Many Americans bought televisions for the first time in the 1950s, making it a significant decade for the spread of this technology in households across the country.
The homophone for "buy" is "by".
Buy
Buy - A homonym for "by" is "buy," which refers to the act of purchasing something in exchange for money.
A prefix for "buy" is "re-" as in "rebuy."
1867
William H. Seward, US Secretary of State, negotiated the purchase of Alaska from the Russians for 7.2 million USD in 1867.
Hawaii became a state in 1959, but the US was interested in it for many years before that. Alaska joined the US in 1959. Many Americans thought that it was dumb to buy such barren wasteland from Russia in 1867 , but we did buy it at an extremely low price.
On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H Seward agreed to buying the subsequent state of Alaska from Russia. The price tag was $7.2 million.
Seward bought Alaska in 1867.
The United States agreed to buy Alaska from Russia on March 30, 1867, and the price tag was $7.2 million. Alaska became a US state on January 3, 1959. Many Americans questioned the value of this deal when it was made. It turned out to be a good deal for the US.
Alaska, at about 2 cents per acre, snow thrown in for free.
alaska
1st: quoting from wikipedia: "The area that became Alaska was purchased from Russian interests on March 30, 1867. The land went through several administrative changes before becoming an organized territory on May 11, 1912 and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959. The name "Alaska" is derived from the Aleut alaxsxaq, meaning "the mainland", or more literally "the object towards which the action of the sea is directed"." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska 2nd: Your question makes no sense. Try, state did the USA buy from Russia and how mych did they buy it for? Below: On March 30, 1867, Secretary of State William H. Seward agreed to purchase what is now Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million
In 1867.
1867
Russia first thought that Alaska, their territory was useless, so they sold Alaska to America. At first they did not think about buying it, but Russia decreases the price until it was very very cheap.