What was the political cause that motivated the assassination of Francis Ferdinand in 1914?

A) Hungarian demands for increased power in the Austro-Hungarian Empire
B) Russian demands for access to the Mediterranean
C) German nationalist demands for a "Greater Germany"
D) Serbian nationalist demands for a "Greater Serbia"
E) demands for reform in Austria-Hungary's bureaucracy

Francis Ferdinand

Archduke of Austria-Este whose assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 sparked the beginning of World War I.

Serbian Nationalist

A supporter of Serbian nationalism, aiming at promoting the cultural, political, or territorial interests of Serbs, often significant in the context of Balkan history.

Greater Serbia

A nationalist concept advocating for the expansion of Serbia to include territories inhabited by ethnic Serbs outside current Serbian borders, historically linked to tensions in the Balkans.