WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did nationalism contribute to the start of WWI? Choose all that apply.
A
Not all ethnic groups had their own nations in Europe.
B
Slavic minorities in the Balkans wanted their own national states.
C
It led to unrestricted submarine warfare and the sinking of the Lusitania.
D
A group of terrorists assassinated the Heir to Austro-Hungarian throne when he entered Sarajevo in Bosnia on June 28th, 1914.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The main causes of World War 1 were alliances between countries, militarism, nationalism, imperialism, secret diplomacy, and internationalism. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, by Gavrilo Princip in Bosnia is widely accepted as the starting point for World War I.

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: -Gavrilo Princip entered history as the man who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand thanks to the Archduke’s tragically uninformed driver, thus beginning World War I. The shots that Gavrilo Princip fired on June 28th, 1914 started one of the bloodiest wars in human history to date.

Detailed explanation-4: -European Expansionism. Serbian Nationalism. The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Conflicts over Alliances. The Blank Check Assurance: Conspired Plans of Germany and Austria-Hungary. Germany Millenarianism – Spirit of 1914. 01-Aug-2017

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