Question

What did people call the purchase of Alaska?

Fulton's Folly
Breadbasket
Gold Rush
Seward's Folly

Answer 1

i got C is that correct

Answer 2

its D

Answer 3

"The Treaty with Russia was negotiated and signed by Secretary of State William Seward and Russian Minister to the United States Edouard de Stoeckl. Critics of the deal to purchase Alaska called it "Seward's Folly” or “Seward's Icebox." Opposition to the purchase of Alaska subsided with the Klondike Gold Strike in 1896." https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib//ourdocs/alaska.html#:~:text=The%20Treaty%20with%20Russia%20was,Klondike%20Gold%20Strike%20in%201896.

Answer 4

So what do you think

Answer 5

"The purchase of Alaska was called Seward's Folly because it was considered to have been a mistake. The U.S. Secretary of State at the time, William H. Seward, arranged the deal for the United States to purchase Alaska from Russia. ... The discovery of gold in Alaska was the first sign of its actual value."
https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-was-purchase-alaska-called-sewards-folly-303729

Answer 6

Sewards Folly. or option C :)

Answer 7

oh um thx