Seward’s Purchase of Alaska by Deacon Turner https://padlet.com/160536/klku6y3idmjj American Expansionism By Deacon Turner en-us 2018-03-13 12:05:09 UTC 2024-10-01 09:03:33 UTC hello@padlet.com Alaska State Flag 160536 https://padlet.com/160536/klku6y3idmjj/wish/241314595 Flag of Alaska is CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) 
Public Domain Dedication]]> 2018-03-13 12:16:07 UTC https://padlet.com/160536/klku6y3idmjj/wish/241314595 William H. Seward 160536 https://padlet.com/160536/klku6y3idmjj/wish/241320362
  • Born May 16th, 1801 in Florida
  • Died October 10th, 1872
  • Republican 
  • Served as Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Johnson.
  • Purchased Alaska from Russia for 7,200,000 as his last public act that was noticed by the public.
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  • Alaska was sold by Russia to the United States.
  • The purchase was postponed due to the Civil War in America.
  • A year after the war Russian Minister of United States Stoeckl was told to start Negotiating with the U.S. by Emporer Alexander II.
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  •  In the deal the United States gained 586,412 square miles of land from Russia.
  • Along with 34,000 miles of tidal shores.
  • About 1/5 of the 48 states made up the size Alaska.
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  • Located on the Northwestern tip of North America, or West coast of Canada.
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  • Russian Emporer Alexander II.
  • U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward.
  • Russian Minister ot the United States Baron Eduard de Stoeckl.
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  • Provided gold, starting The Klondike Gold Rush in 1896.
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    • ]]>     2018-03-19 00:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/160536/klku6y3idmjj/wish/243281547     Works Cited 160536 https://padlet.com/160536/klku6y3idmjj/wish/243283976 Works Cited 
    “Alaska Purchase.” Encyclopedia Britannica, www.britannica.com/event/Alaska-Purchase. Accessed 14 Mar. 2018.
    Alchin, Linda. “Alaska Purchase.” American Historiamas, 7 Jan. 2014, www.american-historama.org/1866-1881-reconstruction-era/alaska-purchase.htm.
    “Russia Gave Us a Discount on Alaska.” Youtube, uploaded by Smithsonian Channel, 22 June 2014, youtu.be/OY9E2lo2jpQ.
    “William H. Seward.” Encyclopedia Britannica, www.britannica.com/biography/William-H-Seward. Accessed 14 Mar. 2018.
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