1890s:
American Empire Strikes Back
American Empire Strikes Back
The Spanish-American War was ignited after the USS Maine blew up in Havana Harbor, where it was monitoring this Empire's response to Cuba's rebellion.
What is Spain?
In the 1889 World's Fair in Paris, France, tourists and locals marveled at this massive structure that lit up the night sky and was dedicated to French ingenuity.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
Sultan Abdulhamid II ruled over the _______ ______ in the 1870s.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
BDS is a movement that is often called antisemitic for protesting Israel's actions in Palestine. Often due to ties to Hamas, though BDS claims since Hamas was the official government of Gaza, its impossible not to have ties. There are even some US states that ban this organization from receiving public funding. They're called BDS because they call for this, Divestment (selling investments in Israeli companies), and Sanctions on the Israeli government.
What is Boycott?
This species of Cobra has learned to jet venom into the face of any creature larger than itself so it can make a quick escape.
What is the Spitting Cobra?
Often called "Clickbait" or "Ragebait" today, in Mr. Mount's day these style of news outlets were known as "Tabloids". In this decade, the sensationalizing news media was referred to as the "Yellow Press".
What is the 1890s?
While the United States was wrestling with economic hardships, European powers had mostly responded to the economic hardships of the 1850s-1870s, and were now in the midst of a rise and expansion in technology, art, and social mobility, thus leading them to call this "the Beautiful Era" or this in French.
What is "La Belle Epoque"?
In the 1870s, due to breaking the Ottoman hold on the Balkans and the Black Sea, the Tsar of Russia referred to the Ottoman Empire by THIS unwell moniker.
Definition: The semi-rich class who own businesses and property and support the Aristocracy.
What is the Bourgeoisie?
This was used by the Egyptians, Syrians, Persians, Babylonians, etc. to write down information: from cargo manifests to poetry. Because it is made of reeds, a type of water plant, it quickly deteriorates in any environment with humidity.
What is Papyrus?
While Theodore Roosevelt was instrumental in rallying the US Volunteer and the US Regular Cavalry in conquering San Juan Hill, it was on this hill that TR famously road the first half of the charge on horseback, and only dismounted because his horse "Texas" got jumbled in a wire fence. He charged with his men the rest of the way on foot and took the hill.
What is Kettle Hill?
This organization moved to the mainland across the Strait of Messina, and then quickly moved throughout the world's port cities, specifically anywhere that imported lemons, oranges, or olive oil.
What is La Cosa Nostra (Sicilian Mafia)?
The Ottoman Empire was a theocratic monarchy, which made its ruler also the highest _________ authority in the Empire.
What is religious?
Define: Manifesto
What is a public statement that explains the goals and ideals of a group or individual?
Sharks are able to detect the slight variations in this type of energy underwater, which is one of the ways they are able to "see" their prey from afar.
What is Electrical Currents?
Before Dewey led the US Navy in capturing the harbor at Manila Bay in the Philippines, the conflict between the US and Spain was considered localized to this region.
What is the Caribbean?
These three European Powers were responsible for the "Scramble for Africa" in the 1870s-1880s, with one of them constantly encroaching on African territories the other two controlled.
What are Britain, France, and Germany?
THIS artificial waterway cut travel from India to England by 4,300 miles.
What is the Suez Canal?
Anti-Dühring by Friedrich Engels rejects the ideals of other ___________, claiming that they focus on Force being the primary manipulator of Power Dynamics throughout history, while it is instead the control of revenue and wealth, which is why, he argues, only a Dictatorship of the Proletariat, not a Utopian State, can break this cycle.
What are socialists?
There are this many dice used in standard D&D play
Seven (D4, D6, D8, D10, D12, D20, D100)
Theodore Roosevelt's 1st US Volunteer Cavalry, also known as the Rough Riders, was comprised of professional athletes, cowboys, and graduates from these educational institutions known by the vines that grow on their oldest buildings.
What is the Ivy League?
Mary Jane Kelly was the last of Jack the Ripper's victims, found in Miller's Court in Whitechapel on the East End of London on the morning of...
What is November 11th, 1888 (she was murdered on Nov. 10th)?
The Zulu outnumbered the British Forces at __________ a little over 13 to 1. The Zulu brought over 20,000 soldiers to drive off a British force of 1,500, proving numbers eventually outweigh technological advancement.
What is Isandlwana?
While the German and English Communists found great pushback from Democratic Socialists and Trade Unionists as well as opposing political philosophies, the teachings of Marx and Engels, especially Das Kapital and Anti-Dühring, became the bedrock of a revolution led by THIS founder of the Soviet Union.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow