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The Alaska Purchase (Russian: Продажа Аляски, romanized: Prodazha Aliaski, meaning "Sale of Alaska") was the United States' acquisition of Alaska from the Russian Empire. Alaska was formally transferred to the United States on October 18, 1867, through a treaty ratified by the United States Senate.
Russia had established a presence in North America during the first half of the 18th century, but few Russians ever settled in Alaska. In the aftermath of the Crimean War, Russian Tsar Alexander II began exploring the possibility of selling Alaska, which would be difficult to defend in any future war from being conquered by Russia's main archrival, the United Kingdom. Following the end of the American Civil War, U.S. Secretary of State William Seward entered into negotiations with Russian minister Eduard de Stoeckl for the purchase of Alaska. Seward and Stoeckl agreed to a treaty on March 30, 1867, and the treaty was ratified by the United States Senate by a wide margin.
The purchase added 586,412 square miles (1,518,800 km2) of new territory to the United States for the cost of $7.2 million 1867 dollars (one cent per acre). In modern terms, the cost was equivalent to $132 million in 2019 dollars or $0.37 per acre.[1] Reactions to the purchase in the United States were mostly positive, as many believed possession of Alaska would serve as a base to expand American trade in Asia. Some opponents labeled the purchase as "Seward's Folly", or "Seward's Icebox",[2] as they contended that the United States had acquired useless land. Nearly all Russian settlers left Alaska in the aftermath of the purchase; Alaska would remain sparsely populated until the Klondike Gold Rush began in 1896. Originally organized as the Department of Alaska, the area was renamed the District of Alaska (1884) and the Alaska Territory (1912) before becoming the modern State of Alaska in 1959.
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First Amendment
Fourth Amendment
Sixth amendment
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The first amendment applies to young Americans because the first amendment provides basic rights that all Americans have and need to carry out their daily life. The fourth amendment is the amendment permitting peoples property from being searched without a warrant meaning young Americans can also have their privacy as older Americans do. Then the sixth amendment allowing that person to have a speed and public trial permitting the young American to be able to have fair court case if he or she ever commits a crime.
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Because of his new position as lieutenant governor
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Melvin Thompson fought Herman Talmadge on who should become the governor of Georgia after the then Governor elect died. This was in 1946, I'm Melvin's argument he thought he should be made the governor because he had been elected as the lieutenant governor of Georgia. Herman was made governor but this was only temporary. He was later removed and Melvin became the governor.
