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Who was the Secretary of the US, which signed a treaty with the Russian Minister for the Russian lands on the North American continent?
William H. Seward
100
What year did Alaska become a state?
1959
100
How much did the US buy Alaska, Russian America for?
$7.2 million
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What three groups took the responsibility of governing Alaska in the early years?
US Army, Treasury Department, US Navy
100
What amendment(s) were ratified and passed in 1920?
18th and 19th Amendments
200
Who was the first governor of Alaska?
John H. Kinkead
200
In what year did the Klondike Gold Rush occur?
1896
200
Why did settlers begin to become attracted to Alaska?
Discovery and development of Treadwell Mine
200
In what month did the Americans formally take possession of Alaska?
October
200
In what city and state did the legislation for Alaska occur?
Juneau, Alaska
300
Who was a strong and effective person to push Congress to do something about Alaska?
Dr. Sheldon Jackson
300
In what year did a Congressional committee propose that a territorial government be set up in Alaska?
1880 (March)
300
What city and state did the legislation start off in?
Juneau, Alaska
300
What native group knew about the sale of Alaska from the Russians to the Americans?
Tlingit
300
Name all the ways that the legislation traveled.
Dogsled, steamer (steamboat), horse-drawn sleigh, walked
400
Who was the most influential and effective delegate of Alaska?
James Wickersham
400
In what year did Congress move the capital of Alaska from Sitka to Juneau?
1905
400
What was happening in the US that caused a delay in paying attention to its new territory of Alaska?
Reconstruction of the US after the Civil War
400
On August 24, 1912, who signed for an elective legislation for Alaska?
President Howard Taft
400
What did the first major law, in regard to Native people, do?
Banned the sale of liquor to Natives; importation of alcohol was illegal
500
Who argued that "Russian America" should be called Alaska?
Charles Sumner
500
What year did women gain the right to vote in Alaska?
Official in 1913 (1912 they receive permission)
500
Who did the non-Natives in Sitka ask help from when they feared a Native uprising?
British naval base in Victoria, British Columbia
500
Who was president during the Alaska Statehood Act?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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What were the two actions of the Treaty of Cession?
All Russians were US citizens and received equal rights; Natives were excluded
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