When the world war i broke out, the united states declared its policy of neutrality. was the united states ever neutral in the conflict, and if so, when did it change to a policy of favoring the allies?

The US was never actually 'neutral.' They didn't officially pick a side in the aspect at first but they did sell ammunition which was providing ammo to the Allies. Thus by doing so, they chose to help the Allies, picking a side.

On this day in 1914, as World War I erupted across Europe, President Woodrow Wilson declared that the United States would remain “impartial in thought as well as in action.” ... In February 1915, Germany declared unrestricted warfare against all ships, neutral or not, that entered the war zone around Britain.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts

well the fact it is basically a peninsula allowed trade to come from many places, thus allowing cultural diffusion to take place. india has seasonal monsoons that merchants travel back and forth from india using the monsoons wind patterns