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