World Capitals
Russia
Moscow
"It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you,
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do,
I bless the rains down in Africa,
Gonna take some time to do the things ____ ____ ____."
WE NEVER HAD
An economic and political system where industries primarily belong to the public, the workers, or the state--also defined as the re-distribution of wealth
Socialism
A historian and officer in the United States Navy who called upon the government to build a large navy in order to protect American interests.
Alfred T. Mahan
(Fill in the Blank) "Blame Spain for the maiming of the _________. "
Maine
France
Paris
"Billie Jean is not my lover,
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one (oh, baby),
But the kid is _____ ____ ______."
NOT MY SON
An economic system where private individuals and businesses own the tools, factories, and resources used to make things, and they run them to make a profit (a free market economy).
Capitalism
A Cuban patriot who launched a war for independence from Spain in 1895
Jose Marti
The insulting letter from Spain's ambassador concerning President McKinley fueled _________ism, or aggressive nationalism.
JINGO
Japan
Tokyo
"Hey Jude, don't make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to ______ ___ ________."
MAKE IT BETTER
The use of economic, political, and military control over weaker territories.
Imperialism
Name the U.S. President who favored "big stick" diplomacy when it came to dealing with foreign countries.
Theodore Roosevelt
What treaty ended the Spanish-American War in 1898?
Treaty of Paris
China
Beijing
"When the sun shine, we shine together
Told you I'll be here forever
Said I'll always be _______ ___________."
**DAILY DOUBLE
The belief that life is a competitive struggle and that some races are superior to others and more fit to rule.
(Social) Darwinism
Name the U.S. President who practiced "moral" diplomacy--promising that America would work to promote "human rights, national integrity, and opportunity."
Woodrow Wilson
What amendment restricted the rights of newly independent Cubans by giving the United States the right to intervene in Cuban affairs (among other things).
The Platt Amendment
India
New Delhi
***DAILY DOUBLE
"Never made it as a wise man,
I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing,
Tired of living like a blind man,
I'm sick of sight without a _______ __ __________."
SENSE OF FEELING
An ideology that places loyalty, devotion, and allegiance to a nation or nation-state above other individual or group interests
Nationalism
This officer in the U.S. Military was tasked with hunting down the infamous Pancho Villa in Mexico.
General John "Jack" Pershing
In 1904, Roosevelt announced the ______________ which stated that the U.S. would serve as the policing power in Latin America and restore order when necessary.
Roosevelt Corollary