Alaska Purchase

Period

1867

Region

North America

Category

Politics

The Alaska Purchase in 1867 resulted in the transfer of Russian America to the United States for $7.2 million. On April 9 of that year, the United States Senate ratified a bilateral treaty that had been signed on March 30, and American sovereignty became legally effective across the territory on October 18.

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