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.

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Read the passage Time Machine (1914): Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand starts WWI. Then answer the questions below.

Last updated 11 months ago

3 questions

Note from the author:

Read the passage Time Machine (1914): Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand starts WWI. Then answer the questions below.

Instructions

Read the passage Time Machine (1914): Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand starts WWI. Then answer the questions below.

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Question 1

According to the source, how did the Austria-Hungary government respond to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?

They sent a list of demands to the Serbian government.

They declared war on Serbia a day after the assassination. 

They demanded that Serbian education system teach about the assassination. 

They requested Serbia pay a cash sum for their wrongdoings. 

Required

Question 2

What were the political viewpoints of Serbia?  

What were causes of World War I? 

How did an average citizens react to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand? 

How did the other countries in Europe respond to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand? 

How did the U.S. respond to the events in Europe in 1914?  

Required

Question 3

"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."

Question 1

They sent a list of demands to the Serbian government.

They declared war on Serbia a day after the assassination. 

They demanded that Serbian education system teach about the assassination. 

They requested Serbia pay a cash sum for their wrongdoings. 

Question 2

What were the political viewpoints of Serbia?  

What were causes of World War I? 

How did an average citizens react to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand? 

How did the other countries in Europe respond to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand? 

How did the U.S. respond to the events in Europe in 1914?  

Question 3

"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."