Which statement explains the u. s. motivation for the acquisition of the alaska territory

The Alaskan Territory was purchased by the United States from Russia--mainly for the purposes of expanding trade in the Pacific and acquiring a new set of valuable resources.

Contributing factors  leading  to the harlem renaissance were the great migration of african americans to northern cities, which concentratedambitious  people in places where they could encourage each  other, and the first world war, which had created new industrial work opportunities for tens of thousands of people.