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What was the driving issue behind a pivotal convention of Western Virginia leaders at Clarksburg in 1841?
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Which one of the following cities did NOT have a private school in the early 1800s?
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By how much did school enrollment decline in West Virginia between 1950 and 1970?
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Which county closed schools for several days in 1974 due to a protest over textbooks?
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Which early explorer inspired the annual Golden Horseshoe Test about West Virginia history?
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Huntington's Black junior and senior high school was named for this abolitionist.
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About how many one-room schools were in West Virginia in 1930-31?
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Both Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and baseball player John Kruk attended this institution of higher learning.
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In what city is West Virginia Wesleyan located?
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This 30-year history professor at what is now WVU Tech was West Virginia's first official Historian Laureate.
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