What are the pros and cons of buying Alaska for the USA by Maksym Prysyazhny https://padlet.com/sd54/2078zp6g726u Made with a Chromebook en-us 2019-11-08 15:55:51 UTC 2026-01-28 23:41:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f44c.png US Perspective PROS 1445052 https://padlet.com/sd54/2078zp6g726u/wish/409510815 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]]> 2019-11-11 15:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2078zp6g726u/wish/409510815 Alaska's Perspective PROS 1445052 https://padlet.com/sd54/2078zp6g726u/wish/409516566 Pros: 
- Democracy, so people can vote and there is more freedom
- Protection by the USA, so if someone attacks they are protected]]> 2019-11-11 15:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2078zp6g726u/wish/409516566 Facts: 1445052 https://padlet.com/sd54/2078zp6g726u/wish/409518302 - 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]]> 2019-11-11 15:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2078zp6g726u/wish/409518302 Do you agree or disagree with the U.S. decision to imperialize this territory? Why or Why not? 1445052 https://padlet.com/sd54/2078zp6g726u/wish/409523634 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.]]> 2019-11-11 15:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2078zp6g726u/wish/409523634 US Perspective CONS 1445052 https://padlet.com/sd54/2078zp6g726u/wish/410032529 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".]]> 2019-11-12 15:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2078zp6g726u/wish/410032529 Alaska's Perspective CONS 1445052 https://padlet.com/sd54/2078zp6g726u/wish/410042578 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]]> 2019-11-12 16:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2078zp6g726u/wish/410042578 Alaska MAP 1445052 https://padlet.com/sd54/2078zp6g726u/wish/410045647 Here is where Alaska is:]]> 2019-11-12 16:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sd54/2078zp6g726u/wish/410045647 Bibliography 1445052 https://padlet.com/sd54/2078zp6g726u/wish/410613560 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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