The Alaska Purchase was the acquisition of Alaska by the United States from the Russian Empire in the year 1867 by a treaty ratified by the U.S. Senate and headed by William H. Seward.
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Russia owned what is now Alaska, the 49th state of the US. Many of Seward's critics mocked the purchase. However, looking back it can be seen to have been a wise purchase by Seward.
Secretary of State William Seward who negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
William Seward urged Congress to purchase Alaska.
William Seward
William Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
No he negotiated Alaska's purchase from Russia.
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United States Secretary of State William H. Seward was mocked for the purchase of Alaska, which was nicknamed Seward's Folly.
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Secretyary of State William Seward.