History assignment:
For this essay, please consult the ultimatum from Austria-Hungary to Serbia in the summer of 1914: https://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/The_Austro-Hungarian_Ultimatum_to_Serbia_(English_translation) -- in an essay that you will take no more than 30 minutes to write (after prepping your ideas beforehand), please respond to the following prompt:
Was Austria-Hungary's explanation for Serbian action and list of demands reasonable, given the events that resulted in the killing of Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the throne, in June of 2014? Could an ultimatim of this sort work today to address a similar situation?
Note: it is going to be a one page without double space.