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Why did journalists call the Alaska purchase of 1867 sewards folly
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Why did journalists call the Alaska purchase of 1867 sewards folly

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because opponents saw no value to the purchasing of Alaska from the Russians.
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Most could not believe that Alaska could ever be inhabited and had no known value or strategic purpose.
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