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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:historical_event
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Alaska_Purchase
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gptkbp:areaAcquired
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586,412 square miles
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gptkbp:buyIn
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:commemoratedBy
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Alaska Day (October 18)
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gptkbp:currency
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gptkb:United_States_dollar
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gptkbp:date
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March 30, 1867
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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major territorial expansion for the United States
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Purchase of Alaska
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Alaska
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gptkbp:negotiatedBy
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gptkb:Eduard_de_Stoeckl
gptkb:William_H._Seward
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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some members of U.S. Congress
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gptkbp:popularlyCalled
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gptkb:Seward's_Folly
gptkb:Seward's_Icebox
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Russian_America
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gptkbp:priceRange
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$7,200,000
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gptkbp:publicReaction
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initially unpopular in the United States
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gptkbp:ratifiedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Senate
April 9, 1867
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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expansion of United States territory
Alaska becoming a U.S. territory
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gptkbp:sells
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gptkb:Russian_Empire
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Eduard_de_Stoeckl
gptkb:William_H._Seward
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gptkbp:transferredTo
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gptkb:United_States_Department_of_War
October 18, 1867
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gptkbp:treaty
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gptkb:Treaty_concerning_the_Cession_of_the_Russian_Possessions_in_North_America_by_His_Majesty_the_Emperor_of_all_the_Russias_to_the_United_States_of_America
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Presidency_of_Andrew_Johnson
gptkb:US_expansionism
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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