Read the excerpt from a New York newspaper about the United States’ purchase of Alaska. Cash! Cash! Cash! - Cash paid for cast off territory. . . . Any impoverished monarchs retiring from the colonization business may find a good purchaser by addressing William H. Seward, Post Office, Washington D.C. Which best states the excerpt’s point of view toward Alaska?
Answer
A
Alaska is too large to purchase.
B
Alaska should be sold to other countries.
C
Alaska has few natural resources.
D
Alaska is land that no one wants.
Explanation
The excerpt mocks the Alaska purchase by calling Alaska “cast off territory” and suggesting that monarchs who want to quit colonizing could sell their land to Seward. This presents Alaska as unwanted land that no one else wants, which matches choice D.
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