Argumentative Essay On Alaska

Alaska was officially made a state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959. Many people had forgotten the nickname Alaska once had as “Seward's Folly”; Finally, realizing the importance Alaska had on the United States. The Alaska purchase was proved to be the most important purchase ever transacted by the United States

The world, as we know it, is in the midst of having an oil crisis. Our nation starves and bends at the will of this dreadful calamity. Our deprivation for this atrocious corruption has led us to look for oil deposits in the Alaskan Wilderness. The US needs oil and by drilling for oil on our own land, we would help our economy, but in doing so would destroy the beauty of the wilderness and harm many others. The matter on hand is that should we drill for oil in Alaska’s wilderness? My opinion and answer to this question would simply be no. The United States of America should not drill for oil in the Alaskan wilderness.

Alaska is one of the many few states that obtains numerous energy resources such as oil and gas. Ranking second in the nation in crude oil production, many oil reserves are found in the Alaska North Slope and Cook Inlet basins. Prudhoe Bay is also the highest oil field in the United States and North America with a production of 400,000 barrels per day. With that, Alaska’s economy is based upon four factors, petroleum revenue, non petroleum revenue, federal revenue and investment revenue. Being so reliant on oil, in 2015 after a decrease in oil, the state began going into a budget crisis. For every $5 drop in oil prices the state loses $120 million. From 2015 to the present, barrels used to run from $100 each to now $40. Fund revenues have

This idea was initially mocked for its absurdity, despite Alaska's abundance of natural resources. Seward was successful in his endeavor to convince Congress to purchase the Alaska Territory stating that if the U.S. didn't purchase it then the Canadians would. There was also talk of bribery by the Russian government to push the vote through in favor of Seward. This decision was important because it gave the U.S. its 49th State as well as vast swaths of resource-rich land.

Though Congress had yet to approve a single cent for the deal. Few Americans, viewed Alaska as a bargain. The press mocked the purchase as “Seward’s Folly,” and “Seward’s Icebox.” But nearly one year later, and after much political wrangling, the U.S. Treasury finally wrote the check. And Alaska became a U.S. territory.

The Alaska Purchase happened back in 1867 followed by the Russia’s defeat in the Crimean War. The Russian Empire believed that the Russia Alaska was strategically difficult colony to defend against the British Columbia. The Russian Empire was already in financial troubles before the Crimean War but the loss increased the debt. Russian emperor feared to lose the Alaska without any compensation in future conflicts with the Britain. Plus Russia needed money desperately. For that reason, Czar Alexander II decided to sell it and attempted to sell it to the United States.

Its president argued that the U.S. had to business interfering with their internal affairs. In 1894, they declared Hawaii a republic. When the U.S. tried to pass a treaty to annex Hawaii, the natives staged mass protest rallies. The Petition Against Annexation was signed by 21,269 Hawaiians, and it was brought to D.C. where it was formally accepted. However, very soon after, the Spanish-American War meant the U.S. needed the islands for a fueling station and naval installation. Needing only a majority vote in both houses, the Newlands Resolution passed in 1898, officially annexing Hawaii. It became the 50th state in

were auspicious for the United States and unfortunate for that country to our south, Mexico. The discovery of gold happened a few days before the two year war ended. As Polk planned, victory meant that all of the land west to the Pacific Ocean suddenly became United States territory. The United States of America’s new map of 1848 then became a vast area of land known as the Unorganized Territory and Mexican Cession, (unorganized territory), as well as the Wisconsin Territory. The USA suddenly doubled its size and land mass.

Summary Alaska is well known for its abundance in oil. Obama has now proposed a bill to ban energy exploration on 12 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. With this bill comes this are being considered as wilderness and Alaskans are not happy with the bill at all. Many of the people who are Native to this are feel as if they have been disrespected or unconsidered.

Russian explorers had explored Alaska's coast and inward land in 1725. They found the land was filled with many rich natural recourses. For example, gold and silver. They also found very few inhabitants. The United States of America had big interest in Alaska. Russia lacked the recourses to support large colonies and have a military presence in Alaska. Especially after their defeat in the Crimean War. This further reduced Russia's interest in Alaska. This also grew the United States of America's interest in Alaska. Russia then offered to sell Alaska to the

Alaska is very snowy. It was officially the 49th state of America. Alaska is not connected to the United states. Katmai is connected to Canada. If you want to think about that for a while then do it, but I saved you time by telling you this. Volcanoes are a large part of Alaska . The volcanoes are

On March 30th 1867 the United States purchased Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars. This was a bargain considering its potential and unknown natural resources. Due to tension

It was now that Canada and the US began a dispute because both wanted control of Skagway, which implicated that whoever owned Skagway controlled

Mendenhall Glacier is a big part of the Alaskan culture. Denali is a big part as well is a huge nation park. The capital city for Alaska is Juneau.

"Climate change is a change in the statistical properties of the climate system that persists for several decades or longer" (Montgomery, 2015). Climate change (or global warming) can be caused by a natural progress such as sun 's radiations and volcanoes, or it can be caused by human 's actions such as land use, deforestation, and pollution. (Hardy, 2003).This phenomenon not only affects the environment, but it also affects human lives. Alaska is the largest state in the United States. It includes lands on both sides of the Arctic Circle. Sixteen national wildlife refuges are home to a great variety of flora and fauna. In the past 60 years. The Alaska 's environment changed drastically; the climate is warming up as twice as much in comparison to all the other states. This essay will discuss firstly the climate change in the Alaskan environment. Then it will highlight the changes in the ocean and costs, the effects that global warming is having on Alaska 's natives and the melting permafrost. It will then finally address who is responsible for this effects and some measures that can be taken.