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why did william seward's purchase of alaska being to look better once gold was discovered there?
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- joel_vannattaLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
The discovery of gold boosted the economy in Alaska and the US in general. Before the discovery of gold, the primary economic advantage alaska had was in offshore fishing. The mining of gold caused a tremendous influx of population that, in turn boosted other Alaskan industries as well.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
no sh*t, sherlock. those ruskies sure looked stupid, didn't they?
it's like that scene in Silver Streak. Richard Pryor is telling that fat porcine sheriff "We WHUPPED YO' /\SS!..ha HAH! we WHUPPED
CHO /\SS!!"