USA HISTORY

THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929

AMERICAN ECONOMY IN THE 1920S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The outbreak of WWI in 1914 was triggered by ____
A
the sinking of the British passenger ship Lusitania
B
the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
C
the alliances between countries in Europe and the United States
D
the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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 . A month later, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia and Europe rapidly descends into chaos.

Detailed explanation-2: -The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand (June 28, 1914) was the main catalyst for the start of the Great War (World War I).

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

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