<span>The section of the United States Constitution in which allows Congress to expand powers but not expressly covered in the Constitution is in Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution, which allows Congress to make those laws needed to achieve its enumerated powers.</span>
Secretary of State William Seward's decision to purchase Alaska was controversial. Public opinion during the period was influenced by newspapers, which sneered at what they called "Seward's Folly" or "Seward's Icebox." They saw no reason to purchase the land from Russia
