Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

The 20th century wielded many significant events in human history that both contributed to society and brought it down; some of the greatest struggles of the time were interconnected domino effect of hatred, inequality and a thirst for power. Corruption, racism and totalitarian rule dictated many significant the events of the early twentieth century. Gloria Fiero in her book Landmark in Humanities states, "The weapons of advanced technology made World War I more impersonal and more…

World War 1 began on July 28, 1914 when Franz Ferdinand who was the Archduke of Austria-Hungary was assassinated. The emergence of two alliances the allied powers, and the central powers are to blame for the leading factor that caused this war. The United States on the other hand, believed that it was only right for them to try to stay out of trouble. Soon, the United Sates adopted The Neutrality Policy in 1914 and later in World War 2 also adopted numerous neutrality policies in 1935 to 1939.…

1. First of all I would like to say not one single event soley caused the war the train of corrupting events did. On June 28, 1914 the serbian Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz-Ferdinand cause of this Kaiser Wilhem and his fellow germans sided with Austria. Within weeks of the assassination there was a series of uncontrolable rampage amoung the military and other government leaders. Most diplomatic leaders thought war would be a better option rather than peace because the wanted to…

In Austria-Hungary, a small section of Serbia was placed into their new found borders. For those who were Austrian and Hungarian that was a miniscule concern, however, the Serbians were poorly represented in their new country and desperately wanted to be within all Serbian borders again. The Serbians pleaded to be moved back to their previous borders, but even a small shift in land control was seen as unfair. This eventually led a Serbian nationalist to assassinate archduke Franz Ferdinand,…

assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria at Sarajevo in late June of 1914. That act was would later be known as the shot heard around the world.This is believed to be the direct cause as the shooters responsible were apart of a Serbian terrorist group and because Germany was an ally of the Austria-Hungary Empire, they supported their demands of Serbia to give up the Black Hand. (The group responsible for the killing.) Though partially agreeing, Serbia denied Austria-Hungary the…

The struggle between classes and the corruption of the government are problems that have existed for 100s of years. Russia was known as a country with the ability to feed the world. In 1855-1881 Alexander II reigned and during his time he emancipated the serfs of Russia in 1861. After he reigned his son Alexander III did, and he ended this political reform efforts and returned Russia to an absolute rule. When Nicholas II reigned as tsar of Russia many had already disliked his powerful ruling. A…

conditions were indeed strongest in Germany, Italy, Austria and Hungary, it is important to first take note of the similarities that existed between these countries. First off, before the start of World War I, all of the powers specified were great. They each had powerful militaries which broadcasted their superiority and portrayed them as a force to be reckoned with. Each great power also had a thriving sense of nationalism within its people. Germany and Austria-Hungary were all a part of the…

hostile towards one another. Germany, France and Britain competed for influence overseas and Austria-Hungary and Russia attempted to conquer the Balkan states in southeastern Europe. This tension led to smaller military battles, like the Balkan Wars; the formation of powerful military alliances; and by 1914, the politics of the world were so strained that the assassination of Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand caused an intercontinental war to break…

ultimately led to World War Two. World War One is also known as the Total War or the Great War. It was the most horrific war that Europe ever experienced in the history. Hallock described that WW I began on July 28, 1914, by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (31).…

Imperialism was a belief that a country must expand and take over other weak nations to be powerful/successful. The British Octopus illustrates that the Germans are trying to convince other people that the British are trying to imperialist Europe; and the Germans should declare a war to stop them, because the British octopus’s tentacles are stretched over Europe towards North America and other continents. This primary source helps explain imperialization was an underlying cause of the war…