The Cumberland Gap

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Across
  1. 2. The Cumberland Gap became a major passageway for settlers to move out _____.
  2. 3. Years of _____ farming had worn down the soil.
  3. 9. They took their _____ with them.
  4. 10. Many farmers left Virginia to find new _____.
  5. 11. Years of tobacco farming had worn down the _____.
  6. 12. Scientists believe this opening was created by a _____.
  7. 13. They were also looking for new _____.
  8. 14. Virginians used the _____ _____ to migrate westward.
  9. 16. The Cumberland Gap made finding new _____ possible.
Down
  1. 1. They took their _____ people with them.
  2. 4. They took their _____ with them.
  3. 5. They took their _____ with them.
  4. 6. He created a trail through the Cumberland Gap.
  5. 7. After the American _____ War, many Virginians were on the hunt for new lands.
  6. 8. Daniel Boone's path was called the _____ Trail.
  7. 15. Virginians crossed the _____ Mountains to migrate westward.