VS.6c Western Expansion

When Virginians moved westward, what did they take with them?

• Their ideas, cultures, and traditions

• Their house

• Their families

• They took nothing

What influenced the movement of Virginians westward?

• Nothing

• Geography

• Weather

• Traditions

Virginians moved westward primarily due to

• They wanted new jobs

• They just wanted to

• New land and opportunities

• They wanted a new house

The soil in Virginia stayed good for farming forever

• True

• False

Farmers primarily moved where?

• East

• North

• North, South, East, West

• To the South and to the West

What did the cotton gin do?

• Picked seeds out of cotton faster, causing Virginians to lose jobs

• It gave Virginians an abundance of jobs

• It was invented by Cyrus McCormick

• This is not an invention from Western Expansion

The Appalachian Mountain Range is important to Western Expansion because....

• It has some awesome views

• It is the mountain range settlers crossed as they went west

• Settlers liked going for nice hikes after a day of farming

• Settlers never went on the Appalachian Mountains. They actually used the Rocky Mountains

What is the passage that Settlers traveled through to go westward?

• The Trail of Tears

• The Appalachian Valley

• The Cumberland Gap

• The Valley and Ridge

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Cyrus McCormick

• Eli Whitney

Who invented the mechanical reaper?

• Eli Whitney

• Cyrus McCormick