Social Studies Comprehension Briefly answer the following questions from your text:

Who is the statue of liberty?
Where did she come from?
What is the symbolic meaning of the torch?
When was she created?
Why was she given to the U. S?
How tall is she?

The Statue of Liberty was modeled after Libertas, Roman goddess of freedom.

She came from the French

The torch is a symbol of enlightenment. Which lights the way to freedom, showing a pathway to Liberty.

She was created on October 28, 1886.

(She was a gift from the French people commemorating the alliance of France and the United States during the American Revolution.)

She is 305’ .