what role did the zimmermann telegram play in world war i?
<answer> The Zimmerman telegram probably had a peripheral effect on breaking the isolationist sentiment in the US in WWI. <context> The Zimmerman telegram probably had a peripheral effect on breaking the isolationist sentiment in the US in WWI. Relations with Mexico were strained already (Veracruz was occupied) but once Huerta was gone, the Mexican neutrality in the World Wa...