VVA SocStudies Module 6.02

What were two inventions that factored into the migration of Virginians into other states and western territories in the first half of the 1880s?

• cotton gin

  and mechanical reaper

• cotton gin and ships

• mechanical reaper and railroad

Which Virginia mountain range did settlers cross as they migrated west?

• Appalachian Mountain

• Rocky Mountain

• Blue Ridge Mountains

What is the name of the passage in the Appalachian mountain chain through which settlers traveled westward?

• Cumberland Gap

• Westward Expansion

• Appalachian Plateau

True or False: Virginians moved west and to the deep south to find new opportunities.

• True

• False

True or False: Virginians moved west and to the deep south to find better farmland.

• True

• False

What did settlers take with them as they moved westward?

• traditions

• ideas

• culture

• all of the above

What primarily influenced the movement of people and ideas beyond the Virginia frontier?

• Geography

• Weather

• Traditions

Why did Virginians move west after the Revolutionary War?

• They were tired of where they lived.

• The wanted new land and opportunities.

• They wanted a mountain view.

What happened to the soil in Eastern Virginia?

• Nothing happened to the soil.

• The tobacco farms were destroyed during the war.

• The tobacco took may nutrients from the soil so it wasn't as good for farming.

Which two directions did Virginians move?

• North and South

• South and East

• South and West

• West and East