Zimmermann Telegram

War I, militarism, gas warfare, and the Zimmermann Telegram also showed to affect the world. Competition between the Central Powers and the Allies proved to be the main cause of these events and the effects of these are now evident. Militarism, the assassination of the archduke, gas warfare, and the Zimmermann Telegram are four events in World War I that had extreme effects. As a consequence of militarism, “there was an increase in military influence on policy…

William Jennings Bryan – Born March 19 1860, Salem Illinois, died July 26, 1925, Dayton Tennessee at the age of 65. Bryan was a father of three children and happily married. His wife was Miss Mary E. Baird, and his children were: Ruth Bryan Owen, Grace Bryan, and William Jennings Bryan Jr. Born in Illinois, Bryan became a Nebraska Congressman in 1890. In the Democratic convention of 1896, Bryan with his Cross of Gold speech that favored free silver, was defeated by William McKinley to become…

On April 2, 1917, in the midst of The Great War, President Woodrow Wilson wrote “War Message” and addressed it to Congress. In this letter, Wilson begins by explaining the tragic deaths of innocent people caused by Germany’s uncivilized submarine attacks on “every vessel that sought to approach either the ports of Great Britain and Ireland or the western coasts of Europe” (Wilson, par 1). He provides Congress with the multiple necessities such as cooperation, money, and at least 500,000 men in…

The book “The Zimmerman Telegram” had many key points, including the importance of keeping “room 40”, the confidential room used for decoding the german telegram code, a secret. Britain needed this room to keep watching germany and their political and military moves. Another point would be the importance of the US and its final decision on either joining the allies or staying neutral. Before the telegram President Woodrow Wilson was very adamant about staying out of the war, and even ran his…

In early 1915, Germany had a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare which meant they could torpedo and sink armed merchant ships but not passenger ships. They broke this policy on march 24th 1916 by attacking a French cross-channel passenger ferry called the Sussex. 50 people died and even though no US citizens were killed, the attack caused president Woodrow Wilson to declare that if Germany continued with this behavior, the US would break diplomatic relations with them. In 1915, the first…

ships as part of their indiscriminate attack on Britain waters. Additionally, there was an incident that occurred known as the Zimmerman telegram, which was Germany’s attempt to have Mexico ally with them (and subsequently, against the United States). 4.) The three bigger topics these topics relate to is United States’ involvement in World War I, the shift in foreign policy in America as a whole in 1917, and the shift in voter’s views on the war before and after the election. 5.) The first…

disadvantage if they were to ever enter the war by sending a coded telegram to Mexico, also known as the Zimmerman telegram. It began as a note sent to the German Ambassador (before he was deported.) The German Foreign Minister, Arthur Zimmerman, asked the German Ambassador to contact the German minister in Mexico City and provide an alliance with Mexico including a deal to assist Mexico in gaining back the territory they lost to America during the Mexican American War. This telegram…

according to Showalter, “Despite this, the Germans persisted in their intention and, on August 17, sank the Arabic, which also had U.S. and other neutral passengers,” (Showalter, 2015). So with this there was only one course of action that America was left with. Even though they were asking to be left alone Germany did not comply with their requests and ended up dragging America into the war. The interception of the Zimmerman Telegram also was a contributing factor in the United States joining…

by saying “I advise that the Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Government to be in fact nothing less than war against the Government and people of the United States…” (doc 1 paragraph 4). It was as if Germany declared war on us unofficially. Afterward, Germany had to keep going and sent the Zimmerman telegram stating that in February 1917, “Germany offered an alliance with Mexico if the United States and Germany went to war. Upon German victory, Mexico would get back…

Secretary of State Robert Lansing in 1916 said it best “British violations affected American property, while German violations affected American lives…The Germans, with their genius for always doing the wrong thing in the wrong way and at the wrong time.” Robert Lansing is saying that we have the right to enter the war because Germany made it a public affair by killing so many Americans. Not only has Germany violated American lives but they tried to get Mexico to join in too. We know this due to…