American Expansionism by Brianna Cooper https://padlet.com/132054/e3nlfnt6wg37 Seward’s Purchase Of Alaska en-us 2018-03-13 16:34:45 UTC 2025-04-10 16:08:15 UTC hello@padlet.com Key Importance 132054 https://padlet.com/132054/e3nlfnt6wg37/wish/241500640
  • Rich in natural resources
  • Lightly inhabited 
  • (“Alaska Purchase”).
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  • North Pacific Ocean
  • (“Alaska Purchase”).
    • ]]>     2018-03-15 16:35:54 UTC https://padlet.com/132054/e3nlfnt6wg37/wish/242468657     William H. Seward 132054 https://padlet.com/132054/e3nlfnt6wg37/wish/242474522
  • Born: May 16, 1801
  • Died: October 10, 1872
  • Anti slavery Acticist
  • Whig and Republican parties
  • Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869.
  • Most remembered for the purchase of Alaska- which was referred to “Seward’s Folly” at the time.
  • (“William H. Seward”).
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  • 586,412 square miles of land was made an acquisition by the U.S. from Russia at the northwestern tip of the North American continent.
  • (“Alaska Purchase”).
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  • 1861
  • Russia offered to sell its North American territory to the U.S. on many occasions, but the Civil War led to postponement of discussions.
  • (“Alaska Purchase”).
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  • Private discussions started on March 11, 1867 between Seward and Shoeckl about the purchase of Alaska.
  • On March 30, 1867, Shoeckl and Seward sign the treaty giving Russian North America to the U.S.
  • Alaska was worth $7.2 million (about 2 cents per acre).
  • (“Alaska Purchase”).
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  • 1853 - 1856
  • War between Russia, Britain, France, And Turkey.
  • The cost and difficulties of supplying territory made it an economic liability to the Russians because of them going in debt due to the war.
  • (“Alaska Purchase”).
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  • The US $7.2 million check used to pay for Alaska.
  • (The US $7.2).
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  • (William H. Seward).
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  • Union soldiers capture Vicksburg during the American Civil War.
  • (Union Soldiers).

    • ]]>     2018-03-16 00:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/132054/e3nlfnt6wg37/wish/242632314     Works Cited 132054 https://padlet.com/132054/e3nlfnt6wg37/wish/242635300 "Alaska Purchase." Encyclopedia Britannica, www.britannica.com/event/
         Alaska-Purchase. Accessed 16 Mar. 2018.
    Union Soldiers Capture Vicksburg during the American Civil War. Good Free
             Photos, www.goodfreephotos.com/historical-battles/american-civil-war/
         union-soldiers-capture-vicksburg-during-the-american-civil-war.jpg.php.
             The US $7.2 Million Check Used to Pay for Alaska. Wikipedia, en.m.wikipedia.org/
    "William H. Seward."     Encyclopedia Britannica, www.britannica.com/biography/
          William-H-Seward Accessed 16 Mar. 2018.
    William H. Seward. Wikipedia, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 
         William_H._Seward?scrlybrkr=8881225c. Accessed 16 Mar. 2018. wiki/Alaska_Purchase scrlybrkr=8881225c.

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