Alaska Purchased for $7.2M: America's Northern Expansion
William H. Seward secures Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million, a deal critics mock as "Seward's Folly" while the nation gains 586,000 square miles of territory. This acquisition instantly transforms the United States into a Pacific power and unlocks vast natural resources that fuel future economic expansion.
March 30, 1867
159 years ago
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