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What was the significance of the Zimmerman note

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It helped push the US towards war with Germany

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The Zimmerman Note was an attempt to get Mexico to declare war on the United States to keep the US from being involved in Europe.

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In the telegram, intercepted and deciphered by British intelligence in January 1917, Zimmermann instructed the ambassador, Count Johann von Bernstorff, to offer significant financial aid to Mexico if it agreed to enter any future U.S-German conflict as a German ally.

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