President Woodrow Wilson came up
with the policy of strict neutrality during the early years of World war 1, on
the 4th August, 1914. The president declared that the United States
would remain impartial, both in action and in thoughts This policy was
challenged by the German violation of freedom of the seas as tension between
Germany and the United States arose after the Germans attempted to quarantine
the British Isles. Consequently, several US ships attempting to reach British
ports were either damaged or sunk by German mines.