NAME _______________________________________________PERIOD ________ DATE ______________________________

1. What mistake did Robert Henderson make when he talked to George Washington Carmack along the Klondike River?

7:00

2. Describe life in America during the 1890s.

8:00

3. What was the dollar value of the Alaskan gold on the steamship Portland ?

12:00

4. What affect did Erastus Brainerd’s public relations campaign and the Alaskan gold rush have on the city of Seattle?

15:00

5. Why was Skagway such a dangerous town?

20:00

6. Why was the Chilkoot Pass so difficult for the miners to cross?

24:00

7. Why was the White Pass Trail called a “nightmare”?

28:00

8. What rule did Sam Steele of the Mounties enforce at the top of the pass at the Canadian Border?

30:00

9 What was the cause of the death for 60 men?

32:00

10. What difficult task broke up many friendships on the shores of Lake Bennett?

34:00

11. List several hardships people experienced in Dawson?

37:00

12. How did Belinda Mulroney get rich?

43:00

13. What cruel fact did Harvey Condon learn when he arrived at the Klondike?

48:00

14. How many found gold? How many struck it rich?

50:00

15. What lessons about life did the trip to Alaska teach the stampeders?

54:00