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American purchase of Alaska
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/American_purchase_of_Alaska
GPTKB entity
Properties (53)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
historical event
gptkbp:acquisition
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:aftermath
gold rush in the 1890s
gptkbp:awardedBy
gptkb:William_H._Seward
gptkbp:cultural_impact
Alaska_Native_cultures
gptkbp:date
March 30, 1867
gptkbp:events
land acquisition
gptkbp:geographicalFeature
gptkb:Glacier_Bay_National_Park
gptkb:Unalaska
gptkb:Anchorage
gptkb:Fairbanks
gptkb:Yukon_River
gptkb:Sand_Point
gptkb:Bering_Sea
gptkb:Juneau
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:Wrangell
gptkb:Chugach_Mountains
gptkb:Sitka
gptkb:Arctic_Ocean
gptkb:Valdez
gptkb:Aleutian_Islands
gptkb:Mount_McKinley
gptkb:Wrangell-St._Elias_National_Park
gptkb:Denali_National_Park
gptkb:Kenai_Peninsula
gptkb:Ketchikan
Homer
Bethel
Barrow
Palmer
Kodiak Island
Prince William Sound
Seward
Wasilla
Haines
Nome
Inside Passage
Skagway
Gustavus
Dillingham
Seward_Peninsula
gptkbp:historicalContext
Manifest Destiny
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
American purchase of Alaska
gptkbp:impact
increased natural resources
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Alaska
gptkbp:public_perception
initially controversial
gptkbp:sells
gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkbp:significance
expanded_U.S._territory
gptkbp:status
U.S._state
gptkbp:territory
U.S._territory
gptkbp:values
7.2 million dollars
gptkbp:year
1867