Alaska Purchase

Слайд 2

Dates 1859 – Russia offers to sell Alaska April 9, 1867

Dates

1859 – Russia offers to sell Alaska
April 9, 1867 –

Senate approves
May 28, 1867 – President Johnson signs the treaty
October 18, 1867 – Alaska officially becomes a US territory
1959 – Alaska becomes a state
Слайд 3

Why? rich natural resources lumber copper gold oil natural gas unprofitable and impossible to defend

Why?

rich natural resources

lumber

copper

gold

oil

natural gas

unprofitable and impossible to defend

Слайд 4

Price $7.2 million for 600,000 sq mi 2 cents/acre for the

Price

$7.2 million for 600,000 sq mi
2 cents/acre for the area more

than 2xTexas

$7.2 million

Слайд 5

Alaska and the United States

Alaska and the United States