Today, in class, we got on the computers and somewhat reviewed World War I.
Mr. Bruns talked about the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (sp?). He was assassinated on the 20th of June in Sarajevo. He was killed by an organization known as The Black Hand. Gavrilo Princip threw a grenade in his car, but Ferdinand threw it back out, injuring or potentially killing people in the car behind him. He would end up being assassinated, however, as one just walked up to his car and shot Ferdinand and his wife. This would be known as the 'Spark that ignited the Powderkeg.'
The underlined causes of WWI are Militarism, Imperialism, Nationalism, Economic Competition and the System of Alliances. Some people talked about US Neutrality during the war. We were neutral, so we traded with all the countries that were partaking in the vicious war. Germany complained that we were trading more with England than with them, so they used the submarine tactics and sunk some of our ships. There were 3 international laws:
1. Neutral nations could trade with warring nations
2. Warring Nations could stop and cease goods on neutral ships
3. Warring Nations had to give warnings before sinking ships
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