Alaska territorial era

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era in Alaska history historical period

The Alaska territorial era was the period between the U.S. purchase of Alaska from Russia and its admission as a state, when the region was governed as a U.S. territory with limited self-rule and evolving political institutions.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Alaska Territory (1924)	1
Alaska territorial era canonical	1
Alaska was an incorporated territory of the United States	1
United States colonization of Alaska	1
United States rule in Alaska	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	era in Alaska history ⓘ historical period ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Alaska Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	debates over statehood ⓘ evolving political institutions ⓘ federal control over key affairs ⓘ indigenous land rights disputes ⓘ limited self-government ⓘ resource extraction economy ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
endTime	1959-01-03 ⓘ
followedBy	Alaska statehood era ⓘ Statehood of Alaska ⓘ
follows	Russian America period NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian colonial rule in Alaska ⓘ
governmentForm	U.S. territorial government ⓘ
hasCapital	Juneau NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCause	Alaska Purchase NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Cession of 1867 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Alaska Territory period ⓘ Aleutian Islands Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ District of Alaska period ⓘ World War II in Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ civil governance under the Organic Act of 1884 ⓘ development of territorial legislature ⓘ early military administration of Alaska ⓘ governance under the Second Organic Act of 1912 ⓘ
hasPredecessor	district government of Alaska ⓘ military government in Alaska ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Governor of Alaska Territory ⓘ
historicalPeriodOf	political development of Alaska ⓘ transition from colony-like status to U.S. statehood ⓘ
includes	expansion of American legal and education systems in Alaska ⓘ federal management of public lands in Alaska ⓘ governance of indigenous Alaska Native populations ⓘ
legalBasis	Alaska Organic Act of 1884 NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Organic Act of 1912 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. territorial law ⓘ
legislativeBody	Alaska Territorial Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ United States federal territory ⓘ
significantEvent	Aleut evacuation and internment during World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ Gold Rushes in Alaska and the Klondike region ⓘ World War II military buildup in Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ construction of the Alaska Railroad ⓘ creation of Alaska Territorial Legislature ⓘ establishment of Juneau as territorial capital ⓘ passage of the Alaska Statehood Act of 1958 ⓘ
startTime	1867-10-18 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Organic Act of Alaska → timePeriod → Alaska territorial era ⓘ

Russian America (northwest) → followedBy → Alaska territorial era ⓘ

subject surface form: Russian America

this entity surface form: United States rule in Alaska

Snyder Act of 1924 → geographicFocus → Alaska territorial era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alaska Territory (1924)

Alaska Peninsula Sugpiaq → affectedBy → Alaska territorial era ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States colonization of Alaska

Rassmussen v. United States → holding → Alaska territorial era ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alaska was an incorporated territory of the United States