Why did journalists call the Alaska purchase of 1867 “Seward’s Folly”?

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Alex Ar [27]3 years ago

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Because they did not know Alaska had any kind of value, a tundra of ice

Vinil7 [7]3 years ago

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Hello there,
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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