Why was the purchase of Alaska by the United States in 1867 called "Seward's Folly"?

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Why was the purchase of Alaska by the United States in 1867 called "Seward's Folly"?

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Zoey04 Zoey04 · Answer 1 · 2018-02-10T19:56:47+01:00

Zoey04 Zoey04

10-02-2018

I think the purchase of Alaska by the United States in 1867 was called "Seward's Folly" because Secretary of state William Seward negotiated and signed the Treaty.

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