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What year did West Virginia adopt its current constitution?
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This Methodist minister was one of the few delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1861 to support the complete abolition of slavery in the new state of West Virginia.
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After Virginia's secession from the Union in 1861, this person was the driving force behind Declaration of Rights of the People of Virginia, calling for a new pro-Union state separate from Virginia.
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Five days after Virginia seceded from the Union, pro-Unionists from Western Virginia held a rally in this city.
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How long after the Virginia Secession Convention did the Second Wheeling Convention convene?
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What was the first officially proposed name for the new state of West Virginia?
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When did West Virginia's first constitutional convention convene?
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Which of the following was a transportation route built into present West Virginia before the Civil War?
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When did Virginia Secession Convention delegates vote to leave the Union and join the Confederacy?
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Who is the only founder of West Virginia with a statue in the U.S. Capitol?
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