[Detail] Rossiisko - Amerikanskie vladeniia
Student Resources
- Russian Anti-Sale Considerations
- Russian Pro-Sale Considerations
- American Anti-Purchase Considerations
- American Pro-Purchase Considerations
Russian Anti-Sale Considerations
- Read the brief background essays Key Players in the Alaska Purchase and Russia and the Sale of Alaska.
- Analyze the primary sources listed, completing a Primary Source Analysis Tool for each item. Your teacher may have additional questions and may require additional research.
- Prepare a list of the strongest arguments for the position which your group has been assigned. Decide how your group will present the arguments during the class debate, following your teacher’s directions.
- Draft of a Letter from the Minister to the Admiral [Gorchakov to Konstantin, December 1857]
- Memorandum Concerning the Proposed Sale of Russian Colonies in North America
Russian Pro-Sale Considerations
- Read the brief background essays Key Players in the Alaska Purchase and Russia and the Sale of Alaska.
- Analyze the primary sources listed, completing a Primary Source Analysis Tool for each item. Your teacher may have additional questions and may require additional research.
- Prepare a list of the strongest arguments for the position which your group has been assigned. Decide how your group will present the arguments during the class debate, following your teacher’s directions.
- Letter from Grand Duke Konstantin to Prince A.M. Gorchakov, March 22, 1857
- Letter from Grand Duke Konstantin to Prince A. M. Gorchakov, December 7, 1857
American Anti-Purchase Considerations
- Read the brief background essays Key Players in the Alaska Purchase and Russia and the Sale of Alaska.
- Analyze the primary sources listed, completing a Primary Source Analysis Tool for each item. Your teacher may have additional questions and may require additional research.
- Prepare a list of the strongest arguments for the position which your group has been assigned. Decide how your group will present the arguments during the class debate, following your teacher’s directions.
- A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 – 1875
- “Easy Down Hill.” New-York Tribune. September 23, 1867.
- “Value of Our New Acquisition.” White Cloud Kansas Chief, April 18, 1867.
American Pro-Purchase Considerations
- Read the brief background essays Key Players in the Alaska Purchase and Russia and the Sale of Alaska.
- Analyze the primary sources listed, completing a Primary Source Analysis Tool for each item. Your teacher may have additional questions and may require additional research.
- Prepare a list of the strongest arguments for the position which your group has been assigned. Decide how your group will present the arguments during the class debate, following your teacher’s directions.
