, which made even more confident that his rights were being violated when the Florida Circuit Court refused to provide a lawyer for him. From his prison cell, he hand wrote a letter directly to the Supreme Court. Not only did the Supreme Court actually read his petition, they agreed to actually hear his case. Gideon’s lawsuit specifically went against the Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, who was a dude named H.G. Cochran. However, Cochran went up and done retired, and was replaced by another dude named Louie Wainwright. So Gideon was suing Wainwright. Get it? Gideon v. Wainwright? Anyway, the Supreme Court was being all nice and assigned Gideon a well established Washington, D.C. lawyer and future Supreme Court justice named Abe Fortas to represent him. As it turns out, the Supreme Court had been waiting for this opportunity. Back in 1932, in Powell v. Alabama, the Court had decided that people accused of crimes should both be notified that they have the right to a lawyer and should be provided one if they can’t afford one. However, this only applied to capital offenses. And then, ten years later, the Court decided in Betts v. Brady that, unless there were special circumstances, people didn’t have to have a lawyer provided for them by the state. Well, with Gideon, the Court said THE HECK WITH YOU BETTS. No, not Mr. Betts. Betts v. Brady. They overturned Betts v. Brady. On March 18, 1963, the Court announced unanimously, in favor of Gideon. It argued that the Sixth Amendment doesn’t point out a difference between capital and noncapital cases. It also said the 14th amendment gave the federal government authority to control state laws that denied 6th amendment rights. The decision did not free Gideon from prison. Rather, he got a new trial with a new lawyer provided by the government of Florida. The new trial took place August 5, 1963, five months after the Supreme Court. His new lawyer completely discredited the original case against Gideon. The jury found Gideon not guilty after just one hour of deliberation. Gideon was free. Gideon v. Wainwright further protected the rights of the accused, which the Warren Court would also do again three years later with the Miranda v. Arizona decision. Hey check out that episode if you haven’t already. The decision also greatly expanded the power of the 14th amendment, protecting individual rights against both federal and state laws that threatened them. Sadly, today many states do not provide adequate funding for their public defender systems. As matter of fact, the state of Missouri was recently sued due to this.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 8 of Supreme Court Briefs, the Court unanimously has major issues with Plessy v. Ferguson, and ends up dramatically changing the future of the Civil Rights Movement by ruling segregation "inherently unequal.” Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/347us483 Additional sources used: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_brown.html https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/04/two-milestones-in-education/361222/ https://www.nps.gov/brvb/index.htm Reading Through History: The Great Supreme Court Cases Topeka, KS 1950 Schools were segregated by skin color. Each day, 8-year old Linda Brown and her sister had to walk one mile, crossing several busy railroad tracks along the way, to get to a bus that led them to school across town. Now, an elementary school already existed just four blocks from their home, but this school was for white children only, and Linda Brown and her sister were African American. Linda’s father, Oliver Brown, tried to enroll her in the white only elementary school, but the principal of the school wouldn’t allow it. So Brown to the Topeka’s branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, and asked for help. The NAACP had actually already been planning on challenging segregation in public schools. The organization helped 12 other African American parents attempt to enroll their children in whites-only schools in the Topeka school district. A major goal of the NAACP was to bring down the precedent set up by Plessy v. Ferguson, the 1896 Supreme Court decision that said segregated facilities based on skin color was ok, as long as both facilities were the same quality. This became known as the “separate but equal” doctrine. The NAACP helped Brown and the rest of the parents sue the Board of Education of the city of Topeka after the district continued to refuse to let their children enroll in whites-only schools. The parents claimed their children’s rights, as protected by the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment, were being violated. The NAACP put Oliver Brown at the head of the roster as a legal strategy. The Board of Education argued that segregation was already a way of life, and segregated schools simply got them ready for the segregation they would encounter as adults. They also claimed that segregated schools were not harmful to black children. The United States District Court for the District of Kansas heard the case, and ruled in favor of the Board of Education, using the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson as their justification. And yet, weirdly, the three-judge District Court panel argued that segregation hurt African American children. Still, they insisted that whites-only and blacks-only schools in Topeka were of equal quality in terms of facilities, the qualifications of teachers, transportation, and what they were taught. Brown and the rest of the parents appealed to the Supreme Court. As it turns out, there were parents across the country fighting fiercely against school segregation in public schools as well. In 1952, the Court considered five different cases that all dealt with the issue. Ultimately, the Court just combined all five cases under the name of Brown v. Board of Education. The NAACP had been involved in all five cases, and appointed Thurgood Marshall, a future Supreme Court justice, to argue the case for Brown. The Court heard the case in spring of 1953, but remained divided on the issue, and they knew this was a big freaking deal, so they didn’t want to rush it. Chief Justice Fred Vinson was really worried about a close vote that would dramatically change the country, and he, in particular, wanted to postpone the decision. He died in September, and President Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated Earl Warren, the former governor of California, as Vinson’s replacement. The Court reheard the case in December 1953, with Warren now leading. For several months, the justices debated and discussed the case. Warren was able to do what Vinson was not- he brought all the Justices together to agree on a unanimous decision. That’s right. On May 17th, 1954, the court voted 9-0 in support of Brown. This overturned the now infamous Plessy v. Ferguson decision, saying that segregation of schools based on skin color went against the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. The court also argued that segregated schools made African American children feel inferior and damaged their development. Warren gave the opinion of the Court, saying “We conclude that in the field of public education, the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.”

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 7 of Supreme Court Briefs, a dude named Johnson burns the American flag and the whole country seems to freak out. Does the First Amendment protect flag burning? Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1988/88-155 Additional sources used: https://billofrightsinstitute.org/educate/educator-resources/lessons-plans/landmark-supreme-court-cases-elessons/texas-v-johnson-1989/ https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/a-history-of-the-flag-burning-controversy/ http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/26/flag.amendment/index.html Reading Through History: The Great Supreme Court Cases Dallas, Texas August 22, 1984 Protesters marched through the streets, destroyed property, spray-painted walls, broke windows, and threw dirty diapers and beer cans just outside of the Republican National Convention. Someone stole an American flag from a flagpole from a downtown building. Eventually, that flag ended up in the hands of Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade member Gregory Lee Johnson. At the height of the protests, Johnson poured kerosene on the flag and set it on fire. While the flag burned, he chanted stuff like “Red, white and blue, we spit on you, you stand for plunder, you will go under” and “Reagan, Mondale, which will it be? Either one means World War III.” Although no one got physically hurt because of it, some people who saw Johnson do this were pretty offended by it. Soon after, police arrested him and charged him with violating a Texas law that said you can’t vandalize respected objects, if such action were likely to get people mad. A Texas court convicted Johnson and he was sentenced to one year in person and fined $2,000. He appealed his case to the Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas, but lost the appeal. He appealed again to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, and they actually overturned his conviction, saying the First Amendment to the Constitution protects flag burning as symbolic speech. It also argued that Johnson did not hurt or threaten anyone by burning the flag. Texas was like nuh-uh, and it asked the Supreme Court to hear the case. The Supreme Court agreed, and they heard arguments on March 21, 1989. At first, the Court considered if the First Amendment protected non-speech acts, since this wasn’t about Johnson’s verbal communication. So basically, they wondered if the act of burning the American flag should be considered expressive conduct. Ultimately, they determined it was. In a highly controversial decision, the Court ruled 5-4 in favor of Johnson. The Court said that Texas could not ban flag burning. They also argued that Texas’ law that said you can’t vandalize respected objects didn’t prevent disturbing the peace. In fact, another Texas law already existed to prevent disturbing the peace without targeting flag burning. Justice William Brennan delivered the opinion, but I am going to quote Justice Anthony Kennedy, as he put it pretty well. He said, “The hard fact is that sometimes we must make decisions we do not like. We make them because they are right, right in the sense that the law and the Constitution, as we see them, compel the result. And so great is our commitment to the process that, except in the rare case, we do not pause to express distaste for the result, perhaps for fear of undermining a valued principle that dictates the decision. This is one of those rare cases.” The court had two major dissents. The first, by Justices William Rehnquist, Byron White, and Sandra Day O’Connor, argued that the American flag had a “unique status” that should be protected from desecration. Rehnquist wrote, “The flag is not simply another "idea" or "point of view" competing for recognition in the marketplace of ideas. Millions and millions of Americans regard it with an almost mystical reverence regardless of what sort of social, political, or philosophical beliefs they may have.” Justice John Paul Stevens had a slightly different dissent. He argued it was more than about the flag being an important symbol. He argued that Johnson was only punished for how he expressed his opinion, not the opinion itself. So basically, the decision automatically made laws in 48 of the 50 states invalid. However, just two weeks later, Congress passed the Flag Protection Act, which made it a federal crime to desecrate the American flag, kind of like a middle finger to the Supreme Court. But the Court had the last laugh. The same five person majority of justices struck down the law in the 1990 case United States v. Eichman. Since then, many in Congress have tried several times to pass an amendment outlawing flag burning, but each time they come up short.

Mr. Beat does a parody of Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" about the Red Scare. Joe McCarthy would be so proud. Original idea by Joseph Caiharr. Special thanks to Steven Beat, Tyler Griffith, and Mya Hurley for helping to create the music video. All images found in the public domain. Produced by and performed by Matt Beat. Lyrics: World War One is over now Bolshevik Revolution Communism spreading now All thanks to Karl Marx The proletariat rise They’ve banned private property Back in the United States Most really don’t like this Their fear was rising Panic All around them Red Scare I can’t trust you Where you think you’re going baby? Hey I just met you And this is crazy But I think you are A Commie maybe You look suspicious And a little lazy I will report you to the government maybe Hey I just met you And this is crazy But I think you are A Commie maybe And all the other Reds Aren’t American I will report you to the government maybe World War Two is over now Soviet Union China Like dominoes they all fall U.S. is in their way McCarthy pointing fingers At first we believe him Hollywood Ten blacklisted They’re Un-American They’re pointing fingers They have No evidence Witch hunt HUAC Are you some kind of spy baby? Hey I just met you And this is crazy But I think you are A Commie maybe You look suspicious And a little lazy I will report you to the government maybe Hey I just met you And this is crazy But I think you are A Commie maybe And all the other Reds Aren’t American I will report you to the government maybe Before you came into my life I mistrusted you I didn’t like you I knew you were shady Before you came into my life I mistrusted you I didn’t like you I knew you were shady It’s hard to trust you You don’t conform So I think you are A Commie maybe You look suspicious And a little lazy I will report you to the government maybe And all the other Reds Aren’t American I will report you to the government maybe Before you came into my life I mistrusted you I didn’t like you I knew you were shady Before you came into my life I mistrusted you I didn’t like you You’re a Commie maybe

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 6 of Supreme Court Briefs, you have the right to remain silent. Mr. Beat looks at the origins of the Miranda rights. I'll give you a hint- they are named after a guy named Miranda. Check out cool primary sources here: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1965/759 Phoenix, Arizona March 13, 1963 Police arrest Ernesto Miranda, a suspect linked to the kidnapping and rape of an 18-year old woman ten days earlier. In a police lineup, the victim identified Miranda as the attacker. For two hours, officers aggressively interrogated Miranda about the attack. The officers did not tell Miranda that he did not have to answer the questions, nor did they allow him to call a lawyer. Hmmmm….I guess Miranda didn’t pay attention when his teacher taught him about the Bill of Rights in government class. Anyway, the officers broke Miranda down, and he confessed to the crime, even signing a statement that described the details of the attack. When this confession was later used in court, of course Miranda was found guilty, even though his lawyer argued that the police pressured him to confess. Miranda was sentenced to up to 30 years of prison. Miranda appealed to the Arizona Supreme Court, based on the Fifth and Sixth Amendments. You know, the part of the Fifth Amendment that says you cannot be forced to testify against yourself, aka the right to remain silent, and the part of the Sixth Amendment that says you have a right to an attorney. But the Arizona Supreme Court agreed with the lower court. Welp, Miranda appealed again, and the Supreme Court reviewed the case in June 1966. And this was a tough one. In a 5-4 decision, the Court ruled that Miranda’s confession could not be used as evidence because the officers had denied his 5th and 6th amendment rights. Chief Justice Earl Warren gave the opinion of the Court. Warren brought up that the police done messed up by misleading Miranda and not making it clear to him his rights. Warren said, “The person in custody must, prior to interrogation, be clearly informed that he has the right to remain silent, and that anything he says will be used against him in court; he must be clearly informed that he has the right to consult with a lawyer and to have the lawyer with him during interrogation, and that, if he is indigent, a lawyer will be appointed to represent him.” Hmmm, that kind of sounds familiar. The justices on the Court who disagreed with the majority generally argued that the Constitution didn’t say anything about making a suspect aware about his or her rights. They also argued this gave too much power to suspects and would make police interrogation work much more difficult. They were afraid it might be more difficult to convict criminals. After the decision, police across the country had to inform suspects of their rights after they arrested them. They became known as the Miranda rights or Miranda warnings. (clip) After the Miranda case, the Court tried to strike a balance between public safety and the rights of the accused. Several later decisions ended up granting exceptions to the Miranda warnings. Some of these exceptions were BIG exceptions, actually. Still, Miranda v. Arizona has had a huge impact on law enforcement in the United States by empowering those accused of a crime. According to several studies, the decision hasn’t affected detectives’ abilities to solve crime much. So whatever happened to Ernesto Miranda? Even though the Supreme Court threw out his original trial, he was once again placed on trial in Arizona using different evidence. That evidence? A woman who lived with Miranda during the time of the offense testified that he had confessed to her about committing the crime. In 1967, he was again found guilty and sentenced up to 30 years in prison. However, he was released early due to good behavior, in 1972. Miranda returned to his old neighborhood and made a living autographing what became known as “Miranda cards,” which contained the text of the warning read to suspects. Tragically, he was stabbed to death in a bar fight on January 31, 1976. Police arrested a dude suspected of murdering Miranda. Ironically, that dude, unlike Miranda, exercised his right to remain silent and was later released after there was no evidence to prove he did it.

Want a specific SCOTUS case covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Here's what Mr. Beat has to say about tomatoes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUnvmteAxKo Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In episode 5 of Supreme Court Briefs, Mr. Beat looks at that one time the Supreme Court heard arguments about whether tomatoes were fruits or vegetables. No joke. For the record, Mr. Beat hates tomatoes. John Nix was one of the most successful sellers of produce in the city. His company was among the first to ship fruits and vegetables from warmer climates like Bermuda and Florida to New York. However, he became upset after hearing about a new law passed by Congress. The law, called the Tariff of 1883 (Congress has never been that good at naming laws by the way), required a tax to be paid on imported vegetables. As it turns out, that meant that Nix’s tomatoes that he imported would be taxed, even though he and his buddies all thought a tomato was clearly a fruit, not a vegetable. Fruits were exempt from the law. Four years later, Nix and his family finally decided to take action in federal court. They sued Edward Hedden, the Collector of the Port of New York, to get back the money they had been paying on tomatoes. Now, just so we are clear, tomatoes are fruits. In my opinion, horrible, disgusting...fruits, but nonetheless they are fruits. However, most people didn’t know that, and the definition was different in terms of trade and commerce. At the trial, Nix and his lawyers read the dictionary definitions of both “fruit” and “vegetable,” and witnesses even testified about their definitions. On May 14, 1889, the federal judge went with Heddon, arguing that the public tends to think that tomatoes are a vegetable, so therefore it should be considered a vegetable under the Tariff Act of 1883. John Nix and his family appealed, and the Supreme Court heard the case in April 1893. The lawyers on both sides made pretty good use of dictionaries. The defense team responded to the tomato definitions with definitions of the words pea, eggplant, cucumber, squash, and pepper. In response to that, Nix’s team read in evidence the definitions of potato, turnip, parsnip, cauliflower, cabbage, carrot, and bean. So basically the lawyers went back and forth reading definitions for awhile. It became an all-out dictionary war. Just like the federal judge, the Court ruled unanimously in favor of Heddon. It argued that tomatoes must be classified under the customs regulations as a vegetable, based on how they are used and popularly perceived. Justice Horace Gray didn’t deny that, scientifically speaking, a tomato was a fruit. However, he argued that when words have acquired no special meaning in trade or commerce, the ordinary meaning must be applied by the court. Therefore, he claimed dictionaries can’t be used as evidence, but merely as aids to help add context to the case. Yeah, take that, you stupid dictionaries! Nix v. Hedden set a precedent for court interpretation of common meanings, especially dictionary definitions. It also kind reinforced the false belief that tomatoes are vegetables. But the truth is overrated, right? In 2005, the New Jersey state legislature designated the tomato as the official state vegetable. Their justification? Nix v. Hedden.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: http://amzn.to/45Wzhur Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat's Merch: https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html In the fourth episode of Supreme Court Briefs, Mr. Beat goes back to 2002 to look at darn high schoolers causing mischief with a banner about marijuana. Is it their First Amendment right or are they disrupting school? Joseph Frederick, a student at Juneau-Douglas High School, excitedly waited with his friends for the Olympic Torch relay runner, who would be coming by at any moment. Despite the cold, the school had decided to have a small field trip to let its students see the Olympic relay pass through on its way to the games down in Salt Lake City. Frederick and the other students gathered across the street from the school. They were surrounded by the media, also there to capture the moment on film. As the Olympic relay approached, Joseph and his friends revealed a 14-foot banner that read “Bong Hits 4 Jesus.” The media captured the whole thing on film. As soon as she noticed it, the principal, Deborah Morse, immediately came over and told the students to take it down. After Joseph refused, she snatched the banner away and later suspended Joseph for ten days. Morse cited the school’s anti-drug policy, as the banner clearly referenced marijuana. Joseph later recalled that the original suspension was five days, but Morse doubled it after he quoted Thomas Jefferson concerning free speech. He also argued the banner was never about promoting drug use. He just wanted to attract the attention of the media. Well, I’d say he succeeded. Helped by the American Civil Liberties Union, Joseph Frederick sued the principal and the Juneau school district, arguing that he was denied freedom of speech as protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution. He also wanted to clear his name and sought monetary awards for the trouble of going through the process. The United States District Court for the District of Alaska dismissed Joseph’s case, based on the legal precedent set by the Supreme Court in Bethel School District v. Fraser. In that case, the Court ruled that vulgar or offensive speech could be banned in schools. However, the Ninth Circuit Court reversed the decision of the District Court. They unanimously argued that Joseph and his friends absolutely had the right to hold the banner, if it was actually on school grounds, not across the street from school grounds. They claimed the Fraser case didn’t apply here. They said Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, a Supreme Court case that protected student political speech, applied here instead. They went on to argue that what Joseph did wasn’t as offensive and more political in nature than the vulgar speech seen in the Fraser case. It also didn’t cause a disturbance at the school. Eventually, the case would up going to the Supreme Court anyway. They heard oral arguments on March 19, 2007. Ken Starr, the famous lawyer who heavily investigated the Clinton administration during the 1990s, spoke on behalf of the school district. He said, “To promote drugs is utterly inconsistent with the educational mission of the school. The court has spoken more broadly with respect to the need to defer to school officials in identifying the educational mission.” Joseph Frederick’s lawyer, Douglas Mertz, argued that the case was about free speech, and he emphasized that the torch relay was not school sponsored, nor was the banner on school property. In fact, Joseph had apparently not been to school the entire day. Regardless, the Court apparently viewed the event as a school event. It ruled 5-4 in the school board’s favor, arguing that the First Amendment does not prevent schools from limiting speech at a school event, especially when it promoted the use of illegal drugs. Chief Justice John Roberts classified the banner as “school speech,” which protects student speech due to the First Amendment. However, it also protected the school’s right to limit student speech if it is disruptive. He cited Bethel School District v. Fraser and another Supreme Court case, Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, to back up this legal precedent. In other words, this wasn’t about protecting political protest, this was about protecting students from the dangers of drug abuse. Justice Clarence Thomas not only agreed, but added that student speech should be limited further, arguing that the Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District case should be overturned. Morse v. Frederick further restricted student speech, but it didn’t solve the debate. Many still demand more protection of school speech.

Want a specific SCOTUS case covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In the third episode of Supreme Court Briefs, Mr. Beat examines the first of many Supreme Court cases dealing with the separation of church and state- Engel v. Vitale. The state board of education said that students were to open each day with a nondenominational prayer. Students across New York were to say: “Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers and our Country.” Now, before some of you freak out, just calm down. Alright? CALM DOWN. The prayer was voluntary. It was purely promoted as a tool for character development. Now, I say voluntary, but if parents did not want their kids saying the prayer, they did have to take action and it was kind of a pain in the butt. Well in July 1958, the Board of Education of Union Free School District Number 9, decided to have its students say the prayer. Students could opt out with their parent’s signature. However, a group of families complained that the prayer went against their religious beliefs. With the help of different organizations, the families decided to fight the prayer in court. Five parents, three Jewish and two who weren’t big on organized religion, sued the state school board President, William Vitale, on behalf of their children. They argued that the prayer violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, which should be applied because of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Basically, it was a separation of church and state issue. Alphabetically, the first parent listed as a plaintiff was Steven Engel, so he ended up being the one who got all the attention. Engel later recalled how his kids were bullied at school for the lawsuit, and other families received obscene letters and phone calls in the middle of the night. Vitale and the school board argued that they did not establish one particular religion with the prayer, nor did they force students to say the prayer. They also brought up that the prayer simply reflected the country’s religious heritage. In the state court system, Engel and his fellow plaintiffs had absolutely no success. In 1959, they lost their case before the Supreme Court of New York. The next year, they lost before the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York. The year after that, they lost before the Court of Appeals of New York, where Chief Judge Charles Desmond wrote “Not only is this prayer not a violation of the First Amendment (no decision of this or of the United States Supreme Court says or suggests that it is) but a holding that it is such a violation would be in defiance of all American history, and such a holding would destroy a part of the essential foundation of the American governmental structure.” Geez Charles. That was harsh. Anyway, Engel and company next, of course, appealed to the Supreme Court, where all of a sudden things looked a lot better for them. The case was argued on April 3, 1962. On June 25, the Court ruled 6-1 in Engel and company’s favor. Two of the justices, Felix Frankfurter and Byron White didn’t take part in the decision. The Court said the prayer was unconstitutional. Justice Hugo Black wrote the opinion for the majority, writing “It is neither sacrilegious nor antireligious to say that each separate government in this country should stay out of the business of writing or sanctioning official prayers…” Basically, they agreed with the plaintiffs, determining the prayer broke the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The one dissenting opinion came from Justice Potter Stewart, who brought up early examples of religion in government, like “In God We Trust” being on coins. Engel v. Vitale reasserted the importance of the separation between church and state. It basically banned state officials from trying to make prayer an official part of public schools, and it was the first of several cases in which the Court used the establishment clause to ban religious activities in public schools. The decision remains controversial to this day.

Mr. Beat and Sami from US101 explain how the modern feminist movement began. Be sure to subscribe to Sami's channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB00L77s7NdrhlWxi9UU14Q Donate to Mr. Beat for prizes: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt More about International Women's Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vees04UeOE More about the Day Without A Woman strikes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b87-5tcpPA4 On January 21, 2017, millions around the world marched to promote legislation and policies supporting women’s rights, among other things. The main event was in Washington, D.C., known as the Women’s March on Washington. It featured over half a million people, and was the largest political demonstration in D.C. since the anti-Vietnam War protests of the 1960s and 1970s. The Women’s March is evidence that feminism is alive and well. Just so we’re clear, feminism is the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. Feminists who protest think we are not there yet. But how did feminism begin? Obviously, in this video I will tell you, and I’ll have a little help from my new friend Sami from US 101. Be sure to check out his YouTube channel. It’s pretty much amazing. Most historians agree that the modern feminist movement began on July 19th and 20th, 1848, in Seneca Falls, New York. It became known as the Seneca Falls Convention. Organizers advertised it as “a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman.” Ok, so that was a bit grammatically incorrect, but you get the idea. The convention’s two main organizers were Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, who became friends 8 years prior at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London in 1840. Stanton had earned a reputation as an influential activist for years, known first as a leading abolitionist and then later as a leading proponent of women’s suffrage. Mott was known for the same but also for being a powerful speaker and a Quaker, a branch of Christianity strongly tied to many of the major reforms of the 1800s, like the temperance movement. At that anti-slavery convention, the men forced the women sit in a separate area. This really upset Stanton and Mott, and the two talked about the possibility of starting a women’s rights convention. Flash forward 8 years later, and Stanton was now living in Seneca Falls. Meanwhile, Mott was visiting her sister, Martha Coffin Wright, in nearby Waterloo. When Mott and her sister went to hang out with Stanton, along with Mary Ann McClintock and Jane Hunt, the five of them had decided that the time was right. Five days later, the Seneca Falls Convention took place. It was the first women’s rights convention in history. There wasn’t a lot of people there, most because it wasn’t really advertised that well. Of the 300 in attendance, 40 were men. While the Seneca Falls Convention featured some lectures and discussions and the usual convention type stuff, it’s most famous contribution was the signing of the Declaration of Sentiments. Elizabeth Cady Stanton mostly wrote the document, modeling it after the Declaration of Independence. It summarized the injustices women regularly encountered and offered 11 resolutions to give women equality. Over two days at the convention, the leaders of the convention read and debated these resolutions.

Want a specific SCOTUS case covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In the second episode of Supreme Court Briefs, Mr. Beat makes one of the most boring Supreme Court cases in American history somewhat more interesting. It was, after all, QUITE A FREAKING BIG DEAL. Washington, D.C. 1816 The United States Congress gets together to create the Second Bank of the United States. I like to call it the Bank of the U.S. 2.0. The bank’s main purpose was to handle all monetary transactions for the federal government. Most who supported its creation thought that the economy wasn’t so stable without a central bank. And yet, the bank still had its critics. The next year, it opened in Philadelphia, and everything was all groovy, until that same year the feds tried to open another branch in Baltimore, Maryland. But Maryland legislators were like, “oh, so you want to open a branch here? Ok fine, then you’ll have to pay a tax.” Well, it wasn’t quite like that. The state’s General Assembly just passed a law that said that all banks in Maryland not chartered by the state legislature had to pay a tax. The head of the bank’s Baltimore branch, James McCulloch, said “ain’t no way we payin’ that tax.” He felt that the law had been passed to target the Bank of the United States to hurt its operation. After he refused to pay the tax, the state of Maryland sued him. In a state court, Maryland argued that the Constitution says nothing about the federal government having the right to create a central bank. Therefore, any Bank of the United States was unconstitutional. Maryland won the case, but eventually the case was appealed to the Supreme Court. The Court heard oral arguments on February 22, 1819. They ruled the federal government DID have the authority to create such a bank. Boom, take that Maryland. Their decision was unanimous. Chief Justice John Marshall, aka Lil’ John, argued there was precedence for a national bank. After, the First Bank of the United States came before the Second. However, more importantly, Marshall argued that just because the Constitution does not explicitly say the federal government can create a bank, doesn’t mean it can’t. He brought up the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, which says Congress has the power “to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper” to help the nation. Marshall said the federal government had several powers that weren’t specifically listed out in the Constitution but still were implied. Second, the Court said Maryland couldn’t tax the Bank because the Supremacy Clause of Article 6 of the Constitution said federal laws overruled state laws. Finally, the Court argued Maryland’s tax violated constitutional sovereignty by throwing a penalty to all Americans in favor people of the people of just one state. Man, Supreme Court. Mic drop. I guess McCulloch could take on an entire state after all. McCulloch v. Maryland justified the idea of “implied powers.” After this case, the Necessary and Proper Clause meant the federal government had powers beyond what was explicitly stated in the Constitution. It also justified the Supremacy Clause, giving the federal government even more power over the states. In fact, I would argue that no other Supreme Court case has done more to strengthen the federal government compared to the state governments than this one.

I wrote a new book all about the Supreme Court. Order your copy here: https://amzn.to/3p8nV64 or visit https://www.iammrbeat.com/merch.html. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt In the first episode of Supreme Court Briefs, Mr. Beat explains one of the most controversial cases in American history- Roe v. Wade. A young woman named Norma McCorvey was single, pregnant, and scared about her future. She wanted an abortion. But in Texas, abortions were illegal, except in cases in which the mother’s life was in danger. McCorvey had planned on having one anyway, at an illegal clinic. However, police shut down that clinic. Desperate, Norma soon found out that two lawyers were looking for women who were seeking abortions in order to fight the Texas law that banned them. The lawyers, Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffee, decided to take Norma’s case over several others. The two were not much older than Norma. On March 3, 1970, Coffee officially filed a complaint at the Dallas federal district courthouse, giving Norma a pseudonym, “Jane Roe,” to protect her identity. They were suing the State of Texas, arguing its abortion law was unconstitutional. Defending the state of Texas was Henry Wade, the district attorney of Dallas. By this time, Norma was six months’ pregnant. The District Court looked at Norma’s case along with two other related cases. On June 17, 1970, the three-judge panel of the Court unanimously called the Texas abortion law unconstitutional, saying it broke the right to privacy assumed under the Ninth Amendment. However, they did not act to stop enforcement of the law. The defense appealed the ruling, and it went to the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, Norma had given birth to the baby she had originally thought about killing, and put the baby up for adoption. The case sat for a year and a half. Finally, on December 13, 1971, the Supreme Court heard arguments. In his opening argument, defense attorney Jay Floyd made a bad joke that probably hurt his case. Go against Weddington and Coffee, he said, “It’s an old joke, but when a man argues against two beautiful ladies like this, they are going to have the last word.” The joke was not well received. The entire courtroom was silent, and Chief Justice Warren Burger gave him a cold glare. Regardless, by the end of arguments, all of the justices agreed the Texas law was bad, but for different reasons. But the case sat some more, because two justices, Hugo Black and John Harlan, had recently retired and were not yet replaced. In January, Lewis F. Powell and William Rehnquist joined the court, but it wasn’t until October of 1972 that they heard arguments again. The Court announced their decision on January 22, 1973. With a 7-2 majority vote, they went in favor of Roe, arguing that abortion fell under the 14th Amendment’s Due Process Clause. Again, it came down to a right to privacy. Basically, the Court ruled a woman had the right to an abortion until the fetus reached an age of “viability.” Viability means that the baby would be able to survive independently, outside of the mother’s womb. Well back then, doctors believed this to be around the 28th week of pregnancy. Today, thanks to the wonders of technology, that’s around the 22nd week of pregnancy. The two justices who disagreed with the decision were Byron White and William Rehnquist, one of the new dudes on the Court. White argued the Court was just making up a new constitutional right and didn’t have the authority to do so. Rehnquist argued the other justices were expanding the 14th Amendment to mean something much more than its original authors intended. Regardless, the decision essentially legalized abortion and declared many state laws unconstitutional because of this. Before the Roe v. Wade decision, 30 states had outlawed abortion, and the other states restricted it in at least some way. Roe v. Wade sparked a contentious debate that continues to this day. On one side, supporters of the Roe v. Wade decision are often called “pro-choice,” meaning it should be the woman’s choice whether she wants the abortion or not. Opponents of the Roe v. Wade decision are often called “pro-life.” They argue that, because life begins at conception, any abortion should be regarded as murder. The abortion issue has become even more divisive in recent years. In fact, many people vote for politicians simply based on whether they are pro-life or not. So whatever happened to Norma McCorvey? Well, in a 1984 TV interview, she revealed herself as “Roe,” and became a pro-choice advocate, even volunteering at a women’s clinic. At first, she went around telling the press that she had wanted the abortion because she was raped. However, she later said that this was a lie- she had made it up. Norma published an autobiography in 1994, called I Am Roe. Soon after this, in a surprising turn of events, she quit her job at the abortion clinic and became pro-life.

Here's everything you need to know about the United Nations. What does the United Nations do? How did it get created? Why did it get created? Etc. Support Mr. Beat on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat) All images and video found in the public domain or protected under fair use guidelines. Once upon a time there was a horrible war called World War One. It was devastating. It was horrible. All of the world’s superpowers were at it, and it was supposed to be the “war to end all wars.” After Germany was defeated, the side that won, known as the Allied Powers, got together and came up with an organization called the League of Nations. It was the first international organization to have a main goal of creating world peace. In order to do achieve world peace, the League agreed to avoid war at all costs, create open and respectable relations between nations, establish international law, and strictly honor treaties. At its peak, 58 countries had joined the League of Nations. However, it ended up epically failing at preventing some of its own members from trying to take over the entire world. You know, countries like Germany, Italy, and Japan. When countries like Britain and France called them out on it, they got all offended, basically saying “well YOU did it, so why can’t we?” Soon after, the three countries and several others left the League. And the League crumbled as it ultimately failed to prevent what became known as World War II. So much for world peace! And that, ladies and gentleman, was the worst war in history. It’s estimated that between 60 million and 70 million people died because of it. Basically, 12 percent of all human beings to ever die in a war, died in that one. But Germany, Italy, and Japan, more commonly known as the Axis Powers, would go down in World War II, and a big reason why is because a bunch of countries united to stop them, known as the Allies. Two of the Allies, the United States and the United Kingdom, led the way. In August 1941, the American President Franklin Roosevelt and the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met up in Newfoundland to create the Atlantic Charter. It stated new, idealistic, goals for the world after the war was over, such has an end to countries conquering for new territory, self-determination, or the rights for countries to govern themselves, a reduction of trade restrictions, freedom of the oceans, and taking away weapons from aggressive nations. On New Year’s Day, 1942, at the Arcadia Conference in Washington, D.C., 26 different countries from around the world agreed to sign the Declaration by United Nations. The document pledged that the 26 countries, led by the “Big Four,” the United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and China, would join forces to defeat totalitarianism, specifically “Hitlerism.” The document stated that victory over the Axis Powers was necessary to defend human rights everywhere, and it helped turn World War II into a war of ideals. By the end of the war, 21 other countries had agreed to the declaration. Even countries who were formerly friends of the Axis Powers wished to sign the declaration, but were not allowed to. And while the violence raged on across Europe and the Pacific, heads of states, diplomats, generals, and government officials met several times with the goal of creating another international organization to keep the peace. At the Dumbarton Oaks Conference in 1944, leaders from the Big Four met again to lay out the plans for such an organization. In February of 1945, the Big Three (China was not represented this time), met to solidify plans on how the organization would vote. At the UN Conference on International Organization in San Francisco in April 1945, representatives from 50 countries came together to create the United Nations Charter, which officially created the United Nations. It was signed on June 26, 1945, and went into effect October 24, 1945. Unfortunately, Franklin Roosevelt never lived to see this happen. He had died in April, but the new President, Harry Truman, had pushed forward with making it happen, and he Truman appointed Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin’s wife, as a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, which I will explain more about in a moment. I will now read the entirety of the United Nations Charter. Just kidding. That would take awhile.

Mr. Beat made an original song about Barack Obama. To download the full version for free, visit https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/barack-obama Stream it on Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/album/1vwr4Oog2nrpbC0PNqgDIN Download on Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/barack-obama-single/id1195168549?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Download on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Electric_Needle_Room_Barack_Obama?id=Bp3ixtc44z7233ef6ombezwfchm Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs All images and video from the public domain Music and lyrics by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. Was born and raised in Hawaii Also lived in Indonesia A multiracial ancestry Loved all different types of people After Harvard in Chicago Community organizer Then a rising legislator His words soon inspired millions Barack Obama Became an Illinois Senator Rock star turned into a President First African American To reach that highest position Tried to end the Great Recession With lots of deficit spending Helped the country pay for health care A law nicknamed Obamacare Barack Obama Keep using the state to help, despite a growing debt Ended U.S. involvement in the Iraq War, but sent more troops to Afghanistan Responsible for the death of bin Laden, but caused chaos in Libya Promised transparency of government but cracked down on whistleblowers More diplomacy by him around the world but he increased drone warfare Barack Obama They wanted hope and change, but they got most of the same First to support same sex marriage Healed relations with Cuba Made a compromise with Iran He kept his cool no matter what The economy recovered But wealth disparity did not Political unrest growing And terrorism not subsiding His words were different but institutions all the same He couldn't change Barack Obama They wanted hope and change, but they got most of the same Keep using the state to help, despite a growing debt

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020), is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Donate to Mr. Beat for prizes: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 58th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In the amazingly epic election of 2016, America gets Trumped as populism rules and the establishment drools. #mrbeat #presidentialelectionsinamericanhistory #elections Feeling dorky? http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=2016&f=0&off=0&elect=0 The 58th Presidential election in American history took place on November 8, 2016. The biggest thing Barack Obama could take credit for was a rebounding economy. Just before election day, unemployment was under 5%. Sure, plenty of Americans were underemployed, and wealth inequality kept getting worse and worse, and Obamacare was not stopping higher and higher healthcare costs, but at least there was some stability in financial markets and the economy was growing. Meanwhile, a new Islamic fundamentalist terrorist group called ISIS, or ISIL, armed with American weapons, took over parts of Iraq and Syria. In fact, the world seemed to be a scarier place as more and more terrorists attacked civilians all over the place. Back at home, institutional racism raged on, as it had throughout the entire history of the United States, but now people began fighting back. A entire movement, called Black Lives Matter rose up to protest against police brutality that seemed to disproportionately affect African Americans. 2016 wasn’t as violent as 1968 or 1919, but it sure seemed that way by watching the news. In fact, people were afraid of things that weren’t even there. Perhaps this explains the rise of Donald Trump. Trump had been a celebrity for decades as a very wealthy businessman and reality TV star. He had always flirted with the idea of running for President, but no one had taken him seriously, even when he actually finally announced he was officially running, on June 16, 2015. Few people in the media still didn’t take him seriously. He even got criticized for having paid actors to attend to cheer him on at the announcement. But his vague language about making America great again, sounding like a mix between Pat Buchanan and Huey Long and George Wallace, really resonated with a lot of Americans. But first, he had to defeat A LOT of other Republicans wanting the nomination. I will just mention five others, as that’s all I have the energy for. There was Jeb Bush, the brother of former President George W. Bush and son of former President George H.W. Bush, and former Governor of Florida. I mean, when both your daddy and your bro were President, you probably should run, right? There was Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon originally from Michigan. Marco Rubio, a Senator from Florida, Ted Cruz, a Senator from Texas, and John Kasich, the Governor of Ohio. Just like in 2012, there seemed to be a lot of division within the Republican Party. However, most of the other candidates were soon able to unite against a common enemy: Donald Trump, who, believe it or not, soon became the frontrunner. Because of the Trump effect, candidates often made vicious attacks, and Trump said things never before imagined on the campaign trail. Trump made the debates more exciting to watch with his colorful and sometimes shocking language. The more offensive he seemed to be, the more people seemed to love him. The establishment didn’t know what to do. One by one, the other Republicans went down. Ted Cruz put up the best fight of all. Like Trump, Cruz was also considered an outsider, but Trump was successful at making Cruz seem untrustworthy. He branded him “Lyin’ Ted.” Yep, despite the naysayers and the Never Trump coalition, this guy won the nomination. Trump chose Mike Pence, the Governor of Indiana, as his running mate. The Democratic Party also had division this election. Seemingly before the dawn of time, Hillary Clinton, the now former Secretary of State, was destined to be elected President in 2016. So when she struggled to even get the Democratic nomination, everyone knew this election was different. Bernie Sanders, the Independent Senator from Vermont, put up quite the fight against Clinton. Sanders joined the Democratic Party because he knew from personal experience that running as a third party candidate was so difficult. He was never one who could be easily classified, but one thing was for sure- he leaned further to the left than Clinton. He tried to make “socialism” not such a dirty word anymore. After Sanders first announced his campaign, the media also didn’t take him to seriously. After all, Hillary Clinton was heavily favored.

Here is the story of cannabis, aka marijuana. Today it is illegal in most places, but that likely is to soon change, especially after people watch this video. Music by Electric Needle Room and Daniel Lewis Diedrich. All images found in the public domain or fall under fair use guidelines. Sources: Erich Goode and Nachman Ben-Yehuda. Moral Panics: The Social Construction of Deviance Martin Booth. Cannabis: A History Martin A. Lee. Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana: Medical, Recreational, and Scientific. Grass: The History of Marijuana. Bruce Barcott. Weed the People: The Future of Legal Marijuana in America. John Charles Chasteen. Getting High: Marijuana through the Ages John Hudak. Marijuana: A Short History http://leg.mt.gov/content/Committees/Interim/2009_2010/Children_Family/Emerging-Issue/mmga-presentation-cannabis-history-aug2010.pdf http://www.medicaldaily.com/brief-history-medical-cannabis-ancient-anesthesia-modern-dispensary-370344 https://books.google.com/books?id=r9wPbxMAG8cC&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=Shen+Neng+marijuana&source=bl&ots=TrkGy5KnCu&sig=RvNuvRvVIwaWJiY7EBKzyLmdEuA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjh_sLX9vjQAhUM8WMKHcKyBt8Q6AEIPDAF#v=onepage&q=Shen%20Neng%20marijuana&f=false https://www.cannabis-med.org/data/pdf/2002-02-3.pdf http://time.com/4298038/marijuana-history-in-america/ http://origins.osu.edu/article/illegalization-marijuana-brief-history http://www.alternet.org/story/77339/debunking_the_hemp_conspiracy_theory http://www.drugwarrant.com/articles/why-is-marijuana-illegal/ http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000026 Podcast episode: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/iammrbeat/episodes/2016-12-28T09_11_05-08_00 Once upon a time there was a plant called cannabis. Since as far back as 10,000 years ago, it was one of the first crops grown when farming began. Hemp, a variety of the cannabis plant, had consistently been used in places like ancient China to create stuff like clothing and rope. Hemp was and still is non psychoactive, which means it doesn’t affect the mind or mental processes because its THC levels are so low. In other words, smoking it will not get you high. The first recorded use of the cannabis that does get you high was in approximately 2,737 BCE. Emperor Shen Neng of China used the plant as medicine for things like gout, malaria, and poor memory. You heard that right. Throughout the next 3,000 years, cannabis use for medicinal purposes slowly spread throughout Asia and into Europe. The Chinese mixed it into food. In ancient India, they mixed into a drink called bhang. (bang) In the second century CE, the Greek doctor Galen prescribed cannabis as medicine. Prior to that in Greece, cannabis seeds had been consumed recreationally. Soon after this, the Chinese doctor Hua Tuo (Hwa Toe) used cannabis to relieve pain for patients undergoing surgery. He would ground it and mix it with wine. During the Middle Ages, cannabis was pretty popular in the Middle East. Muslims there weren’t supposed to drink wine, but ain’t nobody said they couldn’t smoke grass! That’s what they actually called it. Well, they called it hashish. (Hasheesh) However, the Arabic doctor Ibn Wahshiyah (eebeen washeeuh) did warn about its potential dangers. Christopher Columbus brought rope made out of hemp on his first voyage to the New World in 1492. Both the French and the British had their colonists grow cannabis in the New World. During the 1600s, cannabis grew even more popular, and became a major thing to trade between South and Central Asia. In the 1700s, doctors everywhere recommended cannabis as medicine. The Irish doctor William O'Shaughnessy, in particular, helped popularize its medical use for pain treatment. However, in 1798, Napoleon learned that many of his soldiers had started smoking cannabis while in Egypt and had brought the habit back with them to France. In response, he outlawed the plant. Still, cannabis remained popular. In the 1800s, cannabis plantations were scattered around the United States. Doctors regularly prescribed it and it was easy to buy in general stores. By now, people traded for cannabis all around the world and its use dramatically increased. By the end of the 1800s, though, attitudes toward cannabis had started to change. A growing number of people were freaking out about drugs, as alcoholism and opium addiction were dramatically on the rise.

Mr. Beat meets Robert from Reading Through History for the very first time to discuss the historic 2016 election. To subscribe to their podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/context/id1017315616?mt=2 Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Donate to Mr.Beat for prizes: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to Robert's Reading Through History channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/readingthroughhistor

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020), is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI AMA Reddit link: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5blzti/iama_teacheryoutuber_who_spent_the_last_two_years/?ref=share&ref_source=link Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Donate to Mr.Beat for prizes: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 57th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 2012, Obama seeks re-election, but a lot of Americans are still upset. #mrbeat #presidentialelectionsinamericanhistory #elections This is the last episode until the Election of 2016. I can't believe I made the deadline! Thanks to all who supported me during this series. Feeling dorky? Visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/2012 The 57th Presidential election in American history took place on November 6, 2012, my 31st birthday. Oh crap, I’m getting old. Barack Obama became President as the economy really sucked. It was known the Great Recession, and the Obama administration's solution was to have the federal government micromanage the economy in a way somewhat similar to Franklin Roosevelt’s administration. Then again, the George W. Bush administration micromanaged quite a bit, too. Obama continued the bailouts of corporations, but also of ordinary people, and Obama signed laws like the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to try get the country out of the recession. By 2012, the recession was over, but the economy just trudged along. It was nothing to get too excited about. And the rich kept getting richer and the poor kept getting poorer. This led to unrest on both sides of the political spectrum, with The Tea Party movement on the right, and Occupy Wall Street on the left. Still, Obama kept a campaign promise by bringing the troops home from Iraq. Well, kind of. We still have military bases there. Obama did send more troops to fight in Afghanistan, and we are in fact still there fighting right now. Obama also sent troops to Libya and expanded the drone strikes in several countries to continue the War on Terrorism, especially in Pakistan. Speaking of Pakistan, on May 1, 2011, U.S. Navy SEALS killed Osama bin Laden, the dude who claimed responsibility for the 9/11 attacks, after they found him hiding seemingly in plain sight in Pakistan. Of course, the most famous and probably biggest accomplishment during Obama’s term in office was his signing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. The main objectives of the law were to make sure everyone had health insurance and to lower the cost of healthcare. The Democratic Party still loved Barack Obama, and he was easily renominated, along with the 47th Vice President in American history, Joe Biden. Hi Joe! The Republican Party, meanwhile, had some division. Yet again, quite a few nominees competed for their nomination. The leading four were former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, back again trying for the nomination after not getting it in 2008, U.S. Representative Ron Paul, also back a second time trying for the nomination after not getting it in 2008, Rick Santorum, a former Senator from Pennsylvania, and Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House, who led the Republican Revolution of 1994. I have to mention that Gingrich used to teach both history and geography at the University of West Georgia. The Republican candidates had some heated debates and definitely disagreed on several issues. It seemed like it would be tough for the party to unite behind one candidate. But they somehow did. They nominated Mitt Romney, although many Ron Paul supporters resisted his nomination, and Paul himself did not endorse Romney. Romney was the first Mormon to be nominated by a major party to run for President. Romney picked Paul Ryan, a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, as his running mate. The Libertarian Party had gained a lot of momentum, probably because of the popularity of Ron Paul. They nominated Gary Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico for President, with Jim Gray, a former judge, as his running mate. Johnson originally tried for the Republican nomination but wasn’t doing so well so instead joined the Libertarian Party. But yeah, don’t you know we have a two party system, Mr. Beat? The campaigns for Obama and Romney broke records for the amount of money spent and the amount of negative campaigning. This was the first presidential election after the Supreme Court case Citizens United v. FEC, which opened the door for unlimited election spending by corporations. Most of that spending went toward super PACs, or groups trying to drive public policy or get politicians elected without directly working with any candidates or political parties.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020), is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Donate to Mr.Beat for prizes: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 56th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. They'll be done by Election Day. In 2008, a lot of exciting candidates enter the race for President, and history is certainly made regardless of who wins. #mrbeat #presidentialelectionsinamericanhistory #elections Feeling dorky? Visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/2008 The 56th Presidential election in American history took place on November 4, 2008. This was the first election in which I voted in the primaries, and there were a lot of exciting candidates to vote for. But first, let’s see how George W. Bush’s second term went. Well, probably not that well. The Iraq War kept getting worse, and Bush became a scapegoat for the government’s poor response to helping victims affected by Hurricane Katrina. Not only that, but the economic was in shambles after the housing bubble burst in what later became known as The Great Recession. In 2008, Bush’s approval rating had gotten as low as 25 percent. Therefore, many Republicans began to distance themselves from him. Was Dick Cheney going to run? Haha, that’s a good one, Mr. Beat. This election became the first time since the election of 1952 that a neither the current President or current Vice President ended up a candidate, and first time since the election of 1928 that neither even went for it. Then again, Bush couldn’t even if he wanted to due to the 22nd Amendment, but anyway...the Republican nomination was completely up for grabs. I will mention a few. First of all, there was this guy…Ron Paul, a Congressman and doctor from Texas, stood out among the nominees because of his non-interventionist foreign policy and overall libertarian views. He had actually ran for President with the Libertarian Party back in 1988 but had lost badly. There was also Fred Thompson, an actor and former U.S. Senator from Tennessee, Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City. He was mayor, in fact, at the time of the 9/11 attacks, and like to bring that up. There was Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and, of course he’s a bass guitar player, too. There was Mitt Romney, the former governor of Utah and the son of George Romney, who was a presidential candidate himself back in 1968. And finally, there was John McCain, who was back for a second-go at it after not getting the nomination back in 2000. McCain was polling in single digits after he first announced his intention to run, but eventually moved his way up to become the frontrunner. While the early primaries went back and forth, after Super Tuesday there was no stopping McCain. He became the Republican nominee, going with a surprise choice as his running mate. Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska. She was only the second female to be on the ticket for a major political party in American history. The Democrat Party also had quite a few candidates. First of all, there was this dude….Mike Gravel, a former Senator from Alaska who appeared to not give a crap what people thought about him. There was Bill Richardson, the Governor of New Mexico, who was trying to be the first Hispanic to be President in American history. Then there was Dennis Kucinich, a U.S. Representative from Ohio who was the only running in 2008 who had the distinction of voting against the Iraq War. There was Joe Biden, the Senator from Delaware who also ran way back in 1988. John Edwards, Kerry’s running mate in the 2004 election, Hillary Clinton, the wife of former President Bill Clinton and by this time a Senator from New York. And finally Barack Obama, a Senator from Illinois, who was a relative newcomer but made a strong impression giving a speech during the 2004 Democratic Convention. Wooo, that’s a lot of candidates. Well, there were really two front runners- Clinton and Obama. The two went back and forth in the primaries, and it got pretty intense. After a 17-month long battle, Obama finally got the superdelegates to his side, and in June Hillary Clinton dropped out of the race. The Democratic Party nominated Obama, who became the first African American to win a major political party’s nomination for President in American history. He chose Joe Biden as his running mate. Much of the debate between the Republicans and Democrats in the presidential race revolved around the Iraq War and the financial crisis. Because Bush was so unpopular, McCain distanced himself from him, although Bush did endorse him. McCain had some blunders during his campaign, like not remembering how many houses he had, but so did his running mate Sarah Palin.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Donate to Mr.Beat for prizes: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 55th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In a post-9/11 world, Americans seem more afraid than ever for the 2004 election. #mrbeat #presidentialelectionsinamericanhistory #elections Feeling dorky? Visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/2004 The 55th Presidential election in American history took place on November 2, 2004. A lot had changed since the last election. Just 8 months after George W. Bush became President, terrorists attacked the United States. On September 11, 2001, they hijacked four planes, crashing two of them into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and another into the Pentagon building. Passengers of the fourth plane regained control to prevent it from hitting its target, which was likely the White House or the Capitol Building. However, that plane crashed in rural Pennsylvania, killing everyone on board. In total, the attacked killed almost 3,000 people and the terrorists got exactly what they wanted- Americans were scared. In response, George W. Bush took swift action declaring a War on Terror. (clip) Congress passed the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists, which pretty much gave Bush lots of leeway in going after those responsible for what became known as the 9/11 attacks. Bush’s main objective was to destroy Al Qaeda, the terrorist group who took responsibility for 9/11. Many believed that the Taliban, the Afghanistan government at the time, was providing safe haven for Al Qaeda. Bush demanded the Taliban turn over Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda leaders hiding out there or face attack. The Taliban didn’t cooperate, so Bush sent troops to invade Afghanistan and overthrow their government. Even today, the United States is still dropping bombs on targets in Afghanistan. The War on Terror only got bigger. In 2003, Bush sent troops to Iraq to take over and overthrow their dictator Saddam Hussein. So what did Iraq have to do with 9/11? Well, not much, but the Bush administration claimed that Hussein was working with Al Qaeda and that they had weapons of mass destruction. But as it turns out, this was not true at all. The decision to invade Iraq was controversial, with protests in the street similar to the protests against the Vietnam War decades before. The initial overthrow wasn’t as controversial, but after Bush declared “mission accomplished,” basically saying the war was over, our troops stayed there to nation build. (no nation building clip) This proved to be very controversial, because as the United States tried to rebuild Iraq and have them establish a new government similar to theirs, it just wasn’t going so well. As Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney both sought re-election, there was no end to the Iraq War in sight. Still, they remained popular within the Republican Party, especially after capturing Saddam Hussein, and were both easily renominated. Many candidates fought for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, but really just three stood out to me as serious contenders. One was John Edwards, a Senator from North Carolina. Another was Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont. Dean was the first candidate to really use the internet to his campaign’s advantage. His support was very grassroots and he had passionate followers. Dean stood out among the crowd because he was one of the few Democrats to actively speak out against the War in Iraq. But the media kept playing this over and over. And eventually his momentum just sort of fizzled out. The frontrunner throughout the Democratic primaries was John Kerry, a Senator from Massachusetts. Kerry was a safe choice for the Democrats- he had moderate views like Bill Clinton, but was probably more boring than Clinton. While Kerry had voted for the Iraq War, he had criticized Bush’s handling of it and preferred Bush used more diplomacy and less bombs. By Super Tuesday, no one else had a chance. John Kerry was the nominee. Kerry chose John Edwards as his running mate. So it was George and Dick versus the Johns. Most of the talk leading up to the election was about foreign policy. On the campaign trail, Bush criticized Kerry as a flip flopper on issues and he tried to convince Americans that he was tough on terrorism. Just like Bush’s dad did with Dukakis back in 1988, Bush Jr. tried to convince Americans that Kerry was just another Massachusetts liberal.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Donate to Mr.Beat for prizes: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 54th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 2000, it's one of the closest elections ever as the Supreme Court has to step in to end the madness. Oh, and we didn't find out the winner for over a month after Election Day. #mrbeat #presidentialelectionsinamericanhistory #elections Feeling dorky? Visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/2000 The 54th Presidential election in American history took place on November 7, 19- I mean, 2000. (The Year 2000) It was the first election I could finally vote in! And boy, was it a messed up one. We wouldn’t even know who won until over a month later. As Bill Clinton left office, the economy was strong, and he had a fairly high approval rating. Sure, there was the whole impeachment thing due to the whole Monica Lewinsky thing. Oh yeah, and there was Vince Foster’s suicide, Whitewater, Travelgate, Filegate, and so forth and so on, but many argue the United States was preparing to enter the 21st century stronger than ever before. Because of this, the Democratic Party went with Clinton’s Vice President, Al Gore, to be their nominee for President. His only real opponent trying to get the nomination was Bill Bradley, the former Senator from New Jersey and former professional basketball player. But Bradley withdrew in March, so it was Gore, with Joe Lieberman, a Senator from Connecticut, as his running mate. Lieberman was the first Jewish candidate on a major political party presidential ticket. The Republican Party originally had many candidates trying for the nomination, but most of them didn’t stand much of a chance against George W. Bush, the popular governor of Texas and son of George H.W. Bush. Bush’s main opponent in the primaries was John McCain, a Senator from Arizona and war hero who was tortured as a POW in the Vietnam War. However, after a poor showing on Super Tuesday, the day when there are a bunch of primary elections at once across the country, McCain dropped out. One guy who stuck around until right before the convention was Alan Keyes, a former diplomat to the Reagan administration. He just kept fighting. And one thing that is absolutely true, that I actually quite admire, is that Alan Keyes remains the only presidential candidate in history to ever jump into a mosh pit on the campaign trail. Michael Moore jokingly gave him his endorsement after he featured the historic moment on his show “The Awful Truth.” Anyway, yeah George W. Bush won. You know that, don’t you? He had all the right friends in the right places, the right last name, and oh yeah, a lot of people loved him. Bush asked Dick Cheney, a former Secretary of Defense, to lead a team to help him find a running mate, but in the end, Bush just went with Cheney to be his running mate. However, because Cheney also lived in Texas, he had to change his voting registration back to his old home of Wyoming, because otherwise the electoral votes they would presumably get from Texas would not count. While there were a lot of third party candidates, I will only mention the Green Party for this election. The Green Party had been around in some form or another since the 1980s, and had a platform that focused on environmental causes. They nominated Ralph Nader, the famous activist and lawyer who had sparked reform by getting numerous consumer protection laws passed. The Green Party also nominated Winona LaDuke, an activist, economist, and writer from California, as Nader’s running mate. Both Nader and LaDuke had run together back in 1996, but had gotten less than 1 percent of the vote, which is why I didn’t even mention them in that episode. The two frontrunners, Bush and Gore, mostly focused on domestic issues. Bill Clinton’s impeachment and the associated scandal with Monica Lewinsky did cast a shadow on the campaign, but Gore tried to convince Americans he was not Clinton. He rarely appeared with Clinton on the campaign trail, and some say this hurt his campaign. Bush called for a more humble foreign policy (clip) and more unity and less partisanship in Washington. Nader, meanwhile, had super rallies in places like Madison Square Garden.

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The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Donate to Mr.Beat for prizes: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 52nd episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. I hope to have them done by Election Day 2016. In 1992, billionaire Ross Perot shakes things up. #mrbeat #presidentialelectionsinamericanhistory #elections Feeling dorky? Visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1992 The 52nd Presidential election in American history took place on November 3, 1992. (clip of Bush- read my lips, no new taxes) Yeah, George H.W. Bush had alienated most conservatives by straight up breaking that pledge. I mean, man, he tried, but he ended up having to give in and compromise with the Democrat-controlled Congress. Plus, the economy went back into a recession. And yet, Bush remained popular with the majority of Americans. After the United States and coalition forces kicked butt in the Persian Gulf War, his approval rating got as high as 89%. This likely helped Bush get the Republican re-nomination, with Dan Quayle again as his running mate. However, it’s worth noting that Pat Buchanan, a journalist and former advisor to Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan, challenged Bush and put up a good fight. Buchanan’s main beef with Bush was the fact that he raised taxes. The Democratic Party again had several candidates interested in their nomination. None of them had ran for President in the last election. Senator Al Gore would have, but his son was recovering from a horrible car accident so he decided not to run again. One of the candidates who ran was Bob Kerrey, a Senator from Nebraska, who I am only mentioning because I had a fantastic conversation with him when I used to live in Omaha, but yeah, he couldn’t gain any momentum. The leading three contenders were Bill Clinton, the Governor of Arkansas, Jerry Brown, the former Governor of California, and Paul Tsongas, a former Senator from Massachusetts. Despite the fact that several scandals seemed to follow Bill Clinton no matter where he went, including a scandal that alleged he cheated on his wife, Hillary Clinton (have you heard of her?) his charm won over most Democrats. Clinton became the nominee, and he asked Al Gore to be his running mate. Back in February of 1992, a billionaire businessman named Ross Perot appeared on Larry King Live to open the possibility of running for President, despite the fact that he had never held public office before. Soon after, a huge grassroots movement swept the country to get Perot on the ballot in every state. Getting on the ballot in every state was a big deal back then for a third candidate, and it still kind of is. James Stockdale, a war hero and former prisoner of war in Vietnam, was Perot’s running mate. By May, he was the frontrunner, leading over both Bush and Clinton in the polls. However, by July the establishment media had been regularly attacking him, and he didn’t know how to handle it well. He was, after all, getting attacked by both Republicans and Democrats. There were also internal issues within his campaign. And then, in July, almost seemingly out of the blue, Perot dropped out of the race. To this day, it remains a mystery why he exactly did this. He later explained it was to protect his daughter, but that still seems like a weird excuse. His supporters felt betrayed. Flash forward to October, and all of sudden Perot said he was back in the race. He qualified for the presidential debates, and it was only the second time a third party candidate was allowed in a televised debate- the first being John Anderson back in 1980. However, these debates were extra special because it was the only time in American history where three candidates all got to debate each other at the same time on TV. And the debates were exciting! This was a classic three-way race. Really. Supporters of all three candidates thought their candidate had a good chance to win up until the end really. Clinton and Perot attacked Bush because of the lagging economy. Clinton remained a charmer, but critics pointed out character flaws. In addition to allegations of cheating on his wife, Clinton was criticized for dodging the draft during the Vietnam War and smoking marijuana. (but I didn’t inhale) Oh how the times have changed. Ross Perot, despite being a billionaire who spent tens of millions of dollars of his own money to run his campaign, ran as the outsider who wanted to end crony capitalism and the special interests in Washington. Perot stood out as the only candidate who criticized NAFTA. He could never regain the momentum he had back in the spring, however, distantly in third place behind Bush and Clinton in the polls right before election day.

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The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Donate to Mr.Beat for prizes: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 50th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. On Election Day in 1984, Mr. Beat turns three years old, so obviously he vividly remembers how this one went down. Feeling dorky? Visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1984 The 50th Presidential election in American history took place on November 6, 1984, on my third birthday. Yep, this was the first presidential election I was alive to witness, although I don’t remember it at all. Man, I guess that means I’m almost finally done with this series. Wow. Anyway, Ronald Reagan was easily renominated as the Republican nominee after a strong first term. The economy had rebounded, and many Americans seemed to credit Reagan for getting the rest of the world to respect the country more. Sure, the government didn’t shrink much, and military spending went way up, but that seemed to be what everyone wanted. Reagan talked trash about the Soviet Union, but more discreetly took the beginning steps to help end the Cold War. Vice President George H.W. Bush was also easily renominated. This was the only time both a vice presidential roll call and presidential roll call was done at the same time. While at least eight Democrats sought their party’s nomination, only three won any state primaries. One was Jesse Jackson, a civil rights activist and Baptist minister, and the first African American to be a serious contender for the Presidency. Another was Gary Hart, a Senator from Colorado, who became the main rival to Walter Mondale, the former Vice President in the Carter administration, who appeared to be the one to beat. Well Hart came close, but Mondale came out as the winner. In a somewhat surprising move, Mondale went with Geraldine Ferraro, a Representative from New York, as his running mate. She became the first major party female vice presidential candidate in American history. Mondale and the Democrats probably figured, what the heck, Reagan is so popular, we need to do whatever we possibly can to get the attention of voters to sway them our way. Despite his old age- Reagan was now 73- he seemed unstoppable. Still, opponents questioned how well he could continue to be the commander in chief at his age. In response, at one of the debates between him and Mondale, he joked, "I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience." Mondale criticized Reagan’s supply side economics, or more commonly called “trickle-down economics” and called attention to the rising budget deficits. His solution? Raise taxes. Sure, the people love hearing that. Despite Ferraro being the first major party female vice presidential candidate, she didn’t generate the excitement that Democrats at originally anticipated.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Donate to Mr.Beat for prizes: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 49th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1980, Ronald Reagan seems unstoppable as he tries to "make America great again." The 49th Presidential election in American history took place on November 4, 1980. As President, Jimmy Carter faced quite a few obstacles, and things just weren’t all peachy. The country faced low economic growth, high inflation and interest rates, and an energy crisis, in which the prices of oil went way up since supply went down in certain areas. This shortage was partially caused by the Iranian Revolution of 1979, in which a new Islamic government hostile to the United States overthrew the old one. And this soon led to the Iranian Hostage Crisis, in which 52 American diplomats and citizens were held hostage after a group of Iranian revolutionaries took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Carter tried applying economic and diplomatic pressure on the Iranians to get the hostages released, but ultimately, by the time the election rolled around, he was unsuccessful freeing them. As Carter sought renomination by the Democratic Party, he did face challengers. His leading opponent was Ted Kennedy. This was the toughest primary race a sitting President had to go through to seek his party’s renomination since President Taft sought renomination in the election of 1912, which as you already know ended up splitting the Republican Party. Carter and Kennedy were in a tight race, and some people tried to get Edmund Muskie, who was now the Secretary of State, to run against them, just to break apart the deadlock between the two. It didn’t work, but Carter had more delegates than Kennedy going into the convention, and he won renomination, with Walter Mondale also re-nominated for Vice President. Ronald Reagan was easily the favorite to win the Republican nomination, but he did have several opponents. Like George Herbert Walker Bush, the former CIA director and Representative from Texas, or this dude. John B. Anderson, a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Anderson stood out among the crowd of Republicans because of a great debate performance against his other Republican challengers. He eloquently expressed himself and said things none of the other candidates dared say, like saying that lowering taxes, increasing defense spending, and balancing the budget could not all happen at the same time. After this, Anderson got a lot of media attention. Still, no one could take on the popular Ronald Reagan, who it seems had been preparing for this moment for a very long time. Reagan got the nomination, with Bush as his running mate. Meanwhile, Anderson had decided to leave the Republican Party and run as an independent candidate, mostly as a centrist, or as the moderate guy who argued that Reagan was much too conservative and Carter much too liberal. Patrick Lucey, a former Democratic governor of Wisconsin and Ambassador to Mexico in the Carter administration, was Anderson’s running mate. The Libertarian Party by this time had started to gain some momentum. They nominated Ed Clark, a lawyer who had previously ran for governor of California as the third party candidate but lost. David Koch, a businessman and engineer from Kansas, was his running mate. Koch is one of the now famous, or infamous, depending on who you ask, Koch brothers. Koch pledged part of his personal fortune to the campaign. The two front runners, Reagan and Carter, were neck and neck. Reagan ran a campaign of optimism, while Carter’s campaign seemed to be more negative, attacking Reagan for being too far to the right. Reagan called for more military spending, while at the same time calling for a smaller government. Wait, what? Carter’s campaign had to defend the Iranian hostage crisis, support for the Equal Rights Amendment to the constitution, which was supposed to guarantee equality for women but by 1980 was not as popular, and a struggling economy. Not only that, but when the League of Women Voters invited Carter to debate both Reagan and Anderson, Carter turned it down because Anderson was invited. So the debate was a bit weird, with just Reagan and Anderson going at it. Anderson was polling at around 20 percent at the time. After the debate, Anderson’s poll numbers dropped, and the League asked Carter again to join just Reagan this time for a debate one week before the election. Carter accepted. The debate had really high ratings, and by most accounts Reagan dominated, even though his campaign may have had access to Carter’s notes preparing for the debate ahead of time.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Donate to Mr.Beat for prizes: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 48th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1976, the country celebrates its bicentennial by not trusting the government. #mrbeat #presidentialelectionsinamericanhistory The 48th Presidential election in American history took place on November 2, 1976. The country was now over 200 years old, but during this time an increasing number of Americans didn’t seem to trust their government. This guy might be the reason why. Remember how Richard Nixon won big in the 1972 election? Well, as it turns out, his campaign that year was up to some shady stuff. Some of his supporters broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. in order to spy on them. They were busted, and this was eventually known as the Watergate scandal. As it turns out, the Nixon administration was involved and later tried to cover it up. Nixon was forced to give up audio recordings that proved this. Facing impeachment by the House of Representatives and likely getting fired by the Senate, Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974. Just like that...he gone. Gerald Ford, the Vice President, was sworn in as the 38th President in American history. Hold up! What happened to Spiro Agnew? Spiro Agnew had actually resigned the year before. He had his own scandal involving him receiving illegal bribes back when he was the Governor of Maryland. So Nixon nominated Ford, a dude from Michigan who at the time was the House Minority Leader. Congress overwhelmingly approved the nomination. Good thing the fairly recently passed 25th Amendment to the Constitution said they could now do this. Also because of the 25th Amendment, Nelson Rockefeller became the 41st Vice President in American history. So what is one of the first things that Gerald Ford does? Well, he pardons Richard Nixon. All, that’s so sweet of him. Ford was President during a tricky time- the Vietnam War was ending as the Americans left and let South Vietnam fall, which was a humbling defeat, and the economy wasn’t doing so well back at home. The U.S. dealt with stagflation, which is when things basically cost a lot while unemployment goes up and companies produce less. In 1976, Ford tried to get the Republican nomination for President as the only sitting President who had never been elected to national office, and he had an impressive challenger. Ronald Reagan, the now former governor of California, nearly took the nomination. Going into the Republican Convention, the two were dead even. However, Ford won the nomination narrowly on the first ballot. The Republicans nominated Bob Dole, a Senator from my home state of Kansas, as his running mate. Just like in 1972, many sought the Democratic Party nomination. Four stood out in the beginning. Henry Jackson, a Senator from Washington, Mo Udall, a U.S. Representative from Arizona, Jerry Brown, the Governor of California and son of former California Governor Pat Brown, and George Wallace, who, despite being shot and paralyzed during the last election effort, was still going strong. Well none of those four saw Jimmy Carter coming. Carter, a former Governor of Georgia, took everyone by surprise by winning the early Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary. Henry Jackson didn’t even compete in those, and boy was that a big mistake- he never recovered. Ever since then, the media has spent extra special attention to Iowa and New Hampshire, you may have noticed. Check out Political Junkie and Step Back History explain this in more detail. Anyway, Carter capitalized on the fact that he was a D.C. outsider and a centrist from the South to become a successful dark horse candidate. Despite an ABC movement, or Anybody But Carter movement, Carter got the nomination at the convention, with Walter Mondale, a Senator from Minnesota, as his running mate. One third party candidate I will mention was Eugene McCarthy, our boy from the 1968 election, who had since split from the Democratic Party and now ran as an independent candidate. But the Democrats and Republicans had the money. Carter generally led in the polls over Ford, and Ford said stupid things like “there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never will be under a Ford administration." But then again, Carter was talking about lusting for women other his wife to Playboy Magazine, so the race remained tight. Bob Dole and Walter Mondale participated in the first-ever formal vice presidential candidate debate.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Donate to Mr.Beat for prizes: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 47th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1972, Richard Nixon is on top of the world. What could go wrong? Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1972 The 47th Presidential election in American history took place on November 7, 1972. It was the first one in which Americans aged 18 to 20 could vote in, thanks to the recent passage of the 26th Amendment to the Constitution. Richard Nixon acted like a madman. Well, he pretended to, making the Soviet Union and North Vietnam think he was unpredictable and crazy so that they would be more afraid of the United States. Really though, Nixon just wanted the Vietnam War over, but he found it difficult to just bring all the troops home at once. In some ways, he made the conflict worse after he continued to bomb Cambodia. Still, each year, more and more American troops came back home. Nixon seemed to contradict himself with foreign policy. On one hand, he wanted more involvement abroad to prevent the spread of Communism, including having the C.I.A. continue to secretly take out Communist leaders in foreign countries. On the other hand, Nixon advocated a policy called detente, which is a fancy word for easing relations between two countries. Nixon visited Communist China, for example, which was an important step in improving relations with them. Going into the election, Nixon had an approval rating of over 60 percent, but he did have two opponents trying to get renominated by the Republicans. Pete McCloskey, a Representative from California, ran against him because he thought all the troops from Vietnam should have been brought home a long time ago. Nixon’s other opponent was John Ashbrook, a Representative from Ohio, who criticized Nixon for being too liberal and too much of a big government-guy. Ashbrook was also against detente. But McCloskey and Ashbrook never had much of a chance. Nixon was easily renominated, with Spiro Agnew again as his running mate. 15 people declared themselves as candidates for the Democratic Party. One of them, Shirley Chisholm, a Representative from New York, became the first African American to run for a major party nomination. Another, Patsy Mink, a Representative from Hawaii, was the first Asian American candidate to run for President for a major party. The guy who was the favorite for the nomination originally was Senate Majority Whip Ted Kennedy, the youngest brother of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. But he said he wouldn’t be a candidate. Hubert Humphrey went ahead and gave it another go, but did not campaign aggressively. It’s almost like he didn’t want to go through it all again. Edmund Muskie, Humphrey’s running mate in 1968, was the frontrunner for awhile until a successful smear campaign shook him up, to a point where it looked like he was crying, and there’s no crying in baseball, I mean politics, even if they were just snowflakes, and this hurt his chances, believe it or not. Then there was George Wallace, who was back with the Democratic Party after leaving them in 1968 with his fairly successful third party run. Wallace, surprisingly, did well in the primaries again, but his campaign was cut short after he was shot multiple times by a kid named Arthur Bremer, who, believe it or not, was released from prison back in 2007 for good behavior and is still alive. Wallace survived, but he was paralyzed from the waist down and would be in tremendous pain for the rest of his life. So that just leaves George McGovern, a Senator from South Dakota who had a big grassroots campaign. McGovern stood out as the leading anti-war candidate, who also thought all the troops from Vietnam should have been brought home a long time ago. Although the Democratic Party establishment again wanted Hubert Humphrey as their guy, the grassroots movement to get McGovern as the nominee overcame them. McGovern became the nominee, and, what became known as the McGovern Commission, or the principle that the most primary votes should actually determine who the nominee was, has been the norm ever since. Some of the Democratic Party establishment didn’t like McGovern, though, and refused to support him. The Democrats nominated Thomas Eagleton, a Senator from Missouri, as his running mate. As it turns out, Eagleton, had health concerns, and was pressured to drop out of the race. After Eagleton dropped out, McGovern had a hard time finding his replacement. He asked six different people to be his running mate, and they all turned him down. That’s a little embarrassing.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Donate to Mr.Beat for prizes: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 46th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1968, the country is a bit chaotic as everyone seems to be out in the streets protesting or smoking marijuana. Oh, and there's a three-way race for the Presidency. And people keep getting shot. #uspresidentialelections #apush #ushistory Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1968 The 46th Presidential election in American history took place on November 5, 1968. Sure, President Lyndon Johnson kicked butt in the 1964 election, but what a difference four years makes. In case you didn’t know, the 1960s were probably the most exciting decade of the twentieth century. Society was dramatically changing, and one of the quickest ways to realize this is by comparing music from the beginning of the decade to music from the end of the decade. Not only was there the rise of the hippie counterculture, but there was the rise of the New Left movement and Black Power. 1968 was a crazy year in American history. There were many riots and just a lot of mad people who took to the streets to protest. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, for crying out loud. Meanwhile, Johnson’s popularity declined dramatically, most due to the Vietnam War. Each year during his Presidency, Johnson had sent more and more soldiers to fight in a war that more and more Americans were saying was stupid and pointless. Not only that, the war was not going well at all. It was looking like this might be the first war the United States lost, ever, well unless you count the Civil War. Despite all this, Johnson decided to run for reelection anyway, but he did have opponents, like Eugene McCarthy, the Senator from Minnesota, and Robert Kennedy, the brother of John Kennedy and now Senator from New York. When the Vietnam War went worse and Johnson didn’t do so well with the New Hampshire primary, he decided to drop out of the race. (Video of Johnson) After this, Vice President Hubert Humphrey decided to run. In the Democratic primaries, it was basically a three-way race between Humphrey, Kennedy, and McCarthy. Humphrey had supported sending troops to Vietnam, and Kennedy and McCarthy were both strongly anti-war. This would make you think Kennedy and McCarthy were all cozy, and they used to be, but McCarthy was a little annoyed that he was the first one bold enough to challenge Johnson about the war and now Kennedy was wanting all the glory from it. Kennedy and McCarthy debated each other several times, and the two were in a tight race for the most delegates heading into the convention. But then, more tragedy. Robert Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles on June 5th by a dude named Sirhan Sirhan, who to this day says he does not remember doing it. Um...yeah. The Democrats tried to press on after Kennedy’s death. Many Kennedy supporters switched to support McCarthy. However, at the convention, despite violent confrontations between anti-war protesters and the police going on right outside, Hubert Humphrey won the nomination. The Democrats went with Edmund Muskie, a Senator from Maine, as Humphrey’s running mate. The Republicans once again had Richard Nixon, who had returned for another go at it after losing the 1960 election. Nixon was always the frontrunner for the nomination, but George Romney, the Governor of Michigan, posed a big threat early on. Later, Ronald Reagan, the Governor of California, an even bigger threat. At the convention, a bunch of candidates tried for the nomination, and Republicans also wrote-in a ton of names, like people from other political parties. This proves there was significant opposition to Nixon, but he won the nomination anyway, barely, and with the help of former Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond, who was now a dedicated Republican thanks to liking Barry Goldwater.The Republicans nominated Spiro Agnew, the Governor of Maryland, as Nixon’s running mate. Well, we haven’t heard from third parties in awhile. So it’s about time someone like this dude came along to challenge the status quo. The newly formed American Independent Party nominated George Wallace, the now former Governor of Alabama for President of these here United States. Curtis LeMay, the former Chief of Staff of the Air Force, was his running mate. Wallace continued to run on a segregationist platform. However, he was also a populist, appealing to many blue collar workers outside of the South. Wallace polled as high as 21% in September, but most Americans thought he was just a bit too racist for them. Therefore, as election day drew near, it seemed it would be either Nixon or Humphrey.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Donate to Mr.Beat for prizes: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 45th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. With JFK gone, LBJ tries to scare the American people with tales of a man named Barry Goldwater. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1964 The 45th Presidential election in American history took place on November 3, 1964. Almost a full year before this, John F. Kennedy was assassinated while visiting Dallas, Texas, leaving the nation shocked and heartbroken. Vice President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in, becoming the 36th President in American history. Lyndon Johnson sought to carry on many of Kennedy’s policies, but he was certainly no Kennedy. One thing probably was different- many argue Kennedy would have handled the escalation of sending troops to Vietnam to fight the Communist Viet Cong differently than Johnson. Although Kennedy was the one who started sending troops to there, some argue that right before he died he had wanted to withdraw- to bring the troops home. Johnson, on the other hand, ended up staying the course and sending more troops to Vietnam. In fact, his administration pretty much made up the fact that American navy ships were attacked twice by North Vietnam, in what became known as the Gulf of Tonkin incident. After this, Congress gave President Johnson the authority, without a declaration of war, to do whatever possible to help South Vietnam fight back against North Vietnam. This became known as the Vietnam War. Overall, though, Johnson had aligned himself with Kennedy, and therefore was popular. He and most others were confident the Democratic Party would nominate him for President again, but he did face some challenges revolving around the civil rights movement. Earlier that year, Johnson had signed the Civil Rights Act, which gave the federal government power to enforce ending discrimination based on skin color, religion, gender, or national origin. First of all, there were the Dixiecrats, who never really went away since 1948. They obviously didn’t like the Civil Rights Act so much. Led by George Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, many of them threatened to leave the Democratic Party for good and even become Republicans. Wallace, who was totally against racial integration (aka for segregation), actually did fairly well in the Democratic primaries, even in some northern states like Wisconsin, Indiana, and Maryland. Other than that, as you can tell by this map, “favorite son” candidates (or ones who were popular where they came from) dominated the Democratic primaries. They all had ulterior motives, however, as they were just going to give their votes to Lyndon Johnson. So Lyndon Johnson got the nomination, and the Democrats nominated Minnesota senator Hubert Humphrey as his running mate. However, there was a major controversy at the Democratic Convention when the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, made up of mostly African Americans who challenged the all-white Mississippi delegation who were elected in a shady way so that there would be no black delegates, protested. A compromise was reached to give more black representation, but many white delegates refused to compromise and they walked out of the convention. Not only that, but Johnson and Robert Kennedy, the popular brother of John Kennedy and the Attorney General, did not like each other. Most Democrats wanted Kennedy as Johnson’s new running mate, but Johnson turned him down. In fact, Johnson had the FBI monitor Kennedy and made sure he spoke on the last day of convention to make sure he wasn’t drafted by delegates to be his running mate. Despite all this, Johnson was a huge favorite to win, because this guy was his opponent. Barry Goldwater, kind of a libertarian type guy except for foreign policy. Goldwater became the Republican nominee after a tough fight with New York governor Nelson Rockefeller. After Richard Nixon had declared he would not run for President this time, a bunch of Republicans, including even a woman, sought the Republican nomination. But Barry and Nelson were the two leading candidates, with Nelson representing the more moderate to liberal Republicans and Barry representing the more conservative. At the Republican convention, there was a lot of trash talking and a lot of booing, but ultimately Goldwater got the nomination, with William Miller, an obscure U.S. Representative from New York, as his running mate. Barry Goldwater freaked a bunch of Republicans out, so much that they couldn’t support him and instead pledged to vote for Johnson. Opponents to Goldwater called him a “radical” and “extremist.”

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Donate to Mr.Beat for prizes: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 44th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1960, it's JFK vs. Nixon in one of the closest Presidential elections of all time. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1960 The 44th Presidential election in American history took place on November 8, 1960. It was the first election in which Alaska and Hawaii could both participate. Dwight Eisenhower had a pretty good run, but he was the first President officially not allowed to seek a third term. His Vice President for eight years, Richard Nixon, now enthusiastically sought the Presidency. Several Republicans, however, supported Nelson Rockefeller, the Governor of New York and the member of the wealthy Rockefeller family. Rockefeller was the leader of the liberal/moderate wing of the Republican Party. After he decided to drop out of the race, Nixon easily won the Republican nomination, but he was a little worried he didn’t have the Rockefeller Republicans on his side, so he met with Rockefeller to make sure they were on the same page on many issues. By doing this, Nixon sort of officially became a big government Republican, you could say. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, was Nixon’s running mate. Lodge was a familiar name, as he was the grandson of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and also had a bunch of other ancestors who were involved with national politics. The Democrats knew they had to nominate someone exciting to get back to the White House. Many Democrats were interested. Most of them were new to the national scene, but most were just not that exciting. Pat Brown, the governor of California, wanted the nomination, but wasn’t that exciting. Stuart Symington, a Senator from Missouri, wanted it and was a bit more exciting. Then there was Adlai Stevenson, who had lost the last two presidential elections. Meh, not exciting. Wayne Morse, a Senator from Oregon. Better. Lyndon Johnson, the Senate Majority Leader. Even better. Hubert Humphrey, a Senator from Minnesota, yeah, kind of got people fired up. But really, there was just one man that energized the Democratic Party far more than any other. John Kennedy. And despite some harsh criticism that he was too young to be President- he was just 43 after all, the Democratic Party went with him anyway. Even though Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson had their disagreements, Kennedy helped unite the party behind him by asking Johnson to be his running mate, and Johnson accepted. So it was Nixon versus Kennedy. Both of them drew huge, enthusiastic crowds everywhere they went. Nixon promised to campaign in all 50 states, even Alaska and Hawaii. He probably later regretted that promise, however, after he hurt his knee on a car door and the knee got severely infected. After he recovered two weeks later, he stayed true to his pledge, but some historians say he was an idiot for doing so, as he likely just wasted valuable time visiting states he had no chance of winning anyway. Lyndon Johnson greatly helped Kennedy by aggressively campaigning in the South. It was actually quite a smart move for Kennedy to choose him as his running mate. Still, several Americans criticized Kennedy for his youth, and just like with Al Smith in 1928, there were plenty of Protestants who didn’t want Kennedy, a Roman Catholic, as President because of his religion. Since the economy was strong, Kennedy and Nixon often attacked each other on foreign policy. Believe it or not, this was the first time live presidential debates were held in the general election. There were four of them, and they were all on television, so it was a pretty big deal. For the first debate, most people who listened to it on the radio agreed that Nixon won. However, for those who saw it on TV, most agreed that Kennedy won. Why? Many say that Nixon looked uncomfortable and weak. He kept sweating, and was still recovering from his recent knee injury. He was tired from campaigning all day, and hadn’t worn any makeup, so his beard stubble showed up to viewers at home. Meanwhile, Kennedy looked rested, tan, and confident during the debate. It’s pretty crazy how many agree that appearing on television literally changed the outcome of this election. However, going into election day, it was difficult to tell who would win. Everyone knew it would be close, and therefore this election became one of the most suspenseful and dramatic in American history.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Donate to Mr.Beat for prizes: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 43rd episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1956, two intelligent progressives perhaps naively think they can take Ike and Dick down. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1956 The 43rd Presidential election in American history took place on November 6, 1956, the day I turned negative 25. Uh-oh, we got a re-match! Dwight Eisenhower remained very popular, and his first term went fairly well, except for having a heart attack. But he had recovered from that, and decided for a second term. He was easily renominated without opposition. Richard Nixon, even if he was a bit more polarizing than Eisenhower, was also easily renominated. Eisenhower had brought the troops home from Korea and the economy remained strong. He had proven to be a strong Cold War leader as well, and he helped many Americans feel safe again. It was going to be hard for anyone to run against him. But the Democrats tried. Adlai Stevenson, the now former governor of Illinois who ran and lost in 1952, decided to give it another go against Eisenhower. However, Estes Kefauver returned to challenge him, and did surprisingly well in early primaries. Stevenson was like, “bring it, bro,” and the two participated in the very first nationally televised presidential debate before the Florida primary. In Florida, Stevenson won a close contest, and from there he had the momentum. Stevenson won the nomination, but to get everyone fired up he decided to let the delegates choose his running mate at the Democratic convention. This made the convention pretty darn exciting, and a young Senator from Massachusetts by the name of John Kennedy got a lot of buzz. However, the Democratic Party delegates ultimately went with Kefauver as Stevenson’s running mate. Stevenson campaigned vigorously against Eisenhower. He called for getting rid of the draft, lowering military spending, ending nuclear bomb testing (which was kind of getting out of control), and expanding social programs for the needy. As things were going pretty well for the country, Eisenhower campaigned on his record, and he won the support of many African Americans with his support of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, which ended racial segregation in public schools. This was the first election in which television ads dominated each campaign. Who knew that video could be such an effective medium?

Did Nader play the role of spoiler? In my first video collaboration with my friend Will from Political Junkie, I provide evidence why Ralph Nader absolutely did not spoil the presidential election of 2000. If anyone did, it's probably George W. Bush. Please check out Will's counter argument video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4XeaFX69sM&feature=youtu.be And subscribe to his wonderful channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyuAKnN3g2fZ7_R9irgEUZQ Sources: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-nader-spoilers-20160612-snap-story.html http://www.salon.com/2000/11/28/hightower/ http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/polisci/faculty/lewis/pdf/greenreform9.pdf http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/05/31/nader_elected_bush_why_we_shouldnt_forget_130715.html http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=119958 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/06/05/why-u-s-elections-are-all-about-voting-against-something-and-not-for-it/ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/6/1260721/-The-Nader-Myth http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/2000presgeresults.htm http://www.timwise.org/2000/11/no-more-mister-fall-guy-why-ralph-nader-is-not-to-blame-for-president-bush/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-zuesse/ralph-nader-was-indispens_b_4235065.html http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/politics/seminars/herron.pdf http://www.amarkfoundation.org/pdf/ralph-nader-potential-impact-2000-election-mar-17.pdf Ok, I commonly hear the myth that Ralph Nader, the legendary consumer protection activist, spoiled the election of 2000 by “stealing” votes that would have gone to Al Gore, the Democratic nominee. Well, that’s crap. Ralph Nader did not spoil the election, and here is why. At the heart of the argument is what happened in Florida. There, just a few hundred votes separated the winner, George Walker Bush, from the runner up, Al Arnold Gore. It was so close it took five weeks to sort out, and many demanded a recount. In Florida, as in nearly all other states, it’s “winner takes all,” and so Bush got all the electoral votes there despite a very narrow victory, therefore winning the entire election. Instead of voters blaming, I don’t know, Al Gore, for losing in Florida, they blamed Nader. It’s easy to see why they did. Nader got around 95,000 votes in Florida. However, once you dig deeper and begin to critically think, it’s not so simple. As it turns out, only around 24,000 registered Democrats voted for Nader in Florida, compared with the 308,000 registered Democrats (or 13 percent of all Democrats in Florida) who voted for George W. Bush. It seems to me that the 308,000 Democrats who voted Republican in 2000 hurt the Democratic Party much more than the 24,000 Democrats that voted for Nader. Oh! So, as it turns out, Bush spoiled the election for himself there. But people speculate. What if Nader wasn’t in the race? In 2006, UCLA published a study which analyzed 46 million decisions that people who cast ballots in Florida made in the election, and found that just about 60% of Nader voters would have supported Gore if Nader wasn’t in the race. They also found that Nader voters often voted for Republican candidates in other elections on the same ballots, and that Pat Buchanan voters often voted for Democratic candidates in other elections on the same ballots. In other words, they found solid evidence that there were people who leaned to the right who voted for Gore and people who leaned to the left who voted for Bush. In addition, 76% of Nader voters in 2000 were not Democrats- in fact, they were mostly independents. Previous studies, which looked at Ross Perot’s runs in 1992 and 1996 also found that Perot took votes away from both major party political candidates, not just one side or the other. Writers like Bill Scher look at the same studies, including the 2006 UCLA one, and say “see, if it was only Bush and Gore in the race, more people who would have voted for Nader would vote for Gore instead!” The major flaw with this argument is that that didn’t happen. Nader was actually in the race. We could also pretend that Santa Claus was running for President, but that really wouldn’t change what really happened. Nader really ran, and people voted for him, or against the other two. I hate the “what if” game. What if, what if, what if- QUIET, IT DIDN’T HAPPEN. According to recent research, people are increasingly more motivated to vote against a candidate or party than for one. If this is true, we might assume that Nader voters were actually voting against both Bush and Gore. According to an exit poll in Florida by CNN, half of Nader voters would have stayed home if he wasn’t in the race. But here’s another crazy fact- there were ten different candidates that got more votes in Florida the the number of votes, 537, that separated Bush and Gore. Why does Nader get the blame when seven others could also be blamed?

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Donate to Mr.Beat for prizes: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 42nd episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1952, a balding, out-of-touch intellectual who wasn't too enthusiastic about running in the first place takes on a war hero. #merica #presidentialelectionsinamericanhistory #mrbeat Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1952 The 42nd Presidential election in American history took place on November 4, 1952. Oh Harry. He had managed to get the country into another war. But now the United States military was acting as the leading force for an organization Truman had helped start, called the United Nations. UN forces arrived to help defend South Korea after Communist North Korea invaded them. This was back in 1950. Two years later, the conflict dragged on as a stalemate. Truman called it just a “police action,” but today we know it as the Korean War. Even though the war still gets glossed over, 10s of thousands of Americans died in it, and Truman’s popularity declined the longer it continued. Senator Joseph McCarthy’s anti-Communist attacks and the revelation of widespread corruption of federal employees also hurt Truman’s approval rating, so much that he hesitated to run for re-election. He cautiously proceeded, though, trying to talk Adlai Stevenson II to run. Stevenson was the governor of Illinois and grandson of former Vice President Adlai Stevenson I. But Stevenson was like “meh- I really don’t want to that much,” and the populist Estes Kefauver, a Senator from Tennessee, became a leading candidate. After Kefauver upset Truman in the New Hampshire primary, Truman dropped out. Kefauver continued to win many primaries, but powerful people within the Democratic Party establishment simply thought he was too much of an outsider, and therefore could not be trusted. At the Democratic Convention, Kefauver was the early favorite, but eventually the party’s bosses were able to convert enough people to support Adlai Stevenson, who finally was like, “alright, fine. I’ll run. Sure.” They nominated John Sparkman, a Senator from Alabama, as his running mate. This was mostly because they wanted the former Dixiecrats back, as Sparkman was alright with racial segregation. The Republican Party had a four-way race for the nomination. Dwight Eisenhower, the World War II hero, had finally been persuaded to run for President, and he had three familiar opponents- Robert Taft, Earl Warren, and Harold Stassen. Because Warren and Stassen only won the primaries in their home states, so really this was more of a two-way race between Eisenhower and Taft. The two had quite different foreign policies. Taft was a non-interventionist, criticizing the Korean War and calling for less involvement in foreign conflicts. Eisenhower was cool with the Truman Doctrine, seeing the spread of Communism as a big threat that needed to be stopped whenever possible. Taft also criticized Truman for the welfare state that had ballooned since the New Deal, while Eisenhower was cool with keeping the welfare state. Eisenhower and Taft were neck and neck in the primary race. Going into the Republican convention- everyone knew it would be one of those two. But Taft’s campaign got accused of silencing Eisenhower delegates from Southern states. Whether true or not, this ended up hurting Taft. After a bitter and divided convention, Eisenhower barely came out as the winner, with Richard Nixon, a Senator from California, as his running mate, who accused others of being crooks, and some accused him of being a crook, but he cleared everything up with a dramatic speech where he mentioned his dog Checkers. Eisenhower was incredibly popular candidate thanks to being a war hero, and he drew huge crowds. He was way ahead in the polls throughout his campaign, and even had a catchy slogan, “I Like Ike.” Adlai Stevenson drew big crowds, too, but he became famously known as an “egghead,” not only because his baldness but because of his tendency of being too intellectual and out of touch with ordinary people. Both campaigns used television ads quite a bit, marking a shift that many people actually had them now. Toward the end of his campaign, Eisenhower announced he would look at ending the Korean War and bringing the troops home.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Donate to Mr.Beat for prizes: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 41st episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1948, the Democratic Party splinters into three factions, and everyone predicts Truman stands no chance. Finally, Dewey defeats Truman. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1948 The 41st Presidential election in American history took place on November 2, 1948. After Franklin Roosevelt died, Harry Truman took over, and soon after Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allied forces. Now, all eyes were on the Pacific theater of the war. Truman took action and decided to drop the first and only atomic bombs ever dropped on another country. He did it to end the war quickly and try to save the lives of millions of both Americans and Japanese who would have kept on fighting otherwise. While today people still debate whether or not the action was justified, it’s hard to deny how bold the move was by Truman. And it worked. Japan finally surrendered shortly after Americans dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The war was over, and this time Truman made it a point to not make the same mistakes that were made after World War One. Truman had a very low approval rating- it seemed not nearly as many Americans liked him like they did FDR. Not only that, several people in his own political party were turning against him. They tried to get Dwight Eisenhower, the World War II hero and former Chief of Staff of the United States Army, to be the nominee instead of Truman. But they failed, as Eisenhower refused to run. Eventually the Democrats went ahead and went with Truman as their nominee, with Alben Barkley, the Senate Minority Leader, as his running mate. Though Truman tried to moderate his civil rights positions, some Democrats were like “nuh-uh” and walked out of the Democratic Convention. They started a new political party, called the States’ Rights Democratic Party. Members of this party became known as Dixiecrats. The Dixiecrats wanted to keep the policy of racial segregation in the South allow states to keep their infamous Jim Crow laws. They nominated Strom Thurmond, the governor of South Carolina and the guy who led the walkout of the Democratic convention, for President, and Fielding Wright, the Governor of Mississippi, as his running mate. Fielding Wright? More like Fielding Wrong. Haha Sorry, bad joke. Anyway, it wasn’t just the Dixiecrats who left the Democratic Party. Some Democrats argued that Truman’s civil rights reforms didn’t do enough for blacks. They wanted more. Former Vice President Henry Wallace, who, remember, would have been President if it weren’t for Truman taking his place in the 1944 election, disagreed with Truman on many issues. In fact, Truman had fired Wallace from his position as the Secretary of Commerce after Wallace talked trash about Truman’s foreign policy. Wallace opposed the Truman Doctrine and wanted to get rid of the House Un-American Activities Committee, which he thought violated civil liberties. Wallace also called for more regulation against giant corporations and an expanded welfare state. Naturally, opponents called him a secret Communist. Wallace and his supporters also left the Democratic Party to form a third Progressive Party, called the, um, Progressive Party. Can’t we get more creative with names? Again, this was not the same Progressive Party as Teddy Roosevelt or Robert La Follette...it was a new one. This Progressive Party officially nominated Wallace as their nominee, with Glen Taylor, a senator from Idaho, as his running mate. Taylor had earned a reputation as being that one weird politician in DC. A guy known as the “singing cowboy” because he would sing songs and ride his horse up the steps of the Capitol, not at the same time, mind you. So Wallace and Taylor were definitely unique. When they campaigned, they made a point of speaking to racially integrated audiences, even in the South, and because of that, Southerners sometimes threw food like eggs and tomatoes at them. Oh crap, I spent so much time talking about Democrats and former Democrats that I almost forgot about the Republicans. Well, they tried for Dwight Eisenhower, too, but after Eisenhower declined, many familiar names stood out for the nomination. Thomas Dewey, Robert Taft, Arthur Vandenburg, and Harold Stassen, who were all in the running in 1944, and some who didn’t run in 1944, notably Earl Warren, the governor of California. The Republicans decided to play it safe and go once again with Thomas Dewey, he was still governor of New York. They nominated Warren as his running mate.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Donate to Mr.Beat for prizes: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 40th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1944, World War II is going much better for the Americans, and FDR has proven to be an effective war time President. Can he get elected a fourth time? Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1944 The 40th Presidential election in American history took place on November 7, 1944. Almost three years earlier, the Empire of Japan attacked an American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 2400 Americans were killed and 1200 wounded. The attack also damaged five battleships and three destroyers, and seven other ships and more than 200 aircraft were ruined. It completely took most Americans by surprise, and the next day President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan, which they promptly did. Soon after the United States also found itself at war with Nazi Germany, joining the struggling Allies. This war became known as World War 2, and uh, it’s the biggest war of all time. By election day, 1944, the war was going much better for the Allies, as the forces of both Japan and Germany had severely weakened. Roosevelt, or FDR, had become a popular war time President. Unlike in 1940, he did not hesitate to run for re-election during this very critical time. The Democratic Party mostly supported him, and his was renominated. However, most conservative Democrats were uneasy about renominating Vice President Henry Wallace, who they argued was too friendly with labor unions and those wanting to end racial segregation in the South. Some recommended Harry Truman, the Senator from Missouri who was more moderate. Truman had made a name for himself fighting fraud and waste in the war program, but FDR didn’t know him very well. FDR trusted and liked Wallace, but gave in to the pressure from the Democratic Party to have Truman be his running mate instead. Even with Truman’s nomination, several conservative Democrats were not happy. For years, they had not liked the way both the New Deal and the war effort expanded the federal government and hurt business. After the Supreme Court decision Smith v. Allwright, which said a Texas law saying it was ok to discriminate against African Americans in Democratic Party primaries was unconstitutional, they became even more upset with FDR and the party establishment. This group became known as the Texas Regulars, and they ended up breaking away from the Democrats. They were purely a protest group, and they never even could agree on another candidate. The main goal was to prevent the reelection of FDR. The Republicans again had many folks interested in their presidential nomination. Wendell Willkie was interested again. Thomas Dewey was interested again. Robert Taft was not. Instead, he told everyone John Bricker, the Governor of Ohio, would make a fine president. But some former Taft supporters gravitated toward General Douglas MacArthur, who was then leading Allied forces in the Pacific theater of the war. Another leading contender for the nomination was Harold Stassen, who ran for President pretty much every four years for the rest of the century. He had been the governor of Minnesota when he decided to give up the position to fight the war in the Pacific as a naval officer. Well, this time the Republicans went with Dewey, who by this time was the Governor of New York had become more of a national figure anyway. They chose Bricker as his running mate. It was a fairly strong ticket, but interestingly enough, Wendell Willkie, the Republican nominee of 1940, had not endorsed them. In fact, Willkie was had been pretty friendly to FDR since the last election, and some even speculated that Willkie could have been FDR’s new running mate instead of Truman. No one would find out what he was truly thinking, however, because Willkie died on October 8. On the campaign trail, Dewey talked trash about how FDR needed to lay off the economy and shrink the size of government, now that the end of the war was in sight. FDR argued he was just doing whatever was necessary to win the war, and most Americans generally agreed with him. There was one issue- some doubted FDR could make it another term, as his health appeared to be on the decline. Because of this, the Democrats had to sell his running mate, Harry Truman.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Donate to Mr.Beat for prizes: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 39th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1940, FDR is still pretty darn popular, so he figures...why not? Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1940 The 39th Presidential election in American history took place on November 5, 1940. The Great Depression dragged on, and now another world war was being fought all across Europe and in Asia. Franklin Roosevelt, or FDR, and remained popular despite the fact that his New Deal policies had becoming increasingly liberal, for lack of a better word, and despite the fact he tried to pack the Supreme Court so that more of his New Deal policies would not be struck down as unconstitutional. While the economy had showed signs of recovering early in FDR’s second term, it suddenly went to crap again soon after that. Many former FDR supporters began to lose faith in him. Former allies were now enemies. Al Smith, for example, constantly criticized FDR and had even supported Alf Landon for the 1936 election. After the court packing attempt, Vice President John Nance Garner turned against FDR, and said he would run in 1940. That didn’t seem to stop the majority of the country from supporting Roosevelt, which was why there were rumours that he might try for an unprecedented third term. FDR had told several people he had no intention of running again, as that would break the two-term tradition set by George Washington 144 years prior. His wife, Eleanor, said he shouldn’t do it. At the Democratic National Convention, Garner and FDR’s former campaign manager and the Postmaster General James Farley were the two leading candidates for the nomination. But enough key people influenced the majority that only FDR could keep the New Deal policies going, and it was he who once again got the nomination, with Henry Wallace, the Secretary of Agriculture, as his running mate this time. The Republican Party, who some said would die after the embarrassing defeat of Alf Landon in the 1936 presidential election, found new life when in 1938 they gained a lot of seats in Congress. The downturn of the economy certainly sparked this. By 1940, they thought they were ready to take FDR down. Still, the party was divided between the interventionists, those who wanted to become more actively involved in what became known as World War II, and the non-interventionists, those who wanted to stay out of the war. Three Republican candidates stood out. Robert Taft, the son of former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft and a Senator from Ohio, was a non-interventionist. Arthur Vandenberg, a Senator from Michigan, who leaned a bit non-interventionist, and Thomas Dewey, the District Attorney of New York county, who leaned a bit more interventionist than the other two but was still a non-interventionist. Dewey got the most votes early on but was criticized for his youth and lack of foreign policy experience. All three candidates had weaknesses, actually, and only 300 of the 1,000 delegates had been pledged to a candidate by the time of the Republican National Convention. This left an opening for a dark horse. That dark horse had a really cool name. Wendell Willkie, a lawyer, businessman, and former Democrat who had never previously run for public office. Wilkie had a passionate core of supporters who won most the rest of the Republicans over. Interestingly enough, Wilkie was an interventionist. The Republicans nominated Charles McNary, the Senate Minority Leader, as his running mate, even though McNary had tried to block Willkie’s nomination at the convention. No third parties stood out at all during this election. Unlike Landon in 1936, Willkie went aggressively attacked FDR. While he was ok with having New Deal welfare programs, he talked trash about how they were poorly run and created great uncertainty for businesses. He argued the country was not prepared for war, yet, at the same time, Roosevelt was leading the country down the path to war. He also questioned why FDR was breaking the two-term presidential tradition to begin with. However, Big Business was still mostly blamed at this time for the Depression, and Willkie couldn’t escape being associated with that. Because Willkie campaigned everywhere he could, sometimes he was heckled by crowds, and often had rotten fruit and vegetables thrown at him.

This is what my (un)lucky students in "real life" get to watch on the first day of school. Have a great school year, people! Music: "Let It Happen" by Tame Impala

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 37th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1936, the Great Depression drags on, but the New Deal is extremely popular. The polls say it will be a close race, but the polls are not scientific, as it turns out. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1936 The 38th Presidential election in American history took place on November 3, 1936. Almost four years earlier, Franklin Roosevelt went straight to work, causing the federal government to become more involved with the economy than ever before. This was at a low point of the Great Depression, and Americans were desperate for any kind of positive news. They wanted the President to do something- anything, to try to help the economy, and Roosevelt, or FDR as we will call him from now on, gave executive orders and signed laws that were all meant to provide what historians call “The Three Rs.” Relief for the unemployed and poor, Recovery for the economy, and Reform of the financial system so that a depression like this never happened again These laws and programs became famously known as The New Deal, and they are the reason why today we have things like social security, unemployment benefits, an 8-hour work day, a federal minimum wage, the FDIC and the SEC. FDR’s New Deal was the federal government micromanaging at an unprecedented level, and in normal conditions, it probably wouldn’t fly. But like I said, the people demanded action, and FDR delivered. While most Americans supported him, some did not, and the New Deal did not end the Depression. Some even argued it made it just prolonged it. Just before the election, the Great Depression had entered its 8th year. FDR wanted four more years to more aggressively push more New Deal programs. The New Deal had become very popular with the Democratic Party, and he was renominated with little opposition. Vice President John Nance Garner was once again his running mate. My home state of Kansas dominated the Republican Party this election. While the party had many potential presidential nominees, only two stood out- Alf Landon, the former millionaire oilman and Governor of Kansas, and William Borah, a Senator from Idaho who had went to the University of Kansas. The party’s establishment went with Landon, who actually supported many New Deal policies, yet had a strong reputation for being fiscally conservative and reducing taxes in Kansas. The Republicans nominated newspaper publisher Frank Knox as his running mate. Louisiana Senator Huey Long, aka The Kingfish, had planned to run for President in 1936, but he was assassinated the year before, a month after he announced he was running actually. Like his friend Father Coughlin, a Roman Catholic priest who was a big radio star, Long had originally supported FDR in 1932, but later criticized him, saying he wasn’t doing enough to help the poor. Long actually promoted the controversial Share Our Wealth program, which called for a massive redistribution of money from the super rich to everyone else. After Long died, Coughlin pressed forward with the movement, which eventually turned into a new political party, called the Union Party. According to some historians, Coughlin and Long never wanted to win the 1936 election- they just wanted to split the progressive vote to cause FDR to lose. Regardless of whether or not this was true, the newly formed Union Party nominated William Lemke, a U.S. Representative from North Dakota who lacked charisma and a chance at winning this election. Thomas O’Brien, a lawyer from Boston, was his running mate. Some political pundits predicted a close election, but the New Deal was very popular with many Americans, and with the Depression still dragging on many still kept their faith in it. Alf Landon was considered no match for FDR. Plus, he sucked at campaigning. Well actually, he didn’t campaign. A columnist joked, "Considerable mystery surrounds the disappearance of Alfred M. Landon of Topeka, Kansas.... The Missing Persons Bureau has sent out an alarm bulletin bearing Mr. Landon's photograph and other particulars, and anyone having information of his whereabouts is asked to communicate direct with the Republican National Committee."

In this video, I'm going to discuss why the Pearl Harbor attack should not have been a surprise. By the time the attack happened, the United States was well aware of Japan's plans and intentions. This video will explore the history of Japan's aggressive behavior and what led to the Pearl Harbor attack. Words by Augustine Kobayashi. His book, "Japan's Pacific War" is available from Quest Publications. You can purchase it at http://www.quest-publications.com/books/japans-pacific-war/ Narrated by Shannon Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room. All images found in the public domain. Produced by Matt Beat

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 37th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1932, the United States was at a very low point. Suddenly, out of the darkness, a man came to offer hope and inspiration with vague promises of making the country great again. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1932 The 37th Presidential election in American history took place on November 8, 1932. A lot had changed since 1928. Herbert Hoover’s time in office started out so promising, but on October 29, 1929, also known as Black Tuesday, the stock market crashed and triggered a bunch of events into motion that devastated economies around the entire world. During the Hoover administration, industrial production shrank by 46%, wholesale prices dropped by 32%, and foreign trade shrank by 70%, while unemployment increased by 607%. 1 in 4 Americans couldn’t find work, even though they often moved across the country, sometimes on foot, in order to find it. Personal income, tax revenue, and profits all dropped. The crime rate increased as unemployed workers often stole food to survive. Suicide rates and alcoholism rose. Marriages were delayed because many men wanted to wait until they could actually provide for a family. Less kids were born. It just sucked. It really, really sucked. Today we call this period of severe economic turmoil The Great Depression. Hoover had the great misfortune of being in charge when this happened, and so therefore became a great scapegoat. It’s not like he didn’t try very hard to stop it. He called for billions of dollars in taxpayer money for public works programs to create jobs. Ever hear of the Hoover Dam? Yep, that was named after him. He called for stronger labor regulation laws. He called for the federal government bailing out struggling industries. To pay for this, he called for more taxes. Oops. He raised tariffs by signing the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. And many argue, that by doing all of these things, Hoover was actually making the depression worse. Economists still argue about this today, but the bottom line is, in 1932 Hoover was not so popular. You could see this by the thousands of World War 1 veterans and their families camped out in Washington, D.C. demanding payments of a bonus that had been promised. Or the slums built by the poor people who couldn’t find work that were nicknamed “Hoovervilles.” Hoover had grown to hate the presidency, but he didn’t think any other Republican could do a better job than him, so he decided to run again. What’s surprising is that the Republican Party overwhelmingly supported his renomination. Charles Curtis would also run again as VP, baby. Kansas represent. Although he barely got renominated. The Democratic Party seemed rejuvenated in 1932. They had three candidates competing for the nomination. Al Smith, the former governor of New York seeking the Presidency a fourth time, his friend but increasingly vocal critic Franklin Roosevelt, who was now the governor of New York, and Speaker of the House John Nance Garner, who was from Texas. The Democrats went with Roosevelt, with Garner as his running mate. There were many third parties, but only one really stood out much- the Socialist Party. They nominated Norman Thomas, a minister from New York. He also ran in 1928, but this time had growing support as so many Americans were unhappy with Hoover yet also not satisfied with the Democrats. The Socialists nominated James Maurer, a trade unionist from Pennsylvania, as his running mate. On the campaign trail, Hoover did his best to defend his record, but the odds were against him. Not only did many Americans blame Hoover for the Great Depression, most now were strongly against Prohibition, which was also associated with his administration. Roosevelt, who was not widely known before this election, was now a rock star, drawing huge crowds, inspiring hope that he had solutions to end the depression. While Roosevelt didn’t offer many specific solutions, he did get specific when criticizing Hoover. Roosevelt criticized the Smoot-Hawley Tariff and the Hoover administration for taxing and spending way too much. His running mate, Garner, went further, accusing Hoover of “leading the country down the path of socialism.” Toward the end of campaigning, things got downright nasty between the two, with Hoover calling Roosevelt a “chameleon in plaid” and Roosevelt calling Hoover a “fat, timid capon.” (a capon is a castrated rooster, by the way)

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 36th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1928, the economy is still ridiculously strong, and Herbert Hoover has all the momentum in the world. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1928 The 36th Presidential election in American history took place on November 6, 1928, the day I turned negative 53. Calvin Coolidge had a smooth second term. The economy remained strong, and the federal government even had a huge surplus. If he wanted to run for another full term, he probably would have been easily re-elected. However, Coolidge had announced the previous summer that he had no intention of running by cutting out strips of paper with the statement, “I do not choose to run for president in 1928” on them, and handing them out to reporters at the press conference. Coolidge said after the slips of paper were handed out, “There will be nothing more from this office today,” and he walked out. So this left the Republican nomination wide open. The leading candidates were Herbert Hoover, the Secretary of Commerce, Frank Orren Lowden, the former governor of Illinois, and Senate Majority Leader Charles Curtis, who was from my home state of Kansas. Not impressed by these choices, many Republicans tried to draft Coolidge, but Coolidge turned it down. Hoover ended up getting the nomination, with Charles Curtis as his running mate. The Democratic Party nominated Al Smith, the governor of New York who was running for President a third time. Smith was the first Roman Catholic to be a major party’s candidate for President. The Democrats nominated Joseph Taylor Robinson, a U.S. Senator from Arkansas, as his running mate. Robinson and Smith seemed like the odd couple, but actually complimented each other well. No third parties really stood out during this election at all, and so we had another class two-way battle. Hoover had the momentum due to the fact that things were going pretty darn well overall in the country. In fact, at Hoover’s nomination acceptance speech, he said, "We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of this land... We shall soon with the help of God be in sight of the day when poverty will be banished from this land.” Little did Hoover know that soon those words would come back to bite him in the butt. However, things were looking pretty good for him, especially since Al Smith’s religion became a major issue during the campaign. Many Protestants feared that Smith would take orders from the Pope if he led the country. In addition to anti-Catholicism, Smith’s opposition to Prohibition and his association with the corruption of Tammany Hall likely would cost him votes.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 35th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. I hope to have them done by Election Day 2016. In 1924, the Democrats are divided and many Americans are frustrated with both the Democrats AND Republicans. Cue in Fighting Bob! Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1924 The 35th Presidential election in American history took place on November 4, 1924. Calvin Coolidge, the incumbent Republican President, was seeking re-election. Hold up! Calvin Coolidge? Are you for real? What happened to Harding? Harding died, in 1923, and so Coolidge took over. At the beginning of Harding’s term, there had been a depression, but the economy quickly recovered, and now Coolidge was getting all the credit for it.The so-called Roaring Twenties were now in full swing, when everything seemed to become more modern and urban, and when American culture thrived at home and abroad. Though Hiram Johnson, the Senator and former governor of California, challenged him, Calvin Coolidge was the Republican nominee. Charles Dawes, of the Dawes Plan fame, was his running mate. William Gibbs McAdoo appeared again to be a favorite for the Democratic Party, early on. However, he had associated himself with Edward Doheny, a shady character who had become associated with the Teapot Dome scandal, which tainted the Harding administration. As it turns out, Doheny associating with McAdoo really hurt McAdoo, among other things. Al Smith, the governor of New York, also looked to be a favorite. The Democratic National Convention was absolutely crazy. In fact, it was the longest ever. There were fist fights between McAdoo and Smith supporters, and the KKK kept coming up. but when it was all said and done it was John Davis who got the nomination. As a compromise nominee, he didn’t even give an acceptance speech. Davis was fairly obscure. Some remembered him as a former Congressman, or former U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom or successful lawyer before that, but most people were like “who?” Davis was also a surprising choice to some because he was a fairly conservative, limited-government-type guy. The Democrats nominated Charles Wayland Bryan as his running mate. Bryan was William Jennings Bryan younger brother...oh, and the governor of Nebraska. Still, a lot of Americans were unsatisfied with the two-party system. Both Republicans and Democrats were associated with the Teapot Dome scandal, after all, and Coolidge and Davis seemed to be on the same page on a lot of issues. For these Americans, Robert La Follette, the well known and by this time almost legendary Senator from Wisconsin, was the answer. A new political party was created that was centered around La Follette called the Progressive Party. No, not the Bull Moose Party of 1912, which La Follette actually opposed. This was a new Progressive Party that united the labor unions and farmers. La Follette fought hard during his entire career for things like child labor laws, a social security safety net, and ending Washington cronyism, and that now resonated with many in 1924. Burton Wheeler, a Senator from Montana, was La Follette’s running mate. As election day approached, things were looking really bad for the Democrats, as it appeared that many former Democrats were switching to support La Follette.

For two months, I've been researching why videos go viral. I came up with eight principles based on the research, ranked in importance. Click here for the full paper...https://www.docdroid.net/QiUTG6u/whydovideosgoviral-final.pdf.html The eight principles: #8 A video is more likely to go viral if it is deliberately marketed to the appropriate demographic. In other words, if ads are strategically placed to reach a lot of people guaranteed to already like the video, it will spread. So ad agencies, for better or for worse, are still relevant. #7 A video is more likely to go viral if it is made highly visible by tastemakers A video will be more likely to go viral if a person who thousands if not millions of people trust and admire share it. Whether it be Jimmy Kimmel sharing the quirky double rainbow video or trying out a restaurant in a new city simply because it is crowded, people are hesitant to try new things out unless a tastemaker says it checks out. An obscure rock band likely could not get most of their own friends and family to listen to their music or come to their shows. However, if MTV suddenly did a feature on the band their friends and family would be telling everyone they knew about it! #6 A video is more likely to go viral if people are rewarded for sharing it A video will be more likely to go viral if people know they will get any type of external reward for doing so. This even goes for what Jonah Berger calls “social currency.” People will share a video that makes them look more exciting, more intelligent, more compassionate, etc. Also, if a video gives people a strong sense of control, it will be more likely to go viral. #5 A video is more likely to go viral if it is concise With the exception of perhaps compilation videos, the vast majority of viral videos are under ten minutes. According to one web site, nine of YouTube’s ten biggest non-music viral videos of all time are six minutes or less. They even have short titles. Because of the vast amount of videos online, this makes sense that a video designed for a short attention span will spread more easily. #4 A video is more likely to go viral if it tells a story People are naturally drawn to narratives. If a video has a clear beginning, middle, and end, it will spread. #3 A video is more likely to go viral if its subject matter is something that is already constantly on everyone’s mind. Whether it be parking a car, Cheerios, Fridays, or music, a video that contains something that is routine already, also known as a trigger, will be more likely to go viral. In addition, if a video contains useful advice, it will be more likely to spread because what is utilitarian is inherently universal. The reason why Laura in the Kitchen, a YouTube cooking channel, has hundreds of millions of views is because everyone eats and nearly everyone cooks. This is also why so many people make videos about what is trending in the news cycle. #2 A video is more likely to go viral if it creates opportunities for community participation If a video is easy to imitate, make fun of, or talk about, it will be more likely to go viral. Rebecca Black’s “Friday” became the world’s biggest inside joke long after it first went viral because it created many opportunities for community participation, for better or for worse. #1 A video is more likely to go viral if it creates high-arousal emotions. If it arouses emotions that get us excited, then it will go viral. While it is generally preferable that the emotions are positive, if someone is fired up enough then negative emotions could work. The best emotion? Surprise. If a video defies expectations or prejudices, it is more likely to spread.

Mr. Beat does a parody of Outkast's "Hey Ya" about the Meiji Restoration, an important series of events in Japanese history. Instrumental by Edwin Johns: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZJREpwslcjztitZkba15lg Words by Matt Beat. Produced by Matt Beat. Matt Beat has no life. Lyrics: 1,2,3, uh! Commodore Matthew Perry Arrived things are changing Japan opens its doors Uh, Japan can’t cut itself off From the entire world Meiji will restore Don’t try to fight foreigners We must work with them to later defeat them Uh, Through all of this a Young visionary calls for An enlightenment UH! Meiji Meiji Oh, Tokugawa Shogunate going down The Daimyo and Samurai Kicked you right of town And in their place now Mutsohito now rules Wants a modern country and a strong military He kept on saying “Let’s industrialize” Let’s get rid, let’s get rid, let’s get rid Let’s get rid, let’s get rid of the feudal system Let’s look at the West Let’s follow their ways so we can stand up for ourselves We can have an empire too Meiji in charge, so y’all just wanna dance Meiji (The Meiji Restoration) Meiji Restoration Alright now fellas. Yeah? What brought a constitutional monarchy? The Charter Oath I can’t hear ya’ I say What brought a constitutional monarchy to Japan? The Charter Oath (woo) Alright, alright, alright, alright Alright, alright, alright, alright Alright, alright, alright, alright Alright, alright, OK now ladies Yeah? All citizens are equal before the law now right? Do not be afraid of Western technology Look at what they have to offer to make us stronger Lend me some weapons, I am your warrior Uh! Here we go… Bring it bring it bring bring it Bring the Western world to our doorsteps Bring the Western world to our doorsteps Let’s build some railroads and factories Some telegraphs, let’s modernize You know what to do You know what to do You know what to do Meiji

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 34th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1920, Americans deal with the aftermath of World War 1 and apparently are hungry for a "return to normalcy." Normalcy isn't a real word, though. The 34th Presidential election in American history took place on November 2, 1920. Remember how Woodrow Wilson got re-elected because he kept the country out of war? Well before he was sworn in for his second term, it was looking like the United States would be entering World War One. The British had intercepted a telegram sent from Germany to Mexico trying to get Mexico to join their side in case the United States entered the war. Not only that, but Germany had begun unrestricted submarine warfare against all ships in the Atlantic Ocean bearing the American flag. Germany did this because Americans were exporting weapons to the Allies, their enemies, of course. This got more Americans to change their minds about neutrality- more and more Americans now wanted to go to war. Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany in April 1917, and soon American troops were headed to Europe to aid the worn down French and British troops along the Western Front. Woodrow Wilson wanted this to be the war to end all wars. Sounds good to me. The war ended with an armistice on November 11, 1918, and Wilson spent the remaining two years of his presidency trying to get peace agreements going to prevent something like this from ever happening again. He even had his statement of principles for world peace, which became known as the Fourteen Points. Wilson worked tirelessly with the Allied leaders to help create the League of Nations, an alliance in which all the countries of the world could work together to work out their issues. After the League of Nations was proposed as part of the Treaty of Versailles, Wilson went home to promote it and to try to get the United States to join and sign the treaty. I’ll just go ahead and tell you- the United States never signed the Treaty of Versailles and never joined the League of Nations. Congress couldn’t get on board, and Wilson was not getting any love at all toward the end of his Presidency. Not only that, but Wilson suffered a series of horrible strokes that made him unable to do much during that time. His wife, Edith, pretty much ran things while Woodrow rested. This is why some half-joke that she was the first female President of the United States. Anyway, a ton of people wanted to take Wilson’s spot to run for President. William Gibbs McAdoo, the former Treasury Secretary and Wilson’s son-in-law, was a favorite, but Wilson blocked his nomination hoping that a deadlocked convention would cause him to get to run a third time, despite the fact that he was physically in terrible health. Instead, the Democrats chose James Cox, the Governor of Ohio and founder of a chain of newspapers that today has evolved into Cox Enterprises. They chose Franklin Roosevelt, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, as his running mate. The Republicans all of a sudden had a renewed interest in their party thanks to the backlash against the Treaty of Versailles, but they also had a hard time picking a candidate. Their convention was deadlocked between two candidates- Major General Leonard Wood and Frank Orren Lowden, the Governor of Illinois. Logically, the Republicans picked neither. Instead, in a smoke-filled room at the final hour, they picked Warren Harding, a Senator from Ohio. Harding was well-liked in his party because he never really did much to offend anybody. They nominated Calvin Coolidge, the Governor of Massachusetts, as Harding’s running mate. Eugene Debs. Yep, he’s back. But this time, he was in prison. That’s right, Debs ran for President despite the fact that he was in prison for trying to get people to resist joining the draft during World War One. Deb talked a lot of trash against the Wilson administration for American involvement in the war, and Wilson called Debs a “traitor to his country.” Debs was arrested and charged with sedition. He still had lots of supporters, though. The Socialist Party gets credit for nominating the first person for President to be locked in a prison cell. They chose a lawyer from Chicago named Seymour Stedman as his running mate. Also, a new political party called the Farmer-Labor Party came to prominence this election pretty much because of the effect of American entry into the war, which hurt agricultural prices and worker wages. They were pretty much the Populist Party 2.0, nominating Parley Christensen, a former state representative from Utah for President.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 33rd episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1916, World War One rages on in Europe and things are crazy in Mexico, so foreign policy dominates each campaign. The 33rd Presidential election in American history took place on November 7, 1916. Over in Europe, it pretty much seemed like the end of the world. Quite literally. The entire continent was destroying itself. Millions were mobilized and millions were dying in what later became known as World War One. I have song about World War One, of course. How horrifying was World War One? Well I strongly recommend the Great War YouTube channel to get the specific details, but to give you a sample...The Battle of Verdun, which was still going on by election day, had been going on since February, with no end in sight. Just in this one battle- hundreds of thousands of soldiers had died. This was a new kind of war. One with industrialized weapons that could cause massive destruction, and one that simply the majority of Americans didn’t want anything to do with. Still, Americans had good reasons for not being too happy with the Germans. After a British ocean liner carrying Americans called the Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine the previous year, many had called for some kind of action against the Germans. At the same time, the Mexican Revolution was happening to the south, and people didn’t know what was going to happen with their government there. It was a truly scary time, but most Americans felt the United States should just stay neutral with foreign affairs. Let’s just mind our own business, alright? President Woodrow Wilson had kept the country neutral, and ran for re-election with the overwhelming support of the Democratic Party. Wilson and Vice President Thomas Marshall were easily renominated. The Democrats built their entire campaign around the slogan “He Kept Us Out of War,” scaring people into thinking that the Republicans would get the country in a war with both Germany and Mexico. After suffering their worst Presidential defeat in history in 1912, the Republicans tried to rebound and heal the division that had caused the Progressives to leave. They went with the moderate and uncontroversial Charles Evans Hughes, who hadn’t spoken publicly about political issues in six years because he was a Supreme Court Justice. Hughes was the only Supreme Court Justice to ever be nominated for President by a major political party. The Republicans nominated former Vice President Charles Fairbanks as his running mate, another safe choice. The Progressive Party tried to renominate Theodore Roosevelt, but he turned it down, saying it didn’t want to throw the election again to the Democrats. Because Roosevelt now just really wanted to see Wilson out of there, he endorsed Hughes, and many Progressives followed his lead. This left the Progressive Party in a mess, and they simply did not recover from this. Meanwhile, the Socialist Party had to find someone else to run this time, as Eugene Debs was running for Congress instead this election. They nominated Allan Benson, a newspaper editor from Michigan, with George Ross Kirkpatrick, a political activist and writer from New Jersey, as his running mate. Both Benson and Kirkpatrick were very outspoken about getting involved with the war. In fact, they argued that all citizens should be able to vote by referendum whether to go to war or not. The Prohibition Party nominated Frank Hanly, the former of Governor of Indiana, with Ira Landrith, a minister and activist from Tennessee, as his running mate. Foreign policy dominated all of the campaigns. Wilson’s people tried to promote the idea that he was the “peace candidate,” despite the fact that Wilson had sent troops to intervene in the Mexican Civil War. Hughes just wanted the United States to be more ready to fight in case they had to.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 32nd episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt single handedly destroys the Republican Party because they aren't "Progressive" enough, and the Democrats rejoice. The 32nd Presidential election in American history took place on November 5, 1912. Oh yeah! This was the election that was completely and utterly messed up. It was weird, man. Really weird. How weird? Well look at the electoral map, for crying out loud. What the heck is that? But I’m ahead of myself. Let’s go back a bit. The Taft presidency was supposed to be Theodore Roosevelt 2.0. But right off the bat, it just wasn’t that way. Taft, was, like, his own person. He fired Cabinet members that Roosevelt had approved of or appointed. While Taft continued to fight trusts, he placed less of a commitment to conservation, labor unions, and restrictions on the employment of women and children. Soon there was a clear split in the Republican Party, between the more conservative leaning Republicans led by Taft, and the Progressive Republicans, led by Teddy Roosevelt. After traveling around the world with his family for more than a year, Roosevelt came home to one of the biggest receptions ever given in New York City. Initially neutral about giving his opinion about how his friend was doing as President, that changed when eventually a bunch of Progressive Republicans had convinced Roosevelt to run against Taft in 1912. The Republicans expanded their primaries to include even more delegates from across the country to the national convention to choose their nominee. Going into the convention, Roosevelt actually had more delegates than Taft did. Taft’s people, however, controlled the convention and essentially shut out many of the Roosevelt delegates. This, of course, made Roosevelt very angry, and he and his supporters stormed out of the convention. Not since the election of 1872 had their been such a major divide within the Republican Party. In fact, Roosevelt and his supporters completely abandoned the Republicans, two weeks later meeting up to create their own political party, called the Progressive Party. These Progressives nominated Roosevelt for President (well duh) and Hiram Johnson, the Governor of California, as his running mate. At the convention, Roosevelt passionately called for what he called a “New Nationalism.” Their platform sought a minimum wage for women, an 8-hour workday, a child labor law, a social security system, a national health service, and the direct election of U.S. senators, among other things. Afterward, Roosevelt told reporters he felt as strong as a bull moose. After that, the Progressive Party became popularly known as the “Bull Moose Party.” Despite the excitement of the Bull Moose Party, the Republicans pressed on with Taft as their candidate and James Sherman again as his running mate. Believe it or not, Sherman was the first incumbent Vice President to be nominated for re-election since John Calhoun way back in 1828. Meanwhile, the Democratic Party, who hadn’t done so well in presidential elections since, I don’t know, before the Civil War, saw this major split of the Republican Party as a golden opportunity. They had a bit of drama as well as their own convention. Originally it looked like Champ Clark, the Speaker of the House from Missouri, was going to be the guy, but he failed to get the ⅔ majority needed to secure the nomination. In second place was Woodrow Wilson, the Governor of New Jersey. Wilson didn’t really think he had a chance, but then William Jennings Bryan decided to endorse him, and Bryan still had a lot of fans, so he had a lot of influence. On the 46th ballot. That’s right, I said 46th, Wilson was nominated, with Thomas Marshall, the governor of Indiana, as his running mate. So that’s it? Oh heck no. In 1912, Eugene Debs ran for President a 4th time, trying to keep together a Socialist Party that was also splintering. Debs was by this time a recognizable name across the nation, and his running mate was Emil Seidel, the former mayor of Milwaukee. The first ever Socialist mayor of an American city, as matter of fact. The Prohibition Party responded to Eugene running again by having their Eugene run again. Eugene Chafin gave it a second try with Aaron Watkins again as his running mate. The campaigns were dominated by the rivalry between Taft and Roosevelt, former friends who now seemed like bitter enemies. With those two fighting, the election looked to be a lock for Wilson, which was lucky for the Democrats because Wilson wasn’t the most charismatic person.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 31st episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1908, Teddy Roosevelt anoints William Howard Taft as his successor, but William Jennings Bryan argues he'd be a better Roosevelt than Taft. The 31st Presidential election in American history took place on November 3, 1908. Throughout his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt had managed to gain fans from both the Republican and Democratic parties. His ideas were what we now call “progressive,” but by 1908 everybody seemed to want to be called “progressive.” While Roosevelt didn’t get as much accomplished in his second term, he remained very popular. After the last election, he promised he would not run for a third term, and instead fully endorsed his close friend and the Secretary of War, William Howard Taft, to continue the progressive reforms that he had started. Even though Taft had much rather be on the Supreme Court than be President, he couldn’t turn Roosevelt down. The Republican nomination process marked the first time a presidential preference primary happened, where delegates were chosen from multiple states. At the convention, most Republicans would do whatever Roosevelt recommended, and Taft was officially nominated. Although, Roosevelt seemed to get more cheers than he did. A lot of them really wanted Roosevelt to run again, after all. They nominated James Sherman, a U.S. Representative from New York, as Taft’s running mate. Perhaps the main reason why William Jennings Bryan did not run for President in 1904 is because he agreed with Roosevelt on many issues. In fact, perhaps Roosevelt stole some of his ideas. Now that Roosevelt was out of the picture, Bryan actually argued he was the more logical successor to Roosevelt than Taft. Despite the fact that Bryan had lost the previous two times he ran, he remained very popular, and the Democratic Party went with him again. Third time’s a charm, right? The Democrats nominated John Kern, a former member of the Indiana Senate, as Bryan’s running mate. While there were at least five third parties who tried for nationwide campaigns, the two biggest were the Socialist Party and the Prohibition Party, just like in 1904. The Socialist Party nominated Eugene Debs again for President. Like Bryan, he had also lost twice before. Third time’s a charm, right? Just like in 1904, Ben Hanford, the printer based out of New York, was Debs’ running mate. The Prohibition Party nominated Eugene Chafin, a lawyer originally from Wisconsin, for President, with Aaron Watkins, an education administrator, lawyer, and minister from Ohio, as his running mate. This was another battle of the Williams. William Jennings Bryan ran another intense campaign filled with much traveling and speeches, but the Free Silver movement was no longer strong, so this time he spoke out against the special interests in Washington. His slogan was “Shall the People Rule?” But like Roosevelt, William Howard Taft’s platform had many of the same solutions as Bryan.Taft’s campaign used the slogan “Vote for Taft now, you can vote for Bryan anytime.” sarcastically referring to Bryan’s two past failed campaigns. Oh snap. Shady. This would be the first presidential election Oklahoma could participate in as they were now a state.

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The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 29th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1900, the economy has made an amazing recovery and American is quickly becoming a superpower. William Jennings Bryan decides to challenge that anyway. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1900 The 29th Presidential election in American history took place on November 6, 1900, exactly 81 years before my birthday. Oh boy, we got ourselves another re-match! During William McKinley’s first term, the United States by many accounts became much stronger. The economy was back to being awesome, and the country had joined the “Imperial Club.” That’s right, America was now officially imperialist country, thanks to becoming involved in the Spanish-American War. The United States easily defeated Spain, gaining its colonies Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, and even Cuba for a little while. Sure, there were some shady sides to this war and its aftermath, like the Philippine-American War, which raged on. But Americans were feeling pretty darn good about themselves overall. The war represented American entry into world affairs, actually acting out what the Monroe Doctrine promised 75 years prior. Since then, the United States has had a pretty consistent role in policing various conflicts all over the world. Anyway, so McKinley was popular and easily renominated. However, his Vice President, Garret Hobart, had passed away, and McKinley needed a replacement to run with him. One name floating around was New York governor Theodore Roosevelt. He was the former Assistant Secretary of the Navy under McKinley, and a somewhat reckless war hero of the Spanish American War. Thomas C. Platt, the New York State Republican Party boss, hated Roosevelt and wanted him out of the state, so he pressured McKinley to agree to let him to be his running mate. Although Roosevelt wasn’t too excited about the possibility of becoming Vice President, he accepted the nomination anyway. Early on, the Democrats were leaning toward nominating another Spanish American War hero, George Dewey, who was the Admiral of the Navy and from Vermont. Dewey made a fool out of himself, however, so that ultimately opened the door again to William Jennings Bryan, who still had a large force of passionate supporters. Adlai Stevenson was his running mate. Stevenson was the first former Vice President to win re-nomination for that position with a different presidential candidate. So it was another battle of the Williams! But let’s not forget third party candidates. By this time, the Populist Party, or People’s Party, had splintered. The faction known as the “Fusion” Populists again supported William Jennings Bryan for the nomination. But the “Middle of the Road” Populists nominated Wharton Barker, a publicist and investor from Pennsylvania, with Ignatius Donnelly, a former U.S. Representative from Minnesota and amateur scientist, as his running mate. The Prohibition Party was reunited and it felt so good. They nominated John Woolley, a lawyer, reformed alcoholic, and public speaker originally from Ohio. Henry Metcalf, a businessman from Boston, was Woolley’s running mate. There were several other third parties, but the only one I will mention here is the Social Democratic Party, a new political party that began after a large group of people left the Socialist Labor Party. At their first convention in Indianapolis, they nominated Indiana native Eugene Debs as their candidate, who was famously known as a national union leader and one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World. Eugene Debs. Yep, get used to hearing that name in future episodes. The Social Democratic party nominated Job Harriman, a minister also from Indiana, as Debs’ running mate. Again, it was a battle of the Williams, and this election was quite similar to the 1896 election, except this time the economy was in MUCH better shape, so Bryan’s call for Free Silver did not gain as much traction. Also, this time around Bryan vocally attacked McKinley’s imperialist foreign policy. While Bryan had supported the original war, he was against the continual occupation of the Philippines, saying McKinley had just replaced a bad Spanish tyranny with a bad American one. Just like last time, Bryan traveled across the country giving many many speeches, but Theodore Roosevelt also did the same. Roosevelt was young like Bryan, and had a lot of the same energy. He would end up being an important force to reckon with in this election.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 28th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1896, the first dude without facial hair in a long time channels future Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump to unite many Americans against the 1%. But as McKinley will prove, the 1% is hard to take down. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1896 The 28th Presidential election in American history took place on November 3, 1896. Turnout was high, and people were saying things like “this is the most important election ever.” Yeah right, as if they don’t say that every election. Grover Cleveland’s second term didn’t go so well. For most of it, the country had been stuck in a severe economic depression. And while the Populist Movement was at its peak, with poor people pointing fingers at “the man,” everybody seemed to be losing money during this time, even the rich. The Republicans rallied behind a new face on the national scene- William McKinley, the former governor of Ohio. They nominated Garret Hobart as his running mate, a former New Jersey legislator. The Democratic Party had generally shifted away from Cleveland to a more “free silver” monetary policy, calling for inflation to help ease the economic crisis. In fact, they had adopted several of the Populist ideas. At first, there was no obvious successor to Cleveland, and several candidates emerged, like ol’ “Sliver Dick” himself, Richard P. Bland, the former U.S. Representative from Missouri. However, soon another dude stood out quite a bit, mostly for his incredibly awesome speeches. William Jennings Bryan, a former U.S. Representative and lawyer from Nebraska, gave his famous “Cross of Gold” speech at the Democratic National Convention. In the speech, he sounded very much like a Populist, passionately attacking big-city corporations and the gold standard while calling for government relief for farmers and others hurt by the depression. His speech was so dramatic that after he was done some delegates carried him on their shoulders as if he was the quarterback who had just scored the winning touchdown. Needless to say, Bryan got the nomination.The Democrats nominated Arthur Sewall, a shipbuilder from Maine, to be his running mate. The Populist Party also endorsed Willing Jennings Bryan, since his party basically co-opted their ideas, and so did the newly formed Silver Party, so it was quite a fusionist election. Meanwhile, Democrats who were not on board with the Free Silver movement formed their own political party, called the National Democratic Party. Also known as Gold Democrats, they were more aligned with Cleveland and would absolutely not support Bryan. They met in August and nominated John Palmer, a U.S. Senator from Illinois, for President, and Simon Buckner, the former governor of Kentucky, for Vice President. Palmer was 79 years old and Buckner 73, making the two the oldest combined presidential ticket in American history. The Prohibition Party split in two for this election. Some wanted to go beyond just the Prohibition issue, and so they went off and formed a different Prohibition Party. So basically, the Prohibition Party had two tickets- Joshua Levering and Hale Johnson forming the traditional single issue ticket, and Charles Bentley and James Southgate forming the more broad-based issues ticket. Let’s get real here. McKinley and Bryan were the only ones who stood a chance. And so, this became a battle of the Williams. Unlike any presidential candidate before him, Bryan criss-crossed the country to campaign. He traveled 18,000 miles in 3 months, In just 100 days, he gave over 500 speeches. On one of those days, while he was in St. Louis, he gave 36 speeches in one day. By doing this, he reached millions of people, and everywhere he went huge crowds showed up. He didn’t get much sleep, and often lost his voice, explaining in a hoarse voice he left his real voice at the previous places he visited to keep firing up the people. Meanwhile, William McKinley mostly just stayed home. He didn’t have to criss-cross the country, as his buddy Mark Hanna did all the work and brought the people to McKinley’s front porch. Hanna orchestrated a masterful campaign that was successful at raising millions of dollars, much more than Bryan could raise. In fact, Hanna literally invented a new form of campaign financing that has been the norm ever since. He went straight to businesses to get donations, making propositions. The McKinley campaign was successful at making many businesses fear a Bryan presidency.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 27th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1892, Grover from Sesame Street and Cleveland from Family Guy come back with a vengeance. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1892 The 27th Presidential election in American history took place on November 8, 1892. Benjamin Harrison had a rough term as President, and even though he had doubts himself, he decided to run for re-election. The Republican Party went ahead and renominated him, despite potential challenges from John Sherman and James Blaine. Levi Morton would not be renominated, however. Back in 1890, Harrison supported the Lodge Bill, an election law meant to help the black vote in the South as a way to fight Jim Crow laws, but it didn’t pass. Harrison blamed Morton for the bill’s failure, and at the Republican convention, Morton was replaced by Whitelaw Reid, the editor of the New York Tribune and recent U.S. Ambassador to France. Guess who’s back? Grover’s back! After winning the popular vote but losing the electoral vote in 1888, Grover Cleveland was back with a vengeance in 1892. While many were ready for a return to his policies, he did face opponents like David Hill, the Senator and former governor of New York. However, Cleveland survived to become the first Democrat nominated a third time to run for President. The Democrats nominated Adlai Stevenson, a former U.S. Representative from Illinois, for Vice President. Stevenson was an interesting choice because he favored greenbacks and free silver to inflate the currency while Cleveland was a gold standard guy who didn’t just printing money. Cleveland was cool with Stevenson on the ticket as it provided some balance. Still, a lot of Americans were not satisfied with the two-party system, and by this time a new movement had emerged. The previous year, alliances made up of poor cotton farmers in the South and wheat farmers in the Plains states, along with some labor unions in the North and Republicans in South, all joined forces to create a new political party, called the People’s Party. More commonly known as Populists, they generally were hostile to elites, banks, railroad corporations, the gold standard, and even city folk. If you wanted to know more about the Populists, check out my Story Time video now. I’ll wait for you to come back. I promise! But only if you first pause this video, otherwise I will just keep talking. You good now? Ok, so the Populists had their first convention in Omaha, Nebraska, where a Populist hot spot. They nominated James Weaver, the former U.S. Representative from Iowa who had previously ran for President in the Greenback Party back in 1880 but lost. His running mate was James Field, the Attorney General of Virginia. The Prohibition Party was still going strong. At their convention, there were talks of merging with the Populists, but it just never panned out. They nominated John Bidwell, one of the original pioneers to head out west and a former U.S. Representative from California. Texas religious leader James Cranfill, aka The Reverend J.B. Cranfill, was Bidwell’s running mate. One interesting political party that emerged in 1892 was the Socialist Labor Party. They were only on the ballot in five states, but had a unique platform that called for getting rid of the positions of President and Vice President. So they nominated camera inventor Simon Wing for President and socialist activist Charles Matchett for Vice President, even though both would willingly give up their positions after getting elected. Weird. Just like the last presidential election, debate over tariffs dominated the campaigns. Harrison defended his support of the McKinley Tariff, while Cleveland continued to argue for tariff reductions. The campaigns all stopped after Harrison’s wife, First Lady Caroline Harrison, passed away in October from tuberculosis.

Mr. Beat does a parody of Drake's "Hotline Bling" about what caused World War Two. Lyrics by Ahren Gann and Adam DeMaranville. Instrumental by JDP. All images found in the public domain. Produced by Matt Beat.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 26th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1888, Cleveland tries to get re-elected, but tariffs remain popular in his home state of New York. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1888 The 26th Presidential election in American history took place on November 6, 1888. My birthday, again. Is that why I love this stuff? Grover Cleveland had a solid first term. The country was at peace and the economy...fantastic. He even got married, to Frances Folsom, who, at 21 years old, became the youngest First Lady in American history. Cleveland was a fairly popular dude with lots of integrity. If Cleveland was alive today, he’d be called a libertarian. He vetoed a lot of bills, tried to reduce government spending, had a non interventionist foreign policy, and wanted free trade. Cleveland was unanimously re-nominated by the Democratic Party, which was special because this was the first time a Democratic President had been renominated since Martin Van Buren in 1840. Since his former Vice President, Thomas Hendricks, had died while in office, he needed a new one, so the Democrats nominated Allen Thurman, a former Senator from Ohio, to run with him this time. You know how I mentioned free trade? Well many people were upset with Cleveland’s free trade leanings, and they wanted a higher tariff to protect American industries. Many Americans in industrial states wanted to vote against Cleveland because they feared losing their jobs, and they looked again to the Republicans. James Blaine decided not to run for President this time because he feared he might just further divide the Republican Party. He backed both Benjamin Harrison, a Senator from Indiana and grandson of former President William Henry Harrison, and John Sherman, who again was a Senator from Ohio and running a second time. The Republicans went with Harrison, because he was a Civil War veteran who was popular with other veterans and could give a darn good speech. Oh yeah, and he lived in a swing state. Thanks electoral college! Levi Morton, a New York City banker and former Representative and Minister to France, was his running mate. It’s time for third parties! I will only mention two of them as the others were, um, pretty irrelevant. No offense, United Labor Party! The Prohibition Party kept gaining momentum. They nominated Clinton Fisk, a general from New York, with John Brooks as running mate. As I tried to research Brooks on the internet, I couldn’t find much at all. I do know he was a human being. I think. A new political party, the Union Labor Party, were a ragtag bunch with wide ranging views, but they were all united to fight for worker rights. They nominated Alson Streeter, a former Greenbacker and farmer and miner from Illinois. His running mate was lumberman Charles Cunningham, from Arkansas. The campaigns between the two front runners, Cleveland and Harrison, were intense, as it looked to be a super close election. The main issue, of course, was tariffs. Cleveland wanted less, and Harrison more. While Cleveland still did not actively campaign as most presidential candidates did not before him, Harrison did so, enthusiastically giving many speeches from his front porch of his Indianapolis home to many newspaper reporters. His front porch campaign was similar to James Garfield, and it worked well for him, so why not? So here is one development that was pretty messed up. Leading up to the election, it was exposed that William Wade Dudley, the Treasurer of the Republican National Committee, was caught buying votes in Indiana for Harrison. Remember, Indiana was a swing state so this was a big deal. The outcry of this scandal is the reason why ballots after this were cast in secret and not out in the open.

Here's the story of the writers, poets, and artists who came of age during World War One, commonly referred to as The Lost Generation. Music by Electric Needle Room. Produced by Matt Beat. All images found in the public domain. Subscribe to the Story Time with Mr. Beat podcast! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/story-time-with-mr.-beat/id668268093?mt=2 Once upon a time there was city, named Paris, France. During the 1920s, lots of Americans moved there to escape institutionalized racism and the associated race riots, xenophobia, censorship, materialism, and Prohibition. Perhaps most importantly, they escaped there because they could get a lot more stuff for their money due to a strong American dollar compared to a weaker French franc. Many of these American expatriates, or people living outside their home country, were writers and artists. They felt like they had more artistic freedom there than the United States. Perhaps the most famous of this group was a writer named Ernest Hemingway. He wrote a book called The Sun Also Rises. Published in 1926, the book is about a group of American expatriates who travel from Paris to watch the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, among other things. At the beginning of the book, Hemingway quoted his friend and fellow writer Gertrude Stein, who called him and his friends “The Lost Generation.” Stein herself apparently heard the term from someone else, but regardless, from this point forward the writers who came of age during World War One widely became known as The Lost Generation. All of these writers were American. While Hemingway, Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and T.S. Eliot were among the most famous associated with this group, other authors and artists that get lumped in include James Joyce, Sherwood Anderson, John Dos Passos, John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, Aldous Huxley, Isadora Duncan, and Alan Seeger. Even composers like Aaron Copland get associated with the group. The Lost Generation writers often wrote about exaggerated experiences from their own lives. Generally these experiences revolved around World War One and the years following it. They used common themes in their writing such as the pointing out the ridiculously frivolous and materialistic lifestyles of the very rich, the breakdown of traditional gender roles, or the death of the American dream. Perhaps no novel better demonstrates all of the themes than the classic novel, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and published in 1925. Why were they called a lost generation? Perhaps it was the general lack of purpose or ambition caused by having our their hopes and dreams crushed by the war. Having seen pointless death and destruction on a wide scale, many of them had lost faith in the more traditional way of life. Because of this, some became careless with their actions, not setting goals or working toward something great. Eventually, the term Lost Generation referred to ALL Americans who came of age experiencing The Great War. Basically, we’re talking Americans born between 1883ish and 1900ish. It’s through the art, though, we feel like we really get to know who this generation was and what they truly felt while going through such a stressful and anxious time.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 25th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1884, it's still just all about the facial hair, but the mustache gains momentum. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1884 The 25th Presidential election in American history took place on November 4, 1884. Chester Arthur had become President after the assassination of James Garfield. His health had been declining, and he honestly didn’t know if he would make it another term if he ran for re-election. Still, a lot of people wanted him to run, so he gave it try. James Blaine, the former Speaker of the House and Senator from Maine, was the favorite for the Republican nomination, but George Edmunds, a Senator from Vermont, also had a good chance to win it. Two notable people that many wanted to run were Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman and Abraham Lincoln’s son, Robert Todd Lincoln, who at this time was the Secretary of War. Both Sherman and Lincoln strongly DID NOT want to run for President, no matter how much people tried to talk them into it. Ultimately, the Republicans went with a name that many already recognized throughout the country- James Blaine. He was nominated, with John Logan, a Senator from Illinois, as his running mate. The Democratic Party chose Grover Cleveland, the Governor of New York, who was known as a man of integrity who spent much of his career fighting political corruption, so I don’t know why the heck they nominated him. The Democratic Party went with a familiar face for Cleveland’s running mate. Thomas Hendricks, the former Governor of Indiana who ran for Vice President on the ticket with Samuel Tilden back in 1876. Remember that one? He won, I mean, lost that one, but was back for another try, this time with a different classical liberal. There were several third parties. The Greenback Party was back for a third try, hoping to gain even more momentum. They nominated Benjamin Butler, the former Governor of Massachusetts, with Absolom West, a plantation owner and former Confederate general from Mississippi, as his running mate. Another political party that was continuing to pick up momentum and continuing to hate alcohol was the Prohibition Party. This time they nominated John St. John (that’s his actual name and that’s his actual mustache), a former governor of Kansas, with William Daniel as his running mate, a lawyer and politician (go figure!) from Maryland. The second notable woman to run for President, Belva Ann Lockwood, ran with the Equal Rights Party. The former teacher and principal was the first female to actually appear on official ballots, so that’s pretty cool. Yep, she still didn’t stand a chance. Activist Marietta Stow was her running mate. The two top candidates were personally attacked leading up to the election. Blaine, for being accused of using his influence for special favors, and Cleveland, for allegedly fathering an illegitimate child.

This is the bonus footage from the Cold War video I made, featuring Mr. Mac (aka Mike McClellan) showing off his Cold War stuff. I always knew he was a Communist.

Mr. Beat interviews his dad, Alan, his uncle, Dean Rausch, and his colleagues, Mike McClellan and Andy Gilner, about their experiences growing up during the Cold War. Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Daniel Lewis Diedrich. All images found in the public domain.

Video produced by Cypher (The Cynical Historian). To check out the full episode, click here: http://historicalcontext.podomatic.com/entry/2016-04-07T15_01_20-07_00 In which Mr. Beat, Robert from Reading Through History, and Cypher from Cynical Historian discuss Tom Richey's video comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler and Keith Hughes' response video. Why do so many people make such a bad comparison? Mr. Beat argues it would be much more accurate to compare Trump to Mussolini, but comparisons still fall short. Tom Richey's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA_cZxMu2b0 Keith Hughes' video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOKLWcxK090&nohtml5=False Subscribe to the podcast on I-tunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/context/id1017315616?mt=2 Check out Cypher's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/CynicalCypher88 Check out Reading Through History's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/readingthroughhistor

Here's the story of the trial/publicity stunt that pinned Darwinists versus fundamentalists- The Scopes Trial. All images found in the public domain. Music by Electric Needle Room. Produced by Matt Beat. I also released a podcast about this event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xay5VCByPo #apush #1920s #evolution Once upon a time an English naturalist and geologist named Charles Darwin came up with the theory of evolution. Evolution, now widely accepted as a theory, used to be very controversial. It rocked the entire world, as matter of fact. It argued that all life had a common ancestor and that all life with better genetic traits adapted and reproduced so that those better traits would live on. Hey, go easy on me, I’m not a science teacher. This theory holds that humans share a common ancestor with apes and chimpanzees, and many Christian fundamentalists, who believed the Bible was literal, just couldn’t accept that explanation. Throughout the late 1800s and into the 1900s, Darwin’s theory of evolution pinned religious fundamentalists against modernists, or those who were sympathetic to the Enlightenment and a interpreting the Bible using reason. On March 21, 1925, the Butler Act was passed, a Tennessee law prohibiting public school teachers from teaching about evolution and denying the Biblical account of the origin of human beings. It was named after John Butler, a farmer and head of the World Christian Fundamentals Association, who helped get the law to pass. In response, a new organization called the American Civil Liberties Union got a dude named John Scopes, a Tennessee high school science teacher, to break the law. Scopes was charged on May 5, 1925, for teaching about evolution. Scopes got a pretty good and well-known lawyer to defend him named Clarence Darrow. An even more famous lawyer named William Jennings Bryan led the prosecution. The two lawyers were quite different. Darrow went around questioning the existence of God, while Bryan was a devout Christian who was troubled by Darwin’s theory of evolution. Oh yeah, and Bryan was also a three-time presidential nominee and former Secretary of State for crying out loud. The trial took place in the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, for 12 hot days in July, and it was pretty much a publicity stunt. The press came out in droves, and so did thousands of spectators. It was a carnival-like atmosphere where vendors sold hot dogs, soda, and even Bibles. Every single trial update was on the front page of tabloids across the country, and it was the first trial to be nationally broadcast on the radio. The trial judge prevented the defense from using scientists as witnesses. In response, the defense team decided to call William Jennings Bryan himself to testify as an expert on the Bible. Most would conclude that Clarence Darrow made Bryan sound like an idiot on the witness stand that day, as Bryan stumbled over words as he tried to justify the Bible. Scopes was found guilty, but his only punishment was a fine of $100. However, the conviction was thrown out by the Tennessee Supreme Court on a technicality. In 1968, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Epperson v. Arkansas that anti-evolution laws violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Bryan may have won the case, but Darrow won the war. Bryan died just five days after the trial was over. The Scopes Trial showed that, although the majority of Christians said evolution was wrong at the time, there was a growing divide among Christians about finding the truth, one of fundamentalists, who believed in a literal reading of the Bible, and Darwinists, who believed in applying modern science. In the end, it helped promote the idea that laws should respect academic freedom, even if ideas clash with mainstream religious beliefs. #apush #ushistory #americanhistory

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 24th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1880, the country is still divided yet seemingly united in another very close election. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1880 The 24th Presidential election in American history took place on November 2, 1880. Back in 1876, while running for President, Rutherford Hayes promised he would not seek a second term. Unlike Frank Underwood, Rutherford actually stayed true to his word. In 1880, he was leaving that job open for someone else. But who else? Well, Republicans had a hard time figuring out who would take his place. Republican leaders met in June in what would become the longest Republican National Convention in history. Two major factions within the Republican Party made the decision for a nominee a difficult one. One faction, the Stalwarts, tended to revolve around New York Senator Roscoe Conkling. They generally favored a thing called patronage (also known as the spoils system) which basically said you should reward the people who got you elected. The other faction, the Half-Breeds (they got that name because their opponents called them only “half Republican”), revolved around Maine Senator James Blaine. They generally did not like patronage, saying people should be appointed on merit alone and not by political favors or obligations. That was pretty much the only big issue dividing the Republicans, surprisingly. After deciding against it in 1876, Ulysses Grant shocked several people when he decided to run for a third term. Many Republicans were all for it, but he had opponents. The aforementioned James Blaine, John Sherman, the brother of Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman and former Senator from Ohio, and James Garfield, a Representative from Ohio. It took a long time, but the Republicans nominated neither a Stalwart or a Half-Breed in the end. They nominated a guy who definitely did not expect to get nominated- James Garfield. Some of the Stalwarts weren’t so sure about Garfield, so Chester Arthur, a Stalwart from New York, was nominated as his running mate. Under the shadow of Samuel Tilden’s devastating defeat four years earlier, the Democrats held their convention soon after. The two leading candidates were Major General Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania and Thomas Bayard, a Senator from Delaware. The Democrats finally had their war hero- Hancock served most of his life in the Army. He was a Civil War veteran, and the dude even fought in the Mexican American War for crying out loud. So yeah, Bayard didn’t stand a chance. Hancock was the nominee, with William Hayden English, a businessman and former Representative from Indiana, as his running mate. The Greenback Party had gained some momentum since their first presidential try in 1876. Hoping to actually win some actual electoral votes this time, they nominated James Weaver, a Representative and Civil War general from Iowa. Unlike Garfield and Hancock, he went around the country giving speeches to promote his campaign. Weaver’s running mate was Barzillai Chambers, a surveyor and lawyer who fought with the Confederates in the Civil War, believe it or not. What was fascinating to me about this election is that the Presidential candidates didn’t seem to disagree a whole lot, although you would never know it living at the time. For example, a hot button issue in the final weeks before election day was Chinese immigration. In reality, the Republicans, Democrats, and Greenbackers all wanted to limit Chinese immigration. They all agreed! So what’s the issue?

Mr. Beat does a parody of Kool and the Gang's "Celebration" about Napoleon. Lyrics by Julia Westrich and Jasmine Sejnoha. Instrumental by Matthew Anniss. All images found in the public domain. Produced by Matt Beat. Inspired by... Mr. Betts: https://www.youtube.com/user/MrBettsClass Tom Richey: https://www.youtube.com/user/tomforamerica Lyrics: Yahoo! (He is Napoleon) Yahoo! (He’s Napoleon) Took over Europe, oh yeah! (Napoleon) Took over Europe, oh yeah! (Napoleon) He lead a coup d’etat right here An emperor, just kind of like before He won all the wars – and expanded too He is Napoleon – the coolest dude Come on now, Napoleon Sold Louisiana to the US Napoleon America becomes a bigger threat He ordered a blockade That just made Eve-ry-thing worse Go destroy Moscow, Russia, right now! Yahoo! (He is Napoleon) Yahoo! Took over Europe, oh yeah! (Napoleon) Took over Europe, oh yeah! (Napoleon) He lead a coup d’etat right here An emperor, just kind of like before He won all the wars – and expanded too He is Napoleon – the coolest dude Come on now, Napoleon Sold Louisiana to the US, yeah yeah Napoleon America becomes a bigger threat He ordered a blockade That just made Eve-ry-thing worse Go destroy Moscow, Russia, right now! Yahoo! (He is Napoleon) Yahoo! (He is Napoleon) Took over Europe, oh yeah! (Napoleon is so cool) Took over Europe, oh yeah! (Napoleon) Fought Battle of Leipzig tonight Untrained, can’t fight Lost the battle of Leipzig tonight Untrained, can’t fight, hey now Snuck past elba guards tonight The emperor, again Snuck past elba guards tonight The emperor, again Yahoo! Yahoo! Lost Battle of Waterloo! Yahoo-woo! Too tired to continue (he is Napoleon) Lost Battle of Waterloo! (Goodbye Bonaparte) Too tired to continue! (He was exiled alright! Napoleon) Took over Europe, oh yeah! (Napoleon) Took over Europe, oh yeah! (Napoleon)

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 23rd episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1876, a contested and extremely controversial election in which the winner doesn't win. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1876 The 23rd Presidential election in American history took place on November 7th, 1876. Boy was this one controversial! Let’s get right to it. President Ulysses Grant actually considered running for a third term, and he would have been the first to try, but he ultimately decided against it. This was probably a good idea since his administration continued to be accused of corruption and faced many scandals. Plus, the economy sucked. The country was in the middle of The Great Depression. Well, that’s what they called it back then. After the real Great Depression happened in the 1930s, we now call this financial crisis the Panic of 1873. So Grant was smart to decide against seeking a third term, but who would take his place? When the Republican National Convention assembled, several candidates were on the ballot. James Blaine looked to be the early favorite, but many Republicans argued Blaine couldn’t win the general election. Eventually they settled with Rutherford Hayes, the governor of Ohio. Rutherford was another Civil War hero, having fought with bravery and even getting wounded five times during the war. He was known as a reformer. Plus, his beard was amazing. The Republicans chose William Wheeler, a Representative from New York, as his running mate. The Democrats were feeling much better about their chances now that the economy was in ruins and Grant’s friends had messed up the Republican image. They were fired up, and passionately supported Samuel Tilden, the governor of New York. Tilden was known as a new type of Democrat- a Bourbon Democrat. Bourbon Democrats were basically classical liberals who supported things like free trade and the gold standard and opposed things like imperialism. The Democrats nominated Thomas Hendricks, the governor of Indiana, as Tilden’s running mate. So this election looked like a battle of governors. But wait, there’s more. A new political party called the Greenback Party had emerged to offer a third option. They wanted inflation through printing paper money called greenbacks and were quite anti-monopoly, bringing these two issues into the national spotlight. They nominated inventor and entrepreneur Peter Cooper for President. Cooper was an interesting fellow. I mean, look at that beard. I love it. Plus, he designed and built the first American steam locomotive, and he was definitely not a politician, and he was like 180 years old. Ok, he was actually just 85. Cooper was the oldest person ever nominated for President in American history. Ok, enough about him. His running mate was Samuel Fenton Cary, the former Representative from Ohio. As most third parties go, they stood little chance. Meanwhile, it was shaping up to be a very close race between Hayes and Tilden. The two actually didn’t campaign much, and left that to their supporters. This election would mark the first one in which the new state of Colorado could participate in. However, since it became a state in August, its state legislature, who happened to be Republican, chose the electors. In fact, this was the last election in which any state picked its electors this way. Keep this in mind when we look at the results here in a bit.

Mr. Beat, Robert from @readingthroughhistor, and @williamcfox discuss the possibility of a third party candidate rising in the 2016 presidential election. This was just part of the conversation from the latest episode of Context. To hear and download the entire episode, visit http://historicalcontext.podomatic.com/entry/2016-03-08T04_32_06-08_00 Political Junkie News: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyuAKnN3g2fZ7_R9irgEUZQ Reading Through History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChyG2JVCWQACzzTbzS3Z3jg

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 22nd episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1872, it's Grant versus a vegetarian who looks like a lion. Oh yeah, and it's the first presidential election (if not only) in which a woman runs with an African American. Who cares if women can't vote yet! Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1872 For the most part, Ulysses Grant remained popular during his first term as President, especially with the majority of Republicans. He got his party’s renomination. However, some Republicans did not like him so much. For one thing, they didn’t like how Grant had a lot of friends in his Cabinet and ignored merit. A lot of his friends, as it would turn out, were a bit corrupt. As matter of fact, Vice President Schuyler Colfax was tied to the Crédit Mobilier of America scandal, in which many politicians were bribed for actions favorable to the railroad company Union Pacific. It would be just one of several scandals tied to the Grant administration. After Colfax was implicated, the Republican Party decided it might not be such a good idea to renominate him, so they nominated Henry Wilson, the Senator from Massachusetts, to be Grant’s running mate instead. Still, some Republicans, like Charles Sumner, weren’t satisfied. Sumner was sick of the favoritism Grant showed to friends and family, calling it “Grantism.” Some influential Republicans refused to support him, and actually started a new political party called the Liberal Republican Party. Those dang liberal Republicans. They nominated Horace Greeley, a former Representative from New York and a well-known editor of the New York Tribune, for President. A journalist running for President? Crazy. They nominated Benjamin Gratz Brown, the Governor of Missouri, as his running mate. Now here’s something interesting, a fusion, or cross-endorsement, nomination. The Democratic Party also decided to nominate Horace Greeley for President and Benjamin Gratz Brown for Vice President. They even adopted the Liberal Republican platform, showing they were cool with Reconstruction policies. Really though, the main reason why they decided to go with the Liberal Republican nominees is because they wanted to take down Grant and knew by nominating different people it would just split his opposition. How about some third parties? Well, there were at least three new ones. The Labor Reform Party tried to nominate a couple fellows, lawyer Charles O’Conor from New York, and Supreme Court justice David Davis from Illinois, but things just didn’t work out. It was kind of doomed from the start. Meanwhile, there was the Prohibition Party, which was formed to oppose the consumption and sale of alcohol. James Black, who founded the party and was a big temperance activist, duh!, was their first nominee for President. John Russell, another founder of the party, was his running mate. By far the most interesting third party that ran for President in 1872, and maybe in American history, was the Equal Rights Party. The National Woman’s Suffrage Association had supported a woman named Victoria Woodhull, an activist who publicly talked trash about the government only being made up of men. Despite the fact that women all across the country could not vote, well except in sparsely populated Wyoming territory, Woodhull became the first woman to be nominated for President in American history. Frederick Douglass was nominated as her running mate, but he never acknowledged the nomination. Woodhull had little money and borrowed money from supporters for her campaign, usually not able to pay them back. Where are Super PACs when you need them, eh? So yeah, just let that sink in for a moment. In 1872, a woman ran for President with an African American as her running mate. The two frontrunners, Grant and Greeley, were aggressively attacked. Grant for the corruption in his Cabinet, and Greeley for being an eccentric guy for his support of spiritualism (aka communicating with the dead), vegetarianism, prohibition, and socialism, all radical ideas at the time. Greeley had a rough campaign, and had the misfortune of a long history of positions published in his newspaper that opponents could nitpick. Even his own supporters were disappointed with him. On top of that, his wife died right before the election.

To download this song for free, visit: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/the-world-war-one-song Check out Mr. Beat's band: @ElectricNeedleRoom Here is a catchy way to remember the basic facts about World War I. Lyrics and recording by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All images used in this video found in the public domain.

Hey, it could still happen.... Please consider signing the petition to request that Mr. Beat gets to interview the President. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov//petition/let-school-teacher-and-youtuber-mr-beat-interview-president-song-he-will-write-about-him That said, he already made the song: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/barack-obama Mr. Beat has written songs about all of the United States Presidents, except President Obama, as he thought it would be fair to wait until his term ended to begin writing the song. Download all his President songs for free: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/album/the-presidents-of-the-united-states-of-america-volume-3

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 21st episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1868, the country is still healing after the Civil War, and a Civil War Union hero faces off against someone who doesn't want to be running for President. I mean, REALLY doesn't want to be running. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1868 The 21st Presidential election in American history took place on November 3rd, 1868. It was the first one to take place after the Civil War, and the first to take place during a period historians refer to as the Reconstruction Era. The country was still healing. The wounds were still fresh. Three of the former Confederate states, Texas, Mississippi, and Virginia, hadn’t even yet been officially brought back into the Union. Andrew Johnson had taken over as President after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Now, he didn’t even get renominated by the Democratic Party. He had managed to make a lot of people mad during his Presidency, especially the Radical Republicans, who favored a stricter Reconstruction policy which punished former Confederate leaders and equal rights for African Americans. Every time Johnson vetoed one of their Reconstruction bills, they overrode his vetoes. Things got ugly. In fact, Johnson was the first President ever impeached, for breaking the Office of Tenure Act. Although he wasn’t kicked out of office, by just one vote I might add, his reputation was badly hurt after this. So yeah, the Democratic Party was like, let’s get somebody else. They found Horatio Seymour, who absolutely did not want to be the nominee. Seriously, it was crazy. I have never seen someone so badly not want the nomination actually get it. Seymour was the former governor of New York, and was the Democratic Party convention chairman. He repeatedly and vocally told everyone there he didn’t want the nomination, but everyone there couldn’t passionately get behind someone other than, Seymour. So he finally accepted. The Democrats nominated Francis Blair, a former representative and Civil War general from Missouri, for Vice President. Meanwhile, the Union Party was once again the Republican Party. It was important for the party to nominate a popular Civil War hero as their candidate. Fortunately, General Ulysses Grant, who just so happened to be the hero who helped the North win the Civil War, announced to everyone he was a Republican. He was unanimously nominated on the first ballot. The Republicans nominated Schuyler Colfax, the Speaker of the House, for Vice President. Colfax, who represented Indiana, was one of those Radical Republicans I mentioned earlier that clashed with Andrew Johnson. It had appeared it would be a close race. In Grant’s letter of acceptance, he said “let us have peace.” That ended up becoming like a slogan for his campaign. The Radical Republicans ended up being loudest on the campaign trail, even though Grant was certainly not one himself. Seymour ran on a platform calling for the repayment of the war debt in greenbacks, a form of currency not backed by gold or silver. The campaigns turned a bit vicious. Grant supporters said Seymour would probably commit suicide because his dad did. Seymour supporters said Grant was a drunk. This was the first election in which African American men could vote, and because many white southerners could not vote yet, this looked to give Grant the edge. Also, since the last election, Nebraska had been admitted to the Union, so they got to participate in a presidential election for the first time. Yay for them.

How you be, fellow enricher of your intelligence? Here is an update. Peace and respect. Check out my Context podcast: http://historicalcontext.podomatic.com/ Check out these YouTube channels: Reading Through History https://www.youtube.com/user/readingthroughhistor Cynical Historian https://www.youtube.com/user/CynicalCypher88 Political Junkie News https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyuAKnN3g2fZ7_R9irgEUZQ Check out the Presidential Elections in American History series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKRefBOp4I9e4NLY_1_d4Csf_w

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 20th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1864, the country is still at war with itself or each other, however which way you look at it. A general Lincoln fires after the Battle of Antietam comes back to challenge him for the Presidency. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1864 Who cares if the southern half of the country split off and it’s been fighting a very bloody war against it ever since? Let’s have an election! The 20th Presidential election in American history took place on November 8th, 1864. Right smack dab during the Civil War, so yeah, Americans were a bit...preoccupied. By the summer of 1864, the North (aka the Union) had gained momentum. The South (aka the Confederate States of America) was retreating, yet were not showing signs of giving up. Hundreds of thousands had already died. Even though the Union won the Battle of Gettysburg and the Siege of Vicksburg the previous summer, they had lost over 65,000 soldiers that summer to do it. In comparison, they had lost 108,000 during the entire war up to that point. Many Northerners were growing tired of the war. Those who originally were excited about the war, now questioned the point of it. They were also questioning the President himself, the man who led them into it. Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was questioning his ability to get re-elected, and rightly so. The country hadn’t re-elected a President since Andrew Jackson 32 years prior, way back in 1832. Lincoln had made many enemies, especially in Congress. Lincoln now openly embraced the emancipation of all slaves, and even Northerners turned against him because of this. Lincoln’s suspension of the writ of habeas corpus was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Obviously, this war had been a nightmare, and the stress had aged him considerably. Two distinct factions developed in both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. First the Republicans. Well, some Republicans who didn’t like Lincoln split off. They called themselves “Radical Republicans,” and formed a new political party called the Radical Democracy Party. Woah...what a radical name. The radicals nominated John C. Fremont for President and general John Cochrane for Vice President, but their plan backfired as Fremont later ended up backing Lincoln after he was afraid the Democrats might win. More on the Democrats in a bit. The other Republicans formed a new political party as well, called the National Union Party. Some Democrats even joined. They had a clear, impressively specific platform: They wanted “pursuit of the war until the Confederacy surrendered unconditionally; a constitutional amendment for the abolition of slavery; aid to disabled Union veterans; continued European neutrality; enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine; encouragement of immigration; and construction of a transcontinental railroad.” Lincoln wanted to go with a new running mate this time, dropping Hannibal Hamlin. (sorry Hannibal) to broaden his support. He went with a Democrat. That’s right, a Democrat! The National Union Party nominated Andrew Johnson, a former Senator and current Military Governor of Tennessee for Vice President. Fortunately for the Republicans, the Democratic Party was even more split than them. The two major factions were the War Democrats and Peace Democrats. Extreme War Democrats wanted to finish the job completely. Extreme Peace Democrats, nicknamed Copperheads, wanted to stop the war immediately. Looking for unity, they nominated George McClellan, the general Lincoln had fired two years before. McClellan was definitely a War Democrat, but he was very popular, and the Democrats nominated the Peace Democrat George Pendleton, a Representative from Ohio, for Vice President to balance it out. Though McClellan personally was for continuing the war, the two ran a campaign for ending the war, a peace platform. The fact that the Democrats were split and with Fremont changing his mind to endorse him gave Lincoln confidence he could actually get re-elected. Lincoln probably gained more confidence when on September 6, 1864, General William Tecumseh Sherman led forces to take over Atlanta and his March to the Sea thereafter devastated the South.

Mr. Beat's band: @ElectricNeedleRoom Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat In 1938, historian Crane Brinton published "The Anatomy of Revolution," which outlined patterns of revolutions he observed while examining the English Revolution (English Civil War/Glorious Revolution), American Revolution, French Revolution, and Russian Revolution. In this video, I highlight those patterns. Music by Electric Needle Room. Produced by Matt Beat. All images found in the public domain. Crane Brinton's "Anatomy of a Revolution:" http://www.historyteacher.net/EuroProjects/ExamReviewSheets/AnatomyOfARevolution.htm Purchase it here: https://amzn.to/3Xp3BsG

Here's the story of how American culture and values changed during the 1920s. Mr. Beat's band: @ElectricNeedleRoom Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Music by Electric Needle Room. All images found in the public domain. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Once upon a time, a horrible war known as World War 1 devastated the planet. Immediately after the war, a lot of people in the United States were passionate about various causes, some good, some not so much. While women had finally won the right to vote and Prohibition passed, there were also riots directed at African Americans and the Red Scare aimed at Communists. Things got better for everyone, however, when the economy flourished. A lot of people were making a lot of money. They spent this money on the newest and coolest technology. During the 1920s, electricity became a mainstream thing. In 1907, only 8% of households had electricity in the United States. By the end of the 1920s, 68.2% did. More Americans began to buy automobiles (aka cars), telephones, radios, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, and washing machines. They watched more and more motion pictures (aka movies or films) in spectacularly designed movie theatres. By the end of the decade, three-quarters of Americans went to a movie theater every week. And now, viewers could HEAR the people speaking in the motion pictures. In the 1920s, Hollywood became the film capital of the world. Americans began to have more leisure time. With more leisure time, American culture flourished. Americans became even more innovative. A new genre of music, called jazz, entered the mainstream, and dance clubs featuring jazz popped up across the country. New dances like the Charleston, the Fox Trot, and Lindy Hop all became popular. Teach me how to fox trot. Teach me teach me how to fox trot. Giant skyscrapers climbed up. Architects designed magnificent structures...many of them still stand today. The arts thrived. Some of the greatest writers of the 20th century, names like Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, part of the “Lost Generation,” came of age during the 1920s. The 1920s was also the heyday of the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural explosion drawing black writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars to Harlem in New York. With more leisure time, fads like flagpole sitting became popular. People would compete to see how long they could sit on a flagpole, with some sitting up there for weeks to set new world records. Another fad, dance marathons, exploded as couples competed to dance for as long as they possibly could, competing for money. Vending machines, crossword puzzles, and Mickey Mouse all originated in the 1920s. Perhaps no other fad is so distinctively 1920s than the rise of flappers. Flappers were fashionable young women who rejected the more conservative and conventional lifestyle of previous generations of women in favor of letting loose and having a great time. They bobbed their hair, wore short skirts and heavy makeup, and listened to jazz. They were influential in the fashion world. Women overall began to wear more revealing and flamboyant outfits. The flapper subculture even introduced new slang words. For example, you might walk down a city street and hear, “baby, you’re the bee’s knees.” Bee’s knees meaning an extraordinary person. During the 1920s, for the first time ever, more Americans lived in cities than on farms. Why have I brought all this up? Well, almost everything I have mentioned so far is related to why American culture and values began to change during the 1920s.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 19th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1860, it's arguably the most important presidential election in American history, with a four way race that literally tears the country apart. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1860 In 1860, tensions were obviously high, not only between Democrats and Republicans, but within the Democratic Party. At the Democratic National Conventions, extreme pro-slavery “Fire-eaters,” walked out in protest. They were nicknamed Fire-eaters because they refused to compromise on slavery to a point where they wanted to secede and start their own country. They ended up being known as the Southern Democratic Party, as most of them were Southerners, and nominated their own candidates. Those Democrats who remained nominated Stephen Douglas, who by this time was very well known across the country as a moderate on the slavery issue who favored "popular sovereignty.” Benjamin Fitzpatrick was nominated for Vice President, but he refused the nomination, so they nominated Herschel Johnson, the former governor of Georgia, instead. So they were the nominees for what became known as the Northern Democratic Party. Meanwhile, the Southern Democratic Party got together again and nominated current Vice President John C. Breckinridge for President and Joseph Lane, a Senator from Oregon, as his running mate. Wait, Oregon? Oregon’s a state now? Heck yeah. Both Oregon and Minnesota were now states, and got to participate in this election for the first time. Oh yeah, James Buchanan, the current President, remember he was a Democrat, wasn’t even brought up as a nominee for re-election. That shows you just how unpopular he was. The Republican Party, now stronger than they were in 1856, had four top contenders for their nomination. William Seward, a Senator from New York, Salmon P. Chase, a former governor and Senator of Ohio, Edward Bates, a former Representative from Missouri, and rising star Abraham Lincoln, a former Representative from Illinois. Lincoln had become famous after a series of highly publicized debates with Stephen Douglas when the two both ran for Senator in Illinois in 1858. Lincoln had lost that election, but now had a chance to face his old rival again for this time a much higher office. You might already know this, but Lincoln won the nomination, mostly because he was the most moderate of the four I mentioned. The Republicans chose Hannibal Hamlin, a Senator from Maine, as his running mate. To further complicate this election, there were other nominees. Former Whigs who wanted to avoid the country splitting up over the slavery issue created a new political party called the Constitutional Union Party. Their slogan was, "The Union as it is, and the Constitution as it is."So yeah, I guess the name fit. They nominated John Bell, a former Senator from Tennessee, with Edward Everett, a really good speaker and former Governor and Senator of Massachusetts, as his running mate. There were other candidates, but in a crowded field already, the other candidates barely had any support so I will not mention them here. It seemed to be another classic four-way race.

Here's the story of the time the United States tried banning the production, transport, and sale of alcohol. Mr. Beat's band: @ElectricNeedleRoom Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Music by Electric Needle Room. All images found in the public domain. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat #prohibition #warondrugs #apush

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 18th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1856, the birth of the Republican Party, and a three-way race that demonstrated the country's growing sectionalism. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1856 The 18th Presidential election in American history took place on November 4th, 1856. Franklin Pierce had a rough going over the previous four years, and now struggled to get his own party’s renomination. At the Democratic Party’s convention, 4 main candidates were in the running: Pierce, James Buchanan, Little Giant himself Stephen Douglas, and the beautiful Lewis Cass. It was a tight race between four well established and qualified candidates. In the end, Buchanan won the nomination. His running mate was John C. Breckinridge, a former U.S. Representative from Kentucky. By this time, the Whig Party had mostly collapsed. Most former Whigs had joined the either the Know Nothing Party or a brand new political party called the Republican Party. The Republican Party was formed in 1854 to oppose the extremely controversial Kansas Nebraska Act. At the first Republican National Convention in June of 1856, they met to approve an anti-slavery platform, an end to polygamy in Mormon settlements, and federal aid for a transcontinental railroad. Their nominee for President was John C. Fremont, a former Senator from California, although Supreme Court justice John McClean from Ohio was in the running. Fremont’s running mate was William L. Dayton, a former Senator from New Jersey. The American Party, formerly the Native American Party and nicknamed the “Know Nothing Party,” by this time had gained much support for their nativist platform. Nativism is the policy of protecting the interests native citizens against foreigners, and the American Party mostly targeted Irish Catholics, who they complained were hurting the country. Even though former President Millard Fillmore was not a member of the American Party, nor was he a nativist, and he never attended an American Party function, the party nominated him to be President again. He was actually out of the country at the time of the nomination, and had not been consulted beforehand. Still, he just sort of went with it. The Know-Nothings nominated Andrew Jackson Donelson, the nephew of Andrew Jackson. There were two other political parties that ran candidates for President, the deceptively named North American party and the North American Seceders Party, but they were pretty insignificant so we won’t go into who they endorsed. Slavery was the inescapable issue of the day, and it would be quite an understatement to say the country was divided on the issue. The Republican Party unapologetically opposed expanding slavery out west. It’s slogan was “Free speech, free press, free soil, free men, Fremont, and victory!” The Democrats warned that a Fremont victory would bring a civil war. The American Party attacked Fremont also, call him a….gasp...a Catholic, even though it wasn’t true. The fact is, despite their xenophobia, the American Party attracted many who were scared at how divided the country had become. Their candidate, Fillmore, promised a return to unity.

Here is the story of the institution of slavery in colonial America. Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Music by Brother Saturn. All images found in the public domain, used legally through fair use, or produced by Matt Beat. Listen to an audio version of this in the car. Story Time with Mr. Beat, the podcast: http://iammrbeat.podomatic.com/entry/2015-12-13T21_35_21-08_00 Once upon a time, African nations fought each other, as nations tend to do throughout history. After a victory, an African nation would often enslave many of the enemies it had captured. Most of these enslaved Africans, from various nations, were then traded or sold to Europeans along the west coast. Next, the slaves were shipped like cargo across the Atlantic Ocean. This journey became known as The Middle Passage, and it became the largest movement of people in history. Conditions on the ships during the Middle Passage were so dreadful that up to 15 percent of the slaves didn’t even make it to the end of the journey. Packed like sardines in filthy conditions, most died from malnutrition and disease. In 1619, a Dutch ship brought twenty Africans to the new British colony of Jamestown, Virginia. The slaves were needed to work in the quickly growing tobacco industry. From there, slavery spread throughout the American colonies. Over the next 200 hundred years, millions more would arrive to work large tobacco, indigo, and rice plantations in what would become the United States. During the colonial era, you know, when states were just British colonies, most slaves worked on tobacco plantations. Household slaves, those who acted as servants to colonists, were the next largest group. Some of the earliest slaves were actually Native Americans, but they tended to die from European diseases or escape, so Africans became more preferable. During the first years of slavery in the 1600s, Africans experienced a relatively high level of racial tolerance and flexibility from their European owners. Several slaves could wander freely, get married, buy land and other property, or even buy their own freedom. You heard that right- that means they were actually paid some for their work, and several Africans in the colonies were not slaves. In some cases, slaves were freed if they were able to prove in court they were baptized as a Christian. In one Virginian county in 1668, 29 percent of all Africans were free. Some free Africans even owned slaves! Because many Europeans were indentured servants, whites and black servants sometimes worked together, received the same punishments, and even plotted escapes together. Beginning in the late 1660s, colonists in Maryland and Virginia passed new laws that further restricted the rights of all blacks, free and slaves. Most slaves worked in the Chesapeake Bay region, working on huge tobacco plantations and large farms. The work was very hard, and slaves were busy most of the year, working sunrise to sunset. For those working on sugar plantations, which were larger than tobacco plantations, the work was even more difficult. While the most back breaking work fell to the strongest and healthiest, less physically demanding jobs were still handled by older or younger slaves- there was no minimum or maximum age for working. Slaves on plantations usually lived in complete family units, and they got Sundays off. Slave families became close, as did each slave community on every plantation. This gave way to a new culture, in which customs came not just from their current ways of life, but from memories and traditions brought from Africa. Slaves told folktales and fables, which kept oral traditions strong. Slaves made drums, banjos, and rattles similar to those found in Africa. Enslaved women made baskets using an African coiling method and sewed quilts with African patterns. Many slaves became Christian, almost seamlessly merging their African religions and traditions with Christianity. Their version of Christianity gave way to slave preachers, who led congregations on plantations where they often expressed themselves through singing and dancing. It was a powerful, spiritual way for them to gain hope. Tragically, plantation slaves were more likely to be sold or transferred than slaves working inside colonist houses. Tight-knit families were split apart, often with little notice. They were also more likely than household slaves to get brutally punished because they were seen as less valuable than household slaves. Household slaves generally ate better, were dressed better, and had more freedom to move about. However, they usually worked seven days a week and worked even longer hours. Other slaves did things like working in ironworking, shipbuilding, and other early industries.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 17th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. The 1852 election is eerily similar to the 1844 election. What is with everyone dying in office so much, anyway? Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1852 You might call this election the election of 1844, part 2, because it was very similar to it. Just like in 1844, a young dark horse candidate won. Also like in 1844, the incumbent president was a Whig who had become President after the death of his war-hero predecessor. And that Whig didn’t get his party’s nomination for the next election. In 1852, the Whig was Millard Fillmore, who took over after Zachary Taylor died in 1850. The biggest national issue during Taylor and Fillmore’s presidencies was the expansion of slavery out in western territories. The Compromise of 1850 had helped ease tensions a bit, but it really just kicked the can down the road- the country was becoming further divided between Northerners and Southerners over slavery. You know who else was divided? The Whig Party. They had a hard time deciding who their nominee for the 1852 election would be. Many favored Fillmore, but many others favored Mexican American War hero Winfield Scott, Old Fuss and Feathers himself. Even others favored Secretary of State Daniel Webster. In the end, it was Old Fuss and Feathers, Winfield Scott, who would get the nomination. William Alexander Graham, the Secretary of the Navy and former governor and senator from North Carolina, was his running mate. The Democratic Party had at least nine candidates who were all fighting to get nominated. At their convention, four major candidates stood out. Lewis Cass, who won the nomination in 1848, James Buchanan, the former Secretary of State and Senator from Pennsylvania, Stephen Douglas, a senator from Illinois, and William L. Marcy, the former Secretary of War. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, comes another dark horse candidate for the Democrats- Franklin Pierce, a 48 year-old former Senator and Representative from New Hampshire. They ended up nominating Pierce, with William R. King, a former Senator and Representative from Alabama, as his running mate. Third parties? Oh there were plenty. The biggest was the Free Soil Party, which had a strong showing in 1848. They nominated John P. Hale, another Senator from New Hampshire, with George Washington Julian as his running mate, a U.S. Representative from Indiana who was later a Radical Republican before it was cool. The Union Party formed after many Whigs were upset with Winfield Scott’s nomination. They nominated Daniel Webster for President. Then there was the Native American Party, no not that Native American, that Native American Party. They were also called the Know-Nothing Party by opponents thought they, well, knew nothing. Surprisingly, the party embraced the nickname because I guess they liked being called stupid. They also nominated Daniel Webster, even though he didn’t approve. And there was the Southern Rights Party, an offshoot of the Democratic Party that nominated George Troup, a former Senator, Representative, and Governor of Georgia. This was the first election in which citizens of the new state of California could vote. The two biggest political parties- the Whigs and the Democrats, had similar platforms, so the campaigns were mostly just about the personalities of Pierce and Scott. This jaded a lot of voters and explains why so many third parties popped up. The lack of clear-cut issues caused the voter turnout to decline.

Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat When you study history, you have a more complete picture of the world. When you have such context, you realize you are pretty darn lucky to be alive right now. Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room. All images found in the public domain. I teach history, which is why I am extremely thankful. I always hear people complaining that the world is becoming a scarier place. Or I hear people long for the good old days. Well, I'm here to tell you that the good old days weren't actually as good as you remember them today. Here is more proof that human beings have never been off then they are right now. The world is safer now than it ever has been before. Wars have been on the decline. The last decade has seen fewer war deaths than in any decade in the past 100 years, according to data from researchers at the Peace Research Institute Oslo. It’s easier to connect with someone you share the same values with than ever before. Do you have internet friends? I’m talking about friends who you have never met in person, yet you feel closer to them than nearly all of your real life friends? I think a growing number of us do. It used to be, if you were a freak in a say small town in middle America, you would probably feel out of place and lonely because the freaks like you were few and far between. But the moment you were able to connect to freaks around the world, suddenly you had a community of your own. In fact, you no longer felt like a freak. Every day, less of us feel like freaks when we connect with online communities. You are not alone. Yes, life is good.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 16th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1848, one war hero takes command of a presidential election, despite never voting in an election himself. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1848 The 16th Presidential election in American history took place on Tuesday, November 7th, 1848. This was the first election that took place on the same day in every state. By law from this point forward, Election Day would be on a Tuesday. James Polk had spent the past four years kicking butts and taking names. Every major objective he had going into office was accomplished. He had got half of Oregon without going to war with Britain, got the northern half of Mexico by bullying them into a war, reducing the tariff, and creating an independent treasury. Satisfied with accomplishing his goals, he promised not to run for re-election. His health was actually declining anyway, and he would die of cholera three months after leaving office, having the shortest retirement of all Presidents in American history. In his place, the Democratic Party nominated Lewis Cass, who since 1844 had become a Senator for Michigan. Cass beat out Martin Van Buren for the nomination, who was no longer having luck with the political party he helped create. The Democrats nominated William Orlando Butler to run with Cass, a general who had recently fought in the Mexican American War. Martin Van Buren, upset and perhaps bitter at losing to Cass for the nomination, found a new political party, the Free Soil Party, led by Salmon P. Chase and John Parker Hale. Mostly based out of New York, the party called for ending the expansion of slavery out west. Most of their support came from anti-slavery Democrats, but some Whigs also joined their cause. Van Buren was their nominee, with Charles Francis Adams, son of John Quincy Adams and grandson of John Adams, as his running mate. Partially because of the rise of the Free Soil Party, the Liberty Party lost most of its support. They did nominate Gerrit Smith, brother-in-law to their former presidential nominee, James Birney. Keep in the family! What about the Whigs? Well, General Zachary Taylor, of Louisiana, was an attractive candidate because he was a war hero, leading American forces to victories in the Mexican American War. Here’s the thing, though. He wasn’t very political, and had never even voted in an election himself. In fact, this is why Taylor was courted by both the Whig Party and the Democratic Party- few knew exactly where he stood on major issues. Taylor decided to declare himself as a Whig, though, and easily won their nomination, beating out big names like Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and fellow Mexican American war hero Winfield Scott. Millard Fillmore, a former U.S. Representative and the Comptroller of New York, was Taylor’s running mate. The campaigns were pretty chill this year, with no major issues that sharply divided the parties. I say that because the Free Soil Party had a small chance of actually winning because they weren’t on the ballot in several states. In the early part of the the Mexican American War, the Whigs mostly criticized James Polk for his recklessness that led to the war. However, after the United States kicked butt in the war, now the Whigs had seemed to forget this, and were glorifying General Taylor’s war success. Taylor himself was pretty vague about where he stood on the issues, though.

Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Here's the story of the relations between Native Americans (Indians) and the Europeans living in the 13 original American colonies. Music by Electric Needle Room. All images found in the public domain or by Matt Beat. Listen to an audio version of this in the car. Story Time with Mr. Beat, the podcast: http://iammrbeat.podomatic.com/entry/2015-11-21T07_05_49-08_00 Once upon a time, the European colonists who came over to settle along the eastern coast of North America and the Natives who had already lived there for thousands of years, kind of got along. Sure, there were disputes and skirmishes here and there, but generally the two sides coexisted. Sure, it helped that millions of Indians had already died in the previous century from disease, which cleared a lot of land and other resources. Trade generally was pretty darn awesome in the early days of European and Indian relations. However, with more and more Europeans coming, Indians had a hard time keeping up with trade. This caused men to hunt more, which hurt the gender balance which had previously existed in the tribe. Also, as more and more Europeans came, they had this habit of claiming land. Europeans and Indian nations usually signed treaties with each other regarding land, but the Indian idea of land was generally very different from the European idea of land. Many Indians practiced communal land ownership, meaning the entire community owned and shared the land. Europeans generally bought and sold land exclusively and individually. This different understanding of land ownership led to confusion and later conflict. 15 years after the first permanent English settlement in North America, Jamestown, was established, it was attacked by Powhatan Indians who had had enough. They took out 347 colonists, almost destroying the entire settlement. The surviving colonists retaliated. Thus, things went back and forth for quite awhile. During the 1630s, in the Pequot War, the Pequot Tribe fought Puritans trying to start a colony in Connecticut. The Puritans had formed alliances with rivals tribes, the Narragansett and Mohegan tribes, and defeated the Pequot. European and Indian alliances became quite common. Remember- there were hundreds of different Indian nations across North America at the time- it’d be silly to assume they all got along. Remember the Pilgrims? Remember how the Wampanoag chief Massasoit peacefully coexisted with the Pilgrims, and they even shared a nice feast? Okay, watch my Pilgrims video if you forgot, dadgummit. Anyway, Massasoit had a son named Metacomet, who the Puritans called King Philip. When more and more Europeans encroached, or intruded on their territory, and disrespected their rights, Metacomet lost faith in peaceful relations. In 1675, in what became known as King Philip’s War, Metacomet united Indian tribes to attack the Puritans of Plymouth Colony. Historians consider the war the deadliest in the history of European settlement in North America in proportion to the population. In a little over one year, 12 of New England’s towns were completely wiped out, the region’s economy was destroyed, and 1/10th of all military-aged men were killed. While it devastated the Puritans, it nearly ended the existence of the Wampanoag nation and their allies. Metacomet himself was killed in the war. The Iroquois, or Haudenosaunee, who lived in modern day upstate New York, were fairly successful in resisting European advances. Throughout the 1500s and 1600s, they had formed a powerful nation by uniting several tribes. By the mid 1700s, they were known to the English as the "Six Nations", made up of the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora nations. They practiced strong diplomacy, or negotiating skills, with both the French and English, and stayed powerful until the Revolutionary War, which ultimately broke them apart. From 1754 to 1763, the British colonies and French colonies fought in what became known as the French and Indian War, which was really the North American theater of a larger war known as the Seven Years’ War. While the British had made it clear they intended to settle the frontier, the French seemed more interested in trade, not settlement. Because of this, many tribes, like the Delaware and Shawnee, sided with the French. Although the Six Nations officially were neutral, many within the Iroquois Confederacy also helped out both the French and the British. After the British won the war, the French lost nearly all of its colonial territory, and soon Indians only had one enemy they could unite against- the British, of course.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Help Mr. Beat spend more time making videos: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 15th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1844, Manifest Destiny and a dark horse show up to shake up Whig dominance. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1844 The 15th Presidential election in American history took place from Friday, November 1, to Wednesday, December 4, 1844. This was the last presidential election to be held on different days in different states. All future presidential elections would be held on a single day. President John Tyler had taken over after William Henry Harrison died, but he remained at odds with the Whig Party. The Whig Party actually stopped supporting him, and so did the Democratic Party, his old party. At odds with both of the major political parties in the country, he tried to start a third party movement for re-election, hoping that many who agreed with him on the annexation of Texas would support him. The Texas annexation issue would divide not only the country but the Democratic Party. Martin Van Buren, originally a shoe-in for the Democratic nomination in 1844, was against the annexation of Texas. However, many influential southern Democrats, like John Calhoun and Andrew Jackson, wanted Texas. At the Democratic National Convention, three nominees were discussed at first- Van Buren, James Buchanan, a Senator from Pennsylvania, and Lewis Cass, the Ambassador to France. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, came James Polk, a former governor of Tennessee and former Speaker of the House. Though Polk had originally entered the convention hoping to be the Vice President nominee, by the end of the convention he was the most popular guy in the room, getting the nomination unanimously. Polk famously became the first well known “dark horse” candidate, meaning before the election he was not well known. George Dallas, a former Senator from Pennsylvania, was nominated as Polk’s running mate. The fact that the city of Dallas, Texas was named after him might be a hint as to who would win the election. The Whig Party was firmly against Texas annexation. After abandoning John Tyler, the party went back to the original Whig- Henry Clay, who was pretty much the leading Whig ever since the party began. Though Clay had run before for President and lost, uh- he lost three times actually, things seemed to be going more his way this time, as he could appeal to both Southern slave owners who didn’t want to annex Texas because it might make their land less valuable and slaves more expensive, and Northerners who didn’t want slavery to expand further west. In 1840, the Whigs did quite well with Harrison, and with Clay, they just assumed it would be a another blowout. The Whigs nominated Theodore Frelinghuysen, a former Senator from New Jersey, as Clay’s running mate. Things got a little more complicated when John Tyler dropped out of the running for re-election and threw his support to Polk. Also, the abolitionist Liberty Party ran James Birney again. His support had grown since 1840, and some worried that Northern Whigs might vote for him instead of Clay. So though Clay was confident he would win at first, as the election drew nearer, Polk’s support had grown. Polk was all about Manifest Destiny, or the belief that it was the United States’ destiny to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Polk wanted to expand the country’s border whenever and wherever possible, and more and more Americans seemed to agree with him. Polk called for not only adding Texas, but also California and Oregon territory. The northern boundary of Oregon, which Britain claimed as well, was the latitude line of 54 degrees, 50 minutes. Many of his extremist supporters used the slogan “54 40 or Fight!” in hopes that a Polk presidency meant getting all of Oregon.

Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Here's the story of how life was like in the 13 British American colonies. Music by Electric Needle Room. All images found in the public domain or by Matt Beat. Once upon a time, there were 13 British colonies along the east coast of North America. Today we classify these colonies into three groups: 1) The New England Colonies 2)The Middle Colonies and 3) The Southern Colonies All the colonies had a lot of self-government and most white men could vote, as long as they had property. All of the colonies were prosperous grew quickly. In 1625, the population of the colonies, not including Native Americans, was around 2,000. By 1775, that number had swollen to 2 and a half million, and this group in 1775 didn’t have nearly as much in common with or as much loyalty to their European ancestors. Yep, these American colonies had developed a brand new, very distinct, society, and soon they would be leaving their European ancestors behind. The New England colonies were generally more religious, and though its settlers came to America to practice their religion freely, they, ironically, did not tolerate any other religion other than their own. Massachusetts was made up of Puritans, but some Puritans didn’t think the Puritans in Massachusetts were devout enough, so they left and started the colonies of Connecticut and New Haven. Meanwhile, Puritans like Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams, who thought the Puritans in Massachusetts were too restrictive, left (well, they were kicked out) to form the colony of Rhode Island. Rhode Island actually had the freedom of religion and a radical idea of separating church and state. In New England towns along the coast, the colonists made their living fishing, whaling, and shipbuilding. Because farming was difficult, New England began to develop manufacturing with industries like shipbuilding to make money. Being furthest north, the New England colonies were the coldest, but because of this there was less disease than in the warmer colonies further south. The Middle Colonies were the most diverse by far of the colonies. Different ethnic groups like the English, Swedes, Dutch, Germans, Scots-Irish and French lived closer together here than they ever did in Europe. There were also many different religions, most Christian denominations, such as Quakers. With many religions came religious freedom, especially in Pennsylvania, the Quaker colony established by William Penn that had a constitution that protected many freedoms and would later influence the United States Constitution. Economically, the middle colonies served as important shipping off point for valuable stuff to send back to Europe. Cities here, like New York and Philadelphia, grew quickly. Being in the middle (I know, such an original name, right?) put these colonies in the middle of everything, really. Ideas, society, culture, the economy, you name it. They also had much more fertile soil than the North. Farming The Southern Colonies, which also had very fertile soil, were all about the cash crops- mostly tobacco, but also rice, cotton, and indigo. Here, large plantations sprung up that required a large labor force. To fill this labor force, plantations often brought in both slaves and indentured servants to take care of the work. Slavery became an important part of the economy in the South. Being furthest south, the winters were more mild, but the hot and humid summers caused more diseases like malaria and yellow fever to spread easily. Life expectancy was lowest in the southern colonies. There was also more religious tolerance in the southern colonies, even in Maryland, which was originally established for Roman Catholics. Georgia was the southernmost colony and the last of the colonies established. James Oglethorpe had the idea to relocate thousands of prisoners from England who were there because they couldn’t pay back their debts to Georgia to start a new life, and King George II went along with it because the colony could be a buffer between Spanish Florida and the rich plantations of South Carolina. Plus, it was named after him. Overall, the 13 colonies were extremely diverse, almost like 13 little countries. However, they all had a lot in common. They had similar political, constitutional, and legal systems, and most of them were WASPs. No, not those wasps. WASP- it stands for white Anglo-Saxon Protestants. Most colonial families were self reliant. Also, this might surprise you, all of colonies had legal slavery was big. They produced lots of wheat and corn, and raised lots of livestock. Other industries here included the production of iron ore, lumber, textiles, furs and shipbuilding.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt The 14th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1840, the Whig Party brings Tippecanoe and Tyler, too, and Van Buren faces an uphill battle as the U.S. economy struggles. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1840 Want to help Mr. Beat so that he can spend more time making these videos? Then support him on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat The 14th Presidential election in American history took place from Friday, October 30, to Wednesday, December 2, 1840. Martin Van Buren fought for re-election during a time when the economy was not doing so well. The country was in the middle of a horrible recession began as a financial crisis referred to as the Panic of 1837. Due to this, President Van Buren was unpopular. But you know who was more unpopular? His Vice President, Richard Mentor Johnson. The Democratic Party actually refused to re-nominate him. In fact, they didn’t officially nominate anybody, although many wanted James Polk or Littleton Tazewell. The Whig Party, meanwhile, was gaining strength, and learned their lesson from the last election, this time uniting behind just one candidate for President- William Henry Harrison. Not only was Harrison a well established politician, but, like Andrew Jackson, he was a bit of a war hero. Harrison’s running mate was John Tyler, a former Senator from Virginia. Harrison was the first candidate to actively campaign to be President. His supporters came up with a pretty catchy slogan- “Tippecanoe and Tyler too.” Get it? Of course you don’t. Well basically, Tippecanoe referred to Harrison’s military victory over the Shawnee Indians on November 7, 1811 at the Battle of Tippecanoe. Because of this, the Whigs aggressively organized to promote him as a war hero. But the Democrats argued that Harrison was too old to be President.. Many called him “Granny,”implying that maybe he was senile. The Whigs fought back by portraying Martin Van Buren as a rich snob out of touch with the people and Harrison as a man of the common people from the Western frontier. In reality, it was Harrison who was richer than Van Buren, but most Americans wouldn’t know that by the campaign. The election of 1840 was more about image and less about substance. In fact, the Whigs were just fine if Harrison didn’t argue policy or about issues, because the country was pretty divided at the time. Instead, the Whig strategy was to avoid difficult national issues such as slavery and instead focus on how the Van Buren administration ruined the economy. Interestingly enough, the Anti-Masonic Party also nominated William Henry Harrison for President, but with Daniel Webster as his running mate instead of Tyler. Also, one notable third party, the Liberty Party, sprung up in 1840 with its primary goal to end slavery. They ran abolitionist James Birney for President and Thomas Earle as his running mate.

What does the Speaker of the House do? After the recent news of John Boehner resigning as Speaker of the House, Mr. Beat explains the (arguably) most important position in the United States Congress, and he also decides to run for Speaker of the House himself. Music by Electric Needle Room. http://electricneedleroom.us All images found in the public domain. #apgov #government #speakerofthehouse

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI The 13th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1836, the Whig Party emerges and runs four candidates against incumbent Martin Van Buren. Did their strategy work? Find out and watch it, youngin'. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1836 Want to help Mr. Beat so that he can spend more time making these videos? Then support him on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat

But there is plenty of bullying. Mr. Beat proposes we end it by respecting the victim, not giving the bullying behavior an audience, and treating others with kindness, even if they don't deserve it. Music by Electric Needle Room. www.electricneedleroom.us All images found in the public domain. Produced by Matt Beat. Videos clips were from the following videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5xvsRYX65I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rPleC29A8w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQQF7K-DCLM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDYQC9ekWCQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_goaAP5JxA

A segment from the latest episode of Context. In light of the recent changing of the name of North America's tallest mountain, Mount McKinley, to Denali, Mr. Beat, Robert from Reading Through History, and Cypher from Cynical Historian, discuss the merits of renaming Harney Peak or any other landmark named after someone arguably dishonorable. Subscribe to the podcast! Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/matt-beat/context?refid=stpr Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/context/id1017315616?mt=2 Reading Through History: www.youtube.com/readingthroughhistor Cynical Historian www.youtube.com/user/CynicalCypher88

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI The 12th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1832, the country's first prominent third party gives it a go, and then a fourth party joins in on the fun. Feeling extra dorky? Then visit here: http://www.countingthevotes.com/1832 Want to help Mr. Beat so that he can spend more time making these videos? Then support him on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat

Here's the story of the first Europeans to permanently settle in North America. Music by Electric Needle Room. http://www.electricneedleroom.us All images found in the public domain. Each year, it picked up, with the English, Spanish, French, and soon Dutch setting up more and more colonies. Three main groups came to settle in the colonies. 1. Economic immigrants, who were those looking for a better life. This group included the indentured servants, or people who paid for their passage to the New World by being forced to work for somebody for a certain number of years before getting their freedom. Most of the indentured servants were English farmers who had been pushed off their lands due to overcrowding. Up to ⅔ of European immigrants who came to the American colonies between the 1630s and the American Revolution were indentured servants. 2. Religious immigrants, who came to practice their religion freely. Included in this group were the famous Pilgrims who settled at Plymouth Colony. 3. Forced immigrants, who came over as slaves, mostly from Africa. It was the English immigrants who dominated in what later became the United States of America, probably because they came to live in larger numbers during the 1600s. From about 1630 to 1640 alone, around 20,000 Puritans crossed the Atlantic to live in New England. Even today, people with English ancestry arguably make up the largest group of Americans, though it is hard to know for sure. 8 out of the 10 most common last names in the United States are of English or British Isles origin.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI The 11th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1828, after basically 5 years of his supporters campaigning, Andrew Jackson gets his revenge on the ol' John Quincy Adams and the Second Party System begins. Feeling extra dorky? http://www.countingthevotes.com/1828 All images and music found in the public domain. Transcript: The 11th Presidential election in American history took place from Friday, October 31, to Tuesday, December 2, 1828. Uh-oh, we gotta re-match! 4 years prior, after a 4-way split with no majority candidate, John Quincy Adams was handed the election by the House of Representatives. Andrew Jackson, who finished second in the House vote, thought the election was shady, accusing Henry Clay of a corrupt bargain to get Adams elected President so that Clay could be his Secretary of State. Just a few months after Jackson’s defeat, the Tennessee legislature already re-nominated him for President, setting the stage for a re-match. There was no nominating caucus even held. Jackson’s supporters, who called themselves “Democrats,” were rabid- they treated Jackson like a rock star. For the next three years, Jackson’s support grew and grew. His supporters, also called Jacksonians, won more seats in Congress in the 1826 elections. Meanwhile, the Jacksonians criticized John Quincy Adams for seemingly everything. Their criticism peaked after Adams signed into law the Tariff of 1828, which increased tariff rates above 60 percent. Critics called it the Tariff of Abominations, as it ended up hurting the economy of several Southern states. Needless to say, a distinct shift developed- Southerners began to largely support Jackson while support for Adams was mostly only in Northern states. President Adams was re-nominated by the endorsement of multiple state legislatures and partisan rallies. There was no caucus for his nomination either. Supporters of Adams called themselves National Republicans. Secretary of the Treasury Richard Rush officially ran as Adams’ running mate. Wait, what the heck? Wasn’t John Calhoun his Vice President? Well, yes, but Calhoun had decided to run for re-election as Jackson’s running mate, interestingly enough. Both campaigns were incredibly nasty. Mudslinging was frequent, and Andrew Jackson was certainly an easy target. I mean, the man was involved in the slave trade, participated in the massacre of Indians, and had murdered multiple men in duels. However, things got particularly nasty when supporters of Adams started talking trash about Jackson’s wife, Rachel. They even said Jackson’s mom was a prostitute. People also said vicious things about Adams, saying he had surrendered an American girl to the Russian Czar when he was the Minister to Russia and that he had used public funds to buy gambling devices, which turned out to be just a chess set and a pool table. By 1828, pretty much all white men could vote, and nearly every state chose its electors through popular vote. Jackson’s supporters organized a remarkable grassroot campaign that took advantage of this and brought out many first time voters. Jackson and supporter Martin Van Buren took this campaign and created the modern Democratic Party. A fitting title, as true democracy was actually becoming more of a reality.

It's primary versus secondary sources, and primary always has the advantage. This is a song to help you memorize the differences between primary and secondary sources. For a free download of it, visit https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/the-primary-and-secondary-sources-song. Filmed by Steven Beat in downtown Kansas City, Missouri at the Community Bookshelf and the Kansas City Public Library. Edited by Matt Beat. Words, recording, and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. Images used in the video are in the public domain.

See what happens when Mr. Beat interviews himself. Spoiler alert- he takes over the interview with an epic rant about himself. Such an ego. Music: "Let's Call It Off" by Peter Bjorn and John

Here's the story of the Pilgrim Fathers. Music by Electric Needle Room. http://www.electricneedleroom.us All images found in the public domain. Once upon a time, 102 people on a merchant ship called the Mayflower sailed out across the Atlantic Ocean. Leaving Plymouth, in southwestern England, on September 16th, 1620, the ship included 35 members of a Puritan group known as the English Separatist Church. These Puritans were trying to find a place where they could peacefully practice their radical religion, which was not accepted in their old home of England. On board was William Bradford, a leader of these Puritans, who would later write about this trip so that we would know about it today. The ship experienced smooth sailing at first, but when they were more than halfway across the ocean, they ran into a huge storm with really strong winds. One passenger, John Howland, was carried off the ship by water, but fortunately caught a rope trailing the ship in the water and was able to pull himself back on board. The storm also caused one of the main beams to crack on the ship, but they were able to repair it, and after the storm kept on sailing west. While on board, a group of 41 men signed what would later be known as the Mayflower Compact, which became the first governing document of the new colony they would create. Along the way, two people died, one crew member and one passenger. But one baby was born, named Oceanus Hopkins. Because of the rough seas and storms, the Mayflower ended up much further north than it the Pilgrims had originally planned. Finally, land was spotted. On November 21st, 66 days after they left England, the Mayflower landed on the shores of modern day Cape Cod. They called it Plymouth Harbor. About a month later, they found an area on the mainland suitable for settlement, and called it New Plymouth since that’s what John Smith called the area when he mapped it a few years prior- the town of Plymouth still exists today. The area used to be the home of Native Americans, or Indians, who all died from a smallpox epidemic brought from European traders and explorers. During the next few months, the settlers lived mostly on the Mayflower still, and took a small boat back and forth from the shore to build New Plymouth. The Pilgrims had the misfortune of landing at the beginning of winter. During that horrible first winter, more than half of the English settlers died from diseases like scurvy, the cold, and starvation. In March, 1621, the Pilgrims made their first formal contact with the Indians, who were very friendly. The Indians near the Plymouth Colony were all members of different tribes of the Wampanoag people, who had been there for around 10,000 years before Europeans arrived. The Wampanoag chief, Massasoit, along with a Pawtuxet tribe member known as Squanto, were a little uneasy about the Pilgrims. After all, Massasoit had seen members of his tribe killed by previous English sailors, and Squanto was actually kidnapped by John Smith’s men a few years prior but managed to escape to England. Squanto later returned to his native land to find out that most of his tribe had died of the same smallpox epidemic I mentioned before- you know, the one that wiped out the area the Pilgrims were now living in. However, Massasoit and Squanto decided to make peace with the Pilgrims. After exchanging gifts, Massasoit and John Carver, Plymouth’s first governor, established a formal treaty of peace, promising to never harm each other and to be friends. In April 1621, the Mayflower returned to England, and now the Pilgrims officially were on their own. It would be a rough first year. Shortly after the Mayflower left, Carver died, and the popular William Bradford was elected unanimously to take over. He would serve as Plymouth’s governor off and on for the next 30 years. Though Bradford was a strong leader, the Pilgrims still struggled to survive. Fortunately for them, Squanto stuck around to help them out quite a bit.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI The tenth episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1824, it's a four-way race that does not have a majority winner in the electoral college. What the heck to do?!? The 12th amendment and the House of Representatives to the rescue! Feeling extra dorky? http://www.countingthevotes.com/1824/?rq=1824 All images and music found in the public domain.

Here is the story of the first American explorers, from Leif Eriksson to Christopher Columbus to Samuel de Champlain. If you like these Story Time videos, please subscribe to my podcast! http://iammrbeat.podomatic.com. Music by Electric Needle Room. http://www.electricneedleroom.us. All images in the public domain. Once upon a time, for thousands of years, the human beings on two continents, Europe and North America, just ignored each other. Then, in the late 980s, a group known as the Norsemen, more famously known as Vikings, left Iceland, heading west. Led by Erik the Red, who had been banished from Iceland for murder, they eventually came across the island of Greenland, and settled there. Later, Erik had a son named Leif Eriksson (get it, Erik SON), who grew up to head even further west, leading a ship to what is today known as Labrador, the Baffin Islands, and Newfoundland. Thus, Eriksson became the first known European to explore North America. Almost 500 years later, Christopher Columbus became the next European to explore the Americas. In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Sorry about that. Anyway, after ten weeks at sea, Columbus reached what is now known as the Bahamas. He named the place they landed San Salvador. Thinking he had reached Asia, he kept going until he reached modern-day Cuba, which he assumed was China. When Columbus returned to Spain the next year, he had products with him totally unknown to Europe like coconuts, tobacco, and potatoes. He also had stories of darker-skinned native peoples he encountered whom he called “Indians” because he had thought he was sailing in the Indian Ocean. Columbus later made three more trips to America between 1494 and 1502, exploring modern day Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Jamaica, and Trinidad. After all this, he still was convinced he was exploring Asia. Others weren’t so convinced. Spain and Portugal sent many other ships to explore this “New World” in those early years, and on one of the ships sent by Portugal was a dude named Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian who was not convinced they were exploring Asia. After his trip viewing modern-day Brazil, he was sure this land was part of a new continent. Vespucci spread the word about the new continent, convincing people he was right and Columbus was wrong. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemuller made a world map in which he named the new continent America after the Latin feminine version of Vespucci’s first name, which is Americus. Meanwhile, it became clear there were two Americas, meaning a North America and a South America, after Spanish explorers went exploring like crazy up north. In 1513, Juan Ponce de Leon went searching for the Fountain of Youth and ended up finding and naming Florida. By the way, he never found a Fountain of Youth. That same year, Vasco Nunez de Balboa made it through the Isthmus of Panama to be the first European to reach the eastern coast of the Pacific Ocean. In 1519, the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew sailed around the bottom tip of South America, across the Pacific to the Philippines, where Magellan was killed in the Battle of Mactan. But his crew kept on going afterwards, with Juan Sebastian Elcano now leading, sailing around the southern tip of Africa and returning to Europe in 1522, becoming the first expedition to circumnavigate the entire planet. In the 1500s, Spain became the richest country in the world because of its explorers who were also conquistadors. The same year Magellan’s crew sailed out from Spain, Hernando Cortes and his army conquered the Aztec Empire of modern day Mexico. By 1521, Cortes had taken control of all of the Aztecs gold and silver mines. In 1531, Francisco Pizarro and his expedition took out the Inca Empire of Peru, gaining access to the Inca silver mines of Potosi. So yeah, Spain had so much precious metals they didn’t know what to do with it all, and even caused prices to skyrocket in Western Europe because of it. However, they killed a bunch of people to get it.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI The ninth episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1820, James Monroe is so popular that no one runs against him for President. Therefore, he wins. Feeling extra dorky? http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=57883 All images and music found in the public domain.

Did you know Adolf Hitler farted a lot? Yes, it's true. Here are 10 other facts about the former German dictator that you likely didn't know. Created by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room. http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com All images and videos in the public domain. The Third Reich in History and Memory by Richard J. Evans http://www.amazon.com/The-Third-Reich-History-Memory/dp/0190228393/ref=pd_sim_14_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=0B2MBQ3Y9ENQ1ZFK4ZF5 Hitler by A.N. Wilson http://www.amazon.com/Hitler-N-Wilson/dp/0465031285/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1436672979&sr=1-1&keywords=hitler+a.n.+wilson

Robert from Reading Through History and I have launched a brand new podcast called "Context." We hope to share a new episode with you every two weeks or so. It's available on Itunes and Stitcher. Website: http://historicalcontext.podomatic.com RSS feed: http://historicalcontext.podomatic.com/rss2.xml On Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/matt-beat/context?refid=stpr On Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/context/id1017315616?mt=2

Why do Americans spend every 4th of July blowing stuff up? What does that have to do with celebrating their independence from Britain and the birth of their country? Not a whole lot, but it's something that they've always done. Music by Electric Needle Room. All images in the public domain or used by permission. Sources used for this video: Why We Set Off Fireworks on the Fourth of July http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-we-set-off-fireworks-on-the-fourth-of-july-470334/?no-ist The Rockets’ Red, White, and Blue Glare http://www.slate.com/articles/life/explainer/2012/07/history_of_fireworks_in_america_why_do_we_celebrate_fourth_of_july_with_fireworks_.html The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 35 https://books.google.com/books?id=OycXAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA373#v=onepage&q&f=false TL;DW Long story short- Americans blow up stuff on the 4th of July because they always have, since when they first became a country, and John Adams was not only a Founding Father of the country, but the Founding Father of this tradition of blowing stuff up.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI The eighth episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1816, in the middle of the so-called Era of Good Feelings, James Monroe easily wins over Rufus King but not President. Feeling extra dorky? http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59535 All images and music found in the public domain.

We may smile for the camera today, but we didn't used to. In old photographs, people tended to not smile. While there are many explanations for this, the best explanation is related to culture and technology. Music by Electric Needle Room. https://www.electricneedleroom.us/ All images in the public domain or Matt owns the rights to. To understand why people didn’t originally smile in photographs, you need to understand both the history of the photograph and a little art history as well. Before the photograph, the only way we knew what people or things looked like was by paintings. Some of these painters were masters at realistically depicting people. Realism (or naturalism) is the attempt to represent subject matter in art truthfully, and realism was particularly big in the 1800s. So, if someone is painted as they realistically looked, of course they usually would not be smiling. Imagine if you walked around everywhere smiling at all times. Not only is that not realistic, you might freak some people out. In fact, they might think you are little crazy. Most people spend most of their life neither smiling nor frowning. A smile is a response, not an expression, so it usually can’t be held for a long time. By the 1600s, smiling in portraits was frowned upon. It was so taboo that only the poor, drunk, innocent, or children smiled in portraits. Basically, people believed that if you smiled in a portrait, you would be preserved in time and remembered in history as a fool. Because it was very expensive to get a portrait painted of yourself, most people rarely had the opportunity to get one, so when they did they wanted to be remembered as an idealized version of themselves, not as some jokester. When artists chose their subjects and painted them, they only tended to paint smiles for those who society already looked at as fools or childish. Thus, they were rare.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI The seventh episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1812, there was a war. Oh yeah, and a Presidential election! Feeling extra dorky? http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59536 All images and music found in the public domain. Thanks for being awesome, Beethoven.

Here is the story of the People's Party, aka the Populist Party, that sparked a movement that continues to this day. Music by Electric Needle Room http://electricneedleroom.net All images in the public domain. Transcript: Today’s video is dedicated to Jesse and everyone else in Mr. Steve Lynch’s history classes. Thanks for watching! What is popular? No seriously. What is popular? I really don’t know. My name is Mr. Beat. Today, the term “populist” is thrown around a lot. Whether it’s someone who supports the Tea Party or Occupy Wall Street or another movement, my modern definition of “populist” is: someone who is a supporter of a movement seeking to represent the interests of ordinary people. But who were the original Populists? Well, here’s the story of the Populist Movement. Once upon a time, in the late 1800s, the United States experienced huge growth in industrialization. Factories began to pop up all over the place, and more and more people were making more money thanks to the increase in the mass production of goods. It was later called The Gilded Age, a time which caused John D. Rockefeller to eventually become the nation’s first billionaire. However, not all Americans benefited from this newfound prosperity. In particular, many farmers across the American South and the Great Plains struggled. Inflation was low due to the country’s limited supply of money. Because of this, farmers suffered because their crops were selling at lower and lower prices, and therefore they weren’t making as much money anymore. Not only that, loans for equipment and land had ridiculously high interest rates (some were as high as 345 percent) and farmers could not pay them back. These farmers, who were understandably angry and frustrated, blamed these plutocrats, or people who get their power from becoming rich. They particularly blamed the bankers who were taking advantage of them and the giant corporations who were hurting competition in the marketplace. In the 1870s, groups like the Grangers and the Farmers’ Alliances called for lower railroad rates. They also argued that corporations and the wealthy should pay more taxes. These groups, along with the Greenbackers and various Labor political parties, began to unite against the mainstream Democratic and Republican parties. By the late 1880s, many of these like-minded groups began to merge. The National Agricultural Wheel, the Southern Farmer’s Alliance, and Knights of Labor (a group credited for further popularizing the 8-hour workday and 40-hour workweek) consolidated to become the Farmers and Laborers’ Union of America. With the urban labor organizations and rural farmers organizations now joining forces, the Democratic Party and Republican Party began to have a legitimate threat. Although the People’s Party (also called the Populist Party) wasn’t officially created until 1891, people across the Midwest and South had already been elected as Populists the year before. Populism was more uh, popular, in Kansas, probably more so than any other place in the country. The Populists there took control of the legislature after 92 of them were elected. Kansas was also home of some of the most famous and earliest adopters of Populism. Jerry Simpson, elected in 1890 to the U.S. House of Representatives, became nationally-known as the party's congressional leader. William Peffer was the first Populist to serve as U.S. senator. Another Kansan, Mary Elizabeth Lease, became nationally famous for her passionate speeches calling for racial and gender equality. She also talked trash about the plutocrats. “Wall Street owns the country. It is no longer a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, but a government of Wall Street, by Wall Street, and for Wall Street, ” she said. By 1892, the Populist Movement had quickly spread across the country. On July 2, 1892, the Populists had a national convention in Omaha, Neb., to nominate James B. Weaver of Iowa for President and James G. Field of Virginia for Vice-President. It also adopted an official party platform: the free and unlimited coinage of silver to create inflation getting rid of the national banking system the printing of more cash, with the ability for people to borrow cash more easily national ownership of all public communication and transportation a progressive income tax (in other words, the more money you make, the higher percentage of your income is taxed) the popular election of United States Senators (at the time state legislatures voted them in) more direct democracy on specific acts of legislation making it illegal for foreigners to own land in the United States

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI The sixth episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1808, James Madison easily wins to continue Democratic Republican dominance. Feeling extra dorky? http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59537 All images and music found in the public domain. Thanks for being awesome, Beethoven.

YouTube history nerds unite to answer the big question: which historical event would you want to witness firsthand? Their answers are mostly disturbing- they tend to lean toward violence and destruction. Please subscribe: That Was History https://www.youtube.com/c/thatwashistory Mr. Betts https://www.youtube.com/user/MrBettsClass Reading Through History https://www.youtube.com/user/readingthroughhistor Cynical Cypher https://www.youtube.com/user/CynicalCypher88 Tom Richey https://www.youtube.com/tomrichey Mr. Beat https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat All music and images used by permission or in the public domain.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI The fifth episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 1804, Jefferson EASILY wins re-election, in one of the most lopsided elections in history. Feeling really dorky? Then click here: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1789_1821.html#1804 All images and music found in the public domain.

At Aubry Bend Middle School on Friday, February 20th, 2015. A special thanks to Mr. Huggard, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Neal!

At Aubry Bend Middle School on Friday, February 20th, 2015. A special thanks to Mr. Huggard, Mr. Thomas, and Mr. Neal!

Mr. Beat explains how to be a better parent with five simple, easy-to-follow tips. Parenting is the most difficult and important job in the world, and if you don't educate yourself on how to be a better parent, then the future of this planet might just be in jeopardy. All images found in the public domain. Music by Electric Needle Room (Matt Beat). I referenced the following while working on this video: Regarding spanking: http://healthland.time.com/2012/02/06/why-spanking-doesnt-work/ http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/spanking-isnt-culture-its-a-cycle-of-abuse/?_r=0 Regarding reading to your child: https://www.earlymoments.com/Promoting-Literacy-and-a-Love-of-Reading/Why-Reading-to-Children-is-Important/ Attention and Preschool: http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/the_kids/2013/01/how_important_is_preschool_if_you_are_researching_early_education_philosophies.html Love and Logic: http://www.loveandlogic.com

Here's the story of the conspiracy behind the assassination of beloved U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. You think you know the story, but you probably don't. Music by Electric Needle Room. https://www.electricneedleroom.us/ All images in the public domain. #apush #ushistory #abrahamlincoln

Here's the story of one of two times we were on the brink of World War III- The Suez Crisis. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom. https://electricneedleroom.band All images found in the public domain.

YouTube history nerds unite to answer the big question: who is the most influential person in history? Their answers might surprise you. Please subscribe: Mr. Betts https://www.youtube.com/user/MrBettsClass Reading Through History https://www.youtube.com/user/readingthroughhistor Cynical Cypher https://www.youtube.com/user/CynicalCypher88 Tom Richey https://www.youtube.com/user/tomforamerica Mr. Beat https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI The fourth episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. This was one of the nastiest elections in American history, and so significant historians often call it "The Revolution of 1800." After Jefferson's victory, never again would a Federalist become President. Feeling really dorky? Then click here: http://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/1800-election/1800-election.html All images and music in the public domain.

Here's the story of how the United States acquired Alaska. If you like these Story Time videos, please subscribe to my podcast! http://iammrbeat.podomatic.com. Music by Electric Needle Room. http://www.electricneedleroom.com. All images in the public domain. The decision to buy Alaska from Russia in 1867 has mostly been considered a good deal for the United States. The U.S. bought Alaska for $7.2 million, which in 2015 dollars is actually $180.5 million, and that still sounds like a good deal when you consider that the state produces $10s of billions of dollars worth of goods and services every year. However, at least one economist may disagree with that claim that it was actually a good deal. Here’s the story of the Alaska Purchase Once upon a time, there was a country called Russia that grew and expanded its empire across the North American continent. From 1733 to 1867, Russia colonized as far south as modern-day California and two ports in Hawaii. Their North American settlements were called Russian America. However, in 1856, Russia was broke and weakened after the Crimean War, and they also feared that Russian America might be an easy target for the increasing British settlers in British Columbia in any future war that might break out. Resources available there were increasingly less profitable, and plus, hardly any Russians lived there anyway. Therefore, they looked to get rid of Russian America by selling it to the United States. The American Civil War delayed the sale, but after the war ended, U.S. Secretary of State William Seward met in Washington with Russian Minister Eduard de Stoeckl to negotiate a deal. After staying up all night negotiating, the two agreed to a deal, signing a treaty at 4 a.m. on March 30, 1867, with the United States buying the territory for $7.2 million, or about 2 cents per acre. (50 cents an acre in today’s money due to inflation). The Senate approved the purchase on April 9th, and President Andrew Johnson signed the treaty on May 28th. Americans chose to call the area Alaska, an Aleut name. The land, an area over twice the size of Texas, officially joined the country on October 18, 1867. Some people were angry and in shock. These critics of the purchase of Alaska even famously called it “Seward’s Folly,” or “Seward’s Icebox,” basically saying that was a lot of money to spend for an area with not much to offer. They argued no one would be able to move there and it’d also be hard to control and defend, being so far away. Yet other Americans said it was a wise move, not just for the potential resources hidden there but for the potential to next try to take over British Columbia. After the purchase, pretty much all of the Russians who lived in Alaska moved back to Russia. Not many Americans lived there either. That is, until Joe Juneau discovered gold there in 1880, and Americans finally began to migrate there. Later they came for the oil, and today Alaska is a very desirable place for many Americans to live, so much more than just an “icebox.” Was the purchase of Alaska really a good deal, or did Seward actually get ripped off? For the past 125 years or so, most people have agreed that it was a very good deal. However, in 2009, David Barker, an economist at Iowa University, shook things up when he made the controversial claim that challenged that narrative. Barker claimed that the Alaska purchase wasn’t really that good of deal after all, and that the economic benefits from Alaska could have been there for the United States without having to control it all along. Ultimately, though, I see Alaska joining the United States as a fantastic thing. Without that happening, we likely today wouldn’t have one of my favorite shows on television- Alaska State Troopers. For that, we thank you, William Seward.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI The third episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. This was the first "real" election in American history, as Washington retiring left a giant void to fill that many competed for. Feeling really dorky? Then click here: http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59540 All images and music in the public domain.

Here's a plain and simple look at life expectancy. Sure, we all are going to die. But at least we all now have a greater chance of living longer than ever before. Created by Matt Beat. Music by Electric Needle Room. http://electricneedleroom.net All images in the public domain or Matt owns the rights to. Related articles: Life expectancy in the USA hits a record high http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/08/us-life-expectancy-hits-record-high/16874039/ Why Are You Not Dead Yet? http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science_of_longevity/2013/09/life_expectancy_history_public_health_and_medical_advances_that_lead_to.html The University of Oregon website I referenced: http://mappinghistory.uoregon.edu/english/US/US39-01.html Life Expectancy calculator: http://gosset.wharton.upenn.edu/mortality/perl/CalcForm.html

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI The second episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. George Washington decided not to retire, yet political division was already everywhere. Feeling really dorky? Then click here: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1789_1821.html#1788

Here's the story of a period in American history when the country wasn't as divided, at least politically, as it usually is. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom All images in the public domain. Here is Mr. Beat's James Monroe song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j_ySZYtsH4 Here is Mr. Beat performing James Monroe live with the help of Mr. Thomas and his brother Steven. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlEC4e2YbIc

After three straight years of winning the Wolverine Cup, Mr. Beat has created a dynasty with his 7th grade social studies classes at Aubry Bend. Will his overconfidence ultimately be his downfall? Find out at the 4th annual Wolverine Cup on December 18th. It's going to be groovy.

The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020) is now available! https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI The very first in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. Did you know that five different Johns ran for President in 1788? Woah! Feeling really dorky? Then click here: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1789_1821.html#1788

GW is soooo going to get it on New Year's Day.

Here is a terrific way to memorize the three branches of the American government. Download this song for free at https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/the-three-branches-of-government-song. Filmed by the magnificent Shannon Beat in the great city of Olathe, Kansas. Also check out this great song about the three branches of American government: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCB8EOY5d48 We all love Schoolhouse Rock, but it's time to modernize educational music, y'all.

Mr. Beat explains why the Constitution still matters today. Constitution Day is September 17th.

Just who IS Mr. Beat? There are a lot of nasty rumors going around, so Mr. Beat clears things up. Warning: this video is about Mr. Beat. For those of you who couldn't care less about him, please do not watch. Music: "Dance Yrself Clean" by LCD Soundsystem

It seems silly that so many people "fear the beard," by why? Here is a brief history of politicians with beards. It's been since William Howard Taft when the United States had its last President with facial hair other than sideburns. When will the next President with facial hair be elected? Music by Electric Needle Room. https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/call-her All images in the public domain. Beard PAC: https://www.beardpac.com The current 18 Congressmen with mustaches: Raul Grijalva Ed Pastor George Miller Henry Waxman Sanford Bishop John Conyers, Jr. William Lacy Clay Emanuel Cleaver Donald M. Payne, Jr. Charlie Rangel Jose Serrano Eliot Engel G.K. Butterfield Chaka Fattah Jim Clyburn Bobby Scott Gerry Connolly David McKinley Current Congressmen who have goatees: Ron Barber, Doug LaMalfa, Keith Ellison, Steven Horsford, Gregory Meeks, Morgan Griffith, Doc Hastings, and Marc Pocan. Four Congressmen who have beards: Al Green, Tim Bishop, Alcee Hastings, and Don Young Two Senators who have mustaches: Angus King and John Hoeven There have been a total of 16 American Presidents who had some kind of facial hair while in office, but that includes sideburns. Does that really count as facial hair? Man, then I must be a facial hair freak. There have been 8 Presidents who had a moustache while in office, but only five- Lincoln, James Garfield, Ulysses Grant, Benjamin Harrison, and Rutherford Hayes- who had a full beard. Sorry Chester Arthur- you came close. From the 1860s through the 1890s, it seemed like if you didn’t have a beard you probably wouldn’t get elected to public office. Here’s a picture of the 43rd United States Congress, which met from 1873 to 1875. Look at all those beards! Here’s a picture of the 1880 Republican National Convention. Look at all those beards! My goodness! Here’s a picture of the United States Senate today- hardly any beards. Well, I do get why the women don’t have them. That makes sense. According to my calculations, only 30 of the current 433 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have facial hair. These 18 Congressman sport a mustache, these 8 Congressman sport a goatee, and here are the only four people in both houses of Congress who have beards. Of the 100 members of the Senate, only two, just two Senators sport a mustache. These, ladies and gentleman, are true rebels. Which brings me to the question: Why don’t politicians today grow beards? And why did beards have any sort of prestige during that short while in the 1800s? Well, throughout history, growing a beard has gone in and out of fashion for various reasons. In the 1850s, however, beards dramatically came back into style after a long period of them not being so stylish. It began in Great Britain. One reason why beards became popular again was because they became linked with stereotypical Victorian images of masculinity and male courage. Between the late 1840s to mid 1860s, several British pamphlets and books warned of the dangers of shaving and advocated the growing of facial hair. Some argued that shaving just took too much time. Others argued that shaving was too dangerous, and that most barbers simply could not be trusted. Back then, some people went to the barber every single day for a shave. I couldn’t imagine going to Great Clips every day, but I digress. Some argued that shaving was unnatural and insulted God. They said if men had been created in God’s image, shaving therefore defiled this image. Others argued there were great health benefits from growing facial hair. They said a thick moustache would act as an extra filter of bad air as men breathed in through the nose- you know, like nose hair’s extra helper. They said a beard kept the neck warm, and that shaving would increase the risk of bronchitis, laryngitis, cancer, and even blindness. Even others argued that beards made men look like they had wisdom, confidence, and authority. Looking at old pictures of Civil War soldiers, you probably notice a lot of beards. Well, steel for that was usually used for razors was instead needed for military supplies. Also, due to unclean shaving conditions near the battlefield, many men who did shave risked infection by doing so. And then there’s Abe Lincoln. Based on my research, he likely influenced many fellow Republican politicians to grow beards like he did. Things just catch on.

Here is the story of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart.

Here is the story of the history of my home state of Kansas. Music by Electric Needle Room (http://electricneedleroom.com). Script written by some of Mr. Beat's 7th grade students! Please subscribe to my podcast! http://iammrbeat.podomatic.com All images in the public domain. Kansas City and How it Grew: https://amzn.to/2EngK23

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They used to. Here is a brief history of high heels. Music by Electric Needle Room. www.electricneedleroom.com One of the many reasons why I am glad that I am man- I don't have to wear high heels. Everyday, millions of women wear shoes that significantly raise their heels above their toes, despite the fact that the shoes are very uncomfortable and can cause chronic foot damage. High heels can put a women's pelvis out of alignment. They can cause ingrown toe nails, compression of the spine, stress fractures, athlete's foot, and calluses. They can increase wear and tear in the joints and soft tissue, eventually causing arthritis. Wearing high heels actually shrinks the Achilles tendon, which causes great pain when you switch to flats. High heels are not practical- they get stuck in things. Have you ever tried hiking or driving in high heels? I know I haven't. Women hate wearing high heels. A survey by the College of Podiatry found that 1 in 4 women found the pain of wearing high heels so great that they danced barefoot at a bar or club. In case you have never been to a bar or club, know that the average floor of a bar or club is cleaned about once a year and often caked with sticky remnants of adult beverages, spit, urine, vomit, and who knows what else. Yet, women can't help but wear high heels, especially young women. In fact, the younger the woman, the higher their heels tend to be. But why? Why on earth do women put themselves through such agony? And how long has this been going on? Perhaps a more important question is: Why did men stop wearing high heels? That's right. The first high heels were worn by men, in the 9th century. Persian horse riders wore high heels to help hold their feet in stirrups. To read more: http://mattbeat.blogspot.com

Here's the story of a President who consistently ranks as one of the worst. Does Franklin Pierce really deserve that ranking? Music by Electric Needle Room (http://electricneedleroom.com) and The Worsh Ahts (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbkzS9qjFFNWoSCuSKfiH4A) Please subscribe to my podcast! http://iammrbeat.podomatic.com All images in the public domain. Music by Worsh Ahts used by permission. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH

Here's the story of the Japanese American concentration camps that were established throughout the United States during World War II. Music by Jake Joyce. (http://seasonalmenswear.bandcamp.com/album/seasonal-mens-wear) Please subscribe to my podcast! http://iammrbeat.podomatic.com All images and videos in the public domain. The video is from the American government film "Japanese Relocation."

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Here's the story of the construction of the Panama Canal. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat, Shannon Beat, Beat Productions LLC, L. Beat, and R. Beat. Additional footage found in the public domain or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom (Mr. Beat's band) Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768

Nearly every single one of us lives in what I call "The Bubble." The Bubble is the world we know, and it's a very narrow world. It's where we are comfortable, and it's where change rarely exists. It's our values, it's our beliefs, and it's our dreams. It's our ideas, habits, lifestyle, and passions. In the bubble, we are insulated from things that do not seem to matter to us, or at least from things we feel like we have no way of controlling. The bubble is a happy, carefree, place- well, most of the time. Sometimes bad things sneak into our bubble and we have to deal with them. The Bubble is normalcy. It's just about as good as it gets, actually. Or is it? Here's an interesting thesis as well: http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Apart-State-America-1960-2010/dp/030745343X Get out of your echo chamber!

Music by Electric Needle Room. http://electricneedleroom.us Mr. Beat tells the story of the caning of Charles Sumner. Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Have an idea for two places Mr. Beat should compare? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH

Music by Electric Needle Room. http://electricneedleroom.com Here's the story of the rise and the fall (and the rise again) of the Whig Party. Please subscribe to my podcast! http://iammrbeat.podomatic.com All images in the public domain. For collaborations and business inquiries, please contact via Channel Pages: http://ChannelPages.com/iammrbeat

This is an advertisement, because I felt you weren't bombarded with enough advertisements in your life already. Remember- do things for yourself, and forget that you're really just being misled to do things for other people. For collaborations and business inquiries, please contact via Channel Pages: http://ChannelPages.com/iammrbeat

Music by Electric Needle Room. http://electricneedleroom.com Here's the story about how Texas became part of Mexico, then became its own country, and finally became part of the United States. Please subscribe to my podcast! http://iammrbeat.podomatic.com All images in the public domain. For collaborations and business inquiries, please contact via Channel Pages: http://ChannelPages.com/iammrbeat

After two consecutive years of losing to Mr. Beat, Dr. Taylor was forced to resign. His replacement, Mrs. Redford, could threaten the title for the Wolverine Cup in 2013. Find out the winner on December 19th. For collaborations and business inquiries, please contact via Channel Pages: http://ChannelPages.com/iammrbeat

Here's the story of the humble beginnings of one of the most famous and beloved speeches in American history, The Gettysburg Address. Please subscribe to my podcast! http://iammrbeat.podomatic.com Music by Electric Needle Room. http://electricneedleroom.com All images in the public domain. http://www.learntheaddress.org For collaborations and business inquiries, please contact via Channel Pages: http://ChannelPages.com/iammrbeat

Mr. Beat explains what critical thinking is and gives advice for how to critically think. He critically thinks about critical thinking. Critical thinking is hard, but those who are successful at are more successful lifelong learners. Music by Electric Needle Room http://electricneedleroom.us Song available here: https://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/facebook-friend #criticalthinking #criticalthinkingskills #epistemology

Matt attempts to get a bat out of the house. For collaborations and business inquiries, please contact via Channel Pages: http://ChannelPages.com/iammrbeat

Here's the story of Crazy Horse, who became a symbol for resistance to American expansion. Please subscribe to my podcast! http://iammrbeat.podomatic.com Music by Electric Needle Room. http://electricneedleroom.com For collaborations and business inquiries, please contact via Channel Pages: http://ChannelPages.com/iammrbeat

Here's a little bit about me. For collaborations and business inquiries, please contact via Channel Pages: http://ChannelPages.com/iammrbeat

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/herbert-hoover To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4cKKIxuSrLVbmioZcI6fcz All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a high school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Benjamin Harrison? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/calvin-coolidge-2 To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3obiGvYxFQ7DoBcbo2UFsE All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a high school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Benjamin Harrison? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/warren-harding To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/254uG6lUlLjZFtyLP4GMVU All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a high school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Benjamin Harrison? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/woodrow-wilson To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5if6dlsKH1ZW7VajyvnBpQ All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a high school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Benjamin Harrison? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

How do we end racism? I think I have a solution, and it first begins with knowing what the actual definitions of "racism" and "race" are. Music by Electric Needle Room http://www.electricneedleroom.com Subscribe to my podcast at http://iammrbeat.podomatic.com 1) Acknowledge race has no genetic basis, and was a term invented by one group people to justify that it was superior to another group of people. Absolutely everyone needs to know this, and it should be taught at a very young age. 2) Acknowledge that you did not choose your physical characteristics, and you shouldn't have too much pride in your physical characteristics. Sure, you can tan, you can dye your hair a different color, you can have plastic surgery, or you can change your diet or exercising habits. The bottom line is, you did not choose the physical characteristics you were born with. Isn't it silly to be extremely proud of physical characteristics you were born with? On the flip side, why on earth would you think negatively about the physical characteristics of someone else when they were also born with such characteristics? 3) Stop using the term "race" to describe a person. I do not define myself by "race." Not only do I feel it is an outdated term, but why should I limit how I define myself to simply the physical characteristics that I have? Isn't that a bit, superficial? We are all multifaceted, complex, unique individuals, with many different characteristics. Why should I limit to describe myself by saying I'm a white guy? Or, kind of peach guy? Or a blue guy? Or a green guy? It's ludicrous. Labels are dangerous, anyway. Sure, they come in handy, and there is definitely a time and place to use labels, but they should never define anyone. In conclusion, I want to share a new definition of "racism" that I came across, from The American Journal of Color Arousal, that they came up in reaction to the Human Genome Project findings: "A "racist" is "a person, organization or institution continuing to believe in, advocate, perpetuate or passively accept the proposition that there are separate 'races' among the human species, in spite of all of the well-known Human Genome Project evidence that separate human "races" do not exist." So there you have it. The first thing we need to do is educate people that there is only one race- the human race. For collaborations and business inquiries, please contact via Channel Pages: http://ChannelPages.com/iammrbeat

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/william-taft To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1a1A16FGpxmpGRdZBCbphE All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a high school history teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/theodore-roosevelt To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3OaZryiZccG2rdhDJFjl9O All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a high school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/william-mckinley To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5336UwpSwEmF5EWa3tRVq2 All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a high school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

Please subscribe to my "Story Time with Mr. Beat" podcast: http://iammrbeat.podomatic.com Here's the story of the African Americans who fled the South after Reconstruction ended. All music is by Electric Needle Room. www.electricneedleroom.com All images are in the public domain. For collaborations and business inquiries, please contact via Channel Pages: http://ChannelPages.com/iammrbeat

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/benjamin-harrison To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1SWVWFXG7C2359gh21y1CP All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a high school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/grover-cleveland To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/52Lwho1LpXSHi4GaOG7hHI All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a high school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/chester-arthur To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2tqQhhbyktNcdMWpjuimZ3 All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a high school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

Mr. Beat briefly tells the story of The Nullification Crisis. Please subscribe to my podcast! http://iammrbeat.podomatic.com Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat or used under fair use guidelines. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band). Check out Electric Needle Room's children's album, "Just Kidding Around:" Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/yyf65v47 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y5ayqjhn YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/y374maup Apple: https://tinyurl.com/y6rjckls Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/y5ukdrnf

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/franklin-roosevelt To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3QoiaEmjPA80V0qZjm8uUC By day, Matt Beat is a high school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Not the rap duo. He recorded them chronologically, and this is the final volume, from Franklin Roosevelt to George W. Bush. Didn't know anything about Gerald Ford? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. All images and video is in the public domain. Lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

Here's the story of the third time Lawrence, Kansas, was invaded- The Lawrence Massacre, also known as Quantrill's Raid. Music by Electric Needle Room. http://electricneedleroom.com For collaborations and business inquiries, please contact via Channel Pages: http://ChannelPages.com/iammrbeat

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/harry-truman To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3MGoZxdNDa0qtjF8BV6ctj Watch Mr. Beat perform this song live with other teachers at Aubry Bend Middle School: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RsEB_Vgm8k By day, Matt Beat is a high school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Not the rap duo. He recorded them chronologically, and this is the final volume, from Franklin Roosevelt to George W. Bush. Didn't know anything about Gerald Ford? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. All images and video is in the public domain. Lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/dwight-eisenhower To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3naj3h3zxZ9CqruQHR6rqa By day, Matt Beat is a high school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Not the rap duo. He recorded them chronologically, and this is the final volume, from Franklin Roosevelt to George W. Bush. Didn't know anything about Gerald Ford? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. All images and video is in the public domain. Lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs Lyrics: Here's the story of Dwight D. Eisenhower President from '53 to '61 A time when the economy blossomed Military man for most of his life Skilled leader and strategist and athlete Born in Texas, raised in Abilene, Kansas But moved around a lot as an adult Bored with coaching and behind the scenes Wanted to be where the action was at Eventually promoted to major general It was World War 2 where he got his chance They all said "I Like Ike!" War hero after leading the D-Day invasion The five-star general who brought down Germany Came back home, Americans now wanted him President But he didn't want anything to do with that Changed his mind in '52 and won as Republican Growing weary of war, brought the troops home from Korea But never stopped his fight of Communism And led NATO for a little bit So concerned about the domino theory But still kept the country out of war And most said "I Like Ike!" Cold War Hysteria Covert Operations The CIA started overthrowing governments Arms Race Space Race Militarism The military industrial complex begins The appointment of Chief Justice Warren was big Brown v Board of Education caused a stir And the Interstate Highway System was started Had a heart attack, didn't know if he'd run again He took the Suez Canal Crisis in stride Kept the country safe, rewarded with re-election Sent troops to keep order in Little Rock Helped start NASA, sent a rocket to space Began to think the military was too big Liked diplomacy, but hard to plead his case And some said "I Like Ike!" They all said "I Like Ike!" And most said "I Like Ike!"

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/john-kennedy To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/30N9j1yPyDQEnSSAy63yCZ By day, Matt Beat is a high school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Not the rap duo. He recorded them chronologically, and this is the final volume, from Franklin Roosevelt to George W. Bush. Didn't know anything about Gerald Ford? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. All images and video is in the public domain. Lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/lyndon-johnson To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5wpQeKo4fxAiD2UECfGljA By day, Matt Beat is a high school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Not the rap duo. He recorded them chronologically, and this is the final volume, from Franklin Roosevelt to George W. Bush. Didn't know anything about Gerald Ford? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. All images and video is in the public domain. Lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/richard-nixon To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2F3n0fZrUBndFYUXzX8TOi By day, Matt Beat is a high school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Not the rap duo. He recorded them chronologically, and this is the final volume, from Franklin Roosevelt to George W. Bush. Didn't know anything about Gerald Ford? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. All images and video is in the public domain. Lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/gerald-ford To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2BwkVZ9KIeuOOqCkJszsjv By day, Matt Beat is a high school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Not the rap duo. He recorded them chronologically, and this is the final volume, from Franklin Roosevelt to George W. Bush. Didn't know anything about Gerald Ford? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. All images and video is in the public domain. Lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

Here's the story of the famous Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson. Music by Electric Needle Room. http://electricneedleroom.com I made an updated version that is much better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxhKEzMbw2o

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/jimmy-carter To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4nQoUihhsfkDSIXqvKpn8c By day, Matt Beat is a high school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Not the rap duo. He recorded them chronologically, and this is the final volume, from Franklin Roosevelt to George W. Bush. Didn't know anything about Gerald Ford? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. All images and video is in the public domain. Lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

The MAP test is sort of like practicing your basketball shot. For collaborations and business inquiries, please contact via Channel Pages: http://ChannelPages.com/iammrbeat

The ones in charge who often push for war almost always never experienced combat first hand. Produced by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All music by Electric Needle Room. All images in the public domain. If you like, please subscribe to my blog: http://mattbeat.blogspot.com Music, in order of appearance: "We're the Good Guys" by Electric Needle Room http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/were-the-good-guys "Different Perspectives" by Electric Needle Room http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/different-perspectives "Bull Crap" by Electric Needle Room http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/bull-crap "Nobody Cares About Me Anymore" by Electric Needle Room http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/nobody-cares-about-me-anymore For collaborations and business inquiries, please contact via Channel Pages: http://ChannelPages.com/iammrbeat

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/ronald-reagan To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6OS0JLdDEUIIsORds7nznY By day, Matt Beat is a high school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Not the rap duo. He recorded them chronologically, and this is the final volume, from Franklin Roosevelt to George W. Bush. Didn't know anything about Gerald Ford? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. All images and video is in the public domain. Lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/george-h-w-bush To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1r3y172MfuDWdvdyiv0T3t By day, Matt Beat is a high school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Not the rap duo. He recorded them chronologically, and this is the final volume, from Franklin Roosevelt to George W. Bush. Didn't know anything about Gerald Ford? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. All images and video is in the public domain. Lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/bill-clinton To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1V4jCi70aLGAAeFZSHmJc2 By day, Matt Beat is a high school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Not the rap duo. He recorded them chronologically, and this is the final volume, from Franklin Roosevelt to George W. Bush. Didn't know anything about Gerald Ford? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. All images and video is in the public domain. Lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/george-w-bush To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2J5L6nx25tXgJXK3ZAuwYI By day, Matt Beat is a high school history teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Not the rap duo. He recorded them chronologically, and this is the final volume, from Franklin Roosevelt to George W. Bush. Didn't know anything about Gerald Ford? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. Song by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All images found in public domain or used under fair use guidelines. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/james-garfield To stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1793JXpJ025BhOJj8ZQCxg All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a middle school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH #presidentsongs

Here's the story of the Nat Turner Rebellion, also known as the Southhampton Insurrection. Music by Electric Needle Room. http://electricneedleroom.com

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/rutherford-hayes To stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/58wPmVtL29b7xjfiB1tHor All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a middle school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. ​ @Mr. Beat tells you all about Jane Addams, one of the most important figures in American history. This is part of another mega-collaboration of a bunch of history YouTubers to celebrate women's history month. We're calling it #ProjectHerStory. Check out the complete playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHtE7NbaKReeL22jTQB6c0WGw8KfzJvMc Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/ulysses-grant To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6gmDgwxLR51YDzKvR6L4MC All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. Want a specific history topic covered? Your idea gets picked when you donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH

The second annual Wolverine Cup goes down Wednesday, December 19th. Will Mr. Beat defend his title? A special thanks for all who helped make this video, especially Mr. Thomas, Ms. Beechner, Sara and MacKenzie. Music in video: "Farther" by Electric Needle Room "We are the Champions" by Queen "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M. "Lonely" by Akon "Running on Empty" by Jackson Browne "Natural One" by Folk Implosion

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/andrew-johnson To stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/7AbCVcjoetkSzLCXhuubU1 All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a middle school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy.

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/abraham-lincoln To stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3IMR66c03q2iIp8eTdr4Re All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a middle school social studies teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy.

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/james-buchanan To stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2aV9F6YyDpvQfj8KX8kEuz All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a high school history teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy.

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/franklin-pierce To stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2bu50zabUJiatsm5jg5jWC All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a high school history teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy.

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/millard-fillmore To stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6yoA62aq9MqD4SCyHkBMi6 All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a high school history teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy.

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/zachary-taylor To stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1eMf0stQZSgJTe4Oer4nst All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a high school history teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy.

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/james-polk To stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1Vbq4UA7VW8mkmfcmxLroG All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a high school history teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy.

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/john-tyler To stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/64r1jXJuu2jUK8s18U9kbA All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a high school history teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy.

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/william-henry-harrison Stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6IVjc9MYSeTwlyLYi3Bql6 All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a high school history teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy.

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/martin-van-buren To stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6Z8TxgQZNzoiyyyqZPXtW3 All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a high school history teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy.

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/andrew-jackson. Stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/7ns8n6kK8vE5rVMnE7fiCk All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a high school history teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy.

To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/john-quincy-adams. Stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2c24ULL33ec5kRRPkfXfK2 All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a high school history teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy.

Stream this song on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1zHCk7KiRJRyQCAQ8EiZu6 To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/james-monroe All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. All pictures in the public domain. By day, Matt Beat is a high school history teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy.

Stream this song on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1NbMpSuALKTlRyiMcZNgGK To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/james-madison All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. By day, Matt Beat is a high school history teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy.

To stream this song on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/67uLBECBxhlVSYUC2ck2b6 To download this song for free, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/thomas-jefferson All lyrics and music by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. By day, Matt Beat is a high school history teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy.

Stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1MRpyHmrEvDTGw2RicMp4G For a free download of this song, visit: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/john-adams Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH All music and lyrics by Matt Beat. All rights reserved. By day, Matt Beat is a high school history teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy.

Here is the story of Marbury v. Madison. Music by Electric Needle Room http://electricneedleroom.com

Here's the story of Alexander Hamilton. Music by Electric Needle Room. http://electricneedleroom.com

Mr. Beat tells the story of Shays' Rebellion. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts and Worcester in response to a debt crisis among the local residents and in opposition to the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes.

April 2012

Entire set. 2-17-12

The 14th amendment, as explained by Mr. Beat in the dark. Music from Electric Needle Room. http://www.electricneedleroom.com

It's going down. Monday. December 19th. Be there, or be square.

Another educational, yet weirdly entertaining, video from Mr. Beat and his kid brother, Steven, about the horrible 3/5 Compromise. Music from http://electricneedleroom.com

A documentary about a road trip from Kansas City to Alaska and back in less than 17 days. The trip took over 8,000 miles total. You do the math! How much should i expect to spend going one way? Probably at least $600. This will be your main cost if you decide to camp along the way. How hard is it and what do you need to cross the borders? It's not too bad, especially going from Canada to Alaska. They will just ask you basic questions. You will need a passport, though. How were all the roads on the way up? During the summer, there are several spots where the permafrost has thawed up in Yukon and Alaska and so there are pot holes. Other than that, the roads aren't too bad anymore. The speed limit usually is around 55mph once you get up in the middle of nowhere. In the winter (October to April) the roads could get ugly quickly with all the snow and ice. Also, how was the actual driving? If you stick to 8 hours a day or less, it wouldn't be so bad at all. But it really began to suck for us when we drove more than 8 hours in a day. That really wears on you! The main thing is regularly getting out and stretching/walking around. Alaska Road Trip

Watch this one instead...http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x191d7r_the-great-alaskan-road-trip-documentary_travel A documentary about a road trip from Kansas City to Alaska and back in less than 17 days. The trip took over 8,000 miles total. You do the math! http://www.electricneedleroom.com Alaska Road Trip How much should i expect to spend going one way? Probably at least $600. This will be your main cost if you decide to camp along the way. How hard is it and what do you need to cross the borders? It's not too bad, especially going from Canada to Alaska. They will just ask you basic questions. You will need a passport, though. How were all the roads on the way up? During the summer, there are several spots where the permafrost has thawed up in Yukon and Alaska and so there are pot holes. Other than that, the roads aren't too bad anymore. The speed limit usually is around 55mph once you get up in the middle of nowhere. In the winter (October to April) the roads could get ugly quickly with all the snow and ice. Also, how was the actual driving? If you stick to 8 hours a day or less, it wouldn't be so bad at all. But it really began to suck for us when we drove more than 8 hours in a day. That really wears on you! The main thing is regularly getting out and stretching/walking around.

Download this song for free: http://electricneedleroom.bandcamp.com/track/george-washington Stream it on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3xiFsQoyIntPvaSXuLRGn7 Donate on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ Mr. Beat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Mr. Beat on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Mr. Beat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Mr. Beat's Discord server: https://discord.gg/waK44fH By day, Matt Beat is a high school history teacher. By night, the multi-instrumentalist writes and records songs about dead Presidents. Actual dead Presidents. Not the rap duo. He is recording them chronologically, and these are the first 15. Didn't know anything about Martin Van Buren? Now you do. These songs are educational and catchy. Lyrics: George Washington The First President Revolutionary Hero Father of the country The continental army You held the new country Together He made his mark in the militia in the Seven Years War He lived an aristocratic lifestyle, like many British before But when the British acted up, he became commander in chief In the war he proved to everyone that he was born to lead Despite some major setbacks in Brandywine and Valley Forge He always reminded his troops what they were fighting for He never liked politics, never liked to play that game But the new country needed a President, so they just forced him in He remains the only President to receive 100% of the electoral votes George Washington The First President Revolutionary Hero Founder of the state You are known as great You set precedent For everyone He didn't belong to a political party, he hoped that no one would He warned about foreign influence, said it was no good He listened to dissenters, he gave every voice a chance But if it clashed with the Constitution, he would have to pass He helped design Jay's Treaty, stopped the Whiskey Rebellion He warned against permanent alliances with any of the foreign world We named our capital after him and a whole state He never wanted to be President, but I guess that was his fate He was unable to have biological children because of contracting smallpox when he was younger

Here is a video about the first inventions of the Industrial Revolution. Music: "What a Difference the Sun Makes" by Electric Needle Room

Filmed along the Alaska Highway.

A contemporary demonstration of what absolutism was, through a rather strange metaphor. Music by Sigur Ros.

An educational, yet deceptively entertaining, video short about one of World History's most boring (yet most important) concepts. Music by Electric Needle Room. http://www.electricneedleroom.com

This is the best video about the Compromise of 1850 ever made. It was also the first educational video Mr. Beat ever made. If you are watching this, you are watching history...about history.