WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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Question
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The Zimmerman Note was a message from Germany to ____ It asked them to attack the United States if it joined the war on the Allies side.
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Canada
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Mexico
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Cuba
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Brazil
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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 note revealed a plan to renew unrestricted submarine warfare and to form an alliance with Mexico and Japan if the United States declared war on Germany. The message was intercepted by the British and passed on to the United States; its publication caused outrage and contributed to the U.S. entry into World War I.
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