it was a telegraph telling Mexico to enter the war and that if they won then they would be able to get part of the united states and it got the united states angry and they entered the war!
The Zimmermann Telegram, sent by Germany to Mexico in January 1917, had a significant impact on World War I by prompting the United States to enter the conflict. The telegram proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico, promising the return of territories lost to the U.S. if Mexico joined the war against America. Once the telegram was made public, it swayed American public opinion against Germany, contributing to the U.S. declaration of war in April 1917. This entry bolstered the Allied powers and shifted the momentum of the war.
They did not lead to war; they were part of the war. They were, however, factors in the United States' decision to enter the war.
The Germans sunk 7 US ships, and we intercepted a telegram from Germany that said they planned to attack us.
Two key actions by Germany that prompted the United States to enter World War I were the unrestricted submarine warfare and the interception of the Zimmermann Telegram. The German U-boats targeted and sank ships, including those carrying American passengers, which escalated tensions. Additionally, the Zimmermann Telegram revealed Germany's proposal to Mexico to join the war against the U.S., further inflaming public sentiment and prompting the U.S. to declare war in April 1917.
The Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman telegram.
Two of them might be the Zimmerman telegram and the sinking of the Lusitania
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Two primary factors: Germany torpedoed the Lusitania, and the 1917 Zimmerman telegram to Mexico.
the lusitania and the zimmerman telegram sent from the german empire to mexico that proposed war against america
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.
During World War I, the United States was led by President Woodrow Wilson. The Zimmerman Telegram, which was a secret diplomatic communication from Germany proposing a military alliance with Mexico against the U.S., was intercepted and revealed to the American public in early 1917. This, along with other factors, contributed to the U.S. decision to enter the war in April 1917. Wilson's administration used the telegram to galvanize public support for joining the Allied Powers.
Actually, the American Government entered to protect American commercial ships from attack by German u-boats and because of the Zimmerman Telegram.
The sinking of the ocean liner RMS Lusitania on May 7, 1915 is considered one of the primary reasons for US entry into the war. Another was the so-called Zimmerman telegram, in which Germany sought to involve Mexico in a coordinated war against the US.The US did not enter World War I until April 6, 1917, 23 months after the Lusitania, but shortly after Germany announced it was re-instituting unrestricted submarine warfare.
The zimmerman telegram- Germany sent a Morse code telegram to Mexico to get them to enter WWI on there side and in return, Germany said they will help them get land that the United States took from Mexico (Texas, Arizona, etc.)
it was a telegraph telling Mexico to enter the war and that if they won then they would be able to get part of the united states and it got the united states angry and they entered the war!
Help Mexico regain territory taken by Americans in mid-eighteen hundreds if Mexico would join with Germany in the event America would enter WW1 on the side of Britain. The Mexicans declined. It is well described by the American historian Barbara Tuchman in her book "The Zimmerman Telegram"