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The United States bought Alaska from Russia in 1867 for only 7.2 million dollars. The reason was for the hope of gold deposits and rich quantity of animal furs. The US wanted to get more land. By buying Alaska the US became 20% bigger.
Alaska was purchased in order to increase the size of the United States. The purchase actually added 20 percent more land to the country.

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