Why was the purchase of Alaska by the United States in 1867 called "Seward's Folly"? O Americans didn't want to own a territory so far from the mainland and so close to Russia. Americans thought Alaska was nothing but a frozen wasteland and had no resources to offer. O The United States had already annexed Samoa, and didn't need another Pacific territory. O Americans thought the two-cents per acre price tag for Alaska was too expensive.​

Which best explains why the supreme court’s decision in plessy v. ferguson was unconstitutional? the supreme court’s ruling allowed states to deny equal protection to any person within its jurisdiction. since the 14th amendment did not make concessions for people born outside the us, the supreme court’s decision could not be applied. the supreme court’s decision gave individual states the freedom to make their own laws in relation to non-whites. since segregation laws did not provide equal protections or liberties to non-whites, the ruling was not consistent with the 14th amendment.