Alaska
Alaska was called Russian America before it was sold to the United States. Alaska was bought by the United States of America from the Russian Empire in 1876 for $7.2 million ($113 million in todays money) at 2 cents an acre. Alaska wasn't a big part of the United States government's worrys because we were in the reconstruction period after the Civil War. Once people heard about gold in Alaska they rushed to take advantage of possible wealth. This helped Alaska's economic growth. It also helped the United States economy. Most of the people that moved to Alaska during this period were mostly from the northern states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Alaska became a state in 1959.
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