Presented to America by the people of France in 1886, the Statue of Liberty sits on a 12-acre island in New York Harbor. Her crown has 25 windows and seven spikes.
American Neutrality. Since the beginning of World War I in 1914, the United States, under President Woodrow Wilson, had maintained strict neutrality, other than providing material assistance to the Allies.
When the war began, the United States had entered a period of isolationism. Americans viewed the conflict as Europeâs problem and wished to keep it that way. However, as the situation in Europe grew increasingly dire, the United States began to slowly edge toward war.