Seward’s Purchase of Alaska by Aidan Mark https://padlet.com/124354/ccbd3f26uuyn Aidan Mark en-us 2018-03-13 12:54:58 UTC 2026-03-03 03:10:56 UTC hello@padlet.com William Seward 124354 https://padlet.com/124354/ccbd3f26uuyn/wish/241338309
  • Born: May 16, 1801
  • Died: October 10, 1872
  • New York Senator (1830-1834) and Governor (1839-1842)
  • United States Senator (1849-1861)
  • Secretary of State under President Lincoln and President Johnson 
  • Arranged and negotiated the Purchase of Alaska (1867)
  • Purchase of Alaska was nicknamed after him
  • (“William Seward”)
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  •  Known as “Seward’s Folly” or “Seward’s Icebox”
  • United States purchased Alaska for $7.2 Million
  • Negotiated by the Russian Minister and the United State’s Secretary of State
  • (“Alaska Purchase”)

    • Alaska Purchase (hi-res) by Edouard de Stoecki and William Seward is Public Domain
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  • Alaska (586, 412 Miles or 1,518,800 km)
  • Northwestern tip of North America
  • West of Canada
  • Size of Texas Doubled is equivalent to the size of the purchase
  • ("Alaska Purchase")

    • Alaska in United States (US50) by TUBS is public domain
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  • Control of Alaska until 1867
  • Offered to sell Alaska to the United States many times
  • Russian Minister, Eduard de Stoecki, negotiated and arranged the purchase of Alaska with William Seward
  • Russia sold Alaska because they couldn’t afford having military forces and new settlements in Alaska
  • (“Alaska Purchase”)
    • ]]>     2018-03-13 13:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/124354/ccbd3f26uuyn/wish/241349829     William Seward 124354 https://padlet.com/124354/ccbd3f26uuyn/wish/241836516 William Seward 1851 by McClure’s Magazine is Public Domain]]> 2018-03-14 12:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/124354/ccbd3f26uuyn/wish/241836516 United States Involvement 124354 https://padlet.com/124354/ccbd3f26uuyn/wish/241848371
  • Purchase of Alaska was arranged by United State’s Secretary of State
  • United States was offered Alaska during Buchanan’s Presidency but the Civil War delayed and interrupted the deal
  • United States bought Alaska because of Alaska’s bountiful supply of natural resources and because they wanted to expand their territory
  • (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica)
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  • Purchase of Alaska was signed on March 30, 1867
  • Senate approved of the purchase on April 9, 1867
  • President Johnson signed treaty on May 28, 1867 
  • Alaska became an official United States territory on June 20, 1876
  • Alaska became a state on January 3rd, 1959
  • (“Alaska Purchase”)
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  • (“Alaska :”Seward’s” 0:00-1:42)
    • ]]>     2018-03-14 13:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/124354/ccbd3f26uuyn/wish/241855708     Works Cited 124354 https://padlet.com/124354/ccbd3f26uuyn/wish/242861945 “Alaska Purchase.” American-Historama, 2017, www.american-historama.org/1866-1881-reconstruction-era/alaska-purchase.htm. Accessed 15 Mar. 2018.
    “Alaska: “Seward’s Folly”-Decades TV Network.” Youtube.com, youtu.be/SO728KJWsxM. Accessed 16 Mar. 2018.
    The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. “Alaska Purchase: United States History.” Britannica, www.britannica.com/event/Alaska-Purchase. Accessed 15 Mar. 2018.
    “William Seward Biography.” Biography.com, A+E Television Networks, 27 Apr. 2017, www.biography.com/people/william-seward-21010687. Accessed 15 Mar. 2018.
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