HIST 2057 : Exam 2 Lecture 3
Document Summary
William jennings bryan: secretary of state; ran for president 3 times; Peace rally, almost sold out; pacifist; peace policy; Us enters war: resumption of submarine warfare, people thought germans needed to call off submarine warfare; germany agreed, zimmermann telegram, through both of wilson"s terms, he thought he could sort things out in mexico. At the beginning of his first term, there"s already tension between the u. s. and mexico. The zimmerman telegram was a telegram to mexico that said if you make an attack on the united states and keep them occupied out of europe, we will return to you all the land you lost. American ships started to sink by submarine warfare. Wilson used his i kept you out of war" strategy to stay in congress for a second term: declaration of war, this war will make the world a safer democracy. General hershing thought he could find strategies to avoid the slaughter of us troops.
