After
Wilson was re-elected everything brought the country to the brink of war. In
January of 1917, Andrew Zimmerman, a German official sent a telegram. It
contained a message to the German ambassador in Mexico asking him to offer a
deal to the Mexican government. The deal was if Mexico allied with Germany in a
war against the United States, Mexico would regain all its lost territory after
the war. The land included areas in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. The letter
was intercepted by the British and leaked to the American newspaper. America
concluded they would definitely be going to war against Germany.
On
February 1st, 1917, Germany resumed submarine warfare. Believing
they could starve Britain into submission in four to six months, if they could
sink all the boats in sight. By doing this it raised concerns that the
Americans would try to gather an army and send them, but Germany believed they
wouldn’t get there in time. Between February 3rd and March 21st
German boats sank 6 American ships. Wilson then asked Congress to declare war
on Germany.
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