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He was Secretary of state and was responsible for arranging the purchase.

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Because Seward was secretary of the interior and promoted the purchase!

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They viewed Alaska as a remote, snowbound, barren territory.

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Q: Why did journalists call the Alaska purchase of 1867''seward's folly?
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