50 Forgotten Presidential Scandals | Fall Asleep to American History

In 1942, Franklin Roosevelt signed a single executive order, and 120,000 people lost their freedom. Most were American citizens. None had been charged with a crime. It is one of fifty stories in this video. In this video: The presidents who decided the law did not apply to them: Andrew Jackson ignoring the Supreme Court to force the Trail of Tears, Lincoln jailing critics without trial, Wilson making it a crime to criticize the government. The corruption: Harding's Teapot Dome bribes, the Whiskey Ring that reached Grant's own private secretary, and Albert Fall, the first cabinet officer in American history sent to prison. The wars built on shaky ground: Polk provoking Mexico into firing first, Johnson's Gulf of Tonkin attack that likely never happened, and the weapons of mass destruction that were never found in Iraq. From Monroe bankrupting himself on French furniture to Nixon's tapes, this is fifty presidents and the secrets, betrayals, and decisions that followed them. Subscribe for more. #presidentialscandals #americanhistory #darkhistory #ushistory #sleephistory