The Purchase of Alaska:

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•  Purchase of Alaska, 1867

The purchase of Alaska in 1867 marked the end of Russian efforts to expand trade and settlements to the Pacific coast of North America, and became an important step in the United States rise as a great power in the Asia-Pacific region. Beginning in 1725, when Russian Czar Peter the Great dispatched Vitus Bering to explore the Alaskan coast, Russia had a keen interest in this region, which was rich in natural resources and lightly inhabited. As the United States expanded westward in the early 1800s, Americans soon found themselves in competition with Russian explorers and traders. St. Petersburg, however, lacked the financial resources to support major settlements or a military presence along the Pacific coast of North America and permanent Russian settlers in Alaska never numbered more than four hundred. Defeat in the Crimean War further reduced Russian interest in this region.

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       Known as The New Imperialism.



       This is a cartoon showing how they could take in                                                                                          country that they wanted.





This is a cartoon image of how imperialism affected blacks




                 Effects of imperialism in Alaska.





Videos-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv9L5kbiWgg

www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9o_G301Qss

Other Information Sources-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase


http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon_alaska_1.html

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Alaska.html