-causes of wwI
Militarism
Imperialism
Nationalism
Economic competition
System of alliances
-assassination of franz ferdinand
june 20 1914 sariavo, went down there to check out the troops, gabvrilo princip did it in a group with 4 guys to assassinate him, the black hand conspiracy, had made an attempt earlier with a gernade, at a cafe, driver took a wrong turn and drove past the assassin, ended up walking up to the car shooting him and his wife, princip was not 20 so he couldnt be put to death but died in prison
without MINES, the assassination wouldve been a war between austria- hungry and servia
assassination, austria sends ultimatum to servia, servia doesnt accept ultimatum, austri declares war on hungry, chain reaction of alliances
-US neutraity
not getting involved in war, international law 1- neutral countries had the right to trade with warring nations, international law 2- waring nations could stop and cease contriband (weapons) on neutral ships, wilson said "thought as well as in action" as he was declaring neutrality, germans noticed we were trading with mostly allied powers, they were being blockaded, they started using u boats or submarines, they were sinking ships by surprise which isnt allowed
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