What does Seward’s Folly refer to?
A. Struggles between Native Americans and the U.S. government in the Black Hills
B. The discovery of one of the biggest silver veins in the world in Nevada
C. The surge of prospectors that came to California looking for gold in 1849
D. The United States’ purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867

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What does Seward’s Folly refer to? 
	A.	Struggles between Native Americans and the U.S. government in the Black Hills
	B.	The discovery of one of the biggest silver veins in the world in Nevada
	C.	The surge of prospectors that came to California looking for gold in 1849
	D.	The United States’ purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867

anonymous · Answer

D!!! :)

anonymous · Answer

It refers to the United States purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867. :)

anonymous · Answer

Who purchased it was William Henry Seward who was the secretary of state then. :)