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∙ 13y agoHe was Secretary of state and was responsible for arranging the purchase.
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∙ 13y agoBecause Seward was secretary of the interior and promoted the purchase!
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The purchase of Alaska was called "Seward's Folly," or Seward's Icebox." The purchase of Alaska was called "Seward's Folly," or Seward's Icebox."
America's purchase of Alaska The purchase of Alaska Sec. of State Seward from Russia. It was thought that there was lillte to nothing in Alaska to warrent the purchase. Discoveries of gold and oil have shown his detracters wrong.
United States Secretary of State William H. Seward was mocked for the purchase of Alaska, which was nicknamed Seward's Folly.
It was the purchase of Alaska which almost doubled the area of the US.
It was called Seward's Folly and Johnson's Icebox by those that did not approve ot the purchase of Alaska.
Alaska Purchase is the correct name, but to Seward's opponents in was called Seward's Folly.
The purchase of Alaska was called "Seward's Folly," or Seward's Icebox." The purchase of Alaska was called "Seward's Folly," or Seward's Icebox."
America's purchase of Alaska The purchase of Alaska Sec. of State Seward from Russia. It was thought that there was lillte to nothing in Alaska to warrent the purchase. Discoveries of gold and oil have shown his detracters wrong.
Seward's Folly.
Because Seward was secretary of the interior and promoted the purchase!
Secretary of State William Seward who negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
Alaska.
The capital of Seward's Folly was and is Juneau. Seward's Folly was the name for the purchase made of Alaska for $7 million.
Seward's enemies referred to his purchase of the Alaska from the Russian empire as "Seward's Folly."
United States Secretary of State William H. Seward was mocked for the purchase of Alaska, which was nicknamed Seward's Folly.
The purchase of Alaska from Russia.
It was the purchase of Alaska which almost doubled the area of the US.