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Oduvanchick [21]
4 years ago
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Why did journalists call the Alaska purchase of 1867 “Seward’s Folly”?

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2 answers:
Alex Ar [27]4 years ago
5 0
Because they did not know Alaska had any kind of value, a tundra of ice
Vinil7 [7]4 years ago
3 0
Hello there,
<span>Because they did not know that that Alaska had any value at all. They thought it was a huge patch of frozen tundra filled with Natives and left over Russians.
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