Seward’s Purchase of Alaska by Samantha Gurian https://padlet.com/146755/u9ob7dpglthn American Expansionism en-us 2018-03-13 12:04:55 UTC 2026-03-23 15:58:20 UTC hello@padlet.com William Seward 146755 https://padlet.com/146755/u9ob7dpglthn/wish/241311121
  • Born: May 16, 1801
  • Death: October 10, 1872 
  • Served as a U.S. Representative, Lawyer, Government Official, and Governor 
  • Almost killed by John Wilkes Booth on the night of Lincoln’s assassination 
  • Appointed Secretary of State by Abraham Lincoln 
  •  Served from March 5, 1861 to March 4, 1869
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  • Seward was hired by Lincoln to become his Secretary of State 
  • Formed diplomatic relations with Great Britain and France
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  • Seward returned to work after his recovery from an assassination attempt
  • Made efforts to bring the South back into the Union
  • Bought Alaska
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  • Bought Alaska from Russia
  • Cost $7.2 million in gold
  • This was equal to about 2 cents per acre
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  • While he was Secretary of State, he did what he could to try and avoid the Civil War
  • Stopped the French from recognizing the Confederacy 
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  •  Seward negotiated the Lyons-Seward Treaty in the year 1862 with the British Ambassador, Richard Lyons 
  • In 1867, Seward encouraged France to let go of its territory in Mexico since he wanted to increase American activity abroad
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