Secretly negotiated without the knowledge of Andrew Johnson, payment was made to Minister Edouard de Stoeckl of Russia at a rate equal to less than two cents per acre.
Article III of the bill mandating this _action_ allowed current inhabitants of the land involved three years to return to their native country or assume citizenship, while "aboriginal" residents were immediately made subject to US law. Following five years of de facto US Naval governance under Commander L.A. Beardslee, the Organic Act of 1884 officially recognized land claims made by those who settled ahead of this _action_ and protected tribal people's territory, though the latter provision was ignored. Secretly negotiated without the knowledge of Andrew Johnson, payment was made to Minister Edouard de Stoeckl of Russia at a rate equal to less than two cents per acre. FTP what was this action that led to the acquisition of land that became the 50th US state?
Article III of the bill mandating this _action_ allowed current inhabitants of the land involved three years to return to their native country or assume citizenship, while "aboriginal" residents were immediately made subject to US law.
{purchase} of {Alaska} or {Seward’s Folly} or {Seward’s Icebox} (look angry  at anyone who answers “Seward’s polar bear den”)