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RideAnS [48]
3 years ago
11

What was the phrase used by congress to describe the puchase of alaska

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2 answers:
Eddi Din [679]3 years ago
7 0
Seward's Folly. Because the deal was thought to be foolish
iragen [17]3 years ago
7 0
To purchase Alaska from Russia was a hefty price of $7.2 million! At the time critics thought Seward was crazy and called the deal "Seward's folly". Seward was mocked for spending so much on "Seward's icebox" and Andrew Jackson's "polar bear garden".

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