Question

During World War I, the Germans sent a telegram to Mexico asking them to join in fighting against the United States. In return for Mexico's participation, the victorious Germans would have given to Mexico:

A.)the southwestern United States
B.)favorable trading rights to central Europe
C.)the western Caribbean islands
D.)unrestricted access to the Panama Canal

Answer 1

A. The Zimmermann Telegram was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United States entered World War I against Germany. Mexico would recover Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico.