Seward’s Purchase of Alaska by Ashley Gunnett https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o Ashley Gunnett Period 7 en-us 2018-03-08 18:23:14 UTC 2023-05-19 18:51:27 UTC hello@padlet.com The Purchase of Alaska 12427 https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o/wish/239840191 * Alaska was bought by William Seward $7.2 million from Russia.
* Critics thought Seward was crazy for buying and Alaska and would call the deal “Sewards folly” (“Purchase of Alaska”).]]> 2018-03-08 18:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o/wish/239840191 Alaska’s Purpose 12427 https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o/wish/239847552 * After 3 decades of being ignored, Alaska finally had its purpose when the found a major gold deposit 
* Alaska also made a huge difference in World War II (“Purchase of Alaska”).]]> 2018-03-08 18:53:02 UTC https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o/wish/239847552 William Seward 12427 https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o/wish/242940263 Seward was a U.S. Senator from 1849 - 1861. He then began to work under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson. In 1867 Seward organized the purchase of Alaska territory (“William Seward”).]]> 2018-03-16 17:34:05 UTC https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o/wish/242940263 Before the Purchase 12427 https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o/wish/242949891 * Before the U.S. purchased Alaska, it was Russia’s land.
* Russia had offered North America Alaska many times but the outbreak in the American Civil War postponed the purchase (“Alaska Purchase”).]]> 2018-03-16 17:53:38 UTC https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o/wish/242949891 Alaska Becomes a State 12427 https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o/wish/243229785 * In 1859 President Eisenhower announced that Alaska was a state
* Alaska adopted a constitution in 1955 (“Purchase of Alaska”).]]> 2018-03-18 18:28:27 UTC https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o/wish/243229785 About Alaska 12427 https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o/wish/243230745 * Alaska is the largest state in the U.S. that covers 586,412 square miles
* Alaska is about 1/5 the land of all 48 states together (“Purchase of Alaska”).

]]> 2018-03-18 18:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o/wish/243230745 Alaska 12427 https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o/wish/243231649 * This picture shows the difference of size between the U.S. and Alaska
Alaska Map.
Pixnio, pixnio.com/miscellaneous/alaska-map-over-us-map.]]> 2018-03-18 18:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o/wish/243231649 Alaska’s Flag 12427 https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o/wish/243233344 * Alaska’s flag forms the Big Dipper with the stars.  
* The Big Dipper is a bear which is an animal important to Alaska (“Flag of Alaska”)
“Flag of Alaska.” Wikipedia, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Alaska?scrlybrkr=c23b565f.

]]> 2018-03-18 18:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o/wish/243233344 William Seward 12427 https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o/wish/243236163 * Born on May 16, 1801
* Died on October 10, 1872
* Seward was an active abolitionist his whole life 
* Seward started out his career as a New York senator (“William Seward”).]]> 2018-03-18 19:01:31 UTC https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o/wish/243236163 Video 12427 https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o/wish/243237322 Purchasing Alaska.]]> 2018-03-18 19:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o/wish/243237322 Citations 12427 https://padlet.com/12427/v4u1fscm752o/wish/243238381 Works Cited 
“Alaska Purchase.” American Histrorama, www.american-historama.org/1866-1881-reconstruction-era/alaska-purchase.htm.
“Alaska Purchase.” Britannica, www.britannica.com/event/Alaska-Purchase.
“Flag of Alaska.” Wikipedia, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Alaska?scrlybrkr=c23b565f.
“Purchase of Alaska.” America’s Story from America’s Library, www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon_alaska_1.html.
“Purchase of Alaska 1867.” Office of the Historian, history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/alaska-purchase.
“William Seward Biography.” Biography, www.biography.com/people/william-seward-21010687.
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