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Alaska became a US state on January 3rd, 1959.

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Russia offered to sell Alaska, and it has many resources such as oil and timber.

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March 30, 1867. We paid $7,200,000 to Russia to aquire the territory.

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Northwest United States near Canada

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We discovered gold and put military bases in numerous locations.

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We influenced the Alaskan Natives land and made them part of the US. We also influenced the US citizens into a gold rush.