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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 withZIMMERMAN 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.
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 notesZIMMERMAN 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;
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Vladimir Lenin Czar Nicholas II
RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONCzar Nicholas and the Romanov Family would be
overthrown by the Bolsheviks who eventually would start the first
Communist state vs
CAUSESFood and fuel shortagesStriking workersTerrible loses in
WWI Czar was a weak rulerMarxist (Communist) propaganda spread by
LeninEFFECTSCzar overthrownRussia pulls out of the warRussia
becomes a Communist countryGermany sends Zimmerman Note to
Mexico
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
battle fronts
WILSON'S WAR SPEECHWhen German submarines sank three American
merchant ships in March 1917, Wilson asked Congress for a
declaration of war.
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
ofWilson's War Speech
Wilson's War SpeechGerman birth and native sympathy who live
amongst us and share our life... There aremany 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
heartsdemocracy, 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.
Wilson's War SpeechTo 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.
The right is more precious than peacewar to end all warThe world
must be safe for democracy.defend human rightsdefend our
tradeneutrality freedom of the seasviolation of international
lawPrinciples Fought For
SANDWICH MANThe US believed it had the right to trade with the
warring nations and they would respect our neutrality.Didnt happen!
The German submarine warfare and British blockade violated our
freedom of the seas and neutrality.sandwich man