(A) Hawaii
(B) Florida
(C) Antartica
(D) ** Alaska
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -The looming U.S. Civil War delayed the sale, but after the war, Secretary of State William Seward quickly took up a renewed Russian offer and on March 30, 1867, agreed to a proposal from Russian Minister in Washington, Edouard de Stoeckl, to purchase Alaska for $7.2 million.
Concept note-2: -On March 30, 1867, the United States reached an agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for a price of $7.2 million. The Treaty with Russia was negotiated and signed by Secretary of State William Seward and Russian Minister to the United States Edouard de Stoeckl.
Concept note-3: -On March 30, 1867, the United States reached an agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for a price of $7.2 million. The Treaty with Russia was negotiated and signed by Secretary of State William Seward and Russian Minister to the United States Edouard de Stoeckl.
Concept note-4: -The Alaska Purchase (Russian: , romanized: Prodazha Alyaski, lit. ‘Sale of Alaska’) was the United States’ acquisition of Alaska from the Russian Empire. Alaska was formally transferred to the United States on October 18, 1867, through a treaty ratified by the United States Senate.
Concept note-5: -Seward (1801-1872) was among the most prominent American politicians of the Civil War era. In his capacity as secretary of state in the 1860s, he was a singular advocate for the purchase of Alaska, which he favored as part of a general policy of American expansionism.