Explanation : Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. Alaska was purchased from Russia on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million. The land went through several administrative changes before becoming an organized (or incorporated) territory on May 11, 1912, and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959. The name “Alaska” was already introduced in the Russian colonial period, when it was used only for the peninsula and is derived from the Aleut ‘alaxsxaq,’ meaning “the mainland” or, more literally, “the object towards which the action of the sea is directed”.....Read more