On february 24, when hall sensed that the zimmermann telegram would tip the balance in favor of the u. s. joining the allied forces, the british home secretary presented the telegram to president wilson. one week later, news of the zimmermann telegram was splashed across the front page of american newspapers. on april 6, 1917, the congress of the united states declared war on germany and its allies.

although the battlefield mayhem continued for another year, the added strength of u. s. troops proved to be too much for germany. david kahn, a leading authority of cryptography, wrote this about the zimmermann telegram: "never before or since has so much turned upon the solution of a secret message."

–the dark game,
paul janeczko

which best describes the author’s viewpoint in this passage from an earlier chapter of the dark game?

the author is suggesting that the telegram sparked the us decision to go to war.
the author believes the telegram added to the strength of us troops.
the author claims that the telegram had no effect on the course of events.

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky