The ..... was a note asking Mexico to join forces with Germany.

CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I

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The ____ was a note asking Mexico to join forces with Germany.

A	Zimmerman Telegram
B	Zimmerman Note
C	Zimmerman Telephone
D	Zimmerman Code

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -In January 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, Heinrich von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Zimmermann Telegram, also called Zimmermann Note, coded telegram sent January 16, 1917, by German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmermann to the German minister in Mexico.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Zimmermann Telegram (or Zimmermann Note or Zimmerman Cable) was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United States entered World War I against Germany.

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USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919

CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I