Answer:
As a result of the Klondike Gold Rush, previously sparsely inhabited areas gained population, thus Alaska gained strategic importance.
Step-by-step explanation:
The Klondike Gold Rush is considered to be one of the most consequential among the numerous processes known as Gold Rush. It brought from 1896 more than a hundred thousand people, designated as a goldmaker Stampeders, on the Klondike River at Dawson, led to the establishment of the Yukon Territory and establishing the border between Alaska and Canada. In the US, it led to a period of economic crisis, which is why many people now sought their luck on Klondike. In addition, their success brought huge amounts of gold into the world market, promoted regional massive inflationary tendencies, and its end led to a significant liquidity crisis. In total, around 570 tonnes of gold were recovered in the Klondike area.
The way of life of the Indian inhabitants, who have been referred to as First Nations in Canada since the 1980s, changed fundamentally due to the Gold Rush in the climatically region characterized by extreme cold and very fluctuating daylength. On the one hand, their livelihoods, the herds of caribou, were drastically decimated, on the other hand, some tribes settled for the first time to participate in the rapidly expanding trade. In addition, the imported money economy changed the labor system. Numerous Indians fell victim to imported, previously unknown diseases. However, Tr'ondek Hwech'in, who lived around Dawson - the gold rush stronghold - succeeded in partially avoiding the negative consequences and preserving their culture.