Ch. 5 Answers

1) Outline the Yukon Gold Rush make sure to include the routes to Klondike, Canadian 
Requirements, and the development of Skagway.

 During this time there were only three different ways of getting to the Klondike the most expensive and time consuming was by water where you would sail to saint Michel then people would finish their journey by going to Dawson on a hand made river craft. another was by taking the Chilkoot trail which was short but steep and started out of Dyea. the last of the three was the white pass trail which started out of Skagway and was longer but less steep.
the Canadians were requiring that any person that wanted to enter the country had to have the proper provisions which included a years worth of food, medical supplies, tools, and camping equipment.
Skagway was created because of the gold rush and was at one point the biggest city in Alaska. It was also one of the most crime riddled the city contained many saloons, murderers, and con men.

2) Who was Soapy Smith?

 Soapy Smith was a con man who lived in Skagway before he was shot and killed by Frank Reid. Jefferson Smith controlled a gang in Alaska where they spent their time robbing new, naive prospectors of there money so they were unable to continue there journey.

3) Outline the Nome Gold Rush.

 Daniell libby was first to find gold near Nome in 1866 but didn't come back for it until 1897 and brought many men to help with the mining of the gold. October 1899 there were over three thousand people in Nome. Soon after arriving many realized that they were ill prepared, because there are limited building resources, mostly lumber. As time went of, like Skagway the town was very lawless and had many saloons.

4) Outline the gold rush in Fairbanks.

Felix Pedro and E.T. Barnette set up a trading post near the Tanana river which was a good place because gold was found further North. Many individuals came to find their fortune but were not lucky, because the ground was frozen and required expensive machinery to remove it, this is why the majority of the mining was done by small companies.  

5) Who was Judge Wickersham?

James Wickersham was a district judge for Alaska, appointed by U.S. President William McKinley to the Third Judicial District in 1900

6) How did all these gold rushes change Alaska?

These gold rushes created attention which attracted many people to come make their lives in Alaska. New jobs were created as a result of all the new mining companies. All this attention gave Alaska some more popularity which lead to the creation of government for the Alaska which later became a state