Arthur Zimmerman Telegram Research Paper

In January in the year 1917, the Zimmerman Telegram was sent ultimately to the Mexican president Venustiano Carranza by the Foreign Secretary of the German Empire, Arthur Zimmerman who had the intention to slow us down from entering the war. Mexico declined Germany's offer because Mexico knew it could not beat us, but on February Germany still implemented unrestricted submarine warfare and assumed that we would declare war on Germany and enter World War 1. After British intelligence intercepted the telegram and recognized the effect it would have on us and our opinion, they released it in America on February 24th 1917. The telegram was sent through a telegraph which was the way technology was brought into this happening. Our president Wilson saw the note on the 24th and it was released
They wanted to slow our nation down by talking to Mexico, which during the time was not on the best terms with us. So , that's why Arthur Zimmerman decided to send a coded telegram to Mexico which stated his proposal of an alliance that would slow our arrival. However, the Mexicans didn't take the telegram seriously and ignored it. Though it was not taken seriously by the Mexicans we as Americans did. The publication of the telegram in our republic helped sway the public opinion against Germany. But, Foreign Secretary Zimmermann had misjudged this effect and thought the publication of the telegram would rather help the German cause. This event did not have an effect on the outcome of war but it did have an affect on the timing which we had entered the war. Therefore, overall the real effect with Zimmerman telegram was to make us, the Americans angry. The Zimmerman telegram threatened the U.S. territories, thus shifting our sentiment in favor of the Allied Powers of Great Britain, France and