The 49th Star

Which remote Alaska beach saw a frenzied gold strike after the Klondike Stampede?

• Kodiak

• Sitka

• Nome

• Valdez

Who became Alaska’s territorial governor in 1939 and argued that absentee interests were draining Alaska’s wealth?

• James Wickersham

• Ernest Gruening

• • Bob Bartlett

• William E. Egan
  

About how large was Alaska’s population by the end of World War II?

• 50,000

• 75,000

• • 300,000

• • 100,000

For the 1955 Constitutional Convention, delegates were elected from special districts defined by what?

• • County lines

• • Recording districts

• • Military precincts

• Highway corridors
  

Who was selected as president of Alaska’s Constitutional Convention?

• • Vic Rivers

• • Tom Stewart

• George Sundborg
  

• • William (Bill) Egan

Article 8 of the Alaska Constitution says natural resources should be managed for the ________.

• • benefit of outside investors

• • maximum benefit of its people

• • equal benefit of all U.S. citizens

• benefit of federal agencies
  

Which organization (founded in 1912) is cited as the major early political force for Alaska Natives?

• • Alaska Native Federation

• • Alaska Native Brotherhood

• • Tlingit & Haida Council

• Alaska Native Alliance
  

Instead of counties, what flexible area-wide local government unit did the Alaska Constitution create?

• Boroughs

• • Prefectures

• Parishes

• Districts
  

What was the final vote of the 1955–56 delegates on adopting the Alaska Constitution?

• • 51–4

• • 54–0 (one delegate absent)

• • 50–5

• 55–0 unanimous
  

Which Republican newspaper publisher is highlighted for aiding the statehood push?

• • Bob Atwood (Anchorage Times)

• • C.W. “Bill” Snedden (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)

• • William Randolph Hearst

• Fred Seaton