The United States bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million in 1867. This purchase is known as the Alaska Purchase.
In 1867 from Russia for 7.2 million dollars.
It was 7.2 million dollars or about 111 million in 2010 dollars.
Yes it would be about 111 million in 2010 dollars.
It cost the US $7,200.000 to purchase Alaska which amounts to about $111,000,000 in 2010 dollars to get Russia out of North America.
No. The United States bought Alaska from Russia in 1867.
The topic sentence of the paragraph is that the US purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867 for about 7 million dollars. The paragraph further explains that many Americans viewed this acquisition as a foolish decision, believing that Alaska was merely a barren wasteland of ice.
The United States purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867. The cost of the purchase was 7.2 million US dollars. The purchase was known as "Seward's Folly."
Because most Americans considered it to have been a waste of money.
Alaska was purchased from Russia by the US in 1867 for 7.2 million dollars. It was originally offered to the United States in 1859, but the purchase was delayed by the US Civil War. The territory of Alaska became a US state in 1959.
7.2 million dollars, or two cents per acre
They called it Seward's Folly. For many Americans it was deemed a waste of money.