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RepublicansIncumbent William Taft DemocratsWoodrow Wilson Progressives/Bull Moose PartyTeddy Roosevelt Socialist PartyEugene V. Debs

Republicans Incumbent William Taft · Zimmerman Note/Telegram: proposing an alliance between Mexico and Germany should American enter the war on the side of the Allies Unrestricted

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Page 1: Republicans Incumbent William Taft · Zimmerman Note/Telegram: proposing an alliance between Mexico and Germany should American enter the war on the side of the Allies Unrestricted

Republicans‐ Incumbent William TaftDemocrats‐Woodrow WilsonProgressives/Bull Moose Party‐Teddy RooseveltSocialist Party‐ Eugene V. Debs

Page 2: Republicans Incumbent William Taft · Zimmerman Note/Telegram: proposing an alliance between Mexico and Germany should American enter the war on the side of the Allies Unrestricted
Page 3: Republicans Incumbent William Taft · Zimmerman Note/Telegram: proposing an alliance between Mexico and Germany should American enter the war on the side of the Allies Unrestricted

• Philippe Bunau‐Varilla: Columbian‐Panamanian revolutionary, and subsequent minister of newly independent Panama in 1903

• Roosevelt Corollary‐ declared that the United States now had the right to send in “international police power” to maintain peace and order throughout Central America

• Russo‐Japanese War 1904‐1905

• Gentleman’s Agreement of 1907:• Japan would not issue passports to Japanese male laborers planning to emigrate to America 

• Roosevelt promised to take a stand against anti‐Japanese discrimination

Page 4: Republicans Incumbent William Taft · Zimmerman Note/Telegram: proposing an alliance between Mexico and Germany should American enter the war on the side of the Allies Unrestricted
Page 5: Republicans Incumbent William Taft · Zimmerman Note/Telegram: proposing an alliance between Mexico and Germany should American enter the war on the side of the Allies Unrestricted
Page 6: Republicans Incumbent William Taft · Zimmerman Note/Telegram: proposing an alliance between Mexico and Germany should American enter the war on the side of the Allies Unrestricted

Central Powers/Triple AllianceIncluded: Germany, Austria‐Hungary, Italy

Allies/Triple EntenteIncluded: Great Britain, France, Russia

Assassination of Archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand (Heir to the Throne)

Page 7: Republicans Incumbent William Taft · Zimmerman Note/Telegram: proposing an alliance between Mexico and Germany should American enter the war on the side of the Allies Unrestricted
Page 8: Republicans Incumbent William Taft · Zimmerman Note/Telegram: proposing an alliance between Mexico and Germany should American enter the war on the side of the Allies Unrestricted

unlimited submarine warfare Vs. freedom of the seas

Page 9: Republicans Incumbent William Taft · Zimmerman Note/Telegram: proposing an alliance between Mexico and Germany should American enter the war on the side of the Allies Unrestricted
Page 10: Republicans Incumbent William Taft · Zimmerman Note/Telegram: proposing an alliance between Mexico and Germany should American enter the war on the side of the Allies Unrestricted

Zimmerman  Note/Telegram: proposing an alliance between Mexico and Germany should American enter the war on the side of the Allies

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare: German subs will sink any ships attempting to provide supplies, or move through British waters 

U.S. declared war on Germany, April 6th 1917

Page 11: Republicans Incumbent William Taft · Zimmerman Note/Telegram: proposing an alliance between Mexico and Germany should American enter the war on the side of the Allies Unrestricted

• Used techniques from the emerging field of Public Relations

• Became a sophisticated aggressive agency aimed at promoting the war

‐“Four Minute Men”‐Anti‐German campaign 

Page 12: Republicans Incumbent William Taft · Zimmerman Note/Telegram: proposing an alliance between Mexico and Germany should American enter the war on the side of the Allies Unrestricted
Page 13: Republicans Incumbent William Taft · Zimmerman Note/Telegram: proposing an alliance between Mexico and Germany should American enter the war on the side of the Allies Unrestricted
Page 14: Republicans Incumbent William Taft · Zimmerman Note/Telegram: proposing an alliance between Mexico and Germany should American enter the war on the side of the Allies Unrestricted
Page 15: Republicans Incumbent William Taft · Zimmerman Note/Telegram: proposing an alliance between Mexico and Germany should American enter the war on the side of the Allies Unrestricted
Page 16: Republicans Incumbent William Taft · Zimmerman Note/Telegram: proposing an alliance between Mexico and Germany should American enter the war on the side of the Allies Unrestricted