Why is Alaska part of America?

Now that Alaska became part of America once again, there were lots of issues that needed to be fixed first before it officially became part of the country as state. read more

Alaska is a part of the USA and not of Canada because USA had purchased Alaska from the Russian Federation in 1867 for US $7.2 million ($121 million in 2015 dollars) by a treaty ratified by the US Senate. read more

**The purchase of Alaska in 1867 marked the end of Russian efforts to expand trade and settlements to the Pacific coast of North America, and became an important step in the United States rise as a great power in the Asia-Pacific region. read more