Question

Which of the following greatly increased America’s supply of natural resources? 1. the purchase of Alaska from Russia 2. the modernization of the U.S. Navy 3. the opening of trade with Japan 4. the annexation of the Midway Islands

Answer 1

1. The purchase of Alaska from Russia

Answer 2

1. the purchase of Alaska from Russia

Step-by-step explanation:

On March 30, 1867, the United States achieved an agreement to buy Alaska from Russia at a cost of $7.2 million. The Treaty with Russia was arranged and marked by Secretary of State William Seward and Russian Minister to the United States Edouard de Stoeckl. Commentators of the arrangement to buy Alaska called it "Seward's Folly" or "Seward's Icebox." Opposition to the buy of Alaska died down with the Klondike Gold Strike in 1896.