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Which one of the following was NOT a goal of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry?
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Which one of the following towns was named for a Civil War general from present West Virginia?
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3
What did the Willey Amendment accomplish?
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Which one of the following was NOT an objective of Union General William Averell's Raid in 1863?
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5
On what holiday did Confederate spy Belle Boyd kill her first soldier?
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The Conefederates' 1863 Burning Springs Raid limited the Union's access to this.
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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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8
This Confederate general from Monroe County accompanied Confederate President Jefferson Davis on his escape after Richmond fell.
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9
After the war, West Virginia chose this former "Stonewall" Jackson aide as its lawyer when the state argued before the U.S. Supreme Court to keep Berkeley and Jefferson counties.
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Future feudist "Devil Anse" Hatfield belonged to this Confederate military unit during the war.
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