SEWARD'S FOLLY

YEAR IT HAPPEND

• United states purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867

TERRITORy GAINED

• The Unites states finally bought Alaska for $7 million.
• Seward was a supporter of territorial expansion and he wanted Alaska.
• which was one-fifth the size of the rest of the United States.

PEOPLE INvOLVED

• Russian Emperor Alexander II decided to sell the territory.
• While William Seward supoorted the idea of buying Alaska
• The treaty was finalized by the U.S. Senate

Aditional informaion

• Russia mainly had the territory just for trading reasons
• Also In fear of going to war with Britain
• whe the sold it we discovered a large amount of gold
• this cause many people to settle in alaska
• Today alaska still supplies a large amount of natural resources