England
england was the first to defeat napolean at the battle of waterloo
The Purpose was to Abolish (Get rid of) Slavery, after the civil war began the "Reconstruction Era" where many people wanted to Reconstruct America after the Civil War, Examples of this was the 13th Amendment (No more Slavery).
They argued that white was the superior race. And that immigrants would destroy the country (: hope I helped!
The imagined Alaska basically as a whole lot of land that is good for nothing. Although he got a good price in comparison, Alaska is huge and cost a lot of money. Just imagine what you think of the Arctic, then having the US pay one trillion dollars for it. Not great.