Seward's Folly
By: Tatiana Zelenaia, Cameron Fernandez and Rafael Peralta
What is the Seward's Folly?:
April 9th, 1867 there was a vote in the Senate to whether the U.S. should buy The land of Alaska from Russia. The vote was ratified and Russian handed Alaska over to the United States for 2 cents an acre. Which cost about 7 million in the end.
Why is it called Seward's Folly?:
It's only called Seward's Folly because it was negotiated by secretary Seward.
Why did we want Alaska?:
- We found vast amounts of gold there.
- Land mass
- To help Russia out wight their money situation. (they were in desperate need of money)