HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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They became concerned about Russian expansion
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They wanted to avoid membership in the League of Nations.
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They wanted to fire Zimmermann
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They were outraged over a possible German-Mexican alliance.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Several weeks later, on February 24, the British presented the Zimmermann telegram to the U.S. Government in an effort to capitalize on growing anti-German sentiment in the United States. The American press published news of the telegram on March 1.
Detailed explanation-2: -How did many Americans react to the Zimmermann Telegram? They wanted to avoid membership in the League of Nations.
Detailed explanation-3: -Americans felt threatened by the Zimmermann Telegram because it threatened to bring the war to American soil. In the telegram, Germany promised to help Mexico regain territory in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas that it had lost in 1848.
Detailed explanation-4: -When the public saw the Zimmerman Note, more and more people wanted to go to war with Germany. The Americans saw that Germany wanted to force America into war with Mexico.