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.
His international concerns were centred in Europe, where he had to watch both Napoleon IIIâs ambitions in Europe and Otto von Bismarck's rise in Germany. During the Civil War, British reactions to American events were shaped by past British policies and their own national interests, both strategically and economically.