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1
Which one of the following was NOT a goal of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry?
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  4. D.
2
Which Confederate commander experienced a series of devastating military defeats in present West Virginia early in the Civil War?
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  4. D.
3
People who took advantage of the Civil War to settle personal grievances or pusue personal gains were known as this.
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  4. D.
4
Camp Carlile was a Union military training camp located in which city?
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  4. D.
5
This 1861 battle in Nicholas County helped the Union maintain control of the Kanawha Valley for most of the war.
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  4. D.
6
Seven members of the 4th West Virginia Infantry earned the Medal of Honor at this battle.
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  4. D.
7
This was the name given to Northern Democrats who supported the Union cause but not the abolition of slavery and many other measures they considered unconstitutional.
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  4. D.
8
This Confederate general from Monroe County accompanied Confederate President Jefferson Davis on his escape after Richmond fell.
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  4. D.
9
Confederate spy Nancy Hart helped troops capture this city in 1862.
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  4. D.
10
On April 25, 1863, Union forces held off four hours of assasults by Confederates at this site in current Grant County.
  1. A.
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  4. D.

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