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The Zimmerman Telegram which pushed the U.S. to enter World War 1 exposed Germany's plan to?
The Zimmerman telegram was a secret message sent to the Mexican government. In it, the German government offered to send money and weapons to help Mexico if Mexico would start a war against the United States. Germany expected the US to soon join World War I against them, and hoped that a war with Mexico would distract the US. A little context- by 1917, the US and Mexico had poor relations. It had only been 68 years since the US fought and won a war against Mexico, and took all of what's now the Southwest (NM, AZ, CA, etc). The US had occasionally invaded parts of Mexico for one reason or another since then too- even in 1916, after Mexican rebels had attacked a town in New Mexico, the US sent an army under General Pershing to invade Mexico and punish those rebels (they were unsuccessful). So Zimmerman sent the message explaining that if Mexico started a war against the US, then Germany would send money and weapons to help. Additionally, Germany promised that if they were able to win World War I, they would make sure that Mexico got back the territory that the US had taken from them. However, since 1910 Mexico was in the middle of a nasty war called the Mexican Revolution. So Mexico was in no position to launch a major war against the US. Additionally, Germany realistically had no way to ship the money and weapons to Mexico, since Allied navies dominated the seas. Nor would Mexico really have anyplace to use the money Germany would've sent, for much the same reason. So the Mexican government did not agree to the request.
What major world events happened in 1987?
Major world events happened in 1987. Of world significance was the US President Reagan signing of a secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran.
Tensions in Europe before world war 1 were most increased by what?
Secret alliances
What became a closely guarded secret in China?
silk
Chinese secret group pledged to rid the country of foreign devils?
The Chinese secret group pledged to rid the country of foreign devils were called Boxers.
What was the secret note that urged Mexico to join the central power?
the zimmerman telegram
What is true about president Wilson illness in 1918?
President Wilson had a stroke. It was kept a secret.
The Zimmerman Telegram was a secret message from Germany intercepted by British intelligence?
yes: The Zimmerman telegram's message was basically "If Mexico joined a military alliance against the United States, Germany would help Mexico recover the territories it had lost in 1848 including several western states." Even though Mexico refused, it strengthened Wilson's resolve against Germany and was one of the major factors pulling America into WWI (or, as it was known then, the Great War).
What is true about Wilson's illness in 1918?
President Wilson had a stroke. It was kept a secret.
What was the ' zimmerman telegram '?
so ibrahim haidarow can watch tv
Who was called 'the Secret President'?
Some people may have given this name to Edith Wilson. After President Wilson had a stroke, Mrs. Wilson controlled access to him and even screened state papers sent to him and decided what he needed to see.
Why did the Zimmerman Telegram finally persuade the US to go to war with Germany?
It was a secret telegram from Germany to Mexico, saying Mexico should go to war with the US and reclaim land lost from the Mexican-American War, and that Germany would help Mexico. It angered US that Germany was trying to hurt US so US declared war against Germany.
How did the US find out about the zimmerman telegram?
British spies intercepted the telegram and gave it to the US government.Important telegrams were transmitted over long cables back then (they could be sent by radio, but then anyone with a radio could pick it up). Britain had cut Germany's cables to North America at the start of the war, so Germany asked to borrow the American cables; President Wilson agreed to allow it. But the American cable ran through part of Britain; British spies easily tapped into the cable and recorded everything that went through it- including Germany's telegrams. So the British caught the Zimmermann telegram when it was sent, and very quickly decoded it- the Germans had an elaborate code system that they thought was unbreakable, but the British had broken it early in the war.However, the British didn't want Germany to know that the codes were broken- as long as Germany didn't know, they would keep using the code and the British could keep reading their secret messages. So the British had to find another way to "prove" how they got the message without revealing the secret. They knew that the telegram would have to be transmitted through a certain office in Mexico, so they basically bribed someone in that office to give them a copy of the decoded telegram. Because the telegram had gone through American cables before being relayed to Mexico, the Americans would be able to tell that it was authentic.Once that was done, and the British were satisfied that the Germans still didn't know the codes were broken, the British gave the telegram to the American government; the Americans indeed verified that it had been transmitted, and President Wilson was furious.
Is the Zimmerman note?
A secret telegram sent from the German government to the Mexican government suggesting that Mexico attack the U.S. and recover their territory previously lost to the U.S., with the intention that such a war would prevent the U.S. from joining the war in Europe. The telegram was intercepted by the British via a tap on the transatlantic cable and broke the cypher. They passed a copy of the decrypted telegram to the U.S. government, which was one of the reasons that the U.S. entered the war in Europe against Germany.
Name two reasons that America entered World War 1?
1. They entered when the USS Maine was sunken which carried american citizens, it was supposely an accident but the media blamed it on Spain. 2. the Zimmerman telegram- A secret telegram going to Mexico from germany saying if you help us out with the war then we will help you get back New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and California which was land that used to be part of Mexico. America later got ahold of this telegram which i think was from Great Britain that first got ahold of it.
What was true about president Wilson's illness in 1918?
It was kept a secret
Who plays Tom Bowman in the secret life of the American teenager?
Luke Zimmerman
