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They wanted to drag the United States into a war with Mexico that would prevent it from entering World War I.
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Who wrote the zimmerman telegram?
a letter toMexico from Germany in the first world war It was a letter to Mexico from Germany during World War I by German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmerman. It stated that if the United States was to enter the war on the side of the Allies, the German ambassador to Mexico was to approach the Mexican Government offering a military alliance against the United States in exchange for German material aid to Mexico to help the Mexican government reclaim territory lost to the United States during the Mexican - American War.
What was the purpose of the zimmerman telegram?
The purpose of the Zimmerman Telegram was to get Mexico to attack the U.S. The German man Alfred Zimmerman sent the telegram January 19, 1917. The telegraph said that id they attacked the U.S. then they would help them get back the territory America stole from them (Texas, Arizona, New Mexico) They declined but America was angry so they joined the war against the Germans. Learned this in Social Studies :)
Which nations were most closely related to the Zimmerman Note?
United States, Mexico, Germany The Zimmerman Telegram (1917) was sent by the foreign minister of Germany to the German consul in Mexico, suggesting that Germany would support Mexico in a war with the US.
What type of German warfare contributed to the entry of the US into the war?
The Zimmerman telegram, (which the British intercepted and gave to the USA), in which Germany tried to get Mexico to declare war on the USA. Also the German submarines were sinking unarmed civilian ships sailing from neutral countries.
What was the cause that caused the US to join world war 1?
1. Sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-boat. It killed many U.S. citizens 2. Zimmerman telegram
