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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand Video Guide

Answer Key

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

1. What is the name of the group of state sponsored terrorists and who is their leader?The Black Hand & Gavrilo Princip

2. Who is the terrorists’ target?Archduke Franz Ferdinand


3. What country is Serbia trying to liberate from the Austro-Hungarian Empire?

Bosnia

4. What disease is Gavrilo Princip dying of?

Tuberculosis


5. What does Ferdinand plan to do once he inherits the throne?Plans to stop oppression of Bosnian

Serbs and give them a say in how empire is run

6. Why does the Serbian military leader want to assassinate Ferdinand?Wants a revolution among Bosnian Serbs that won’t exist if Ferdinand is

ruler


1. How did the Black Hand smuggle (sneak) the weapons into Sarajevo?

They were smuggled in a cart and hidden; travelled the Serb underground

2. Besides weapons, what are the terrorists given and what are they planning to do after assassinating Ferdinand?Cyanide (poison) to take; plan to kill

themselves after assassination.


3. Why has Ferdinand’s wife never been able to accompany him on his trips until now?

She has a lower birth status

4. Was the first attempt at killing Ferdinand successful? What happens?

No, grenade bounces off of car and misses


5. What does Cabrinovic do after he tries to kill Ferdinand? Does it work? What eventually happens?

He takes the cyanide and jumps in the river and it doesn’t work. He is arrested.


1. Why is the Black Hand now nervous? Since the assassination was

unsuccessful, they are worried that they will be discovered and killed or questioned

2. Why does the drive take a wrong turn off the main road?

Supposedly, it was by coincidence


3. What does Princip do?He was eating a sandwhich, but shot the

Archduke and his wife; killing them both

4. What happens to Gavrilo Princip?He is arrested but too young for the death

penalty; he later dies of Tuberculosis


5. Who is the Austro-Hungarian ally and who do the two countries declare war on?

Their ally was Germany; they both declared war on Serbia

6. What happened to the remaining Black Hand terrorists?

They were arrested, questioned, and some were executed. Others died of

Tuberculosis


7. Who was seen in the crowd of Germans that would later rise to power?

Adolf Hitler


Schlieffen PlanGermany


Germany

Wanted to avoid fighting a war on two frontsWanted to defeat French quickly then turn to Russia


Assumptions

Russia would take at least 6 weeks to mobilizeFrance would be easily defeated in 6 weeksBelgium would not resist German attackBritain would remain neutral


Did it work?

No– Russia only took 10 days to mobilize– Troops from the western front needed to be

sent to protect from Russia– Belgium did fight back and hold off troops– Britain did not remain neutral

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