Effects Of The Zimmerman Telegram

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Although the First World War did not involve the United States, subsequent events lead to their later involvement in the worldwide battle.
The Zimmerman telegram
Germany proposed a deal to Mexico in essence saying that if Mexico helped Germany attack the United States, Germany would allow Mexico to regain ownership of the land that they had lost in the past to the United States, while also receiving a large amount of financial compensations for their cooperation.
British agents had intercepted the telegram in January of 1917.
When the telegram was intercepted the Germans mistakenly found it relatively safe to send messages to the western hemisphere because United States President, Woodrow Wilson, had given Germany the privilege to send messages