Zimmermann Telegram Quizzes
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Zimmermann Telegram? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Many people thought that the Zimmermann Telegram was a fake until what happened?
Arthur Zimmermann publically admitted to writing it.
Video footage of Zimmermann sending it was found.
The government hacked into the telegram database and retrieved proof.
An episode of Homeland had the exact same plot.
Q. Which of the following is among the ways that the U.S. public reacted to the Zimmermann Telegram?
They renamed culturally German items with the word "liberty."
They boycotted any movies starring Gael García Bernal or Salma Hayek.
They cut the telegram cables to Britain to stop them from listening in.
Sympathetic Americans asked that Zimmermann not be fired over one tiny mistake.
Q. What did Mexico decide to do after being encouraged to attack the U.S. in the Zimmermann Telegram?
They declined the offer.
They asked for only one U.S. state, not three.
They attacked, but stopped when Germany didn't pay up.
They had the telegram framed and hung in a museum.
Q. Which word best describes the reaction of President Wilson and many Americans to the Zimmermann Telegram?
Outraged
Refudiated
Flattered
Chopped
Q. In addition to the Zimmermann Telegram, what else changed public opinion and forced President Wilson to declare war on Germany?
Germany kept torpedoing U.S. ships in the Atlantic.
Women got the right to vote and they wanted war.
An E. coli outbreak in imported bratwurst killed an Ohio family.
Japan followed Germany's instructions and bombed the U.S.