USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which event sparked the beginning of WWI?
A
the Zimmerman telegram
B
assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
C
sinking of the Lusitania
D
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are shot to death by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during an official visit to the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. The killings sparked a chain of events that led to the outbreak of World War I by early August.

Detailed explanation-2: -The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo (the capital of the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia-Herzegovina) on 28 June 1914 eventually led to the outbreak of the First World War.

Detailed explanation-3: -The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand (June 28, 1914) was the main catalyst for the start of the Great War (World War I). After the assassination, the following series of events took place: • July 28-Austria declared war on Serbia.

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