精读3第十课lesson3-background-information

Lesson3—WhyHistoriansDisagreeBTLEWPartTwoENTERLesson3—WhyHistoriansDisagreeBTLEWI.AuthorsII.WoodrowWilsonIII.ZimmermanNoteBackgroundInformationLesson3—WhyHistoriansDisagreeBTLEWThepresenttextisbasedontheintroductiontoabookentitledConflictandConsensusinModernAmericanHistoryeditedbyAllenF.DavisandHaroldD.Woodman,professorsatTempleUniversityandPurdueUniversityrespectively,whoalsowrotetheintroduction.I.AuthorsTheendofAuthors.Lesson3—WhyHistoriansDisagreeBTLEWII.WoodrowWilsonTobecontinuedonthenextpage.WoodrowWilson(1856-1924),America’s28thpresident(1913-1921),wasaprofessoroflaw,thepresidentofPrincetonUniversity,andthegovernorofNewJerseybeforehewaselectedtotheWhiteHouse.Lesson3—WhyHistoriansDisagreeBTLEWWhenWoodrowWilsontookoffice,hefacedeconomiccrisis,democraticdecay,andaworldatwar.Meetingthosechallengeswithprogressiveideasandhigh-mindedideals,hereinventedthepresidency,craftingavibrantlegacythathasdefinedthepowersandresponsibilitiesofeverypresidenttothisday.TheendofWoodrowWilson.II.WoodrowWilsonLesson3—WhyHistoriansDisagreeBTLEWIII.ZimmermanNoteTobecontinuedonthenextpage.TheZimmermanNotewasacommuniquéauthoredbyGermanForeignSecretaryArthurZimmermanandinterceptedbyAmericanIntelligence.ThenotehadbeendesignedtoenticeMexicointodeclaringwaragainsttheUnitedStatesshouldtheU.S.declarewaronGermany.Asareward,MexicowouldthenreceiveArizona,NewMexico,andTexasafterthewar.Lesson3—WhyHistoriansDisagreeBTLEWIII.ZimmermanNoteFulltextofTheZimmermannTelegram:OnthefirstofFebruaryweintendtobeginsubmarinewarfareunrestricted.Inspiteofthis,itisourintentiontoendeavortokeepneutraltheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Ifthisattemptisnotsuccessful,weproposeanallianceonthefollowingbasiswithMexico:Thatweshallmakewartogetherandtogethermakepeace.Weshallgivegeneralfinancialsupport,anditisunderstoodthatMexicoistoreconquerthelostterritoryinNewMexico,Texas,andArizona.Thedetailsarelefttoyouforsettlement.Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.Lesson3—WhyHistoriansDisagreeBTLEWIII.ZimmermanNoteYouareinstructedtoinformthePresidentofMexicooftheaboveinthegreatestconfidenceassoonasitiscertainthattherewillbeanoutbreakofwarwiththeUnitedStatesandsuggestthatthePresidentofMexico,onhisowninitiative,shouldcommunicatewithJapansuggestingadherenceatoncetothisplan;atthesametime,offertomediatebetweenGermanyandJapan.PleasecalltotheattentionofthePresidentofMexicothattheemploymentofruthlesssubmarinewarfarenowpromisestocompelEnglandtomakepeaceinafewmonths.Zimmerman(SentJanuary19,1917)TheendofZimmermanNote.Lesson3—WhyHistoriansDisagreeBTLEWPartTwoThisistheendofPartTwo.PleaseclickHOMEtovisitotherparts.