World War 1 Cause And Effect Essay

Luz Hernandez
Cause and Effects
World War 1 was one of the most historic battle in history. It had happened mostly in Europe. There were three major events that lead up to the World War. The first event that was the start of World War 1 was the use of an unauthorized U boat by Germany, that torpedoed a british owned ocean liner that killed 1,959 passengers and, 128 were Americans. Another event that lead up World War 1 was the Zimmerman note. Another event that contributed to the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo on 28 June 1914.
The first event was the unauthorized use of German U-boats a.k.a submarines. “The germans announced the use of unrestricted submarine warfare in the Atlantic in 1917” (History.com). It consisted of torpedoed armed submarines ready to attack any and all ships, even civilian passenger carriers, that were said to be sighted in war-zone waters. There were Several U.S. ships that traveled to Britain and were damaged or sunk by German mines. In February 1915, once germany announced unrestricted warfare against all ships, “Germany announced that a German cruiser had sunk the William P. Frye, a private American merchant vessel that was transporting grain to England when it disappeared. President Wilson was outraged, but the

The Zimmerman was a telegram that was intercepted by british cryptographer that was sent to to Mexico. The telegram said that Germany would help Mexico gain back some of its land it lost to the U.S. If Mexico joined the german cause. That message was soon informed to the United States and that drew the United States closer to war. This information was not presented to the United States right away; The British waited until February 24 to present this information to President Wilson. Later on the American press published the news of the telegram. “On April 6, 1917, the United States Congress formally declared war on Germany and its allies”