Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Many people use the acronym “M. A. N. I. A.” to remember these causes. The immediate cause of World War I is the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand because a Serbian Black Hand member assassinated the Archduke‚ it made Austria-Hungary declare war on Serbia‚ and Germany and Russia got involved because they were allies with those countries. Furthermore‚ the person who shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife was Gavrilo Princip. The Black Hand group originally planned
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were when two or more countries joined together to help each other and back each other up. There were many reasons for why the countries were mad at each other. For example‚ Austria- Hungary blamed Serbia for the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and declared war on them. Germany backed up Austria- Hungary while Russia backed up Serbia. Document #3‚ by John T. McCutcheon‚ a cartoonist‚ was made in August 1914 to show the war between each country. He shows men fighting to represent their
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and strongest military and have no way to prove it. This creates an envy to prove oneself and their country. Everyone was all talk and no evidence‚ they wanted to show that they indeed were the best‚ and the small war between Siberia and Austria-Hungary was a perfect chance to prove who was the
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the 1950’s. Consecutively‚ Albania (1945)‚ Bulgaria (1945)‚ Poland (1947)‚ Romania (1945-47)‚ Hungary (1947)‚ Czechoslovakia (1945-48) and East Germany (1949)‚ fell within the grasp of the USSR through the formation of coalitions‚ discrediting and executing opposing forces until the communist party alone was in power. The plan to take a nation ’slice by slice’ was especially effective in the case of Hungary‚ where the country was invaded by Russians‚ allowed to hold elections‚ where the opposing party
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand (the Austro-Hungary heir) and his wife on the 28th of June 1914 started a chain of events which were to be disastrous. A month later on the 28th on July 1914‚ Austria-Hungary waged war and invaded Serbia. Russia then came to support Serbia and Germany invaded Belgium while heading to France. Britain then waged war on Germany. The two sides created the Allied powers with Britain‚ France and Russia‚ and the Central powers with Austria-Hungary and Germany. As the war went on‚ more
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build the German empire. When tensions reached an all time high‚ and Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austria-Hungary Empire was murdered‚ Germany was ready within days to back up its ally Austria-Hungary as it declared war on Serbia‚ the country they believed to have killed the heir to their empire. Of course Russia immediately backed Serbia in the cause because they had hatred for Austria- Hungary after they had annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian Crisis in 1909. One of Russia’s other allies
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American Rhapsody: Personality Analysis The American Rhapsody is a historical drama depicting the life of a Hungarian family during the 1950’s and 60’s. The story‚ based on true events‚ tells how this family of four fled communist Hungary during the Russian occupation and came to the United States in hope of a better‚ and oppression free life. Because of the dangers of the escape through barb wired borders and mine fields‚ the family is forced to leave their new-born baby‚ Zsuzsi behind to the
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the Austria-Hungary Empire. Guarilo Principe shot Francis Ferdinand because he didn’t want to be under their control any longer. Then‚ of course‚ the other countries went to war not only because of the allied agreements but because they did not like the countries they were up against. In this war‚ there were two types of nationalism: there was the type where countries did what they did for their own self-interest. The other type was that some of these countries‚ such as Austria-Hungary‚ had so many
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Before the events of world war one the main European powers had made a series of alliances. The Triple alliance included Germany‚ Austria Hungary‚ Italy(later switching sides once the war starts) and the Ottoman empire. The Triple Entente included Britain‚ France‚ and Russia (1914-1917). These Alliances stated that in the event that one nation would be under attack‚ the other nation would aid them. These alliances systems set the groundwork for the events that would follow effectively dragging all
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something‚ you have to lose something. Every war has causes to start. Different wars‚ different causes. World War I was a conflict between the Allied Powers (France‚ Russia‚ Serbia‚ Great Britain and Italy) and the Central Powers (Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Bulgaria‚ and the Ottoman Empire). (Document#3) Austria sent Serbia an ultimatum to stop all anti-Austrian activity. And then World War I began because of M.A.I.N. M.A.I.N. stands for militarism‚ alliance system‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism. One
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