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Originally Posted by lady_express_44
What I'd like to know is how Alaska became part of the US, so far up into Canada?
Cherie
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Because the US bought Alaska from the Russians, therefore, we were a US Territory. We wanted statehood and fought for it for years. Many in the East did not want Alaska as a state as the Democrates were concerned it would not turn in their favor, however, after much debate, it was passed into law.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_purchase