World History According to Undergrads
Tent revival parking lot

“During the Second Great Awakening society was totally changed and people didn’t lock their doors, or cars.”



The human condition

“Another cause of so many indentured servants in America was, there were lots of people who suffered from poverty, politics, or religion.”



Stating the obvious, part VI

“In the South before the Civil War African Americans were treated like slaves.”


wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff

“John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry would have been successful if he had better propaganda, like Hitler used in Germany a decade later.”

* You know you’re jealous of my awesome chart making abilities.


What would Teddy Roosevelt do?

“In the 1950’s America seized Cuba from Mexico.” 


Parental Discretion Advised

“In some situations, white men’s presence was little more than a few dudes taking advantage of North America’s large beaver population.”


This answer is a lost cause

“The Civil War was inevitable because the South always saw themselves as a separate nation, in fact they had their own president. His name was Stonewall Jackson.


The year of Jackson

“In 1936 Jesse Jackson won the gold medal in track and field.”


Grey’s Anatomy has gotten really strange

“Andrew Jackson lost his patients and took drastic measures into his own hands.”

 


The crossroads of America

“During the 16th century, Spaniards and Portuguese in the New World supplemented Indiana laborers with enslaved Africans.”