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Primary Sources- Time Machine (1914): Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand starts WWI

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Read the passage Time Machine (1914): Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand starts WWI. Then answer the questions below.
Read the passage Time Machine (1914): Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand starts WWI. Then answer the questions below.
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Question 1
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According to the source, how did the Austria-Hungary government respond to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?

Question 2
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Which historical questions does this source BEST answer? Select two correct answers.

Question 3
3.

Drag each quote into the correct box based on whether it references a short-term or long-term cause of the war in Europe.

  • "By killing the archduke, Prinzip set in motion a war that now threatens to suck in all of Europe."
  • "If Serbia was unwilling to meet the demands, Austria-Hungary would declare war."
  • "Such a war could draw in all of Europe due to the complicated alliances between European countries."
  • "The real reasons for the war have to do with the long and ancient quarrel for "a place in the sun," a place for each nation to put its feet in the crowded land."
  • Short-term cause
  • Long-term cause