NAME: DATE: PERIOD: WILD ABOUT ANCHORAGE Use Booklet 1 “Anchorage Case Study” pages 9-13 to complete the following tasks. 1. List one important factor in the constructing of the Alaska Railroad.

2. In 1916 Anchorage grew to 6,000 people. By 1920 the census showed just 1,856. What happened to the population?

3. What day was Anchorage incorporated?

4. What event of the 1930s brought Anchorage national press coverage?

5. During the 1940s what brought construction projects and population to the Anchorage area?

6. Name four projects and events of the 1950s that continued to bring population to Anchorage.

7. An article published in the 1950s listed Anchorage’s three basic industries as “_________________, ___________________, and ______________.”

8. What major Alaskan political event took place in 1956?

9. When did Alaska become a state?

10. What event of the 1960s “paradoxically opened the floodgate of economic recovery”?

11. Which event of 1969 set off wild speculation in the real estate market?

12. “Beginning in late 1972 and continuing through 1973 and 1974, there was a great upsurge in the development of the ________________ industries, such as _________________, _________________, _______________ and __________________ as the oil companies increased their exploration of their leased lands with test wells.”

13. In summary, Anchorage can be called a boom-town. “The causes of the boom were construction brought on by _______________ and ________________ _________________.”