2. 1. The majestic, 151-foot-tall Statue of Liberty was given as a gift of friendship to the United States from the people of _____________. She was presented in ____________, in celebration of our country's first centennial.
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2. The Statue of Liberty is so large that she had to be transported across the Atlantic Ocean in _____________ pieces, aboard a ship called the Isere in She was then reassembled and placed in New York Harbor the following year.
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3. 3. It took the sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bertholde a long time to finish the statue. It was ________ years from when he first began construction in 1875 until her official name, ___________________________________________________, was dedicated.
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4. Engraved on the base of the statue is a poem by _________________________. She wrote, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." The poem welcomes new ______________________ to America.
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4. 5. The Statue of Liberty is a monumental achievement of art and engineering. Each hand is the size of ___________________________________________, and her index finger is the length of _________________.
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6. The tablet that Lady Liberty holds is inscribed with the date "July 4, 1776" in Roman numerals. Why is this date important? _____________________________________________________________________
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5. 7. More than 5 million people visit the Statue of Liberty each year by taking a ferry from New York City to Liberty Island. To reach Lady Liberty's ______________, you must climb up _______________.
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8. The Statue of Liberty has very big feet -- her sandal is _____________ long! If she were a real woman, she would actually wear a shoe in size ___________!
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