AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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The massive military buildup of all the European countries.
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Assassination of Adolf Hitler
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Assassination of Gravilo Princip
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Detailed explanation-1: -The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the immediate cause of a war between two great powers-Russia and the Habsburg Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -Two shots in Sarajevo ignited the fires of war and drew Europe toward World War I. Just hours after narrowly escaping an assassin’s bomb, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to Austro-Hungarian throne and his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg, are killed by Gavrilo Princip.
Detailed explanation-3: -When it was learned that the heir-apparent to the Austrian throne, Franz Ferdinand, was scheduled to visit Sarajevo in June of 1914, the Black Hand decided to assassinate him because of his perceived threat to Serbian independence.
Detailed explanation-4: -The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand (June 28, 1914) was the main catalyst for the start of the Great War (World War I).