. The student's American history . the Franco-Prussian War began,the Atlantic cable flashed the news to us a few minutes afterthe first gun was fired. To-day London and New York are such near neighbors thata rise or fall in the English stock market or the passage of animportant bill in Parliament is published in our papers as soon,or, it may be, even sooner than it is in London itself. In the autumn of the following year (1867), the UnitedStates purchased Russian America for $7,200,000 in territory received the Indian name of Alaska, or greatcountry. During the Civil War, when Confede
. The student's American history . the Franco-Prussian War began,the Atlantic cable flashed the news to us a few minutes afterthe first gun was fired. To-day London and New York are such near neighbors thata rise or fall in the English stock market or the passage of animportant bill in Parliament is published in our papers as soon,or, it may be, even sooner than it is in London itself. In the autumn of the following year (1867), the UnitedStates purchased Russian America for $7,200,000 in territory received the Indian name of Alaska, or greatcountry. During the Civil War, when Confederate cruiserswere destroying Union vessels in the North Pacific, the Gov-ernment felt the need of a foothold on the coast in that annexation of Alaska gave more than half a million ofsquare miles of territory to the United States, and secured tous a country rich in fish and furs, and which gives promise ofvaluable mines. The purchase was ridiculed as Sewardsfolly, — a waste of money on rocks and ice, fit only for a. This map shows the territorial growth of the United States in its relation to the Continent from the time of the Revolution to the present day. lS6(>-l«;6i>.j KECONSTKUCTIOX, THE NEW NATION. 479 polar bear garden ; but it has since repaid its cost uian\-times over. ? The next year (1S68) tlie Burlingame Treaty with China(§ 430) was ratified, and the Mtniroe Hoctrine was applied tothe French occupation of Mexico. During the Civil WarLouis Napoleon had sent a French army to Mexico to over-throw the Republic and place the Austrian prince, Maximilian,on the throne. President Johnson notified Napoleon that theMonroe Doctrine (^§ 331) must be respected, and sent troopsto the Mexican frontier. This bayonet-pointed hint wassufficient; Napoleon withdrew his forces and left Maximilianto his fate. One of the last acts of the Fortieth Congress was to propose(1S69) the XVth Amendment to the Constitution, whereby thenegro would receive the right to vote. 5
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