We Didn't Start the Fire - 1860-1920

One part of my group's AP US History project, this is a parody of Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire, using events and names from the time period of 1860-1920, specifically from the topics of America's Rise to Power and World War I.

Please note that we had a major time crunch and could not put the lyrics on the video like we wanted. And that none of us are very good at singing (I am actually tone deaf).

Now with LYRICS!

Puerto Rico, Philippines, Venezuelan Crisis
Jingoism, Journalism, Johnson gets impeached

J.P. Morgan, Wall Street, Naval Powers, Great White Fleet
U-boats, AEF, Freedom of the Seas

Manifest Destiny, Alaska, Seward's Folly
Pulitzer, William Hearst, US gets to Cuba first

Brand new home appliances, tangling Alliances
Princip kills Franz Ferdinand, member of the Black Hand

Chorus

Maximilian, Civil War, KKK and Open Door
Blaine, Spain, Remington, Henry Cabot Lodge

German reparations, self-determination
Woodrow Wilson wanted League of Nations

Imperial Experiment, Germany, malcontent
Pago Pago, Standard Oil, Ventures onto new soil

Ford invents the Model T, William McKinley
Carnegie, Santiago, fighting in Morocco

Chorus

Central Powers, Allies, break away from German ties
Meatless, Wheatless, all for the Great War

Guantanamo Base won, Germany pays everyone
Europe gets a new map, Fourteen Points a load of crap

Sugar in Hawaii, Liliuokalani,
Annexed after revolution, 1893

Roosevelt Corollary and Big Stick Diplomacy
Mathew Perry, Radio, France invaded Mexico

Chorus

Airplanes, crazy stunt, All Quiet on the Western Front
Lenin, Stalin, Russian Revolution

World War I from MANIA, sunken Lusitania
Poison gas, arms race, countries have to save face

Propaganda, blockade, British send for US aid,
USA, all the way, what else do I have to say?

Chorus

Harrison a has-been, Grover Cleveland back again
Verdun, Uncle Sam, Zimmerman Telegram

Ration, Fashion, Panama, Mississippi, Arkansas
Rockefeller, Boss Tweed, Gosh he's such a dill weed

Panic, Conflict, Al Mahan, an agreement with Japan
Coca-cola, Anthony, trade and foreign policy

Prohibition, Transportation, World War I, The Great Migration
Started since the Civil War, I can't take it anymore!

Category:

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• 1860
• 1920

[purplepiano2star]

good job

[Panziegirl]

That's awesome :)

[sonofhimmler1]

my only complaint is why wouldn't you use a picture of the actual franz ferdinand not some terrible band???

[sonofhimmler1]

good work!!

[JimInTally]

Great Job!! There's not much else to say, except I loved it.

[SilkwormMissile]

Crap

[SuperClintEastwood]

this was outstanding!

[SuperClintEastwood]

@awesomeologyism Foreigners always bitch about Americas prblems but never about their own. Hmm... hypocritical much?

[canadianidiotisthebe]

titanic?

[Sesquipedaliantique]

This is quality :D What mark did you get for it?

[awesomeologyism]

@sheophord Pro-Americanism? Doi. It was for a US History project (done by an american).

And Please, show me the racism

[inferno33126]

great! You guys are really talented