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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a result of the Jones Act of 1920?

2. What did the arriving Indians do to the totem pole?

3. What did Shaffer say they had to build?

4. What is cabotage?

5. Where did miners get supplies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What types of jobs did people have in Chapter 8 thanks to the gold rush?

2. What was the effect of automation on the workers?

3. What did the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act do?

4. What was the problem with the law in Chapter 12?

5. What effect did the Great Depression have on Alaska?

6. Describe what cabotage is.

7. What dilemma did Tom face regarding workers?

8. How did airplanes in Alaska contribute to the war effort?

9. How did LeRoy's investment benefit him?

10. What was the political system like in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe in detail the relationship between the Tlingits and the settlers. Cite examples of when they got along and when they didn't. Address the overall feeling between the two people groups.

Essay Topic 2

Write about weather and its effect on Alaska. Discuss how if affected the formation of Alaska and the people in Alaska, both native and newcomers.

Essay Topic 3

Explain why the issue of statehood was so important. Detail why some people were for it and why some were against it. What changes occurred when Alaska reached statehood?

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