Even though we’re used to recognizing Alaska and Hawaii as part of the United States, it’s still kind of bizarre that we have 48 states on the mainland and two others that are thousands of miles away. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the purchase of Alaska from Russia was pretty controversial at the time, but there were some people in Russia who couldn’t wait to get their hands off the territory. What caused Russia to sell the land to Secretary of State William Seward for just two cents per acre? Let’s take a look at the real reason why Russia sold Alaska to the United States. #Alaska #Russia #USA The Russian-American Company | 0:00 The struggle is real | 1:23 Alaska was too hard to defend | 2:00 So why didn't they just sell Alaska to Canada? | 3:01 America the beautiful | 3:44 We were just kidding about selling Alaska! | 4:37 Read Full Article: https://www.grunge.com/165445/the-real-reason-russia-sold-alaska-to-the-united-states/