Step 1: Choose 1 event from from slides 9-14. Explain in ONE complete sentence what happened. Type that in the text box under ‘Cause’.
Step 2: In the text box under ‘Leads to’ - explain how the first event caused the second event to happen. You can think about how people or groups reacted to the first event to help you.
Step 3: In the text box under ‘Effect’ - explain in ONE complete sentence what happened as a result of the first event (or what happened next).
Cause: The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Leads to: The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia, as they blamed Serbian nationalists for the assassination.
Effect: The declaration of war by Austria-Hungary on Serbia sparked a chain reaction of alliances being invoked, leading to the outbreak of World War I.