Alaska Purchase
- noun
- /əˈlæskə ˈpɜrʧəs/
:
compra de Alaska
- Historians often discuss the Alaska Purchase as a key moment in expanding American territory in the 19th century.
- the Alaska Purchase of 1867
- Alaska Purchase treaty
Examples
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Much of the United States' current territory consists of such purchases, including the Alaska purchase of 1867 and the Louisiana purchase of 1803.
Academic text (2001) -
Mitchell is quoting from Article 1 of the Treaty with Russia (Alaska Purchase), ratified on March 30, 1867.
Academic text (2009) -
The Alaska Purchase treaty makes it clear that Alaskan Natives were to be considered subject to American law.
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Another interesting aspect of the 1867 Alaska Purchase is the statement about where Alaskan Natives fall within American jurisprudence.
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After the Alaska Purchase, the Presbyterians intensified their mission work in Alaska, and the clash of religions grew more combative.
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Early in my service as a member of the Knesset, I hosted a delegation of visitors headed by a member of the U.S. Congress from Alaska, which had been transferred to American sovereignty from the Russian tsars in the Alaska purchase some 125 years ago.
Academic text (1991) -
Although there is some debate as to when totem carving became prevalent in Tlingit culture, it is certain that totems were at the center of Tlingit identity by the time of the Alaska Purchase.
Academic text (2009) -
Mitchell then enumerates similar outcomes of other Russian settlements in Tlingit territory and correctly deduces that the Alaska Purchase signified not necessarily a land sale but rather a shared vision of Manifest Destiny.
Academic text (2009) -
The Alaska Purchase was a significant event in 1867 when the United States bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million.
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Rumors about the strategic importance of the Alaska Purchase began circulating soon after it was finalized on March 30, 1867.
Synonyms
The 1867 United States purchase of Alaska once thought a foolish choice
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'Alaska Purchase' is directly compositional: 'Alaska' (the place) + 'purchase' (an act of buying) yields the meaning 'the buying of Alaska.' While knowledge of it as a specific 1867 historical event requires cultural/historical background, the core sense (a transaction in which Alaska was bought) is immediately inferable by a B1 learner who knows the constituents.
Etymology
Alaska Purchase names the 1867 deal when the United States paid Russia to buy the large, icy land of Alaska. People at the time called the deal 'Seward's Folly' because it seemed like paying for a cold, empty place, so the picture of buying a frozen land helps you remember it means 'the United States bought Alaska in 1867'.
