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motikmotik
2 years ago
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Why was the purchase of Alaska ridiculed?

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jenyasd209 [6]2 years ago
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The  purchase of Alaska ridiculed because the critics had ridiculed the purchase because the deal was secret and because it was referred to as an icebox and polar garden.

<h3>What did people think was the issue with Alaska?</h3>

The critics to the purchase had called it Seward's Folly. They had been opposed to the buying of the area because they believed that it was a barren place and that nothing good could come out of it.

They referred to it as an icebox and also as a polar garden. A lot of derogatory terms was used to link the purchase because they did not believe it to be a wise idea.

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