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3 years ago

What were the reasons given for the criticism in the Alaskan purchase?

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cricket20 [7]3 years ago

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Answer:

On March 30, 1867, Secretary of State William H. Seward agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. At the time, critics thought Seward was crazy and called the deal "Seward's folly." Seward was laughed at for his willingness to spend so much on Seward's icebox and Andrew Johnson's polar bear garden.

Explanation:

The Treaty with Russia was negotiated and signed by Secretary of State William Seward and Russian Minister to the United States Edouard de Stoeckl. Critics of the deal to purchase Alaska called it "Seward's Folly" or "Seward's Icebox." Opposition to the purchase of Alaska subsided with the Klondike Gold Strike in 1896.

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Indian Removal Act was enacted because of the discovery of gold in Georgia

After the colonists discovered gold in one part of Cherokee territory in 1827, his seizure ensued. Then, on May 28, 1830, the Native American Relocation Act came into play, passed by the U.S. Congress during Andrew Jackson's presidential term to legalize their relocation.

Explanation:

This Act covers the relocation of the Five Civilized Tribes, and the term refers to the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek or Muscogee, Seminole and Choctaw tribes.
The relocation of these tribes was by the liberation of a part of the territory which was then settled by the whites, and was divided according to the lottery system.

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Level: Middle school

Keywords: Indian Removal Act, Andrew Jackson, relocation

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Suggests that people want to see themselves as holding a majority opinion and will therefore remain silent if they perceive that

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Answer:

Silence/ Spiral of science theory

Explanation:

In sociology, the Spiral of science theory refers to the fact that <u>when a minority has an opinion that is different from the one that the rest of the group have (The majority of the group), they are likely to not state the theory out loud</u> because they are afraid that they might be isolated by saying their opinion out loud, therefore, they choose to remain silent. And this tends to make the minority opinion to appear to be less prevalent than it actually is.

Therefore, the theory that suggests that people want to see themselves as holding a majority opinion and will therefore remain silent if they perceive that they hold a minority opinion. This tends to make the minority opinion appear to be less prevalent than it is is the Spiral of science theory.

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In the United States government, which of the following would have the power to send soldiers to a foreign country but does not

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A the president

Explanation:

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