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ZIMMERMAN NOTE

ZIMMERMAN NOTE. Berlin, January 19, 1917 On the first of February we intend to begin unrestricted submarine warfare . In spite of this, it is our intention to endeavor to keep neutral the United States of America. .

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ZIMMERMAN NOTE

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  1. ZIMMERMAN NOTE Berlin, January 19, 1917 On the first of Februarywe intend to begin unrestricted submarine warfare. In spite of this, it is our intention to endeavor to keep neutral the United States of America. If this attempt is not successful, we propose an alliance on the following basis with Mexico: That we shall make war together and together make peace. We shall give general financial support, and it is understood that Mexico is to reconquer the lost territory in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. The details are left to you for settlement.... You are instructed to inform the President of Mexico of the above in the greatest confidence as soon as it is certain that there will be an outbreak of war with

  2. ZIMMERMAN NOTE with the United States and suggest that the President of Mexico, on his own initiative, should communicate with Japan suggesting adherence at once to this plan; at the same time, offer to mediate between Germany and Japan. Please call to the attention of the President of Mexico that the employment of ruthless submarine warfare now promises to compel England to make peace in a few months. Zimmerman (Secretary of State) zimmerman notes

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  6. RUSSIAN REVOLUTION vs Vladimir Lenin Czar Nicholas II Czar Nicholas and the Romanov Family would be overthrown by the Bolsheviks who eventually would start the first Communist state……

  7. RUSSIAN REVOLUTION • CAUSES • Food and fuel shortages • Striking workers • Terrible loses in WWI • Czar was a weak ruler • Marxist (Communist) propaganda spread by Lenin • EFFECTS • Czar overthrown • Russia pulls out of the war • Russia becomes a Communist country • Germany sends Zimmerman Note to Mexico

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  9. WILSON'S WAR SPEECH When German submarines sank three American merchant ships in March 1917, Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war.

  10. Wilson's War Speech April 8, 1917, the US declares war on Germany. The new German policy has swept every restriction aside. Vessels of every kind….have been ruthlessly sent to the bottom without warning and without thought of help or mercy for those on board….The present German submarine war…..is a war against all nations….Our motive will not be revenge or the victorious assertion of the physical might of the nation, but on the vindication of right, of human right…. We are…..the sincere friends of the German people…..We shall, happily, still have an opportunity to prove that friendship in our daily attitude and actions towards the millions of men and women of

  11. Wilson's War Speech German birth and native sympathy who live amongst us and share our life…... There are……many months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead of us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts……democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own Governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right…..as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world safe for democracy.

  12. Wilson's War Speech To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured.

  13. Principles Fought For • The right is more precious than peace • war to end all war • The world must be safe for democracy. • defend human rights • defend our trade • neutrality • freedom of the seas • violation of international law

  14. sandwich man SANDWICH MAN The US believed it had the right to trade with the warring nations and they would respect our neutrality…….Didn’t happen! The German submarine warfare and British blockade violated our freedom of the seas and neutrality.

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