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