USA HISTORY

“Seward’s Folly” was the purchase of:

(A) ** Alaska

(B) Cuba

(C) Hawaii

(D) the Philippines

Concept note-1: -Seward agreed to purchase Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. Critics attacked Seward for the secrecy surrounding the deal, which came to be known as “Seward’s folly.” The press mocked his willingness to spend so much on “Seward’s icebox” and Andrew Johnson’s “polar bear garden.”