HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Question
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Telegram asking Mexico to join Germany in the war.
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nationalism
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Central Powers
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Zimmerman Note
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None of the above
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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: -The telegram told the ambassador to ask the Mexicans to join the war on the German side by attacking America. 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.
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