Who was the Secretary of State responsible for negotiating the purchase of Alaska from Russia?

In a short paragraph, describe the difference between direct rule and indirect rule as it practiced by imperial powers, and provide examples.

The belief that war often drives civil modifications to a society is based upon the evidence that in times of external conflict, a society is forced to abandon long held discriminatory values to:

States' compliance with the native american reservation treaties drawn up by the federal government for the native american nations is: