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"Travelers intending to embark o the Atlantic voyage are reminded that a state of war exists between German and her allies and Great Britain and her allies; that the zone of war includes the waters adjacent to the British Isles; that in accordance with formal notice given by the Imperial German Government, vessels flying the flag of Great Britain, or any of her allies, are liable to destruction in those waters and that travelers sailing in the war zone on the ships of Great Britain and her allies do so at their own risk."

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- May 1915
- British passenger ship with 127 American civilians on board torpedoed (40% survived)
- Later Germany pledged NOT to sink passenger ships again but broke their promise by November

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- Germany wanted Mexico to help the central powers, so the sent a telegram urging them to join them.

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-Germany made a pledge to the US that they are neutral and they won't sink
-Promises made with Germany will later be broken
-Germany abandoned the Sussex Pledge because they joined the war on the sides of the Allies because they thought it would bring them independence

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sent between the German foreign Secretary and the German Foreign ambassador in Mexico

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- Germany told Mexico they can win back land lost from the Mexican-American war and provide financial support and bounty of peace settlement
- Great Britain cracked the code

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"We intend to begin in the first of February unrestricted submarine warfare. We shall endeavor in spite of this to keep the United States of America neutral." Zimmermann

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- The treat of a loss of land dragged America into the war.

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Germany cut of supplies from the allies. (British, France, etc.)

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A formal warning was given to people who wanted to travel on the Lusitania. Passengers were warned about the war, and that ships waving the British flag could be destroyed by the Germans

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Ocurred in March 1917

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Though they knew the risks, passengers boarded the boat, which then got torpedoed resulting in the deaths of a large chunk of the passengers