Zimmermann note, secret telegram sent on Jan. 16, 1917, by German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmermann to Count Johann von Bernstorff, the German ambassador to the United States<span>. In it Zimmermann said that in the event of war with the </span>United States<span>, Mexico should be asked to enter the war as a German ally. In return, Germany promised to restore to Mexico the lost territories of Texas, </span>New Mexico<span>, and Arizona. British intelligence intercepted and deciphered the telegram and sent it to President </span>Woodrow Wilson<span>, who released it on Mar. 1, 1917, to the press. The Zimmermann note helped turn U.S. public opinion against Germany during </span>World War I<span> and strengthened the advocates of U.S. entry into the war. </span><span>
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Spread Christianity, to increase their economic and political power, and to find a faster route to get to Asia
<span>Quackery is the promotion of fraudulent or ignorant medical practices. A quack is a "fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill" or "a person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to have skill, knowledge, or qualifications he or she does not possess; a charlatan or snake oil salesman".</span>
