we acquired the State Alaska in 1867 from the Russian empire. The United states had required it from a treaty which is when two countries agree upon something. They also gained 586,412 square miles from purchasing the state of Alaska so they had to pay more money for that. The Russians were in a war with great Britain so if they ended up losing that then they were going to end up giving Alaska up anyway, so it was a good thing that we ended up getting in it. Alaska was also in a financial deficit so that is another reason why they ended up getting rid of Alaska. Alaska hadn't became popular until they had a gold rush and then everyone was wanting to go there so they could end up becoming rich and making a lot of money from it. There were around 10,000 people still under the Russian government when they had bought it. many of the the Russians that were living there liked to collect furs from animals so thats why there were so many Russians living there for that reasoning. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
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