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This described how people felt about the US purchase of Alaska?
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Johnson's Icebox or Seward's Folly.
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Why is Alaska called Seward's Icebox?
Secretary of State William Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska and those who felt that it was a waste of money used that term to mock and deride him and President Andrew Johnson.Such terms were used by those who did not approve of the US purchase and thought that it was a waste of money.
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