Connecting Up!

The gold rush proved to people that they needed better ___________ and ___________ in Alaska.

• food and water

• communication and transportation

• homes and jobs

• fish and moose

In 1900, it might take a winter letter ___ months to journey from St. Michael in western Alaska to Washington, D.C.

• 24 hours

• 1 week

• 3 months

• 1 year

In 1900, letters might travel to and from Alaska by

• dog team

• airplane

• small boat

• horse-drawn sleigh

Lawmakers in Washington D.C. came up with money to build a new communication system in Alaska called

• answering machine

• an e-mail

• the fax

• the telegraph

in 1904, several coastal cities were linked by telegraph cable underwater from Alaska to _______________.

• Seattle

• Los Angeles

• Portland

• Juneau

Laying telegraph wire cable overland across Alaska brought special problems.

• True

• False

Who built the telegraph system in Alaska?

• Stampeders

• U.S. Air Force Signal Corps

• U.S. Army Signal Corps

• miners

Telegraph connections were every 25 miles and used for what?

• Emergencies

• To catch up with friends

• Share exciting news

Land wires would be replaced by what?

• wireless radios

• cell phones

• Landlines

What did an operator for a telegraph do?

• Told the time and temperature

• Performed surgeries

• Drove a big truck

• Receive and pass on information