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US History US.27 Extended Essay Prompt US.27 Justify with supporting detail from text, the reasons for American entry into World War I, including the use of unrestricted submarine warfare by the Germans, the Zimmerman Note, the defense of democracy, and economic motivations. Question: Based on your content knowledge and information from the documents, explain the reasons for American entry into World War I. Was the United States justified in entering the war in 1917? Things to think about… What were economic reasons for entering World War I? What were national security reasons for entering World War I? What were political reasons for entering World War I? What were moral reasons for entering World War I? Was the accumulation of events and reasons enough to justify American entry into the war? DOC A CMCSS SOCIAL STUDIES
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US History US.27 Extended Essay Prompt
US.27 Justify with supporting detail from text, the reasons for American entry into World War I, including the use of unrestricted submarine warfare by the Germans, the Zimmerman Note, the defense of democracy, and economic motivations.
Question: Based on your content knowledge and information from the documents, explain the reasons for American entry into World War I. Was the United States justified in entering the war in 1917?
Things to think about… What were economic reasons for entering World War I? What were national security reasons for entering World War I? What were political reasons for entering World War I? What were moral reasons for entering World War I? Was the accumulation of events and reasons enough to justify American entry into the war?
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In January of 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. To protect their intelligence from detection and to capitalize on growing anti-German sentiment in the United States, the British waited to present the telegram to President Wilson…
On February 24 Britain released the Zimmerman telegram to Wilson, and news of the telegram was published widely in the American press on March 1. The telegram had such an impact on American opinion that, according to David Kahn, author of The Codebreakers, "No other single cryptanalysis has had such enormous consequences." It is his opinion that "never before or since has so much turned upon the solution of a secret message." On April 6, 1917, the United States Congress formally declared war on Germany and its allies.
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