in 1867 the u.s. purchased alaska from the russian empire for approximately how many cents per acre
Alaska Purchase Russia continued to see an opportunity to weaken British power by causing British Columbia, including the Royal Navy base at Esquimalt, to be surrounded or annexed by American territory.[10] Following the Union victory in the civil war, the Tsar instructed the Russian minister to the United States, Eduard de Stoeckl, to re-enter into negotiations with William Seward in the beginning of March 1867. President Johnson was entangled in negotiations about Reconstruction and Seward had alienated a number of Republicans, so they believed that the purchase would help divert attention from the current domestic matters.[11] The negotiations concluded after an all-night session with the signing of the treaty at 04:00 on March 30, 1867,[12] with the purchase price set at $7.2 million ($123 million today[1]), or about 2 cents per acre ($4.74/km2).[13]
Russian Empire The Russian Empire (Russian: Россійская Имперія, tr. Rossiyskaya Imperiya) or simply Russia (Russian: Россія, tr. Rossiya) was an empire that existed across Eurasia and North America from 1721, following the end of the Great Northern War, until the Republic was proclaimed by the Provisional Government that took power after the February Revolution of 1917.[5]