American Expansion by Miles Adams https://padlet.com/14605/wa3v2wli1nbr en-us 2018-03-14 12:58:17 UTC 2024-10-13 22:14:56 UTC hello@padlet.com Alaska 14605 https://padlet.com/14605/wa3v2wli1nbr/wish/241841435 Alaska is a state.
 (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Denali_Mt_McKinley.jpg)]]> 2018-03-14 12:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/14605/wa3v2wli1nbr/wish/241841435 The Purchased of Alaska. 14605 https://padlet.com/14605/wa3v2wli1nbr/wish/241845353 - March 30, 1867, Secretary of State William H. Seward agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million.

- He buyed it for more land to the u.s little did he know that there was some much natural resources there.

- People called it Seward's icebox and thought it was a waste of money.


- Seward wanted to buy Alaska for a while now Seward wanted to buy it because it was huge and have so much more land.        (Office of Historian)]]> 2018-03-14 13:05:41 UTC https://padlet.com/14605/wa3v2wli1nbr/wish/241845353 Location 14605 https://padlet.com/14605/wa3v2wli1nbr/wish/242312806 The Pacific Ocean to the south and southwest.       (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icy_Cape,_Alaska)]]> 2018-03-15 12:46:48 UTC https://padlet.com/14605/wa3v2wli1nbr/wish/242312806 Alaska help the u.s 14605 https://padlet.com/14605/wa3v2wli1nbr/wish/242333082 -Alaska really help America because of the gold.

- It also had natural resources such as wood wildlife and metal.

- It made American a a lot bigger too.




]]> 2018-03-15 13:19:01 UTC https://padlet.com/14605/wa3v2wli1nbr/wish/242333082 Seward story and life 14605 https://padlet.com/14605/wa3v2wli1nbr/wish/242476454 -William Henry Seward was born in Floida New York on May 16, 1801.


-Union College in Schenectady, New York, starting in 1816.

-He graduated from Union College in 1820 and studied law before being admitted to the bar in 1822.

- When Seward graduated he wanted political politics but fail and went on to Holland Land Company, a syndicate of Dutch investors who had purchased vast expanses of land in western New York.      (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Seward)     (History)]]> 2018-03-15 16:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/14605/wa3v2wli1nbr/wish/242476454