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The United States bought Alaska in 1876 to?

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This purchase ended Russia's presence in North America and ensured U.S. access to the Pacific northern rim. For three decades after its purchase the United States paid little attention to Alaska, which was governed under military, naval, or Treasury rule or, at times, no visible rule at al

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