Term: Alaska Purchase, Description: 1867 sale of Alaska to the USA by Russia, Question: Was the Alaska Purchase more expensive than the Civil War?, Answer:No
Fact1: The Alaska Purchase cost $7.9 million in 1867 dollars, or $132 million in 2019 dollars. Fact2: The final estimate of the cost of the Civil War, determined in 1879, was about $6.2 billion. 