Alaska Statehood
What is the purpose of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline?
Transport oil from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez
What city did the 1967 Interior Flooding happen in?
Fairbanks
What river is being shown?
The Yukon River
Which Danish explorer from Russia is given credit for the discovery of Alaska?
What happened to the Aleutian Islands during World War II?
Japan invaded and bombed part of the islands
What is the permanent fund dividend and where does it come from?
A payment to all Alaskan residents, it comes from the success of the oil industry in Alaska
What is the goal of the MMPA?
To protect the marine mammals of Alaska
What city/town is being shown?
Anchorage
What Alaskan resource did Russia create a monopoly of while colonizing Alaska?
Fur pelts from Sea Otters
When did Alaska give women the right to vote?
1913
What are Alaska Native Corporations?
Regions of Alaska ran by Alaskan Natives to control land and resources
Where did the Earthquake of 1964 hit Alaska?
Prince William Sound
What mountain range is being shown?
Alaska Range
What was the name of the United States secretary of state responsible for negotiating the deal of Alaska with Russia?
William H. Seward
What industry was started in 1878 and became the biggest industry in the world?
Salmon and Canning
What is the AFN and what did they do?
Alaska Federation of Natives, fighting for resource rights of Native Alaskans
What is Molly Hooch remembered for?
Sued the state of Alaska for discrimination for not funding high schools in villages
What body of water is being shown?
Chukchi Sea
Why did Russia want to sell Alaska?
They depleted the sea otter population, it was costing more to operate out of Alaska than they were making, and they were nervous of British or U.S. Attack
Who is Elizabeth Peratrovich?
President of the Alaskan Native Sisterhood focused on Native rights, specifically women’s suffrage
What did Katie John do in Alaska?
Fought for subsistence fishing rights to the river for her tribe and other native peoples
When did Alaska officially gain statehood?
January 3rd, 1959
What city/town is being shown?
Dillingham
What is the official name of the negotiation of the sale of Alaska?
What was the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924?
Granted citizenship to all American Indians and Alaskan Natives who were not already citizens