franz ferdinand assassination
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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Rodolfo Brandon BernardinoP5
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The Black Hand
• Secret Serbian Terrorist Organization
• Formed by “Apis”- Captain Dragutin Dimitrijevic
• Archduke Ferdinand’s Assassin- Gavrilo Princip- Member of Black Hand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• From- Hapsburg family
• Inherited throne - 1896
• His Government Policies- Conflicted; Serbian nationalists
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWarchduke.html
Sarajevo
• Capital- of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• City- Franz Ferdinand was assassinated
• Austro-Hungarian forces- Stationed in Sarajevo- Ferdinand visits to inspect forces in Sarajevo
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Motive For Assassination
• Austro-Hungarian empire- Annexed Bosnia in 1908- Bosnians wanted to unify with Serbia
• Black Hand Agenda- Ferdinand’s policies interfered Gavrilo Princip
http://www.historywiz.com/historymakers/princip.html
Conspirators
• Apis orders- from Belgrade- Three men:
• Gavrilo Princip• Nedjelko Cabrinovic• Trifko Grabez• Four other men join:• Danilo Ilic• Vaso Cubrilovic• Cvijetko Popovic• Humaed Mehmedbasic
Apis aka Dragutin Dimitrijevic
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First Attempt
• Conspirators line up• Nedjelko Cabrinovic
- 10:10 AM- Throws grenade at car
• Driver speeds up- Ferdinand deflects bomb- Car behind Ferdinand’s blows up
First Attempt cont.
• Cabrinovic swallows cyanide pill- Jumps into river- Cyanide pill doesn’t work- Gets arrested
• Other conspirators- Have second thoughts- or think Cabrinovic succeeded
Princip Encounters Ferdinand
• Ferdinand- Convinced to leave Sarajevo
• Driver takes wrong turn- Onto Franz Joseph Street- Backs up accidentally to Princip
• Princip fires shots• The couple dies of wounds
shortly after shooting
Aftermath
• Princip- Arrested- Not executed because he was only 19 years old- Dies of Tuberculosis in prison
• Other conspirators - Arrested
The Ultimatum
• Austro-Hungarian empire- Demands Serbia’s cooperation - Investigation into Ferdinand’s death
• Serbia- Does not comply with all of the demands
• Austria declares war
Impact On America
• Assassination- Sparks WWI
• America - Attempts to remain neutral- Joins war on Allies side
• World War I - Changes America- Examples of changes: Women have jobs, government censors media, economic boom etc…
Documentation
• http://www.historywiz.com/historymakers/princip.html• http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWarchduke.htm• http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/duke.htm• http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/assassination.htm• http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/comment/sarajevo.html• http://makdizdar.ba/wp-content/themes/massivepress/
images/thumbs/thumb_cabrinovic.jpg• http://www.thecorner.org/hist/wwi/crises.htm