Gateway to the West Study Guide

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Across
  1. 1. Where you would socialize in a tavern
  2. 4. Made traveling along the National Road difficult during the Spring
  3. 7. The National Road originally ended here
  4. 9. Often taken apart once their destination was reached
  5. 11. Authorized construction of the National Road
  6. 12. Where the National Road begins
  7. 13. Was once called “silk stocking row”
  8. 16. We arrived in Wheeling 1803 to pick up our perioge
  9. 17. I built stone bridges in Ohio County for the National Road
  10. 20. 2 miles to Wheeling
  11. 21. Made traveling along the National Road difficult during the Summer
  12. 22. What type of barn did the Shepherds build on their property
  13. 23. Made traveling along the National Road difficult during the Winter
Down
  1. 2. A town along the National Road named after a famous Congressman
  2. 3. Prevented your boat from leaking.
  3. 5. I built steam boats and lived in North Wheeling
  4. 6. Along with automobiles, _________ led to an increase in travel on the National Road
  5. 8. This family feuded with the Shepherds
  6. 10. I designed the Wheeling Suspension Bridge
  7. 14. America's first highway
  8. 15. We built a covered bridge across the back channel of the Ohio River in 1836
  9. 18. Caused the Wheeling Suspension Bridge to collapse in 1852
  10. 19. This led to a decline of travel along the National Road