AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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Treaty of Versailles
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Treaty of Saint-Germain
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Zimmerman Note
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The German-Mexican Agreement
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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: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The telegram said that if Germany went to war with the United States, Germany promised to help Mexico recover the territory it had lost during the 1840s, including Texas, New Mexico, California, and Arizona.
Detailed explanation-4: -Germany promised to help Mexico take back land the United States had taken from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. These places were Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Germany wanted Mexico to enter the war so America would be too busy to help the enemies of Germany.