AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
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was Austria’a attempt to get Mexico to attack the U.S.
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was Germany’s attempt to get Canada to attack the U.S.
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was Austria’s attempt to get Canada to attack the U.S.
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was Germany’s attempt to get Mexico to attack the U.S.
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Detailed explanation-1: -This telegram, written by German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann, is a coded message sent to Mexico, proposing a military alliance against the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the message, Zimmermann instructed the German diplomats to approach the Mexican government, if United States entered the war in Europe, to offer an alliance between Germany and Mexico.
Detailed explanation-3: -On January 17, 1917 British signals intelligence intercepted and decrypted a coded German telegram from German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann that was intended for Germany’s ambassador to Mexico.
Detailed explanation-4: -Zimmermann’s alliance proposal did reach the desk of Mexican President Carranza, but it was officially rejected once a military commission determined that there would be no benefit in accepting it.