Because Seward was secretary of the interior and promoted the purchase!
Alaska Purchase is the correct name, but to Seward's opponents in was called Seward's Folly.
Seward's enemies referred to his purchase of the Alaska from the Russian empire as "Seward's Folly."
There were a very large group of sceptics that believed that the purchase of Alaska was a blunder. They called it Sewards Folly and Johnson's Icebox.
Alaska. Called Sewards Folly
Sewards Folly was bought from Russia in the 1940s and is now the great big state of Alaska.
By purchase from Russia on 30 March 1867 for 7.2 million dollars. It was often called Sewards Folly.It purchased it in 1867 from Russia.
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He was Secretary of state and was responsible for arranging the purchase.
I believe that William H. Seward's decision was a good decision because he helped and did good things in Alaska and it became a source of valuable Natural Resources such as fur, timber, and minerals.
Seward's Icebox was a nickname given to Alaska after Secretary of State William Henry Seward bought it from Russia. The purchase was also nicknamed "Seward's Folly".
The people thought that Seward was crazy to buy Alaska.
In 1867 Secratory of state, William, H Seward agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million. People thought he was crazy and called the land Sewards folly or sewards ice box, until gold was discovered..