Who was Seward, and what was Seward's Folly about?

Question:How has this impacted the United States, and our forieng relations?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: How has this impacted the United States, and our forieng relations?

Basically, the purchase of the Alaskan territory from Russia. Many U.S. citizen saw it as "pure folly", purchasing a land that was nothing but ice and polar bears and totally worthless.

he bought alaska for 2 cents an acre. while he was secretary of state. everyone thought it was a stupid thing to do, but ofcourse, everyone is usually wrong