Known as "Seward's Folly" after the Secretary of State who negotiated it, for 10 points, name this territorial acquisition made by the U.S. that eventually became a northern state.
This action passed the Senate 37-2, thanks in part to a speech in support of it by Charles Sumner. The funds for this action ended up totaling 7.2 million dollars even though a foreign minister to the U.S. named Eduard de Stoeckl would probably have accepted considerably less. De Stoeckl's boss, Czar Alexander II, was eager to get rid of the territory purchased. Known as "Seward's Folly" after the Secretary of State who negotiated it, for 10 points, name this territorial acquisition made by the U.S. that eventually became a northern state.
This action passed the Senate 37-2, thanks in part to a speech in support of it by Charles Sumner.
{purchase} of {Alaska} [accept equivalents]