VS.6c

Why did Virginians move west after the Revolutionary War?

• they were tired of where they lived
• They wanted to find new land and new opportunities
• they wanted to be closer to the ocean

What did the pioneers take with them to their new land in the west?

• traditions, beliefs, and cultures
• furniture and children
• hopes and dream catchers

What area helped the settlers cross the Appalachian Mountains?

• Boone Gap
• Cumberland Gap
• Atlantic Ocean

Which of these is an effect of tobacco farming being hard on the soil?

• Many people began to move to Virginia.

• The Cumberland Gap was closed.

• More people came to our school.

• Many farmers had to move to find better farmland.

Which two directions did Virginians move?

• Over there and backwards.

• South and North

• South and west

• north and east

Virginians moved hoping to find

• Lower taxes in other states

• Better farmland and new opportunities

• bigger cities and better roads.

• better tobacco seeds and tractors.

As settlers moved they had to cross the

• Yellow brick road

• Appalachian Mountains

• Potomac River

• Finish line

Why did settlers cross through the Cumberland Gap?

• Because they wanted to meet Daniel Boone

• because it was the easiest way to get through the Appalachian Mountains.

• Because it was the shortest way to get West

• Because it was a good place to leave behind women and children.

A way of doing something that is passed from generation to generation is

• a tradition

• Silly

• a statute

• migration

Because the agricultural base changed, Virginians began to move (2 answers)

• South

• West

• North

• East

• Northeast