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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Alaska Purchase.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 24 Oct. 2019, www.britannica.com/event/Alaska-Purchase.

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- It was imperialized on March 30, 1867
- Its located west of Canada and it is 55 miles away from Russia at the closest point
- The USA bought it for 7.2 million dollars
- Originally bought it for fur trading but later found gold
- The worlds largest gold nugget was found in Alaska

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Here is where Alaska is:

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Pros:
- More land = More Power
- Resources
- Gold (people later find gold an people get excited) - Gold is valuable
- Oil for money
- Fur Trading for money and for clothes

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Cons:
-No longer part of Russia, people could have liked being part of Russia but now the USA took over
- Loss of freedom because Russia is not controlling it anymore so the rues could be different

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Pros:
- Democracy, so people can vote and there is more freedom
- Protection by the USA, so if someone attacks they are protected

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Do you agree or disagree with the U.S. decision to imperialize this territory?  Why or Why not?

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Do you agree or disagree with the U.S. decision to imperialize this territory?  Why or Why not?

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I agree of buying Alaska because it gave us more land, which gives us more power and it got us in the fur dating business and it gave us lots of oil. It also later found us lots of Gold and we made a lot of money on. We needed Alaska to expand the USA to make it more powerful.

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Cons:

- Cost a lot of money
- Snowy area, makes transport more difficult
- People made fun of Seaward for buying Alaska because they said it was a waste of money and time and we did not need Alaska because the land was useless. They called it Seward's "ice box" and Seward's "folly".