During World War I, in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson announced a policy, saying that they wanted neutality. They also created a popular song called, "I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier". That song expressed antiwar sentiment of many Americans. Over the times when America was neutral, Germans attacks shifted public opinions to Allied cause. In fall of 1914, Britian set up a naval blockade of German ports and seized all goods bounded for Germany. In …showed first 75 words of 709 total…

…showed last 75 words of 709 total…biggest move was in 1867, when he arranged the purchase of Alaska from Russia. Alot was not pleased by his move. At that time, the $7.2 million deal was criticized alot. This territory was mostly called the, "Polar Bear Garden" or "Seward's Icebox.". Even so, the purchase of this resource rich territory was a great benefit and bargain for the United States. Throughout the carrer of Seward, he continued to pursue new territory before he retired in 1869.