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Across 4. The principal route used by settlers for more than fifty years to reach Kentucky from the East. (2 Words) 5. Known as the Erie canal (2 Words) 6. A farmworker is a hired agricultural worker on a farm. (2 Words) 9. A system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire, especially one creating signals by making and breaking an electrical connection. 10. An alphabet or code in which letters are represented by combinations of long and short signals of light or sound (2 Words) 12. When populations of people grow, the population of a place may spill over from city to nearby areas. 13. Extreme scarcity of food. 14. the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. 15. also known as the American Party, was a prominent United States political party during the late 1840s.

Down 1. A canal in New York that is part of the east-west, cross-state route of the New York State Canal System. (2 Words) 2. An artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland or to convey water for irrigation. 3. A period of major industrialization that took place during the late 1700s and early 1800s. (2 Words) 7. A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. 8. A person who invented a particular process or device or who invents things as an occupation. 11. A geographic area that is located outside towns and cities.