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Alaska purchase Seward's Folly
  • 1. When did the Alaska purchase take place?
A) 1803
B) 1917
C) 1867
D) 1776
  • 2. Who was the US Secretary of State that negotiated the Alaska purchase?
A) William Seward
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Benjamin Franklin
D) Andrew Johnson
  • 3. Which country sold Alaska to the United States?
A) France
B) Russia
C) Canada
D) England
  • 4. What is the capital of Alaska?
A) Anchorage
B) Juneau
C) Sitka
D) Fairbanks
  • 5. Which US President officially signed the Alaska purchase treaty?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) Andrew Johnson
D) Benjamin Harrison
  • 6. What valuable resource was discovered in Alaska after the purchase?
A) Uranium
B) Oil
C) Diamonds
D) Gold
  • 7. What was the nickname given to the Alaska purchase at the time?
A) Madison's Mistake
B) Monroe's Blunder
C) Jefferson's Gamble
D) Seward's Folly
  • 8. For how much money did the United States buy Alaska?
A) $20 million
B) $7.2 million
C) $100,000
D) $1 billion
  • 9. Which two countries had competing claims over Alaska before the purchase was made?
A) France and Spain
B) China and Japan
C) Russia and Great Britain
D) Germany and Sweden
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