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Tower of T asked in Politics & GovernmentOther - Politics & Government · 1 decade ago

Do you think buying Alaska was a good idea?

What's your opinion of our purchase of Alaska from the Russians in 1867 for $7 million dollars ($1.67 Billion equivalent in todays adjusted dollars)?

Update:

Exactly, I think it's pretty much a universal opinion today that buying Alaska was a stroke of genious but at the time, over 150 years ago it was almost universally condemed. The US public hated it and were very upset about. So, my point is you can't always judge whats going on by what you see right now, sometimes you have to look years, decades or even centuries ahead and see what might be to discern whether its a wise descision or not. It's the difference between statemanship and politics.

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  • wizard8100@sbcglobal.net
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    Fantastic deal when you consider that the oil in Alaska has paid for the purchase, and we no longer have one of our biggest rivals on the shores of our continent. If you think the Cuban missle crisis scared the country, imagine a Juno missle crisis with ground troups thrown in for good measure.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I think the purchase of Alaska was strategic for the United States and a great deal considering it was 14 dollars a square mile (640 acres).

  • W0LF
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    I'm pretty sure we pump over 7M$ of crude oil a day down the Alaskan pipeline so it wasn't that bad of a deal for us.

  • Bopeep
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    It all evens out in the end since Manhattan was purchase for some beads and trinkets.

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  • Bluealt
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Yes, that state border's other states in the US. It's also where lots of our oil comes from. It was a good buy then and still is.'

  • WBrian_28
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Well, the oil was a good thing, but it did give us Ted Stevens (who was actually born in my state...Ugh). I'll call it an even draw.

  • JistheRealDeal
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    Excellent Idea. Lots of natural resources there.

  • Meow the cat
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Good deal.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    yes where else were we going to get our oil.

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