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The U.S gained this land by purchasing the land from Russia hence the name Alaska Purchase. We at first thought it was a really bad idea to buy Alaska from Russia after some negotiation between the Senate and the President at that time Andrew Johnson they agreed to buy Alaska. October 18, 1867 the U.S gained Alaska as one of there states. Russia sold Alaska to us for 7.2 million dollars.

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What was the Purpose of gaining this land?

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What was the Purpose of gaining this land?

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The purpose was not much at the beginning and people were questioning if this was a good idea to buy this land until later . October 1896 a group of explorers went through Canada to Yukon a state there. Which that started a gold rush . Once the gold word spread nothing could stop those settlers from the gold. More and more settlers came in soon more than 100,000 settlers moved here for the gold.

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Yes, the land Alaska we got was justified because the land we got was bought and not taken nor stolen. In the beginning when Russia sold it to us they didn't even want the land since it served no use to them.  President Andrew Johnson ever negotiated  with the senate and even they said yes to this idea. But over all we got some good items from that purchase like gold.

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Who: William Seward, Edouard de Stoeckl, President Andrew Johnson

What: 600,000 square miles. 2 cents an acre.

Where:  Alaska

Why: Russia needed money since they were in debt because of the Crimean War.

How: U.S bought Alaska for 7.2 million dollars

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https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/alaska-purchase

https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/22/politics/alaska-purchase-sewards-folly-health-care/index.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDpibLXkJGE

https://www.britannica.com/event/Alaska-Purchase

https://www.historytoday.com/paul-lay/alaska-purchase

https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Alaska.html

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-takes-possession-of-alaska

https://prezi.com/hvol6hsm6zhk/why-did-the-us-want-alaska-from-russia/

https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/1012/3-of-the-most-lucrative-land-deals-in-history.aspx