There are several phrases associated with the Statue of Liberty, but the most recognizable is “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” This quote comes from Emma Lazarus’ sonnet, New Colossus, which she wrote for a fundraiser auction to raise money for the pedestal upon which the Statue of Liberty now sits. The poem did not receive much recognition and was quite forgotten after the auction.
In the early 1900s and after Lazarus’ death, one of her friends began a campaign to memorialize Lazarus and her New Colossus sonnet. The effort was a success, and a plaque with the poem’s text was mounted inside the pedestal of the statue
B. a religion based on achievement of nirvana through good living
The Great Depression changed Germany politically by the formation of the Nazi party and the development of fascism or a complete dictatorship of the Germany's elite industrialists and they blamed the Jewish people on their economic problems thus deflecting criticism of bringing it on themselve ie the big industrialists. As for America entering the WWII, of course that was when the Japanese fascists attacked and burned Pearl Harbour thus forcing the US to respond and go to war.
