Chap22 - The Importance and Authenticity of the Zimmerman Telegram sec4

- Wilson suggested to settle the war peacefully, but Germany rejected it.
- So Wilson broke off diplomatic relations with Germany.
- In late February 1917,Britain had gotten hold of a coded telegram by the German foreign minister, Arthur Zimmermann, to the German minister in Mexico.
- Zimmermann threatens that if the United States entered the war, Mexico and Germany will become allies.
- And it also stated that Germany would then help Mexico regain "lost territory in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona."
- The Zimmermann note created a sensation in the United States and stirred anti-German feeling across the nation.
- In conclusion, the Zimmerman Telegram was the main cause of America joining the war.
- The authenticity of the Zimmerman Telegram can be trusted due to the big movement of America's government and the speech that Wilson gave which was consider the declaration of war against the Central Powers.