Today is bolg disscution day pover last weeks blog.Mine was:William H. SewardHe was born on May 16, 1801. He died on October 10, 1872. William was 12th Governor of New York, U.S. Senator. U.S. Secretary of state under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. In 1867, Seward arranged for the U.S. to buy Alaska from the Russian’s for $7.2 million. As Johnson’s secretary of state, he engineered the purchase of Alaska from Russia. Trouble came a long while trying to persuade the House of Representatives to approve the treaty. In 1959, Alaska became a state because of William H. Seward. Later in life, Seward retired as secretary of state after Ulysses S. Grant took office as President.The Panama Cannel- It was built between the Atlantic and Pacific ocean. The workers worked on it and some got sick. If they were serious they died. Plus some quit. The way to do it was they came through the gate. To get up the hills they rose the water.Alaska purchase- Cost 7.2 Million. Alot of people thought it was stupid to buy it. And later they were wrong because it did become a state.Sandford Dueall- He was the first governor of Hawaii.Hawaii Queen- It was the 50th state. The queen of Hawaii was willi wakalong. She was born of like high chief. She was adapted.
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