The transcontinental railroads were very interesting....not really foreign policy tho...
Alaska. That would be a good topic. Basically, it was Russian. The US bought it but many considered a folly for a long time, with no government there for years. When gold was discovered in Yukon and then Nome, the entire attitude toward the state changed.
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